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248 248 HARVARD LAW REVIEW. REVIEW. Negligence of Imposed Duties. By Charles A. Ray, LL.D. Rochester, N. Y. : Lawyers' Cooperative Publishing Co., 1891. pp. 757. The author nowhere defines " imposed duties." The subjects treated of are the duties imposed by the law on a person in respect to his use or ownership of property, e.g. the rights and duties of the public and of individuals in regard to highways ; the whole subject of easements ; the natural rights to lateral support of soil, to air, light, and water ; and the duty of using things in their nature dangerous in such a way as not to injure others. The subject-matter would be more accurately de- scribed by the title " Imposed Duties " than by the one the author has chosen, since it is really a general treatise on that subject. The chief value of the book will be found in a very large collection of authorities and the accurate statement of modern decisions. These are, however, too often stated one after the other without proper discrim- ination or sufficient discussions of principle. It is like too many of our treatises in that more space is given to a digest of the cases than to an examination of principles. This is not true of the whole book. Many chapters contain clear and comprehensive statements of the law on the subjects to which they are devoted, and will doubtless be found of much value. LEADING ARTICLES IN EXCHANGES. Ohio Law Journal. Vol. XXVI. No. 20. Unanimity in Juries. Central Law Journal. Vol. 33. No. 19. Power of Court to Amend the Verdict and Judgment. No. 20. In Slander Suits is Evidence of Current Report or Belief in Truth of Words admissible ? No. 21. The Tilden Will Case. Bigamy. Scottish Law Review. Vol. 7. No. 83. Trust Deeds by Insolvents. Assignment of Life Policies. Washington Law Reporter. Vol. 19. No. 47. Bailor Recovering Goods Bailed. Albany Law Journal. Vol. 44. No. 19. Tilden Will Trust. No. 2a New Penal Code of Italy. No. 21. Election Expenses of Judges. No. 22. Judicial Evolution. Green Bag. Vol. III. Boston. No 11. Supreme Court of New Jersey [with portraits]; Legal Education; Right to Privacy; Identification of Criminals by Measurement; First Offences. Chicago Legal News. Vol. xxiv No. 13. Woman Suffrage; Directing a Verdict.