Fictionized true stories, by a Spanish exile, editor during four months of a pro-government paper. War and its follower fear is the main ingredient, but there is a pitiful show of bravery and cowardice, stupidity and intelligence, waste and ignorance. There is mob violence and there is heroism and other qualities that follow in their wake. Sidelights on angles already presented. The narrative form does not obscure their effectiveness as fact.