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by Mr. Frank S. Rice, and the publishers are to be congratulated on having found one so admirably fitted to succeed Mr. Rice in editing this important series of reports. The selection of cases displays excellent judgment, and the notes and references are thorough and exhaustive. The series is one which should find a place upon the shelves of every well equipped lawyer.

THE LAW OF BANKS AND BANKING, including acceptance, demand and notice of dishonor upon commercial paper, with an appendix containing the Federal statutes applicable to National Banks. By JOHN M. ZANE, of the Chicago Bar. T. H. Flood & Co., Chicago, 1900. Law sheep. $6.00, net. This treatise covers a subject of great impor tance, and supplies the legal profession with a much needed text-book. The author has performed his task in a most thorough and conscientious manner, and gives us an able exposition of the law as adjudi cated up to the present time. The right of private banking, now assuming a position of interest owing to constitutional restric tion, the sections upon unauthorized banking and unlawful banking acts, notice to a bank through its officers, and especially where the officer has an in terest antagonistic to the bank, liability of stock holders, especially of National Banks, to creditors, prosecution of bank officers for crimes, especially officers of National Banks, such as receiving depos its or making false returns, liability of bank upon trust funds, and liability of third parties to the bank for moneys taken by officers, are of special interest. There is a totally new discussion of the nature of the depositor's relation to the bank and the checkholder's relation to the bank. The distinctions which involve the difficult matter of certifying checks and the release of the drawer, the right of the bank to revoke its certificate, the rights of the bank upon paying or collecting forged or altered pa per are clearly explained. The true nature of a bank's contract upon taking paper for collection^ is indicated and the question of title to the paper de posited for collection is discussed with reference to the late decisions in Federal Courts. Savings Banks, Clearing Houses and Trust Companies, so far as they are banks, are fully treated. The perplexing matter of jurisdiction of courts over National Banks is fully explained. The work is not only valuable to the practicing lawyer, but should be in the hands of every banker and bank official.

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE IN MATTERS OF, AND APPERTAINING то, CONVEYANCING. By JOHN INDERMAUER. George Barber, London, Eng land. Cloth. $6.00. This is an admirable treatise both for lawyers and students, covering thoroughly and exhaustively the principles, history and details of conveyancing. The author is one of the leading solicitors of the English Bar, and his previous works have placed him in the foremost rank of law-writers. We com mend this treatise to the profession as a most excellent exposition of the law upon the subject, and students will find it a valuable aid and assistance.

THE RULES OF EVIDENCE applicable on the trial of Civil Action at Common Law and in Equity and under the Codes of Procedure. By Austin Abbott LL. D. Second Edition revised and enlarged by JOHN J. CRAWFORD, of the New York Bar. Baker, Voorhis & Co., New York, 1900. Law Sheep. $6.50, net. No work by the late Austin Abbott has achieved greater popularity than this treatise on the Law of Evidence, and this new edition will be heartily wel comed. Mr. Crawford has brought the work fully up to date by a thorough revision in connection with the statutory changes and numerous cases decided in the twenty years which have elapsed since the original work was published. Many thousands of cases have been examined, changes in the law are noticed, and several thousand new citations from all the State and Federal Courts have been added.

READINGS IN THE LAW OF REAL PROPERTY. An Elementary Collection of Authorities for Students. Selected and edited by GEORGE W. KIRCHWEY, Nash Professor of Law in Columbia University. Baker, Voorhis & Co., New York, 1900. Cloth. $3.50, net. This is an excellent book for students, bringing, as it does, within their reach the necessary material —old and new—for an understanding of the law of real property. All of the writings on real property of the great authorities—from Glanvill and Bracton down to Kent and Story—which have not become obsolete have been retained in this volume, and these have been supplemented by the contributions of modern authorities and by the principal English and American statutes, bringing the presentation of the subject down to date. The work is one worthy of adoption by all of our American Law Schools.