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The article discusses the history of student groups, known as Landsmannschafte, associated with German Universities, including those founded at Leipzig in 1409, Heidelberg in 1385, and Jena in 1558. The groups were originally established as regional groups banded together for maintaining their self-interests within their respective universities, yet soon became publicly notorious for their code of conduct which included duelling and licentiousness. In the early nineteenth century, the Landsmannschafte were replaced as Corps, which only admitted members of the social upper-classes, with the head of each corps representing the student body on campus.

The article discusses the history of Saarland, the lands in the region of the River Saar in modern Germany. The region was held by the Counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken from 1381 until 1793. After the Treaty of Westphalia at the end of the Thirty Years' War, the Counts of Saarbrücken became vassals to the Bishopric of Metz and, by extension, the King of France. During the 18th-century reign of Saarland ruler Prince Wilhelm Heinrich, the coal mining industry was nationalized in the region. After the Napoleonic Wars, the region was split, some becoming part of Prussia and the other under the control of the Bavarian Palatinate.

The book "The Rise of European Civilization," by Charles Seignobos is a piece of work that has qualities of a mathematical treatise or a very formal symphony or architectural construction, it is pure historical art. For that reason it will not be easy for the general public to read and while the translation deserves great praise, the fact that this volume is the result of translation is unlikely to increase its popular appeal. Seignobos is of course well aware that Hitlerist notions were rife in Germany long before 1914. In writing of Germany after 1870 he points out that nationalism there was consolidated into a pseudo-scientific doctrine based upon a confusion between race and language.

The article presents a reprint of the article "The Nazi Heaven," by Elizabeth Wiskemann which first appeared in the "New Statesman" magazine on February 11, 1933. In the piece the author describes the appointment of Adolf Hitler as chancellor of Germany and provides details of the political machinations that allowed him to rise to power.