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 The Green Bag PUBLISHED MONTHLY AT £4.00 PER ANNUM.

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Communications in regard to the contents of the Magazine should be addressed to the Editor, S. R, WRIGHTINGTON, 31 State Street, Boston, Mass. The Editor will be glad to receive contributions of articles of moderate length upon subjects of interest to the profession; a/so an/thing in the way of legal antiquities, facetiae, and anecdotes.

CURRENT LEGAL LITERATURE This department is designed to call attention to the articles in all the leading legal periodicals of the preceding month and to new law books sent us for review.

BILLS AND NOTES. " A Consideration of the Uniform Negotiable Instruments Law," by John D. Milliken, American Lawyer (V. xiv, p. 346). BIOGRAPHY. " Massachusetts Bench and Bar," New England Magazine (V. xxxiv, p. 649). BIOGRAPHY. " Lord Mansfield and His Relation to Our Laws," by William L. Royall, American Lawyer (V. xiv, p. 297). BIOGRAPHY (Bentham). Under the title of " Jeremy Bentham," H. T- Randall reviews, in the July Law Quarterly Review (V. xxii, p. 311), a recent biography of that subject by Charles Milner Atkinson. The Review declares that Bentham's suprem acy was in the field of legislation and adopts the conclusion of Professor Dicey, in his work on " The Relation between Law and Public Opinion in England During the Nineteenth Century "; that from the beginning of the reform period until 1870, the spirit of Ben tham was the dominant spirit in English legislation. BIOGRAPHY (Somers). In the July Ameri can Law Review (V. xl, p. 505) is printed a paper by Nelson Phillips, read before the Texas Bar Association in 1905, entitled, "A Great English Lawyer." This is an entertaining account of the career of Lord Chancellor Somers. The author summarizes his views as follows:

"In conclusion, we may say of John Somers, that in a day of servile judges, corrupt states men, venal courtiers, and folly in every quarter, he lived his career unprofaned, conferring great benefits upon his country in the improvement of her laws and the security of her freedom; leaving to his profession the simple lessons of a noble and illustrious life, and crowning its high purposes with the enduring glories of a great name." In connection with this, the Review also reprints from the Liw Times of April, another sketch of the same subject, entitled " Lord Somers, — a Striking Figure in the Legal History of England." COMBINATIONS. " The Sherman AntiTrust Law," North American Review (V. clxxxiii, p. 189). COMBINATIONS. In the July Amerkan Law Review (V. xl, p. 558), Edward L. Andrews discusses the question, " Are Rail road Monopolies Authorized by the Laws of New York? " He contends that the Interborough-Metropolitan deal was illegal, both under the New York Business Corporations Law, under which the new company was organized, and also under the Railroad Law, as being an illegal combination. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. " What of our American States?" by James Hagennan, Central Law Journal (V. Ixiii, p. 124). CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. In the July American Law Review (V. xl, p. 566), Black