LAND AND WATER 
October 31, 1914 
Germany originallj designed— the "deadlock" or 
" stalemate " to which her policy still looks forward 
in the east as in the west. 
The real argument against Germany's being able 
to produce that deadlock is the numbers that llussia 
will now in continually increasing volume bring 
forward. Eussia, it must be remembered, is in this 
field what we should be in the western field if we 
coidd (which, alas! we cannot) put forward every 
month another batch of, say, 200,000. 
Germany did for six weeks produce a deadlock in 
France between the North Sea and the Vosges. She 
hoped to produce a deadlock upon the Vistula, and to 
liold that eastern line while she scut reinforcements 
back west, and broke down the deadlock there in her 
favour. She has not been able to do that ; but we, on 
our side, have not the extra numbers which would be 
so useful at this moment to pour in against the 
western deadlock, especially in Flanders. Now, 
liussiii has those numbers, and it is perhaps upon those 
numbers in the next two months, more than upon any 
other element in the general problem, that we had 
best rely. In other words, it seems as though the 
campaign as a whole turned, from the point of view 
of the Allies, upon their power to hold the Germans 
in the west, while trusting to Kussian numbers to 
push on, though slowly, in the east. 
From the German point of view it seems as 
though, while awaiting and dreading this increase of 
Russian numerical strength, a desperate attempt to 
prevent reinforcement from England, and a threat 
upon, or even a blow at, England itself, was the 
immediate necessity. Such a blow, from Calais at 
least, is not promising. 
THE PICCADILLY RIFLE RANGE 
Is a happy inspiration in these piping times, not of peace, but 
ol war. Just now London is populated with fighting men, 
many of them naval and military officers waiting for their 
marching orders. To the majority of these it will be welcome 
news that the spare hours can be pleasantly and profitably 
occupied by keeping up their rifle practice. At 67b, Shaftesbury 
Avenue, they will find in the spacious basement, some quarter 
of an acre in extent, a fine rifle range with a dozen targets and 
all modem fittings. The committee of management are all 
military men, and all visitors connected with the two services 
are made honorary members. For the novice there are two 
sergeant instructors, one of whom is an ex-sergeant of the Eoyal 
Fusiliers. A minor diversion is a well-equipped skittle alley, one 
of the finest in London. Ladies desirous of handling a rifle are 
also welcome. 
WAR PUBLICATIONS. 
_ The November nnmber of Colour, the new shilling monthly, fully 
maintains the standard »et by its preceding numbers, both in the quality 
of the reproductions of artists' work and in the literary contributions. 
As already noted, Colour is the only British publication that attempts 
the reproduction of the work of modern artists in their original 
colouring, and it is doing for British, and to a certain extent for foreign 
•rt, in England what the Mcrcure de France did for French literature 
in France. It takes an easy first place among artistic publications in 
this country, and is of considerable literary value as well. 
A new map of N.E. France, Belgium, and the Rhine ha« just 
been issued by the Edinburgh Geographical Institute (John 
l^artholomcw and Co.), pnce 2b. on paper, Ss. on cloth. The map, 
which i« on a specially large scale— 16 miles to the inch— ehows rail- 
ways, foHresses, mam, secondary, and other roads, with the distances 
between road junctions marked. Heights are given in metrca with 
thejT eqmvaient in English feet. 
Mr n. O. Wells' new book, Tht Wife, of Sir Isaac Barman, shows 
it. author in yet another light. It is detailed and intimate, as are 
^ the works of this author, and it is hardly necessary to say that 
It u interesting, for whatever a " Wells' " book may be, it is always 
!.°.^. !?^' J"' '" "?'* "*,7 " »9™th'ng that not even tke most rabid 
censor of public morals could possibly ban, something that may be read 
by ;^1, a concession, it appears, to the libraries. To say that the book is 
TL th? wi"^ I' '"4r*„«^''''-"g °f '''« 1"7; a" for its plot, there is none. 
A, for tt, ?n^jiff^*"' novel-none, tU is, in the ^nventional sense 
o„M«i ■ 2 '; "• "^"^^end It without fear that the censor will 
pablUherl " " ^"^^^ ^^'" MacmUlan and Co. .rl the 
•™ ^*7 «*!^ '"""^ *''* rc''^'"g pnWic of England and America are 
tfTes^^l^y^'fl'lL'^r ofj'^f-'""'' HagazinX and the ma ority o? 
M^„^P\'"^' ^J^^\'<^ .'» »al<e the acquaintance of Mr S 8 
Ky 'at iS; 'i,^i;,,'<"'<'*«:^P%.i«»t published by Mr. John 
^i=: ;L^d°diin?fori' tt^^^e^'^.:i.T^^::^:t 
M.C!ra*-"""°°' «^''.''"''>l"S the m^^r.L that boarsKame Mr 
s'e^r on nerrM'""rJt'°S- ,"'? ^ol< deals with such men a, 
of Kturf an/'J; rtl''''' '",'' °'^"'' °^ ">«' ^''"^- t>>e groat ones 
"n t m worT; «? J^ \^, ""'^^^^ "*'"""« ^y "" ^^° "« Interested 
produced ^^' '""*'^ ""'"• «■«* *-^o ""^y '" ^^<=^ they are 
•' tin^'-vT^f^' ^•^'S*,, Allen and Unwin have just included in their 
Tap^n np to ThY time"!''' it emphasii, the offensive strategy o 
and execution, is yet so clearly written that it is of extrem* interest 
to the normai reader, and forms a valuable addition to existing liters 
ture on the Napoleonic period. 
Messrs. John Lane have just re-issued, in a shilling edition, lAf* 
in a Garrison Town, the translation of ex-Lieutenant Bilse's book which 
caused a national scandal in Germany, ajid earned for its author a 
court martial and subsequent imprisonment. In its recital of the 
defects of the military system, the book is comparable with Eeyerling's 
Jtna or Sedan, though, of course, the latter was written by a master 
of literature, while Bilse'e book is merely the work of a military officer. 
Still, Bilse's book bears the impress of reality, and aifords a good view 
of the uiider-workings of the German military machine. 
Modern Pig-Stiching, just published by MezBrs. Macmillan, 
and written by Major A. E. Wardrop, of the R.H.A., is a volume of 
interest not only to those familiar with this form of sport, but to all 
interested in mounted sports Chapters by Colonel J. Vaughan, 
Lieutenant-Colonel F. W. Caton- Jones, M. M. Crawford, and Captain 
H. E. Medlicott are included in the work, which includes the history 
of the sport, the natural history of pig, the training of horses for the 
sport, the actual riding and hunting, and details of clubs and cups. 
It is, on the whole, a veritable encyclopEedia of the sport, and is 
written in good hunting style, so that the pages are as interesting aa 
they are instructive. It is a book to read for its own sake, apart from 
its value as regards the sport, and deserves a wide circulation among 
all interested in mounted work as ■well aa among those who by circum- 
stance and locality are able to make quarry of pig. 
Mb. Muuray has just published Dr. Stuart Eeid's Life of the Firtt 
Duhe of Marlborough and of Sarah, his Famous Duchess. No work of 
personal or military biography could be more timely than this, which 
reminds readers of the great achievements of British soldiers on a 
battleground adjacent to that on which they are now winning new 
and imperishable honours. The work has an introduction by tha 
present Duke of Marlborough. 
A valuable map has just been issued by George Philip and Son, 
Ltd., and forms an admirable guide to the theatre of the war in tha 
west. The scale is ten miles to one inch, whilst inset round are nine 
important sections enlarged to the scale of three miles to ona inch. 
Unlike so many war maps, it has been specially drawn from foreign 
ordnance sheets and Continental staff maps under the supervision of 
a military expert. An index accompanies the map, which contains 
5,500 names. The price (on paper) is 2s. 6d., but we strongly recom- 
mend it, both for appearance and permanency, mounted on cloth — • 
either to fold, or with a roller to hang — at 63. 
THE NEW NOTE. 
Thr new £1 note will shortly bo in the hands of the public, and 
is a great improvement on the first issue. The notes have been pro- 
duced on specially prepared paper of special watermark de.«ign, and 
of the strength and thickness of the Bank of England notes. The intro- 
duction into the watermark of the Hose, Crown, Thistle, and Daffodil 
(the Emblem of Wales) will be observed. 
The notes (size 6 inches by 3| inches) are being printed in black 
by Thomas De Le Rue and Co., Limited, from plates engraved by the 
same firm from a design supplied by Mr. Eves. 
The outstanding features of the design are the King's Head en- 
circled in a garter, aaound which the inscription as appearing on the gold 
coinage is reproduced, the whole being surmounted by a crown. On 
the top right-hand side of the note the emblem of the lesser Georga 
and Dragon appears, encircled by a similar garter, on which the Royal 
motto is engraved, tha latter also surmounted by a crown. 
AJtogcthej', the note is both from a utilitarian and an artistic 
point of view an immense improvement on the previous issue. 
O.v Wednesdays Mr. Charies Frohman will present "The Littla 
Minister at mitinles, commencing at 2.30, whilst the evening per- 
lormance on that date will be discontinued. Matinics Thursdays an< 
batnrdays as usual. 
For those who find it necessary in this war time to seek an 
economical food there is the new production, Plasmon oat cocoa, put 
on tho market by International Plasmon, Ltd. Both the company and 
t le goods are British. It is claimed that Plasmon oat cocoa provides 
the most nourishment at least coat. Tha flavour is lika that of tha 
linost drinking chocolate. 
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