High Adreolure. By James Norman Hall. (Constable. Us. net.)—The brilliant
young American who wrote Kitchener's- Mob after serving in the British Army early in the war, joined the American flying squadron--named after Lafayette—in the French Army late in 1916, and this remarkable book is the record of his experiences as an airman. Captain Hall has a rare literary gift. His concise descriptions of his arrival at the flying school, of the methodical tuition under skilled French inatraotors, of his first " solo " flight, of his first cross-country journey, of his fret patrol over the enemy lines and his fruitless attack on an enemy balloon, are astonishingly good. He makes usi sea what he saw and feel what he felt, without wasting a word. The pity of it is that the book remains unfinished became
Captain Hall, after being transferred to the American Army last spring, was brought down and taken prisoner in the Woevre. Some day, perhaps, be will write another volume on flying to complete this fascinating story of real adventure.
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