With regard to Grotius, we would suggest that his Opinions and Introduction to Dutch Jurisprudence are better known than his De Jure belli ac pacis, so that it is hardly accurate to say that "Grotius confines his attention for the most part to International law." Further, if Mr. Salmond would consult the Biographical Sketch appearing at the commencement of de Bruyn's translation of the Opinions, he would find that Grotius was also a Poet and Theologian; the latter fact being the cause of his banishment from Holland and the bitter persecution that he suffered.

Fourth Edition. The Law relating to Cheques. By E. R. WATSON, LL.B. London: Butterworth & Co.

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The Law of Bills of Exchange, Cheques, and Promissory Notes. By B. JACOBS, LL.B. London: Sweet & Maxwell. 1913.

Mr. Watson's position as co-Editor of Byles on Bills, fully entitles him to pose as an expert on the subject of Cheques. The present edition has been thoroughly revised and enlarged in a workmanlike manner. Negotiable instruments form the subject-matter of considerable legal decision, and cheques form no exception. Some of the decisions appear in Mr. Watson's estimation to be conflicting, and he expresses his personal opinion in no uncertain fashion. The final chapter on Limitation of Actions, which appeared in former editions, has been cut out, and much of the matter incorporated into the text elsewhere. Other subjects have been eliminated, the reasons for which are given by the Author, and appear to be ade quate. All of which indicates that the present edition fully comes up to the high standard set by former ones.

Mr. Jacobs' volume would appear to be more in the nature of a text-book for students, and in his position of lecturer on English Law to the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, he would have acquired a knowledge of their requirements. Dealing with general principles and writing in broad outline, he presents view of the subject comprehensible and lucid. The text is divided into three Parts. Part I has as its subject, "Negotiable instruments generally"; Part II, "Bills of Exchange, Cheques, and Promissory Notes"; and Part III, "Bills of Lading, I.O.U.'s, a Digest of Cases, and the text of the two Acts of 1882 and 1906." There is one portion of the book to which we would call especial attention, and that is the Digest of Cases. The reader is given a brief synopsis of the leading cases, which will help to minimise the need of a law library of Reports.

Fourth Edition. Wertheimer's Law relating to Clubs. A. W. CHASTER. London: Stevens & Haynes. 1913.

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Since the publication of the first edition, clubs have vastly enlarged their sphere. Then the term was confined generally to social institutions which were either proprietary or members' clubs. Leaving out the political and gaming clubs of the 18th century, the modern social club was initiated by the United Service Club (familiarly known as The Senior) immediately after the battle of Waterloo. But since. that day many other institutions quite different in character, largely connected with sport, such as golf clubs and cycling clubs, have been founded; and less in number but very powerful in degree, political clubs. And affecting most of them many Acts relating to licensing, finance, and various other burdens have been passed; and under these Acts numerous decisions have been given. So that the subject is now an extensive and complicated one; and this book elucidates most of the points which it is necessary for a clubcommittee-man to know, and which it is advisable for all club members to be acquainted with.

Eighth Edition. Law and Practice in Divorce and Matrimonial Causes. By J. H. WATTS. London: Sweet & Maxwell.

1913.

Browne and Watts on Divorce needs no comments to recommend it to the legal profession as a sound and useful work on the subject. The present edition is by Mr. Watts alone, but he has obtained the assistance of Mr. Durley Grazebrook, Junr., a name familiar in the Probate and Divorce Division. As before, the text is divided into two parts; in Part I we find the law on the subject, whereas Part II is devoted to Practice. Mr. Watts has thoroughly overhauled the text, re-written it wherever necessary, and has brought his matter quite up to date. In the List of Cases the names of co-respondents have been added, a novelty which will enable the reader to see at a glance whether the Petition was brought by the husband or by the wife. The extracts given from Professor Dicey's Conflict of Laws are very useful as a guide to questions of Domicil, but we think that more discussion might have been devoted to the question of the recognition of Foreign Divorces by our Divorce Court, where it often crops up. Moreover, the heading "Foreign Divorce," in the Index, hardly seems adequate. Subject to these minor criticisms, the treatise seems to be based upon excellent lines and shows signs of careful treatment of the subject.

A Supplement to the Law Relating to Trade Unions. By J. H. GREENWOOD, B.Sc. London: Stevens & Sons.

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1913. In the year 1911 Mr. Greenwood issued a treatise on "The Law Relating to Trade Unions." Since that date the law affecting that subject has been materially developed by reason of decisions given in the House of Lords, the English Court of Appeal, and the Scottish Court of Session. Further, the Trade Union Act 1913 (2 & 3 Geo. V, c. 30) has been passed. The present Supplement is intended to be an analysis of the cases decided, aud to show how the law has been affected by reason of the passing of the last-mentioned Statute. It will therefore be seen that the parent volume, together with the Supplement, brings the law on the subject of Trade Unions absolutely up to date. With regard to our criticisms on the parent treatise we can only repeat what was said on page 378, Volume XXXVI, of this Review, and to add that they apply with equal force to the Supplement. Mr. Greenwood's book was primarily intended for those readers who possess little if any legal training, and who have not access to law reports. When judged by that standard, we are of opinion that the Supplement fulfils every necessary condition.

Laws against Nonconformity. By T. BENNETT, LL.D. Grimsby: Roberts Jackson. 1913. In this little book the Author has sketched the history of laws which affect Nonconformity, using the word in its widest sense, as embracing every branch of religion other than the "Established" Church. It shows in vivid colours the growth of toleration, and the need of a still further extension of that virtue. To-day there is only a small amount of law which makes an invidious distinction. Writing from memory, the three great offices not open to Nonconformists are those of (a) The Crown; (b) Lord Chancellor, as keeper of the King's conscience; (c) Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. There is much which can be said pro and con, but that "much" would be out of place in a review. We remember that a great discussion arose in the lifetime of Lord Russell of Killowen, who, as a Roman Catholic, was debarred from occupying the post of Lord Chancellor. Mr. Bennett has given us a most useful little work, based upon a subject which he, apparently, takes very much to heart.

The Practice in Enfranchisements under the Copyhold Act 1894. By G. W. LLOYD, LL.B. London: Stevens & Sons. 1913.-We were always under the impression that the only person who could make the subject of copyholds at all interesting was Mr. Archibald

Brown, who wrote a book on the subject. We must revise our opinion, as Mr. Lloyd certainly has given a touch of romance to a dry subject in his Chapter on the "History and Nature of Copyholds." The manor courts are among the few remaining traces of the feudal times, and we have their history and incidents clearly stated by the learned Author. The book contains twelve chapters, and each branch of this abstruse subject is adequately stated and elaborated. Mr. Lloyd occupies the position of Head of the Tithe and Copyhold Branch of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, so that in preparing this interesting little work he brings to bear a practical knowledge which illuminates the theoretical knowledge gained by his legal training for the Bar.

Receivers and Liquidators. By H. C. EMERY. London : Effingham Wilson. 1913.-To form a thoroughly practical treatise on the appointment and duties of Liquidators in winding up, whether voluntary or under supervision, and of Receivers, is a very useful project; and the Author has well attained his purpose of making the work a vade mecum in all respect for the guidance of such officials.

The Law Relating to Prospectuses. By F. E. FARRER. London: Effingham Wilson. 1913. Promoters, directors and secretaries of public companies are the class for which this work is especially prepared, and the Author has with great care essayed the difficult task of expressing in simple phraseology the somewhat complicated and frequently perilous obligations which two at any rate of the class assume. The Joint Stock Companies Act of 1908 is in all essential points set out, and the comments on these sections display both learning and discernment. The Index appears full, and in all respects the book is one of merit.

London Public Health Administration. By W. MCC. WANKlyn. London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1913.-This is a handy little book which presents in a lucid form "a conspectus of London Public Health Administration.”

Fourth Edition. The Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885. By F. MEAD and A. H. Bodkin. London: Butterworth & Co. 1913. A new edition of this well-known work has been necessitated by the passing of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1912 (2 & 3 Geo. V. c. 20), commonly known as the "White Slave

Traffic Bill." Within its scope is included all statutes or parts of statutes relating to indecent offences against women and children. Mr. Mead is the London Police Magistrate, and Mr. Bodkin is one of the Treasury Counsel, so that their qualifications for dealing with this question are undoubted. Under sect. 5 of the Punishment of Incest Act 1908 (8 Edw. VII, c. 45), all proceedings under that Act are to be held in camerâ. Formerly, it had been decided that publication of proceedings in camerâ could be punished as a contempt of court (Scott v. Scott, L.R. [1912], P. 4). Upon appeal to the House of Lords, the decision was over-ruled (The Times, May 6th, 1913). The present edition will form an invaluable addition to a lawyer's library of Criminal law.

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Fourth Edition. The Students' Guide to the Principles of Equity. By CHARLES THWAITES. London: Geo. Barber. 1913. -This little work, together with the one on Constitutional Law and Legal History which we review elsewhere, form two of a series of Guides for those who wish to pass the Bar Final. gested course of reading comes first, and in the second part we have test questions on Indermaur & Thwaites' Manual of Equity. The third and most important division is a digest of questions and answers upon eleven branches of Equity. The questions cover a wide range, and the answers are concise, comprehensive, and illuminating.. We have no doubt whatever that this little guide will fully effect the purpose for which it is intended.

Books received, reviews of which have been held over owing to want of space : -Donogh's Land Acquisition and Compensation in British India; Macmorran's Local Government 1912-13; Niemeyer and Strupp's Jahrbuch des Volkerrechts; Shirley's Leading Cases in the Common Law; Burgin's Administration of Foreign Estates; Thwaites' Constitutional Law; McMurdy's The Upas Tree; Pease on Contracts; Carswell's Law of Domestic Servants; Cotterell's Latin Maxims and Phrases; Gore-Browne and Jordan's Handbook of Joint Stock Companies; Strahan's Law of Mortgages; Haldane's Higher Nationality; Yearly Supreme Court Practice 1914; de Becker's Commercial Code of Japan; Crew's Secret Commissions and Bribery; Great Jurists of the World; Trotter's Law of Contract in Scotland; Annual Practice 1914; A.B.C. Guide to Practice; Kelke's Leading Cases in Equity; Lamb's Forty Years at the Old Bailey.

Other Publications received:-The Hindustan Review; Ilbert's The Coronation Durbar and its Consequences (Clarendon Press, Oxford); Calendar of the London School of Economics 1913-14; Everyone's Own Physician (E. Roberts & Co.); del Vecchio's Il Concetto del Diritto; La Ciencia del Derecho Universal Comparado, and De la Guerra y la Paz, Salomon's The Contest against Criminality (Norstedt & Sonn, Stockholm); Revista Generale de Legislacion y Jurisprudencia (Madrid); Cambridge Pocket Diary and Diary for the Academical Year (Cambridge University Press).