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Communications in regard to the contents of the Magazine should be addressed to the Editor,, 15½ Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.

EFERRING to the title of the "Green Bag" ("a useless but entertaining magazine for lawyers") the "Canadian Law Times" says:—

Our esteemed contemporary seems to have taken a hint which was not intended, and certainly is not implied, in our title. If it were useless to entertain lawyers, the "Green Bag" would never have come into existence. That is the sole aim and object of its being. We propose, however, to do our entertaining with "useless" (so far as being of any practical value is concerned) material. If by eschewing everything in the shape of digests or reports of cases, throwing aside in fact all that would be useful to a lawyer in his practice, and presenting to our readers only light, interesting legal miscellany, we give an hour's pleasure to the profession, our mission is accomplished, and we have justified our claim to being, as our title asserts, "a useless but entertaining magazine for lawyers."

of the history of lawyer's bags, their colors and uses, the "Canadian Law Times" gives the following interesting facts:—

The "Chicago Law Journal" says: "Opinions may differ as to the origin of the 'Green Bag,' but as to the excellence of its contents the verdict must be unanimous. The names of some of the most popular writers on law, literature, and fiction are among its contributors In all candor the 'Green Bag' is a magazine which is replete with rich thought and racy reading, and ought to be patronized and read by lawyers and laymen."

LEGAL ANTIQUITIES.

An ordinance of Edward III., in 1336, prohibited any man having more than two courses at any meal. Each mess was to have only two sorts of victuals, and it was prescribed how far one could mix sauce with his pottage, except on certain feast-days, when three courses at most were allowable. The Statute of Diet of 1363 enjoined that servants of lords should have once a day flesh or fish, and remnants of milk, butter, and cheese; and above all, ploughmen were to eat moderately. And the proclamations of Edward IV. and Henry VIII. used to restrain excess in eating and drinking. All previous statutes as to abstaining from meat and fasting were repealed in the time of Edward VI.; but by new enactments, and in order that fishermen may live, all persons were bound under a penalty not to eat flesh on Fridays