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CYCLOPEDIA OF LAW AND PROCEDUBE. Edited by William Mack and Howard P. Nash. Vols. IV. and V. New York: The Amer ican Law Book Company. 1902. (1079; 1118 pp.) CYCLOPEDIA OF LAW AND PROCEDURE. Edited by William Mack and Howard P. Nash. Annual Annotations (1-4 Cyc.) New York: The American Law Book Com pany. 1902. (161 pp.) These two volumes of the Cyclopaedia cover law and procedure from the subject of Assignments through the title Build. Es pecially full is the treatment, in Volume IV., of the subjects of Assignments, by Judge Roderick E. Rombauer; of Assignments for Benefit of Creditors, by Marion C. Early; of Assumpsit, by Judge Jonathan Ross, for merly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont; of Attachments, by Roger Foster; of Attorney and Client, by George F. Tuck er, recently Reporter of the Supreme Tudi cial Court of Massachusetts; and in Volume V., of Bail and of Bonds, by Joseph A. Joyce and Howard C. Joyce; of Bailments, by George H. Bates; of Bankruptcy, by James W. Eaton and Frank B. Gilbert; of Banks and Banking by Albert S. Bolles. The first volume of Annual Annotations, by which this ."cries is to be kept up to date, has been issued. This volume contains ref erences to all cases under subjects treated in Volumes r to 4. inclusive, which have been- decided since these four volumes were published. The arrangement of this supple mentary volume is simple and excellent. PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE IOWA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION. 1902. (227 pp.) The principal addresses printed in this re port are the following: "The Use and Abuse of Expert Evidence," by M. J. Wade, Esq.; "Should the Marriage of Feeble-Minded and Degenerates be Permitted by Law?" by H. M. Remley, Esq.; "Justice Samuel F. Mil ler," by J. H. McConologue, Esq., Presi dent of the Association; "Ought Our Laws to be so Amended as to Exempt from Taxa

tion Money and Credit and other Forms of Property Easily Concealed?" by H. S. Rich ards, Esq.; "Should the Law Providing for the Collection of Taxes be Changed so as to Enforce by Additional Penalty the Assess ment of Moneys and Credits which now Escape Taxation?" by A. E. Swisher, Esq., "Some Legal Phases of Insanity," by Paul E. Carpenter, Esq.; "Would the Adoption of a Law for the Taxation of Mortgages and Relieving the Real Estate Covered by Mort gages from so much of the Burden of Tax ation be Desirable?" by E. E. McElroy, Esq.; "The Need of Law to Govern the Trial of Equity Cases," by George W. Wakefield, Esq. The ninth annual meeting of the Associa tion will be held at Des Moines in July, 1903. THE AMERICAN STATE REPORTS. Vol. 88. Containing cases of general value and au thority, decided in courts of last resort of the several States. Selected, reported and annotated by A. C. Freeman. San Fran cisco: Bancroft-Whitney Company. 1903. (1067 pp.) The more important notes of the present volume cover the following subjects: Limi tation of Carrier's Liability in Bills of Lad ing; Repeal of Statutes by Limitation; Right and Remedies of a Mortgagee when the Property is by Judicial Sale or other Pro ceedings Transferred so that he no longer has any Remedy by Foreclosure or Suit for Possession; Larceny; What Constitutes Color of Title within the Meaning of the Law of Adverse Possession; Liability of a Princi pal for the Unauthorized Acts of his Agent; When the Question of the Existence of a Public Use may be Considered by the Courts. The reports from which cases are selected are: Georgia, 114; Illinois, 104, 195; Kansas, 63; Kentucky, 105; Massachu setts, 179; Missouri, 165; New Jersey Equity. 61; New Jersey Law, 66; New York, 160,170; North Dakota, 10: Penn sylvania State, 201; West Virginia, 50; Wis consin, 112.