When GEORGE S. PATTON, JR., graduated from West Point in 1909, he was Adjutant of his class and a leading athlete in track, horsemanship,swimming,and target shooting. He was our tank expert in 1917-1918 and despite a serious wound proved the leadership which was to make him the most feared army commander in the Second World War. These letters, written to Frederick Ayer, are the affectionate record of a commander who was eager, audacious, proud of his men, wryly humorous, and implacable towards the enemy.

Author and critic, HANSON W. BALDWIN graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1924, saw service aboard our destroyers and battleships, and after his resignation from the Navy joined the staff of the New York Times, where he has been the military editor since 1942, the year in which he won the Pulitzer Prize. His recent Atlantic articles on “Our Worst Blunders in the War" provoked wide discussion. In the following paper, he gives us his scrutiny of the most notable volumes about the Navy in action.

When Hollywood turned to talkies, it created a not-quite-British, not-quite-American style of speaking that has all but disappeared.