art of applying it, Dr. We fancy that when he difficult adequately to

and shewn themselves skilled in the Blake-Odgers stands among the first. took silk, solicitors often found it supply his place, so far as this department of a junior's practice is concerned-especially when his special subjects of libel and Islander were concerned, in which perhaps pleading is more important to-day than in any other class of actions. We have seen some very clever pleadings drawn by this learned lawyer in libel and slander cases. We are glad to welcome this new edition of what promises to be the leading work upon the subject, and we are glad to see the book advancing in bulk, for the only fault we have found with it in practice hitherto is that too much was sacrificed to brevity.

3rd Edition. A Concise Treatise on the Law of Arbitrations and Awards, with an Appendix of Precedents and Statutes. By JOSEPH HAWORTH REDMAN, of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law, Author of "A Treatise on the Law of Railway Companies as Carriers," "The Law of Landlord and Tenant," etc. Butterworth & Co. Pp. 438. 1897. Price 18s.

This work has had to be practically re-written since the last edition, for the important Act of 1889 has been passed since the last edition. The book is now a very useful one for practical purposes. It is not nearly so large as "Russell on Arbitration," and it is, moreover, some years since the last edition of that well-known book was published. We expect that a great many practitioners will now adopt Mr. Redman's book as the best to carry about with them, and that at places like the Surveyors' Institute it will be a very common thing to see a copy of it upon the table of the arbitration room.

4th Edition. The Students' Guide to the Principles of the Common Law. By JOHN INDERMAUR, Solicitor. Geo. Barber. 1897. Pp. 137. Price 5s.

4th Edition. A Manual of the Principles of Equity, especially Written for Students. By JOHN INDERMAUR, Solicitor. Geo. Barber. 1897. Pp. 542. Price 18s.

4th Edition. The Students' Guide to the Law of Real and Personal Property and Conveyancing. By JOHN INDERMAUR, and CHARLES THWAITES, Solicitors. Geo. Barber. 1897. Pp. 224. Price 10s.

It is written in Coke upon Littleton, "Melius est petere fontes quam sectari rivulos" (Inst. I., Lib. iii., cap. ix., sect. 538),

and upon this principle, we do not as a rule recommend students to prepare themselves for their profession by reading a series of crammers' note-books, which may help them to satisfy examiners, but will be of little further advantage to them. We should rather urge students to read some work like Smith's Leading Cases or the old "Bullen and Leake" if they would learn the Principles of the Common Law, and likewise White and Tudor's Leading Cases for their Equity; and generally to look for themselves at the most important statutes and cases which affect the subject matter that they have in hand. For instance, on the subject of the first of the above-named books, every student should consult the excellent work of Hood and Challis. But the authors of these particular books for students recognise the truth upon which we have been laying stress; and introduce their readers throughout to the names of the books which they ought to read. Used intelligently therefore, these books may be very advantageous; just as a "crib" may be very advantageous to the scholar working at a classical author who uses it intelligently, though it is of necessity forbidden to the idle school-boy who merely desires by its use to shirk his work. There is no doubt that in fact these books are largely read by students: and as it is important that students' books should be up to date, we are exceedingly glad that these new editions are forthcoming.

**Owing to want of space the following reviews are held over until next issue:-A Treatise on the Law of Collisions at Sea, by R. G. MARSDEN. Stevens and Sons. The Yearly County Court Practice, 1898, by G. PITT-LEWIS, Q.C., and ARNOLD WHITE. Butterworth and Co.; Shaw and Sons.

SOME WORKS OF REFERENCE.

The Royal Blue Book Fashionable Directory and Parliamentary Guide, 1898. Kelly's Directories, Ltd. Pp. 1,420. Price 5s. This invaluable directory now makes its appearance for the seventy-fifth year in succession. In any event the circumstance is one which appears to render superfluous any detailed reference to the work. Glancing through the pages of the current issue, we do not note any important changes in the method of compilation, nor, for that matter, any new departures in other directions; and, indeed, we fail to see where there would have been room for any improvements. Clearness and

conciseness have ever been the watchwords of those responsible for the "Royal Blue Book," with which, be it remembered, are incorporated a fashionable directory and Parliamentary guide, and those two qualities are once again to be met with in the current issue, which, doubtless, notwithstanding the presence of more recent rivals, will find fully as many purchasers as have the seventy-four volumes that have preceded it.

The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. By EDMUND LODGE. Hurst & Blackett, Ltd. Pp. 1,077.

This well-known and valuable book is in its sixty-seventh year, and many valuable additions have been made to the 1898 edition. A list of the Queen's Household has been added; the Armorial Bearings have been carefully revised and renewed where necessary. Cross references appear in the case of all eldest sons of Dukes, Marquesses and Earls actually bearing "Courtesy Titles," and altogether we think "Lodge" will be found a most complete repertory of all useful knowledge on the subject of the titled classes of the realm.

Whitaker's Almanack, 1898. Whitaker & Sons. Pp. 776. Price 2s. 6d.

This publication is so well known that it seems almost unnecessary on our part to say anything as to its merits. How any business man can get on without it we are unable to understand, and in the household it is really more useful and is certainly more frequently referred to for the settlement of friendly arguments than, say, the "Encyclopædia Britannica." It contains a mine of facts both interesting and useful, and as it seems to be everybody's business to keep the "Almanack" up to date, it is probably the most reliable work of reference in existence.

The Lawyer's Companion and Diary and London and Provincial Law Directory, 1898. Edited by E. LAYMAN. Stevens and Sons. Price 7s. 6d.

This is the fifty-second annual issue of an indispensable legal work so well-known to barristers and solicitors that any further reference to it on our part would be superfluous. It is in fact the legal Whitaker, and, apart from lawyers, business men generally will find it a useful addition to the office equipment.

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No fault can fairly be found with the personnel of the present Commission it is composed of representative men of distinction, and the friends of Legal Education will rejoice that Lord Davey is at its head. No one has more knowledge of the subject or of the difficulties which surround it, and no one is more anxious to overcome them. The duty of the Commissioners is to make Statutes and Regulations for the University of London in general

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accordance with the Report of the former Commissioners, but subject to the modifications indicated in Part I. of the Schedule to the Bill and to any other modifications which may appear to the Commissioners to be expedient. forming their Statutes and Regulations the Commissioners are further to make due provision for securing the objects mentioned in Part II. of the Schedule. Then follow the usual provisions for the Statutes and Regulations being laid before Parliament, and, for their validity, the approval of the Queen in Council is necessary. Part I. of the Schedule provides for the constitution of the Senate, which shall number 50 members, of whom four are to be appointed by the Inns of Court, and two by the Incorporated Law Society. The Commissioners shall also determine, in the first instance, what the Faculties are to be and what teachers are to be members of the respective Faculties. Boards of Studies are to be constituted, of which some of the members, not exceeding one-fourth of the total number of the Board, may be selected by the Senate outside the members of the Faculties and other University teachers. Part II. of the Schedule provides (amongst other things) for the due representation on the Senate and the Academic Council of all subjects of study and all sections of teachers of the University.

That is the whole Bill.

I do not propose to discuss its possibilities, except from the stand-point of Legal Education.

How will that question be affected should the Bill become law? That there is to be a Faculty of Law is clear-a Faculty under which Law will be taught in the University and in respect of which Degrees may be granted. How will that affect the present arrangements of the Council of Legal Education constituted under the conjoint authority of the Inns of Court? Will the new Faculty supply an efficient substitute for the existing scheme of the Inns of