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 THE GREEN BAG PROPERTY. " Third Parties' Consent in the Law of Alienation of Property in India," Madras Law Journal (V. xvi, p. 243). PROPERTY. " Power of Revocation in Deeds," by Chas. L. Bartlett, Central Law Journal (V. Ixiii, p. 222). PROPERTY. " The Torrens System," by Howard Griswold, Jr., The Bar (V. xiii, p. 16). PROPERTY (Public Policy). " Mortmain," by D. H. Chamberlain, Jr., Central LawJournal (V. Ixiii, p. 240). PUBLIC POLICY. " The Evolution and Prevention of Trusts and Monopolies," by R. M. Benjamin, Albany Law Journal (V. Ixviii, P-

Of the great value to the practicing lawyers of this digest of the law of unfair trade there can be no doubt. Not only are the cases well abstracted, but the headings and subheadings under which they are arranged are well de signed for ready reference. It is to be deplored that the standard of commercial dealings has been so low as to produce so many cases in late years where there has been fraudulent imita tion of the brands and names of the goods of established firms by new adventurers, who have gone so far in some cases as to copy the very markings and dress of well-known articles. But it is a subject for congratulation that the judges have been so steadfast and vigorous in the face of persistent and ingenious arguments in protecting the business rights of legitimate enterprises from the depredations of these commercial outlaws. B. W.

PUBLIC POLICY. " The Eight Hour Move ment in New York," by G. G. Groat, Political Science Quarterly (V. xxi, p. 414).

WILLS. " Validity and Effect of Conditions to Legacies and Devices against Contesting Wills," by " B. B. C.," Law Notes (V. x, p. 128).

PUBLIC POLICY. " Independence of the Judiciary," by Hon. Judson Harmon, American Lawyer (V. xiv, p. 391)-

RAILROADS. " Doctrine in Virginia as to the Duty of a Railroad Company to Licensees of its Tracks," by Robert W. Withers, Virginia Law Register (V. xii, p. 419)-

WITNESSES (Privileged Communications). A recent statute of Wisconsin requiring phy sicians to report tubercular cases is discussed in the Central Law Journal (V. Ixiii, p. 261), under the title of " Privileged Communica tions Applied to Xew Conditions," by F. Beecher. He points out the conflict between this statute and the Wisconsin statute making privileged communications between patient and physician and collects the cases in which this modern privilege as conferred by statute in the different states has been denned and limited.

TRADE MARKS. " A Digest of the Law of Trade Marks and Unfair Trade," by Norman F. Hesseltine, Boston. Little, Brown and Company. 1906. pp. xxxix, 390.

WITNESSES (Evidence). " The Use of Medical Books in the Examination of Experts," by Joseph H. Taulane, Criminal Law Journal of India (V. iv, p. 33).

PUBLIC POLICY. " The Quality of Jurors," by Jackson Guy, Virginia Law Register (V. xii, P- 430)-