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Title: New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1
From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index

Author: Various

Release Date: October 5, 2004 [EBook #13635]

Language: English

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THE NEW YORK TIMES

CURRENT HISTORY

A MONTHLY MAGAZINE

THE EUROPEAN WAR

VOLUME I.

From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index

[Illustration]

NEW YORK THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY 1915

Copyright 1914, 1915, By The New York Times Company

CONTENTS

NUMBER I.

WHAT MEN OF LETTERS SAY
Page

COMMON SENSE ABOUT THE WAR 11
_By George Bernard Shaw_

SHAW'S NONSENSE ABOUT BELGIUM 60
_By Arnold Bennett_

BENNETT STATES THE GERMAN CASE 63
_By George Bernard Shaw_

FLAWS IN SHAW'S LOGIC 65
_By Cunninghame Graham_

EDITORIAL COMMENT ON SHAW 66

SHAW EMPTY OF GOOD SENSE 68
_By Christabel Pankhurst_

COMMENT BY READING OF SHAW 73

OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT WILSON 76
_By George Bernard Shaw_

A GERMAN LETTER TO G. BERNARD SHAW 80
_By Herbert Eulenberg_

BRITISH AUTHORS DEFEND ENGLAND'S WAR 82
_With Facsimile Signatures_

THE FOURTH OF AUGUST--EUROPE AT WAR 87
_By H.G. Wells_

IF THE GERMANS RAID ENGLAND 89
_By H.G. Wells_

SIR OLIVER LODGE'S COMMENT 92

WHAT THE GERMAN CONSCRIPT THINKS 93
_By Arnold Bennett_

FELIX ADLER'S COMMENT 95

WHEN PEACE IS SERIOUSLY DESIRED 97
_By Arnold Bennett_

BARRIE AT BAY: WHICH WAS BROWN? 100
_An Interview on the War_

A CREDO FOR KEEPING FAITH 102
_By John Galsworthy_

HARD BLOWS, NOT HARD WORDS 103
_By Jerome K. Jerome_

"AS THEY TESTED OUR FATHERS" 106
_By Rudyard Kipling_

KIPLING AND "THE TRUCE OF THE BEAR" 107

ON THE IMPENDING CRISIS 10