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tion of our duty toward South America and not as a declaration of the interest which we ourselves have in saving the United States from- the burden of great armies and navies. GERMANY'S CLAIMS UPON GERMAN-AMERI CANS IN GERMANY. By Edward W. S. Tingle. Philadelphia: T. and J. W. John son. 1903. Cloth, (xv-j-121 pp.) The sub-title shows what is the scope of this book, namely, "a discussion of German military and other laws which may affect German-Americans temporarily in Ger many, together with some comments upon existing treaties.'' The author was formerly United States consul at Brunswich, Ger many, and his work had the advantage of revision by German jurists, and has been accepted by the State Department at Wash ington for use in the Consular Service. On reading the advice—doubtless good—in the chapter on "Behavior which should be ob served by German-Americans returning to Germany to avoid conflict with German law." one wonders how such a traveller, un less dumb, escapes the clutches of the law. THE EXPANSION OF THE COMMON LAW. By Sir Frederick Pollock. London : Stevens and Sons. 1904. Cloth. (vii+i64 pp.) It -is with genuine pleasure that we wel come the appearance of the slender volume of which Sir Frederick Pollock's four lectures on ''The Expansion of the Common Law," delivered a year ago before several of our American Law Schools, form the principal contents. Sir Frederick's earlier address, delivered in 1895 before the Har vard Law School Association on "The Vo cation of the Common Law," is here re printed, and is a fitting introduction to the series of lectures from which this book takes its title; and his article on "English Law Before the Xorman Conquest," originally published in the Law Quarterly Rnnm1, is reprinted in the appendix. The high schol arly attainments and charming literary style of Sir Frederick Pollock make these essays delightful reading as well as valuable con tributions to legal literature.

A TREATISE ON THE NEW YORK EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ACT. By George W. Alger and Samuel S. Slater. Albany, л". Y.: Matthew Bender. 1903. Buckram. (xxvii+2i8 PP-) This Treatise is, in fact, of somewhat broader scope than its title leads the reader to expect. It deals primarily with the New York Employers' Liability Act, but the texts of the English Employers' Liability Act (now superseded by the Workingmen'í Compensation Act of 1897), and the kindred acts in Alabama, Massachusetts. Colorado and Indiana are given, and cases under these various statutes are freely cited. In deed, it would seem that this short Treatise would be of as much value to the lawyer in either of the four states last mentioned as to the New York practitioner. THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT AND FED ERAL ANTI-TRUST LAWS. By ]Villiam L. Snydcr. New York: Baker. Yoorhis, and Company. 1904. Buckram. (xxiii+38o PP-) The book before us is a clear and concise commentary on the Interstate Commerce Act and kindred laws, including the Sher man Act and the Elkins Act. To the va rious sections of these acts are added notes, sufficiently full, of all Federal decisions un der these statutes. We note with interest the list of bills pending in Congress designed to increase the power of the Interstate Com merce Commission (pp. 193. et. sec].}, and the map showing the enormous stretch of territory affected by the Merger decision. A SUMMARY OF THE LAW OF PRIVATE CORI>ORATIONS. By Leslie L Thompkins. New York: Baker, Voorhis, and Company. 1904. Buckram. (xxxi+264 ррЛ Professor Thompkins has achieved a good measure of success in summarizing in comparatively few pages a large and im portant subject. He does not aim to trea; the Law of Private Corporations with the fulness which marks the larger treatises of Mr. Morawetz and the late Judge Thomp son on the same subject; but from this smaller volume the student mav obtain an