“Few if any two-guinea books have had such a sale as the First World War.”—Evening Standard.

“Colonel Repington’s fame as a military critic is world-wide. He now gives us his personal experiences of the war in the form of a Diary which will compare with the most famous diaries in literature.... Few diarists show keener observation or greater power of description than Colonel Repington here displays, and none before has had such a period of history for his theme.”—Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice in The Daily News.

“... There are countless piquant little pen pictures through these two books.... Colonel Repington met all the great soldiers of the Allies.... The book is full of extraordinarily good stories and remarks.”—Sunday Times.

The General held the appointment of Director of Military Operations during the early years of the war, and was indeed in the saddle at the beginning of the operations in 1914. In this volume he shows us behind the scenes and enables us to see clearly much that was obscure. His book reveals to us in an intimate way the personality of Lord Kitchener and many others, and introduces us to the War Cabinet.

“A vivacious picture of life behind the scenes of the great drama ... told keenly and poignantly, with a biting humour ... and with a frankness of disclosure.”—The Times.

“Sir Charles Callwell is one of the soundest military critics in the country.... He is a writer ... his sense of proportion is never at fault.”—Spectator.

“General Callwell is in the very front rank of military writers ... one of the very few who combine learning in the military art with ability to make it interesting to others.”—Times Literary Supplement.

“A good book.... Should be in the hands of every newly joined subaltern, for no nobler picture of a British officer and a gentleman could be laid before them.”—Hon. John Fortescue in The Observer.

“Mr. Blease has done his work uncommonly well. The book is well arranged and well written.... Sir E. Callwell in his preface pronounces Suvorof to have been, next to Frederick the Great, unquestionably the greatest soldier of the last half of the eighteenth century.... We hold that Sir E. Callwell is undoubtedly right. He was a very great soldier and a great man.”—Times Literary Supplement.

“Entertaining and instructive.... Perhaps the main attraction is the masterly introduction by Lord Rosebery which occupies some forty pages.”—British Weekly.

“A very human book. We have never read anything giving so simple and homely a picture of Frederick as that drawn by his admiring Swiss reader.”—Spectator.

“The book shows both energy and industry.... Mr. Young has a large acquaintance not only with the original authority but also with the literature of the subject.”—Times Literary Supplement.

“This book must always occupy a prominent place in our military literature, and its vivid portraiture and its humour, as well as the light it throws on the 19th century history, must carry it beyond the circles of military interest.”—Aberdeen Free Press.

“By no means a mere compilation, but a substantial and independent work bearing the clear interests of individuality, power of research, and historic training.... The style is suited to the work—clear, vigorous, and graphic.... By means of his own letters, a brave, hot-headed, affectionate, pure and conscientious soldier is revealed to us in all his naturalness.”—AthenÆum.