Forty days in 1914,

The German plan.--The French plan.--The German march through Belgium.--Namur, Dinant, and the Sambre.--Mons.--Pursuit and retreat.--Von Kluck changes direction.--The Ourcq and the Marne.--The higher command in war.

There's pippins and cheese to come,

Reprinted in part from the Yale review, and the New republic.

Police work with juveniles /

Mode of access: Internet.

Men of invention and industry /

Phineas Pett, beginnings of English shipbuilding.--Francis Pettit Smith, practical introducer of the screw propeller.--John Harrison, inventor of the marine chronometer.--John Lombe, introducer of the silk industry into England.--William Murdock, his life and inventions.--Frederick Koenig, inventor of the steam-printing machine.--The Walters of the 'Times', invention of the Walter press.--William Clowes, book-printing by steam.--Charles Bianconi, a lesson of self-help in Ireland.--Industry in Ireland, through Connaught and Ulster to Belfast.--Harland, E. J. Ship-building in Belfast.--Astronomers and students in humble life, a new chapter in the 'Pursuit of knowledge under difficulties'.