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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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THE WAR MANUAL 



OF 



TmWorldsWork 



September Issue, 1914 



The Armies Involved 



By American Military Authorities 



Full information regarding the strength and character of the 

 armies of the following countries: England, Germany, France, 

 Russia, Belgium, Italy, Holland, Austria-Hungary, Servia, the 

 Balkan States. With full illustrations. 



The Navies Involved 



A full and accurate account of the ships, the men, and the 

 navies of the following countries: England, Germany, France, 

 Russia, Austria. With full illustrations and maps. 



The Aims and Policies of the European Powers 



By Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History, Harvard University 



A clear and compact statement of the conditions which 

 existed in the different countries at the beginning of the present 

 war. Their political ambitions and racial antagonisms. 



Personalities 



Character sketches of the chief people concerned in this 

 war, including, among others, the following: General Toff re, 

 Count Berchtold, M. Sazonoff, Sir Edward Grey, M. Viviani, 

 M. Pashitch, Sir John Jellicoe, and the many others you ought 

 to know. 



How the Nations Got Into War 



A resume of the facts, beginning with the demands on Servia 

 by Austria-Hungary on July 25th. A sketch of the terrific 

 rapidity with which the present war has developed. 



The Rules of Warfare 



This gives a rapid account of the rules which have been 

 agreed upon between the nations and which will govern in a 

 conflict like the present: what constitutes contraband, etc. 



Effect on the United States 



Will the war limit our trade? Our crop market? Its effects 

 on business. 



The Shipping Involved 



The facts about the shipping interests of England, Germany, 

 Russia, France, and the United States; the conditions faced 

 by this great industry, with special information showing the 

 probable effect upon the upbuilding of an American Merchant 

 Marine. 



Europe's Food Supply 



Where Europe gets her food, where she must get it in war 

 times, and the probable plans through which the armies and 

 the inhabitants of these countries are to be fed. 



The Red Cross 



A description of this organization and its activities: what 

 it is, what it has accomplished, and what it expects to accom- 

 plish in the present war. 



New Things in War 



Describes the various new war materials, like explosives, 

 guns, aeroplanes, dirigibles, wireless, submarines, practically 

 having their first true test in the present war. 



War Sanitation 



The story of the advances made in this department — surgi- 

 cal, prophylactic, and medical — drawn largely from experiences 

 in recent wars. 



The Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente 



What these terms mean, and, so far as is known, the treaties 

 which exist between the different countries, which affect the 

 Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente, including a short 

 history of their origin. 



The Kaiser and the Mailed Fist 



How he isolated Germany. 



Asia and Africa, Where England and Germany Meet 



Hong-Kong, Kiau-Chau, Tanganyika, Samoa, New Guinea, 

 Caroline Islands, Gulf of Guinea. 



"Made in Germany" 



Rivalry between Germany and England. 



Austria's Civilizing Mission 



Financial Aspects of the War 



The Balkan States : How They Are Affected 



Their status since the Balkan War. The persistence of the 

 old dream of a Servian Empire. 



The Index 



The whole WAR MANUAL will be completely covered by 

 a full reference index. 



Illustrations and Original Maps 



The entire WAR MANUAL will be fully and completely 

 illustrated from photographs, and new maps prepared for this 

 book, supplementing the official maps which are at the 

 moment out of date. 



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