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 Rh to so late a day that even after the province be came a State, there was no decided effort to evade or pervert existing laws, in order to provide some substitute for the lack of equitable remedies. The common law prevailed in unmitigated rigor, and that, too, in a State which of all States in the Union has ever been looked to for examples of administrative reform." The other contents are " Indian Codification," by C. P. Ilbert; " Codification of the Law of Mort main," by R. E. Mitcheson; " Administration of Trusts by Joint Stock Companies," by T. Crisp Poole; " Deny v. Peek, in the House of Lords," by Sir Frederick Pollock; " Through Bills of Lading," by H. D. Bateson.

The Juridical Review (Edinburgh) maintains its high standard of excellence in its October number. The most interesting article is, perhaps, "A Medico-Legal View of the Maybrick Case," by Dr. Henry D. Littlejohn. Charles Scott con tributes a second paper on " Insanity in its relation to the Criminal Law," and J. C. Thomson an article on " Imprisonment for Debt in the United States." The other contents are the "Universi ties Act, 1889," by Professor Kirkpatrick; and "County Government in Ireland," by J. T. C. Humphreys. The frontispiece is an excellent portrait of Hon. David Dudley Field.

We have received a copy of Hon. James C. Carter's address on " The Province of the Writ ten and the Unwritten Law," which was delivered before the State Bar Association of Virginia in July, 1889. In it the writer takes a decided stand against codifications, and the arguments which he advances will repay a careful perusal by those who believe that it is possible to frame a system of written law which shall meet and solve all the problems which may possibly arise.

In the entire realm of scientific research noth ing is more absorbing and full of interest than microscopical investigation. " No one," says Rev. J. C. Wood in his " Common Objects of the Mi croscope," " who possesses even a pocket micro scope of the most limited powers can fail to find amusement and instruction even though he was in the midst of the Sahara itself." To the unscien

tific as well as the scientific reader, " the Micro scope, an illustrated Monthly Journal devoted to Microscopical Science," cannot fail to afford a rich monthly treat. It is attractively printed, well illustrated, and contains a vast fund of valu able information. Ably edited as it is by Dr. Alfred C. Stokes, its success should be greater than ever before.

BOOK NOTICES.

A Treatise on the Law of Trusts and Trus tees. By Jairus Ware Perry. Fourth edi tion, embodying Relevant Cases down to date, by Frank Parsons. Little, Brown & Co., Bos ton, 1889. Two volumes. Law Sheep. $12.00. Perry on Trusts has long been recognized as a standard authority upon all questions of law and equity pertaining to its subject-matter. That this fact is fully appreciated by the legal profession, has been demonstrated by the steady demand for the various editions which have been issued, and this new edition will be equally welcomed. Mr. Par sons' work displays the same care and learning which characterized his editing of Morse on " Banks and Banking," and Blackwell on " Tax Titles; " and in the selection of additional cases embodied in the text, he has shown much judicious discrimination. About eleven thousand cases are now cited in the work, the new ones being distinguished by a dash before each in the table of cases. The section in dices at the heads of the chapters have been much improved by grouping the references under sub heads, and» the main index has been bettered in the same way, and also somewhat enlarged. The work deserves and will undoubtedly receive the continued support and commendation of the pro fession. It certainly is invaluable to every lawyer. The Statute of Limitations, and Adverse Pos session. By Henry F. Buswell. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1889. Law Sheep. $6.00. In the preparation of a work upon this subject, the author has had a formidable difficulty to con tend with in the fact that the ground has already been thoroughly and comprehensively covered by well-known legal writers. Upon a careful exami nation of the book, however, we feel that Mr. Buswell has proved himself equal to the occasion, and has given the profession a really valuable work, and one which compares favorably with its predecessors. The general principles governing the subject of limi tations in law and equity are fully treated, and the