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WHAT SHALL WE READ? The Isles and Shrines of Greece* were visited by Mr. Barrows under the most favorable circum stances, and imbued with the spirit of Greek life and nationality, he gives a most interesting and realistic account of his travels. He was the only American, accompanying Dr. Dorpfeld in his fruitful excavations at Troy in 1893, and the reader will find an admirable presentation given of some of the main results of that expedition. The book is thoroughly enjoyable from beginning to end, and is, fully illus trated by reproductions of photographs taken by the author himself. Mrs. Wiggin's new book, Penelope's Progress,"1 will be hailed with delight by all who have read "A Cathedral Courtship." Penelope's experiences in Scotland, as herein related, are set forth with all that charm and inimitable humor which distinguish the author's writings. The volume is unusually at tractive to the eye in its binding of Scotch plaid.

being that by which the Circuit Courts of Appeals were established. These changes and their effects are fully set forth in the appropriate chapters. A chapter is devoted to proceedings before United States Commissioners. The jurisdiction and powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission are also fully discussed. A large collection of useful forms has been added to the work. The Rules of Court are also given in full, and especial attention is called to the manner in which the Rules of the Circuit Courts of Appeals are arranged so as to give due effect to their correspondence and variations in the different Circuits. We heartily and unreservedly commend the work to our readers. The American State Reports, Vol. 59. Con taining the cases of general value and authority decided in the courts of last resort of the several states. Selected, reported and anno tated by A. C. Freeman. Bancroft-Whitney Co., San Francisco, 1898. Law sheep. $4.00.

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A Treatise on The Constitution and Juris diction of the United States Courts, on pleading, practice and procedure therein, and on the powers and duties of United States Com missioners. With rules of Court and Forms. By Hon. A. H. Garland, late Attorney-general of the United States, and Robert Ralston, Esq., former Assistant U. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, assisted by John H. Ingham, Esq., of the Philadelphia Bar. T. & J. W. Johnson & Co., Philadelphia, 1898. Two vols. Law sheep. $12.00 net. This treatise is one of the most important offered to the profession for a long time, and is indispensable to the practitioner in the Federal Courts. The work is thorough and exhaustive, covering the whole sub ject of the jurisdiction of practice of these Courts, in-' eluding the Court of Claims, the Court of the District of Columbia, and the Courts of the Territories. The long and distinguished connection of the authors with practice in the United States Courts, is of itself a guarantee that the treatise is in every way thor oughly reliable. During the last ten years the Juris diction of the Federal Courts has been the subject of important legislation, the most noteworthy statute 1 The Isles anD Shrines of Greecr. By Samuel J. Harrows. Roberts Bros., Boston, 1898. Cloth. $2.00. 2 Penelope's Progress. Being such extracts from the commonplace book of Penelope Hamilton, as related to her ex periences in Scotland. By Kate Douglas Wiggin. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York, 1898. Cloth. $1.25.

Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity, or Foren sic Psychiatry. By S. V. Clevenger, M. D. The Lawyer's Co-operative Publishing Co., Rochester, N. Y., 1898. Two vols. Law sheep, $12. This work will be found valuable alike to the legal and medical professions. The author is an alienist of national reputation and eminently fitted to prepare a systematic and exhaustive treatise upon the subject. The question of sanity or in sanity is one of fact, to be proved as a conclusion from evidence, and Dr. Clevenger sets forth with great clearness all the symptoms by which the question of mental responsibility may be deter mined. The study of the insane for many years enables him to speak authoritatively, and as the result of his long experience we have here a work of exceptional merit, admirably fitted to meet the requirements of lawyers and physicians in civil and criminal cases. The purely legal part of the work comprises the decisions upon the tests, evidence, and pre sumptions of insanity, the mental capacity to con tract, marry, or make wills, the effect of insanity on the relations of partnership, agency, or mar riage, and also in all criminal offenses. The law as laid down by the courts is nowhere given nearly as complete a presentation. An appen dix on the use of scientific books and treatises as evidence is added. We heartily commend the work to our readers.