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evidence within the reasonable limit of a single volume in such a manner as to give to students, for whom the work is especially designed, a clear under standing of its principles and rules. Mr. Bradner has chosen to cite meagerly from the older cases, but he has given us the latest cases to be found, and in this respect the work possesses a value not to be found in the older treatises. The arrangement is excellent, and practitioners as well as students will find this book of much aid and assistance. Handbook of American Constitutional Law. By Henry Campbell Black. West Publishing Co., St. Paul, 1895. Law sheep. $3.75. This is an admirable exposition of the leading principles and settled doctrines of American constitu tional law, and will be valuable not only to the legal student, but to all interested in the subject. The learned author has carefully arranged these principles in the form of a series of brief rules which are ex plained and amplified in the subsidiary text, and supported by the citation of pertinent authorities. The book will commend itself to all who examine it. miscellaneous. Out ok the East. Reveries and Studies in New Japan. By Lafcadio Hearn. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York, 1895. Cloth. Si. 25. These sketches give one an admirable idea of Jap anese life and character. The closer one is brought in contact with this remarkable people, the greater seems to become one's respect and admiration for them, and Mr. Hearn writes with an evident love for both the country and its inhabitants. His style is charming, and every page is pervaded with the soft dreamy atmosphere of the Orient." The chiefchar acteristics of the Japanese, an almost childlike sim plicity of thought and life, and a deep sense of filial duty, furnish an object-lesson which western nations

might study with profit. The book is in every way one of the most fascinating we have read for a long time. Stories of the Foot-Hills. By Margaret Collier Graham. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York, 1895. Cloth. $1.25. Most of the stories which make up the contents of this volume have, we believe, already appeared in the "Atlantic," but in their present attractive form they are more readable than ever. Mrs. Graham is a remarkable delineator of character, and her stories are charmingly fresh and original. It is a pity thrt she does not favor us oftener with the products of her pen, for she is certainly one of the most promis ing of the writers of to-day. The Right Honorable W. E. Gladstone. A Study from Life. By Henry W. Lucy. Roberts Brothers, Boston, 1895. Cloth. $1.25. This is a most delightful book, one which makes the " grand old man " appear even " grander " than ever before. Mr. Lucy has not given us a biography of Mr. Gladstone, but has been content to rapidly sketch, in chronological order, the main course of his phenomenally busy life. The events of his politi cal career are portrayed in a most interesting manner, giving the reader a clear insight into the remarkable character of this wonderful man. The book is one which American readers will peruse with eminent satisfaction. As Others Saw Him. A Retrospect, A.D. 54. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York, 1895. Cloth. $1.25. This purports to be a description of the principal events in the life of Christ as seen through Jewish eves, by one who finally voted for his death in the council of twenty-three. The book is interestingly written and vividly describes the scenes so familiar to us all. A strong argument is made from the Jewish standpoint.