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The French Law of Marriage, Marriage Con tracts and Divorce, and the Conflict of Laws arising therefrom, being a second edition of "Kelley's French Law of Marriage," revised and enlarged by Oliver E. Bodington, B.A., of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at- Law. Baker, Voorhis & Co., New York, 1895. Law sheep. $3.50 net. This book is a very able and exhaustive examina tion of the law regulating marriage in France, sup plying a great amount of information, and illustrated by the opinions and decisions of the most eminent jurists. In the present edition the chapter on Divorce has been enlarged by a review of the decisions rendered since the promulgation of the Law of 1884, which being almost contemporaneous with the publication of the first edition, was then too recent to admit of a practical commentary. A chapter has also been written upon the Procedure of Divorce, as established by the Law of 1886. The various systems of Marriage Contract have also been classified, and an outline of the distin guishing features of each rigime given. The text and translation of the new Articles im ported into the Code by the Divorce Laws of 1884 and 1886, as well as those relating to the various sys tems of Contrat de Mariage, have been added; and the original text has been generally revised and brought into harmony with existing legislation and decisions. MISCELLANEOUS.

Pirate Gold. By F. J. Stimson (J. S. of Dale). Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York, 1896. Cloth. S1. 25. Mr. Stimson has written an exceedingly interest ing story concerning a bag of gold left under peculiar circumstances with a banking house in Boston in 1829. The incidents are dramatic, the characters well drawn, and the author enlists the reader's in terest to the very end.

Life and Speeches of Thomas Corwin, Orator, Lawyer and Statesman. Edited by Josiah Morrow. W. H. Anderson & Co., Cincinnati, 1896. Cloth. S3.50. A generation back no name was better known throughout the land than that of "Tom Corwin." He was undoubtedly the greatest popular orator of his time; he had a national reputation as a wit, and as a lawyer he had few equals. The story of his life should be an inspiration to American youth, for if ever there was a self-made man, Thomas Corwin was one. Mr. Morrow gives many interesting reminis cences, and the collection of speeches includes the most famous of Mr. Corwin's utterances. The book cannot fail to interest every reader. Lucius Q. C. Lamar, His Life, Times and Speeches, 1825-1893. By Edward Mayes, LL.D., Ex-Chancellor of the University of Mississippi. Cloth. $5 .00. Mr. Mayes pays a well deserved tribute to the late Justice Lamar, and while the sketch is evidently the work of a personal friend, there is nothing parti san in the presentation of the facts which made up the life of this great character. Lamar was so con spicuous a personage in national events of the last half century, that the story of his life makes a valu able contribution to the history of the events preced ing and succeeding our Civil War. The book is .delightfully written, and the speeches selected are all interesting and valuable. Tom Grogan. By F. Hopkinson Smith. With illustrations by Charles S. Reinhart. Hough ton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York, 1896. Cloth. S1. 50. Mr. Smith has an enviable reputation as a story teller, and to our mind nothing that has come from his pen is better than this story of Tom Grogan. The heroine (" Tom ") is one whose acquaintance it is a delight to make. The story abounds with stirring scenes and incidents, and is of absorbing interest.