June, 1919 
77 
A Story of the War 
For Boys and Girls 
It is a book called “The Battle 
of the Nations.” It is unique 
among books about the war. 
Written primarily for young folks, 
its breadth of treatment and its 
charming style, make it no less 
appealing to those of any age 
who desire to obtain a simple and 
concise history of the great con¬ 
flict. Its author, Frederic Arnold 
Kummer, a civil engineer by train¬ 
ing and a close student of military 
affairs, is also a dramatist and & 
skilled writer of fiction. As a re¬ 
sult he has invested the dry de¬ 
tails of the struggle with such 
vivid color that one follows the 
various scenes as they unroll 
themselves with the same breath¬ 
less Interest that one experiences 
in witnessing the development of 
some stupendous play. The on¬ 
rush of events is presented with a 
direct and comprehensive grasp 
rarely found in works of history. 
“The Battle of the Nations” is 
richly illustrated with photo¬ 
graphs. It has just been pub¬ 
lished by The Century Co., 353 
Fourth Ave., New York City, and 
is sold at all bookstores for $2.00. 
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RAYMOND ROBINS’ 
Sensational Story of 
BOLSHEVIST RUSSIA 
begins in the Metropolitan 
"I shall adopt the spirit of what you say, in something I am 
writing as to the lesson of Russia for us. There isn’t anybody 
in this country I am so anxious to see and to hear at length ex¬ 
actly along the lines you speak of as you.”—THEODORE 
ROOSEVELT 
in a letter to Raymond Robins in September, 1918 
BOLSHEVISM 
is a fact. It 
overspread Russia 
like a torrent and 
is sweeping East¬ 
ern Europe. The 
days of ignoring 
it; of just calling 
it hard names are 
past. N o w w e 
must face it, rec¬ 
ognize it, under¬ 
stand it. 
The American 
who knows Bol¬ 
shevism, who 
dealt with Bolshe¬ 
vists daily, who 
has rubbed shoul- 
ders with the 
thing that is send¬ 
ing the world into spasms of terror, has consented to 
tell the story of Bolshevist Russia to the American 
people through the pages of the Metropolitan Maga¬ 
zine. 
Raymond Robins went to Russia for the Red Cross in the 
early days of Kerensky. His appointment was the result of 
Colonel Roosevelt’s earnest plea. Roosevelt knew his man. 
Robins’ job was to feed starving women and children. When 
Kerensky fell and Lenin and Trotzky rode into power it was 
still Robins’ job to feed those who hungered. It was no time 
for quibbling or for politics. It was time for bread. 
Robins went to Lenin and Trotzky. He demanded a free 
field and no interference. Would they trust him? They did 
and Robins became the unofficial American representative to 
the Bolshevist group. 
Robins will tell the whole story—for the first time, the real 
facts. Grown-up Americans should not fear facts. It will be 
supplemented with reproductions of sensational documents, 
the existence of which has never been suspected and which 
light up every step of this remarkable story. It is a dramatic, 
thrilling narrative of adventure among the shifting and turbu¬ 
lent scenes of an uprising of one hundred and eighty millions 
of people. 
Through the story stalks the voluble Trotzky and the 
shrewd, capable Lenin, planning behind his slits of eyes a 
world in revolt. These two men Robins saw on an average of 
three times a week for more than five months. He learned 
their philosophy from their own lips. 
Raymond Robins’ story of Bolshevist Russia, as told to 
William Hard, begins in the June Metropolitan and will run for 
Metropolitan 
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