SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
(Yolks in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent ;Trim.;
Six Red Months in Russia. By Louise Bryant. (Heinemann. 12s. net.)—A reprint of articles that have appeared in various American newspapers and magazines. Miss Bryant went to Petrograd on the outbreak of Revolution, and was there during the failure of the Counter-Revolution under Korniloff, the fall of Kerensky, and the rise to power of the Bolsheviks, with whose principles it is obvious she sympathizes. She describes the Revolution as essentially a class struggle. The excesses committed by the revolutionaries, she contends, have been grossly exaggerated, and where true were only such as must be expected in such upheavals. She admits the suppression of the anti-Bolshevik Press, but defends the action on the plea of necessity. The book deals mainly with the political events of the Revolution. We should have been interested to hear more of social conditions. We could have dispensed with the character sketches of Bolshevik leaders to know more of the details of their administration.
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