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his most important judicial work was in develop ing the law relating to interstate commerce. The volume contains, also, a short biography by his son, and two able legal studies, — " The Judicial Record of the late Mr. Justice Bradley," by William Draper Lewis, the associate editor of the American Law Register and Review, and his " Dissenting Opinions " — among which was one in the Slaughter House cases — by the late A. Q. Keasby. The Journal of the Societv of Compara tive Legislation. Edited by John Macdonell, C.B., LL.D., and Edward Manson. New Series, No. VIII. December, 19oi. The frontispiece of this number is an excel lent photogravure portrait of the Hon. J. H. Choate, while the leading article is a short, but appreciative, biographical notice of the Ameri can Ambassador, by R. Newton Crane. Sir Frederick Pollock and Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick contribute the second article on their respective subjects, "The History of the Law of Nature" and " Non-Christian Marriage." G. G. Phillimore gives an interesting and — in view of recent occurrences in China and elsewhere — timely study of " Booty of War." Bearing on an irternational question of a more pacific nature is Wallwyn P. B. Shepheard's paper on " The Most Favored Nation Article," which sums up the effect of such a clause as follows : "The interpretation that both treaty Powers retain their liberty, notwithstanding this article, to adopt measures necessary to protect their own subjects or citizens, gives as much effect as it seems possible to give to this treaty engage ment. Such reserved power and liberty enable, if necessary, either treaty Power to accord dif ferent treatment as between the other treaty Power and third Powers; but such variation being consequent upon acts within the volition of the Power objecting, seems to be no violation of the most favored nation engagement, on the principle of volenti non Jit injuria." A third or more of this number is given over to the " Review of the Legislation of the British Empire in 1900," — as usual with these "Re views," a valuable compilation by several hands. We have space to enumerate only a few of the interesting items which a rather hasty examina 1

tion disclosed; for instance, Tasmania alone passed legislation regulating the speed of auto mobiles, and this same colony prescribed penal ties in the case of any person under thirteen years of age who smokes tobacco in any form in a public place, and of the tobacconist who sup plies such person with the weed; in the Straits Settlements, owners of jinrikishas must be pho tographed for purposes of identification; a Gold Coast mining ordinance provides a fine " if any chief any "to land be or fetish other effected land person by "; shall any Trinidad concession," declare andorTobago represent etc de

fine the term " corporal punishment " to include, in the case of female offenders, having the hair cut short; New Zealand allows marriage with a "deceased husband's brother " — a variation of a familiar theme; Antigua, with rare regard for the interests of the patient, sets a fee of one shil ling for successful vaccination; Tasmania for bids the hunting of the opossum, which looks like a form of cruelty to the negro; and Mr. Manson, in noting legislation as to voting machines, in Ontario, remarks with quiet humor that " this has nothing to do with political organization." A Manual relating to the Preparation ok Wills; with an Appendix of Forms. A Book of Massachusetts Law. By George F. Tucker. Second edition. Boston: George B. Reed. 1902. Law sheep: $3.50. (liii + 382 pp.) The first edition of this excellent manual was published eighteen years ago, and made for itself at once a place on every Massachusetts lawyer's shelves beside those indispensable volumes, Crocker's " Notes " and " Common Forms " and Smith's " Probate Law." Since that time many new points have arisen, and are included in the present edition; and the number of cases cited is doubled. The forms given in the appendix are of very practical value to the practising lawyer. Indeed, this volume, while primarily based on Massachusetts statutes and decisions, is by no means limited to use in that Common wealth, for with the checking of such knowledge as every lawyer naturally has of local statutes and decisions, this manual can be used with advantage by the profession generally. The Index is well done; and all in all Mr. Tucker has given us an excellent and convenient manual.