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The Duties and Liabilities of Trustees. Six lectures delivered in the Inner Temple during the Hilary Sittings, 1896, at the request of the Council of Legal Education. By Augus tine Biorele, M.P., one of Her Majesty's Counsel. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1896. Cloth. $1.25. In an exceedingly pleasant, and at the same time perfectly clear manner, Mr. Biorele sets forth the duties and liabilities of Trustees. A careful perusal of the 182 pages which make up this little volume will give one a better idea of the responsibilities and re quirements pertaining to trusteeship, than many weary hours spent conning the voluminous legal treatises upon the subject. We commend the work especially to the younger members of the profession. New Criminal Procedure, or New Commenta ries on the Law of Pleading and Evidence and Practice in Criminal Cases. By Joel Prentiss Bishop, LL'.D. Fourth edition, being a new work, based on former editions. Vol. II. Specific Offenses and Their Incidents. T. H. Flood & Co., Chicago, 1896. $6.00. This volume completes Mr. Bishop's exhaustive treatise upon Criminal Procedure, and the work as a whole is entitled to the highest praise. It is equally helpful in States where there are codes of criminal procedure as in the other States. It gives the cases decided under the Codes, the same as the others. While it is indispensable to every practitioner in the Criminal Law, it explains the unwritten rules of pleading, and largely of evidence in things pertaining to the civil practice, in which the rules in civil cases are substantially the same as in criminal. American Railroad and Corporation Reports. Vol.XII. E. B. Meyer & Co., Chicago, 1896. Law sheep. $4.50. This series of Reports covers the current decisions of the courts of last resort in the United States, per taining to the law of railroads and private and muni cipal corporations. It is of the greatest value to cor poration lawyers, and officials of all companies and associations. The present volume contains a full index of vols. VII. to XII. Hand-book on the Law of Damages. By Wil liam B. Hale, LL.B. West Publishing Co., St. Paul, Minn., 1896. Law sheep. S3.75.

Mr. Hale in this volume states with great clearness and accuracy the rules and principles governing the award of damages in civil cases. Law students will find the work of much assistance, while the practicing lawyer will do well to add it to his library as a valua ble treatise upon this important subject. miscellaneous. Effie Hetherington. By Robert Buchanan. Roberts Brothers, Boston, 1896. Cloth. $1.50. This is a story of remarkable dramatic power, and of the most absorbing interest. It is, however, one that a mother would hardly select for a daughter's reading. It is to be regretted that Mr. Buchanan has exhibited such a tendency towards the risque, for his work is one of great literary merit. The devotion of the hero is truly noble, but the heroine, alas! is any thing but a noble type of woman. BOOKS RECEIVED.

A Treatise on the Law of Real Property as Applied Between Vendor and Purchaser in Modern Conveyancing, or Estates in Fee and their Transfer by Deed. By Leonard A. Jones, A.B., LL.B. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York, 1896. Two vols. Law sheep.

$12.00.

The Question of Copyright. Compiled by Geo. Haven Putman, A.M. Second Edition. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 1896. Cloth. S1. 75. A Treatise on the Railway Law of Canada. By Harry Abbott, Q. C. C. Theoret, Montreal. 1896. A Manual of Elementary Law. By Walter D. Smith. West Publishing Co., St. Paul. 1896. Law sheep. $3.75. The Law of Charitable Uses, Trusts and Do nations in New York. By Robert Ludlow Fowler. The Diossy Law Book Co., New York. 1896. Law and Practice for Justices of the Peace and Police Justices in the State of New York. By Patrick C. Duggan. Matthew Bender, Al bany, N. Y. 1896.