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The lover of a good, exciting novel will find all that his heart could desire in the The Prisoners of Hope? The scene is laid in Colonial Virginia and the author is remarkably felicitous in her portrayal of life and character in the early days of the colony. At the time, whereof she writes English convicts were sent over and sold as slaves to the colonial planters, and one of these unhappy beings is made the hero of her story. From the very start the reader is carried through a series of most thrilling incidents until the end, and a sad end it is, is reached. The book is not sensational, is admirably written, and, all in all, is one of the most interesting we have read for a long time. 1 The Prisoners of Hope, a Tale of Colonial Virginia. By Mary Johnston. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York. 1898. Cloth. $1.50.

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from which the present Act is in great part derived, now make applicable; also the decisions of the Eng lish Courts upon similar provisions of British Stamp Acts. The authors have done their work thoroughly and accurately and the volume will prove a most use ful addition to the lawyer's library. The Law of Mechanics Liens upon Real Es tate in Massachusetts. By Henry T. Sum mers, LL.B. of the Essex Bar. Cloth. The little book will prove of great assistance to Massachusetts lawyers. The Massachusetts Statute has been very unevenly construed and even to this day the meaning of some of its sections remain in doubt. The author has spared no pains in making the work complete both in its citations and in the discussion of the principles involved, and the volume supplies an admirable text-book upon a subject which is but little understood. General Digest, Americanand English, annota ted. Refers to all Reports official and unofficial. Vol. V, New Series. The Lawyer's Cooperative Publishing Co., Rochester, N. Y. 1898. I^w sheep. $6.00. The publishers are certainly sparing no pains to make this digest indispensable to every practising lawyer. The system of annotation is excellent and in fact the whole arrangement is designed to make the reference to any desired subject easy and rapid to the busy lawyer. We unqualifiedly recommend the work to our readers as accurate and thorough, and one which they will find of the greatest assistance.