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Eleven years ago Mr. Sheldon gave to the profession the first edition of this truly admirable treatise, and it was at once recognized as a most valuable addition to legal literature. Written in a dear, terse, and vigor ous style, it is in every way excellently adapted to the practitioner's needs. The present work has been greatly enlarged, portions of it have been practically rewritten, and the number of cases cited has been more than doubled. In its present form it is a brief and concise statement of the law of Subrogation to date, and that it will meet with the favor which was accorded the first edition we have no doubt.

THE CIVIL LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURIES ARISING OUT OF NEGLIGENCE. By HENRY F. BUSWELL. Little, Brown, & Co., Boston, 1893. Law Sheep. $5-50 net. Mr. Buswell is known to the profession as a lawwriter of ability, his previous works having been very favorably received. The present volume will cer tainly add to his reputation, as it is the best treatise he has yet produced. The subject is very fully cov ered, and the principles of law clearly and succinctly stated. The citations are numerous, but the author has avoided overloading the work with full statement of cases merely cumulative. For this he is much to be commended. The treatise is a really valuable one, and should receive a cordial welcome.

FORENSIC ORATORY. A Manual for Advocates. By WILLIAM C. ROBINSON, LL D., Professor of Law in Yale University. Little, Brown, & Co., Boston, 1893. Cloth, $2.50; Law Sheep, $3.00.

Having the conviction forced upon him that there is an enormous waste of time and energy in the trials of causes in our courts, Mr. Robinson came to the con clusion that nothing is more desirable than that young advocates should be well trained in the principles and practice of the art of Forensic Oratory. Hence this little book. The work is one which will be read with interest, and it contains ideas and suggestions which many of the older members of the profession will do well to ponder over. Forensic Oratory seems to be one of the lost arts; and if this book shall revive an interest in it, the author will have accomplished much. The real orator, however, is born, not made : and all the rules and principles in the world will not produce one if the divine spark be lacking. The work is admirably adapted for the student's use, and gives much valuable information as to the conducting of a trial.

THE STORY OF MALTA. By MATURIN M. BALLOU. Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., Boston, 1893. Cloth. $1.50. As a writer of books of travel, Mr. Hallou possesses the happy faculty of taking his reader so completely into his confidence that he makes him almost part and parcel of himself, and his works therefore impart almost as much genuine pleasure as a visit in person to the places described. The history of Malta is peculiarly fascinating, and the pen pictures of its people, customs, scenery, etc., are not only interest ing, but are full of valuable information. No more delightful summer reading could be found than this story of (he "Queen of the Mediterranean."