THE NEW INTERNATIONAL YEAR BOOK A COMPENDIUM OF THE WORLD'S FOR THE YEAR 1915 EDITOR FRANK MOORE COLBY, M.A. ASSOCIATE EDITORS ALLEN LEON CHURCHILL HORATIO S. KRANS, PH.D. NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1916 PREFACE THE NEW INTERNATIONAL YEAR BOOK for 1915, the ninth in the new series which began with the 1907 volume, follows the same plan as its predecessors. That is to say, it is designed as an encyclopædia of the year, with the titles arranged in a single alphabet, and the text written anew each year. In the 1915 volume as in the one before, the effect of the war was to reduce the amount of available statistical information under certain heads. The space thus saved has been given to the comprehensive article on the WAR OF THE NATIONS, and to the many and diverse articles on subjects relating directly or indirectly to the war. The leading articles in this important group are: The WAR OF THE NATIONS, a clear and compact narrative by Professor Carlton Hayes, who wrote the corresponding article for the 1914 Year Book; UNITED STATES AND THE War, an impartial, explanatory record of the effects of the war on our foreign relations, by Professor Nelson P. Mead; supplementary articles on separate topics in the same field, such as LUSITANIA, PREPAREDNESS, INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND ARBITRATION (the last named by Mr. Clinton Rogers Woodruff); MILITARY PROGRESS, by Lieutenant Col. C. De Witt WillCox; NAVAL PROGRESS, SUBMARINES, and BATTLESHIPS, by Captain Lewis Sayre Van Duzer; AERONAUTICS, etc., and also the biographies of persons brought into prominence by the events of the war. To aid the reader in following the year's fighting, color maps of the general fields of operation and sketch maps of the chief campaigns and battles are included. Among the subjects treated the following may be mentioned: The field of fine arts, including Music, the DRAMA, PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, ARCHITECTURE; LITERATURE, at home and abroad; the separate sciences and branches of learning, such as ASTRONOMY, CHEMISTRY, ZOOLOGY, MEDICINE, PHYSICS, POLITICAL SCIENCE, POLITICAL ECONOMY, ENGINEERING, PHILOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY, etc.; articles on RELIGION, EXPLORATION, POLAR RESEARCH, Sports, Trade, Industry, and Business represented in such articles as BANKS AND BANKING, FINANCIAL REVIEW, INSURANCE, TRUSTS, LABOR, STRIKES, SHIPBUILDING, BUILDING OPERATIONS, etc.; gazetteer information under each of the States of the United States and the foreign countries; a series of biographies of men who have died during the year or who have been brought into prominence through public events; an historical record of the year's events under each foreign country as well as under UNITED STATES. 304633 FRANK MOORE COLBY. |