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can be little doubt that the experiment was worth trying, and the story is well told. Mr. Osborne, the intelligent and generous friend of the Republic, writes an optimistic introduction.

C. R. Henderson

A Treatise on Plague, dealing with the historical, epidemio- logical, clinical, therapeutic, and preventive aspects of the disease. By W. J. Simpson, Cambridge: The University Press, 1905. Pp. 466. If the dread disease which is already feared on our coasts should make inroads on the interior quite widely this learned volume would at once be sought for reliable information as to the nature, cause, and remedy of the pest. The title describes the scope of the work whose value is assured by the author's name and the conditions of publication. C. R. H.

The Salary Loan Business in New York City. By C. W. Was- SAM. New York: Charities Publication Committee, 1908. This study is a revelation of the economic necessity for small loans in cases where there is no property to pawn or mortgage. The conditions described are typical of what may be found in any city. The Russell Sage Foundation met the cost of investigation.

C. R. H.

Brief and Argument. By Louis D. Brandeis, Assisted by Jose- phine GoLDMARK. In the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, December term, a.d., 1909. W. C. Ritchie and Co., et al. vs. John E. W. Wayman and Edgar T. Davies. ' This valuable document, published by the National Consumers' League, is an enlarged edition of the argument used with such convincing effect in the famous Oregon laundry case. It is a plea for shorter hours for women in industry, in which the case turns on a few simple legal principles and in which the argument is made conclusive by a mass of evidence to show that society has an interest in the health and morals of working-women. The treatise bids fair to become a classic for the implications have a much wider bearing than the immediate question at issue.

C. R. H.