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Henry Irving which should be of interest to his American admirers at this time. It is a record and review of his life by Charles Hiatt. who wrote also a similar book on Ellen Terry. The portrait by Muíais, and many others from photographs, add to a very complete view of his career and work. JUST now when the two leading nations are strug gling for domination in the remote quarters of the globe. Professor Franklin H. Giddings1 work on De mocracy and Empire, published by The MacMillan Company, will probably be read with something more than interest. His "Principles of Sociology" which has been translated into French, German, Italian and Russian has made him known to a large audience, and his new book will consequently be construed by foreigners as the opinion of a large body of thought ful Americans. Mr. Giddings believes that "only when the democratic empire has compassed the uttermost parts of the world will there be that per fect understanding among men which is necessary for the growth of moral kinship." To Have and to Hold,1 the stirring novel of the Jamestown settlement, by Mary Johnston, whose "Prisoners of Hope " won such unstinted praise from the critics and such wide attention from the reading public, has just been published^by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Miss Johnston has come forward as a story teller with no adventitious aids, but simply upon the merits of her literary work, and the two works already published have placed her at once in the front rank of American writers. To Have and to Hold ends in a manner more in keeping with the •• lived happy ever after" of the romantic tradition than did her first, and strongly stirring tale, " Prisoners of Hope." The volume is the result of much study on the author's part as to pictures of life and manners of the day, as shown in old and not easily accessible records, vhile the charming intimacy with nature, everywhere shown in her descriptions of scenes and places, could only have been gained by living the out-of-door life which it is said the author lived as a child and young girl, not far from the Virginia Natural Bridge. The book is brought out in a very handsome style. Eight illustrations have been drawn for it by Howard Pyle and his pupils. To HAVE AND то HOLD. By Mary Johnston. Houghton, Mifffin fr Co., Boston and New York. 1900. Cloth. 81.50.

NEW BOOKS FOR LAWYERS.

THE JOURNAL OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION OF 1787 ANALYZED; the Acts and Proceedings there of Compared; and their Precedents Cited : In

Evidence of the Making of the Constitution for Interpretation or Construction in the Alterna tive, according to either the Federal Plan or the National Plan; That by the latter Congress have General Power to Provide for the Common De fence and General Welfare of the United States; Direct Taxes are Taxes Direct to the Several States, in Contrast with Duties extending throughout the United States, which are Indirect Taxes to the Several States; and the Limits of the Union are co-extensive with the Bounds of America. By HAMILTON P. RICHARDSON of the Wisconsin Bar. The Murdock Press, San Francisco, 1899. Cloth. $3.50. There is no question of more importance to the people of the United States than the true interpreta tion of the Constitution, and in order to arrive at the solution of this question, Mr. Richardson makes a searching analysis of the Journal of the Federal Con vention of 1787 and compares and considers the proceedings as a whole. The conclusion at which he arrives, if true, offers consequences of the highest moment to questions the people are now confronting. The book has two parts, dividing on the date. July 26, when the Convention (being near two-thirds through the period of its existence) finally agreed upon its resolutions and referred them to a com mittee of detail to report a constitution conformable thereto. Part one deals with the papers which were the subject of consideration by the Convention prior to that date, those papers which state the Constitu tion in mass; and Part two considers those papers which come after that date and state the Constitution in detail. The first set of papers are (r) the resolu tions called the Virginia Plan; (z) the resolutions of the Convention in committee of the whole house; (3) the resolutions called the Jersey Plan; (4) the resolutions of the Convention in convention. The second set are (i) the Pinckney Draft; (2) the draft reported by the Committee of Detail; (3) the revised and arranged draft; (4) the Constitution as signed. All these papers are set out at large, analyzed, compared throughout, and their sources traced in precedent constitutions. Then follows a summary of the whole period from September, 1874, through September. 1887; then chapters setting out what the Journal discloses as to the powers of Con gress, direct taxes, the limits of the Union, and the power of interpretation of the Constitution : and the book ends with the instrument set out at large with interpretive clauses interpolated in black-letter type. The book is very compact in style, and appeals to lawyers and all students of the Constitution and its history.