Statutes noted in this edition may be especially mentioned the Shops Act, the Pilotage Act, the Children (Employment Abroad) Act, the Fabrics (Misdescription) Act, intended to obviate the danger of "flannellette," but which the Editor thinks will fail in its object; the Forgery Act, the Bankruptcy and Deeds of Arrangement Act, which amends the law relating to these matters, and empowers Courts of Summary Jurisdiction to try offences under the Debtors Act 1869; and the National Insurance Act, which amends Parts I and III of the National Insurance Act 1911. New cases reported since the last edition number about one hundred and sixty. Among others, Walters v. Braithwaite (30 T. L. R. 107) decided that "overstocking" is an offence under the Protection of Animals Act 1911; Oakey v. Jackson (30 T. L. R. 92) deals with the responsibility of a parent under sect. 12 of the Children Act 1908, to provide medical aid; and Webster v. Terry (30 T. L. R. 32), to meet which the Motor Cars (Use and Construction) Amendment Order (No. 11) 1913 was issued; Landsbury v. Riley (29 T. L. R. 733) is an interesting case reversing the power of justices to require sureties for good behaviour. It must be eminently satisfactory to the Editor to find his advice to justices' clerks, to disregard a Home Office Circular relating to their duty in connection with the registration of clubs, supported by an unreported case, where a rule nisi for mandamus to a clerk who had obeyed the circular was granted The recent communication from the Chief Justice containing the views of the Judges of the King's Bench Division, relating to committals by justices to Quarter Sessions or Assizes, will be found in the Appendix. The Editor has once more received the invaluable aid of Mr. H. Oliver Roberts, the deputy clerk to the Newcastle justices.

Summary Procedure in the High Court. By FRANK Newbolt. London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1914.-The Annual and Yearly Practices are both monuments of labour and the result of many years' accumulations of notes. To the average lawyer they are rather awe-inspiring, and a guide-book to one of the branches of Procedure in commonest use will be welcomed with a sigh of relief. The pitfalls besetting the footsteps of those who tread the slippery paths of Order III, rule 6, and Order XIV, are many and confusing. Possibility of some slight mistake which may cost the client heavy costs is bewildering. Mr. Newbolt's book will be greeted with a

chorus of approval from even the most seasoned practitioner in the Courts. It is divided into two Parts. The first Part consists of the effect of the Orders and Rules dealing with Summary Procedure, without citation of cases, from writ to judgment. Chapters I and IV give many useful, hints; Chapter I supplies preliminary questions to ask oneself before issuing a writ, whereas Chapter IV deals with the defendant's position when the writ has been received. The second Part gives the actual Orders and Rules affecting Summary Procedure without the vast accumulations of notes to be found in the White Book. Mr. Newbolt's little work will prove useful and attractive to a large circle of readers.

The Venezuelan Boundary Controversy. By GROVER CLEVELAND. London: Oxford University Press. 1913.-This little book contains the lectures delivered by ex-President Cleveland in the Alexander Hall of Princeton University, on the Venezuelan boundary dispute, which during his administration assumed such a threatening attitude when Lord Salisbury most unwisely challenged the authority of the Monroe Doctrine. The arbitration which followed is a striking example of the value of this mode of settling a dispute of long standing.

Common Sense in Law. By PAUL VINOGRADOFF, D.C.L., LL.D., D. Hist. Dr. Jur., F.B.A. London: Williams & Norgate. 1914.This is a sane and illuminating survey of legal concepts in English law. This is the kind of book-one in the Home University Library series-which can only be written by a master of the craft. In Professor Vinogradoff's hands it becomes a masterpiece.

The Cinematograph Act 1909. By A. H. WILLIAMS and A. HARRIS. With an Introduction by R. T. JUPP, M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S. Edin. and L.R.C.P. Lond. London: Stevens & Sons. 1913. This little book consists of the Act of 1909 annotated most thoroughly and comprehensively by the Authors; of the English, Scotch, Irish, and London County Council Regulations, and of such sections of other Statutes as relate to the subject. Such a book as this, of course, will only appeal to those interested in the trade, and to a less degree to the justices upon whom the duty of granting licences is thrown. Since its publication, Huish v. Justices for the City of Liverpool has decided that justices sitting in petty sessions for the purpose of

hearing applications under the Act are not a Court of summary jurisdiction so as to enable them to state a case for the opinion of the Divisional Court.

Chitty's Annual Statutes 1913. By W. H. AGGS, M.A., LL.M. London: Sweet & Maxwell. 1914.-Out of 38 public general Statutes, the Editor has selected 25 for inclusion in this, the third continuation volume of the last edition of this popular collection. A serviceable accessory to any new Act is a series of considered notes, and those supplied to this volume are quite a helpful commentary. For instance, those to the Forgery Act well illustrate the effect of the new provisions; and they will be not the less welcome that the Act repeals parts of more than 70 other Acts.

Butterworths' Twentieth Century Statutes 1913. By H. H. KING. London: Butterworth & Co. 1914. The issue for 1913 of this well-approved publication contains, printed in full from the King's Printers' copies, all the public general Acts which, according to the Preface, were passed in the year. An exception is made of a few only, relating to Scotland and the Isle of Man. But we have failed to find in the volume the Metropolitan Water Board Act 1913. And yet to this Act the Royal Assent was given on the 15th August last, the day on which all the Acts of the Session received that final and absolute approval. Though the Preface to the volume is dated December 1st, 1913, it may be that at that date no copy of the Act could be obtained from the King's Printer. The issue to the public of public Acts is often very dilatory. With this exception the work is close up to date. The notes are serviceable, and in them even attempts have been made to anticipate some of the difficulties of construction and application which may be expected to arise with respect to the new Statutes.

Butterworth's Yearly Digest 1913. Edited by H. CLOVER. London: Butterworth & Co. 1914. This is the Supplement for 1913 to the 15 years' Digest published by the same firm; and for the text of it the head notes of the Law Reports are, by permission, reproduced. This, although it of course does not impart any official representation to the volume, is for several reasons a convenient arrangement. The usual list is given of past cases which

have been noticed, favourably or otherwise, during the year; and there is also a useful chronological list of Statutes referred to in the same period. Further, there is a digest of selected Scottish and Irish cases. So that the new issue is fully complete.

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The Annual Digest 1913. By JOHN MEWS. London: Sweet & Maxwell. 1914. This digest of the reported decisions in the superior Courts during the past year has evidence of the same care and precision that have raised the old-established series into a familiar title. A feature of much practical value in it is a list of all cases of past years which have been affected in any way by the decisions of 1913. This is not only bound up in the volume, but is issued also separately in a slim pamphlet, printed on one side only of the paper. As a means of noting up, this is very neat, ready, and convenient.

Second Edition. Index to Tax Cases. By E. R. HARRISON, LL.B. London: Butterworth & Co. 1914. This comprehensive Index to reports of tax cases will doubtless be found very useful in practice, especially now that it is brought up to date and improved facilities of reference have been devised.

Third Edition.

French Law and Customs for the Anglo-Saxon. By A. S. BROWNE. London: Jordan & Sons. London: Jordan & Sons. 1914. The third edition of this useful little work has been considerably enlarged and revised. The Author is an English Solicitor residing at Nice, and has had many years' experience of France. The chief use of this book will be to warn the foreigner of the pitfalls of French law. Nationality, Mixed Marriages, Wills and Succession, Companies, all are subjects which come under a system of law entirely opposed to the English system. Our Divorce Court records show many instances of how easy it is for the unwary to be trapped into a ceremony which purported to be a marriage, and then too late to find that from some technical defect no binding marriage took place. These and a hundred and one useful pieces of information are all given in simple and lucid language which will make the information clear to the lay as well as to the legal mind.

Third Edition. The Finance Acts 1894-1912. By J. WEBSTERBROWN. London: Stevens & Sons. 1913. As the Author treats of these Acts only so far as they concern Estate Duty, and as he is

the principal clerk in the Estate Duty Office, he is no doubt enabled to write with knowledge of the difficulties which arise out of this complex series of Statutes. It is an additional advantage that he has endeavoured to follow the official interpretation of the Acts, for this course may afford some guidance on points which have not so far penetrated to the Law Courts.

Fourth Edition.

Local Government and Local Taxation in England and Wales. By the Right Hon. H. HOBHOUSE. London: Sweet & Maxwell. 1914.-This work gives a concise account of the system of Local Government in England and Wales, excluding London. Since the original publication thirty years ago, local powers have been greatly enlarged, and the book must have been almost wholly recast since that distant date. Even for this edition the chapters on Small Holdings and Working Class Dwellings have been re-written, and to other chapters many additions have had to be made. Throughout, the statistics and figures have undergone a careful revision and extension by officials familiar with the subject; and the new volume will well support the repute which the earlier impressions attained.

Seventh Edition. Montgomery's Licensing Practice. By R. M. MONTGOMERY, M.A., and E. A. PARRY. London: Sweet & Maxwell. 1914. This treatise is to cease to be an annual publication, and no other edition is likely to be issued until some legislative change in licensing takes place. The present volume, however, notes all the recent cases. For instance, the important decision in Watney, Combe, Reid & Co. v. Berners is set out, but briefly only, as the case is under appeal. Another case of interest commented upon is Rex v. Customs and Excise Commissioners. The Licensing Act 1910 is printed at length, with interpretations and illustrations to all the sections that require those aids. Several Tables of much practical use are supplied; the Index seems to have been carefully prepared, but the page of the addenda might have been included.

Fifty-first Edition. Every Man's Own Lawyer. By a BARRISTER. London: Crosby, Lockwood & Son. 1914.-This book evidently continues to maintain its popularity, with a certain portion of the public, unabated. As Judge Parry said recently:"We are all supposed to know the law, and nobody does." Next