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and its ancient life is wonderfully reconstructed by the vivid imagination of the author. Mr. Stock ton's " House of Martha continues in its usual rollicking fashion for three more chapters; and Mr. Lowell's traveller pursues his way through " Noto : An Unexplored Corner of Japan." Francis Parkman's second paper on " The Capture of Louisbourg by the New England Militia " is marked by the skill and care which Mr. Parkman devotes to everything which he writes. One of the most im portant papers in the number is " Prehistoric Man on the Pacific Coast," by Prof. George Fred erick Wright, of Oberlin, in which he gives us the results of his investigations on the subject of the Nampa Image. The Hon. S. G. W. Benjamin, for some years United States Minister to Persia, has a timely consideration of " The Armenians and the Porte." The April Cosmopolitan will attract especial at tention for the profuseness of its illustrations and the interesting subjects they depict. The frontis piece is an admirable likeness of the late General Sherman. The contents of this number cover a wide range. Elizabeth Bisland contributes an article on " The Eldest of the Arts; " " The Presi dent's Office and Home," are described by George Grantham Bain; and " The Japanese Theatre," by Eliza R. Scidmore. Other interesting articles are "The Master of Genre," by George E. Mont gomery; "The Nicaragua Canal," by Charles T. Harvey; " The Story of a War Correspondent's Life," by Frederic Villiers; and " Farm Life " (a prize essay), by Jennie E. Hooker. The fiction consists of a wild, sensational tale, entitled '' The Mystery of the Studio," by Robert Howe Fletcher.

BOOK NOTICES. A Treatise on the Law of Sales of Personal Property, including the Law of Chattel Mortgages. By Christopher G. Tiedeman. The F. H. Thomas Law Book Co., St. Louis, 1891. Law sheep, $6.00 net. Considering the excellent works on both the sub ject of Sales and that of Chattel Mortgages with which the profession is already supplied, it requires

no little courage on the part of a writer again to go over a field which has been so fully considered. Mr. Tiedeman, however, believing that a treatise, of a distinctively American type is needed on the subject, has undertaken to furnish it. The result is a careful, painstaking production, which thoroughly covers the subjects treated, and will undoubtedly prove of value to the practitioner and also to the student. The treatise is constructed on the same plan as the author's works on " Real Property " and " Commer cial Paper," Mr. Tiedeman's aim being to make the book valuable to the busy lawyer by the addition of extensive citations of authorities and clear differentia tions of the legal points settled by them. The typo graphical work is excellent, and it is a pleasure to read from such clear and distinct pages. The Law of Expert Testimony. By Henry Wade Rogers. Second edition, enlarged and revised. Central Law Journal Company, St. Louis, 189 1. Law Sheep, $5.00. The first edition of this admirable work appeared in 1883, and the profession will gladly welcome this new edition. Professor Rogers is widely known as one of the most able and efficient legal teachers in the country, and in this treatise has furnished to the practitioner a more extended presentation of the law relating to the testimony of experts than the works on Evidence afford. The subject is one of great im portance, entering as it does, in some form or other, into almost every case involving weighty interests. A good work, therefore, on this subject must be of great assistance in a lawyer's general practice. A careful examination of Mr. Rogers's treatise demon strates that he has covered his ground thoroughly and exhaustively. The present edition will prove of even greater value than the first. Many cases, some of great importance, have been added, and an addi tional chapter on the weight of expert testimony will be found to be helpful. Forms in Conveyancing and General Legal Forms, comprising Precedents for ordinary use, and Clauses adapted to special and unusual cases, with Practical Notes. Second edition, revised. By Lkonard A. Jones. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, 1891. $6.00. This volume displays the careful and conscientious work which characterizes all of Mr. Jones's legal writings; and the favor with which the first edition was received showed that the profession recognized