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merely as a guide to the construction of the present law, the present edition contains many citations of decisions of Federal and State Courts bearing directly on the Bankruptcy Law of 1898. Professor Brandenburg is to be especially commended for making his book a treatise on its particular subject rather than a mere digest, as is the case with so many text-books. His views on points not yet passed on by the courts are well considered and of practical value. An excellent feature of this volume is the accom panying of each section and subdivision of the present law with the parallel provision of the Act of 1867. The American State Reports. Vol. 80. Con taining Cases of General Value and Authority decided in the Courts of Last Resort. Se lected, reported and annotated by A. C. Free man. San Francisco : Brancroft-Whitney Company. 190 1. Law sheep (pp. 1053). One of the interesting cases reported and an notated in this present volume is Blue v. Beach, 155 Ind. 121, involving the powers of a Board of Health. The exact point in issue was whether, in time of danger of a smallpox epi demic, such Board may require that no unvaccinated child be allowed to attend public school during the continuance of such danger. Such power was upheld, even in the absence, as here, of any statute making vaccination compulsory or imposing it as a condition upon the privilege of children attending the public schools. The Court, however, carefully limited this power of exclusion to the period of danger of an epidemic. The excellent note following this case covers the broader question of what powers may be delegated to Boards of Health. Other valuable monographic notes in this same volume discuss, among other questions, powers of sale in wills, purchase by agent of property of principal, and replevin. An Index-Digest of the New York Court of Appeals Decisions, 1847-190 1. By Colin P. Campbell, LL. M. Albany, N. Y. : Matthew Bender. 1901. Law Sheep (pp. 1521). This full and excellent one-line digest would seem to be a necessity for any one who has frequent occasion to look up points in New York law. It takes no little skill to state the points of

a decision both clearly and with the conciseness here demanded; but Mr. Campbell has accom plished this difficult task in a very acceptable manner. The cases digested include not only all of the reported decisions in the New York Reports, but also such memorandum cases as contain matter of general interest. From Ab bott's Appeal Decisions, Keyes' New York Re ports, Transcript Appeals, Selden's Notes, Howard's Cases, and Silvernail's Reports, some cases, omitted by the reporters from the regular series, have been digested. Probate Reports Annotated. Containing recent cases of general value decided in the Courts of the several States on points of Probate Law. By George A. Clement. Vol ume V. New York : Baker, Voorhis & Com pany, 1901. Law sheep. S5.50, net (815 pp.). This series of reports is a convenient collec tion of recent probate cases decided in various State courts. The present volume contains nearly one hundred cases, about one third of which are annotated. The notes, beginning as a rule with a concise general statement of the general principle involved, give a digest of cases bearing on the particular subject in question. The principal notes in the present volume treat of delusions, election by widow, declaration of testator as evidence, employment of attorney by executor or administrator, transactions between guardian and ward, laches, expense between life-tenant and remainder-men, inheritance tax, precatory trusts, transactions between trustee and cestui que trust, vesting, and effect of mar riage on will. Tabulated Digest of the Divorce Laws of the United States. Revised edition. Fold ing chart. By Hugo Hirsh. New York : Funk and Wagnalls Co. 1901. Cloth: $1.50 net. This ingenious publication gives in tabular form an excellent digest of the divorce laws of each of the States, grouping causes under fifteen general heads, and stating the provisions of the respective States as to remarriage, residence, practice and separation. It enables one to see at a glance the requirements or provisions on these points in any particular jurisdiction, and to compare the legislation of different States.