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Spaniards, is told by the author with great power and effectiveness. Altogether this story is the best bit of historical fiction we have read for a long time, and it deserves a hearty welcome at the hands of the read ing public.

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BOOKS FOR LAWYERS.

THE YEARLY SUPREME COURT PRACTICE, 1900, be ing the Judicature Acts and Rules 1873 to 1899, and other statutes, and orders relating to the practice of the Supreme Court, with the appel late practice of the House of Lords, with practical notes. By M. MUIR MACKENZIE, B.A; S.G. LUSHINGTON, M.A., B.C.L; and JOHN CHARLES Fox. Butterworth & Co., Ixmdon, England, 1900. Cloth. Twenty shillings, net. In this volume the authors present in a concise form the whole of the Practice of the Supreme Court, except some such special branches as Probate, Divorce, Lunacy, Bankruptcy, etc. The notes are very full and exhaustive and the work has in every respect been brought up to date. To English law yers this work must be of great value, and as a book of reference it should find a place in all our Amer ican Law Libraries. NOTES ON THE UNITED STATES REPORTS. Books III and IV. By WALTER MALINS ROSE of the San Francisco bar. Bancroft & Whitney Co., San Francisco, 1899. Law Sheep. $6.50. The third volume of this excellent series (which we noticed at length in our November, 1899, number.) covers the cases in 3-13 Peters, and the fourth, the cases in 14-16 Petersand i-io Howard. The notes and citations are numerous and exhaustive, and the volumes as a whole confirm us in the opinion we expressed that the publication is destined to attain the greatest success of any legal work of recent years. THE LAW OK JURISDICTION, including impeach ment of judgments, liability for judicial acts, and special remedies, as follows : Divorce; Contempt, Habeas Corpus; Certioran; Pro hibition; Quo Warranto; Mandamus. By W. F. BAILEY, late circuit judge of Wisconsin. T. H. Flood &Co., Chicago, 1899. Two vols. I-aw sheep. $ 12.00. We cannot describe the scope of this work better than by quoting from the author's preface: ''It is essentially a work on jurisdiction. I have taken that subject as the trunk of the tree, so to speak, and

those remedies which are framed with special refer ence to jurisdiction as branches, and treated them all in connection as one continuous whole. How and in what manner jurisdictional defects may be met is part of the general subject. In fact, in no other manner can the subject of jurisdiction be treated without much of unnecessary repetition. In this way much that is valuable is preserved, by reason of uninterrupted connection. It enables the whole subject to be placed in comparatively limited space, thus avoiding the expense of numerous works, each treating separately the distinctive branches of jurisdiction, and each necessarily containing a repe tition of the general doctrine and the special rules and exceptions which apply to it." It will be seen from the foregoing that these two volumes cover a wide field, but that field is thoroughly and exhaustively covered. A careful examination of the treatise discloses most careful and conscientious work on the author's part. We welcome these vol umes as a valuable addition to our legal text-books, and bespeak a cordial reception for them at the hands of the profession.

AMERICAN STATE REPORTS, VOL. 69, containing the cases of general value and authority de cided in the courts of last resort of the several States and Territories. Selected, reported and annotated by A. C. FREEMAN. BancroftWhitney Co., San Francisco, 1899. Law sheep. We can add nothing to the man v words of praise which we have heretofore expressed for this series of reports. There is no falling off in the excellent judgment displayed by Mr. Freeman in his selection of cases, and his notes and annotations are as ex haustive and valuable as ever.

THE LAW OF ANIMALS. A treatise on property in animals, wild and domestic, and the rights and responsibilities arising therefrom. By JOHN H. INGHA.M, of the Philadelphia Bar. T. & J. W. Johnson, Philadelphia, 1900. Law sheep. $6.00. It is somewhat strange that the subject exploited in this volume has hitherto been almost wholly dis regarded by our legal writers, but up to this time no effort has been made to work the scattered elements of the law of animals into an organic structure. Mr. Ingham has prepared not only a very valuable, but also an exceedingly interesting treatise upon the subject. Every phase of the law is fully and exhaus tively covered, and the work is one which all lawyers will find of great assistance in their practice.