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as indicated, the work is well done, pro ducing what rightly may be oiled a "prac tical" law-book, one of considerable value to the active practitioner as a book for quick reference. The various chapters treat of the charter, the franchise, the rights in highways, regulation, operation and taxation. Not the least interesting part of this vol ume is one sentence in the preface, which states that "the writer has the utmost con fidence that the work will be found a useful one, because it contains no ideas of his own." Would that certain other compilers) of law-books were as frank! PROBATE REPORTS ANNOTATED. Containing recent cases of general value decided in the Courts of the various States on points of Probate Law, with Notes and Refer ences. By George A. Clement. Vol. VII. New York: Baker, Voorhis and Company. 1903. (xlviii+797 pp.) The one hundred cases, or thereabouts, in this volume were—barring three earlier ( cases—decided in the various State courts between June, 1901, and June, 1902. and cover a wide range of probate matters. The more important Editorial Notes are those on Annuity or Income, Effect of Death on Ex ecutory Contracts for Sale of Real Estate, Equitable Conversion as affected by Failure of Purpose, Renunciation of Executors and Administrators, Duties and Powers of An cillary Administrators, Contracts of Execu tors and Administrators, Moneys due from Mutual Assessment Insurance Associations as subject to Will, Power of Sale, Devise as affected by Secret Trust, Evidence of Testa mentary Capacity as affected by Time, Rights of After-born Qiildrcn under Wills,

Revocation of Will by Mutilation, Cancella tion or Destruction, and When Will is Void for Uncertainty in Quantity or Amount. A MANUAL FOR NOTARIES PUBLIC. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND THLIR EMPLOYERS IN MASSACHUSETTS. By James T. Keen. Bos ton: Little, Brown and Company. 1903. Cloth. (xi-)-267 PP-) This small volume, after a short historical account of the origin of the office of Notary Public and of Justice of the Peace, treats in a concise and satisfactory way of the method of appointment of notaries, of their powers apart from statute—the protest of commer cial paper and the noting and extending of marine protests,—and of powers given by statute; the duties of justices are dealt with under the heads of depositions, calling of meetings, acknowledgment of deeds, issuing of warrants, oaths and affidavits and general powers and duties. Many forms are given in the text. ANALYTICAL TABLES OF THE LAW OF EVIDENCE. For use with Stephen's Digest of the Law of Evidence. By George M. Dallas and Henry Wolf Biklc. Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson and Company. 1903. Cloth. (ix+89 pp.) In forty-three tables, grouped under the three general heads of Revelancy, Proof, and Production and Effect of Evidence, a metho dical outline of the Rules of Evidence is here given. This seems to be an effective way of putting before the student a difficult, but important subject; even the practitioner, unless he has mastered the Rules of Evi dence through long and constant court work, will find these tables convenient for reference.