September 4, 1915. 
LAND AND WATER 
"UNDERWOOD 
PATENT FIELD 
TELEPHONES 
WITH BUZZER 
ATTACHMENT 
Tbe Cheapest od the Market; 
"UNDERWOOD" 
PATENT MORSE 
SIGNALLING 
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All as supplied to and 
used by H.M. Army 
JJ 
WRITE FOR PRICES 
Large Stock* of Field Cable, 
Reels, and all Accessories 
UNDERWOOD (M/CR), LTD. 
53 Brown Street, Manchester 
Royai Naval Division 
Public School Battalion 
THE ADMIRALTY have given official 
permission (or raising a Battalion o( 
1000 men, which will be strictly limited to 
Public School or University Men and who 
will serve together as a unit. 
O TSr T R TST T 
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FRONTISPIECE.— 
The Grand Duke Nicolas 
NiCOLAEVITCH. 
THE NUMBERS OF THE 
ENEMY.— 
I. The EnemVs Maximum 
Man-Power II. The 
EInemy's Losses III. The 
Minimum Required to Main- 
tain Present Enemy Fronts 
AND Consequent Reserve 
OF Man-Power Left to 
the Enemy ^The Situa- 
tion in Poland. ; 
By Hilaire Belloc 3 
GERMAN SUBMARINE 
POLICY.— 
The German Promise to 
America Use and Abuse 
of Sea-Power Aeroplane 
V. Submarine. 
By A. H. Pollen 15 
The River. 
ByJ. D. Symon 18 
American Intervention. 
By The Editor 19 
The West End 394 
Choosing Kit— Practical Hints 397 
service: 
For the period of the IWAR. 
Military Training. Ages 18-35. 
Training is now going forward. 
Elnrolment is proceeding at, and applica- 
tion should be made at once to 
ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION, 
6. 7 & 8 OLD BOND STREET, LONDON, W. 
InterUd bn the courU$u of the proprietor i of'Lattdit Water. " 
Femina. 
By Mrs. Eric de Ridder 402 
Postage 3d. per box extra. 
FORTNUM & MASON'S 
Wai' Catalogue, for either individual 
Officers or Messes, forwarded on 
application. 
Waterproof Trench Boots. 
FAQG BROTHERS' 
" Waterproof Backstraps " 
Have STOOD THE TEST of 60 YEARS. 
Theae boots, tlesigneil for 6shing and 
farm work, are giiaianteed absolutely 
waterproof, are easy to pull on and 
oflf, aro leather lined, thus obviating 
the " clamminess " caused by rubber 
boots, and tho annul.u' straps prevent 
slipping in the heel and render llis 
boot quite firm and comfortable for 
marching. Prices : — 
Brown calf feet and fishing; 
twill legs ... £4 4s. net. 
' Brown or black calf through* 
out £s 5s. net- 
Regulation ankle boots, guaranteed waterproof, 
are made on the same principle. 
FAGG BROS.. 29 Hajmarket, Londoa, S.W. 
The Sheffield Simplex Motor Works, 
Have some Secondhand LTD, 
OPEN AND CLOSED 
"SHEFFIELD-SIMPLEX" CARS FOR SALB 
for Immediate Delivery. 
If^rile or call-to CONDUIT ST., LONDON, W. 
SEND YOUR FRIEND IN THE TRENCHES 
A TUBE OF 
"BETULA ALBA JELLY" 
It prevents MOSQUITO AND OTHBR INSECT BITES. It3 vahie has b^en teatlfled 
by hunilrecla.— Just ri-ceivc(! the foilowins TE8TIM0.\IAL from the FRONT:— "It is 
simply splendid, and absolutely defejjta the Mosqultoew." Use it at iiome on your Face, 
Keck, llantU and Ankles — TUBS yon can defy the insects in the garden. Also use it before 
Motoring or Tenniii. It is a valuable Kmollient to the Skin. No gre isc or stickiness. 
Sold by Chemists in metallic tubes 6d., or jost free for stamps from the Sole Manufacturers, 
OSBORNE BAUER & CHEESEMAN, '.%r^'nVSXV.%.. 
WILD LIFE 
The Illustrated Magazine of 
Natural History, 
CENTURY 
The nineteenth 
AND AFTER. 
SKPTEMBKH. 
'High Finance 'and the Danger of Premature Peace. ByEno.iR Orammoxd. 
Our Relations with the United States : 
(I) An Anglo-American Tribunal. By Sir John MACDOSELt, K.C.B. 
(2y Cotton as Contraband of War. By Sir Ikancis Piooott (late Chief 
Jiixtice of lloti'j Koii'i). 
How America became a Nation In Arms : some Lessons for the Present 
Crisis. By J. Ei,i.is Harkeb. 
A Definite Policy In the Balkans. By Sir Alfred Suarpe. K.C.M.O., O.B. 
Some Recent Experiences In Serbia. By Captain K. N. Bennett. 
Madame de Stael In the Light of Current Events. By the Abb6 Ebnksi 
DlMNRT. 
Soldiers' and Sailors' Families. By the Viscountess Barrinoton. 
General Botha : a Personal Impression. By Roperick Jonks. 
God and Humanity : a Symposium. By Sir Haeet H. Johnston, G.C.M.O., 
The Romance of a Detenu : its Conclusion. By Rose M. Bradi.bt. 
War Time In tho Grain Trade. „ , «y ,^'"'!',,*^„"hf°»^5' 
The Grand Duchess Elizabeth and her New Order. By the Right Ilev. 
Distiop Bury (IUhHop far KorOi and Cet\lral Lnrope). —,„,,.„ n 
A Year of War In the Western Theatre. By Major-General Sir WttLlAM a. 
Knox, K.CB. 
The Cost of War : _ „_ ^„„„ . Tj„„<,nn 
( 1 ) The War Loan as an Instrument of Economy, ^y Jons A. Hoi)90S. 
(2) The Limits of Super-Taxation. ^„ . „„„ ^,LnMnTNDMAK' 
(3) Thrift no Panacea without Increased Production. ByH. M. DrNDMAK. 
London: Spottiswoode k Co., Ltd., C New-street Sqnare. 
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