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Maxim, Verba Fortius Accipiuntur Contra fusing; and on the other hand from reducing Proferentem/' by W. T. Hughes, Central Law the law to a series of definitions and rules which must leave the reader quite ignorant Journal (V. lxiv, p. 167). CONTEMPT. " Contempt of Court by of the real spirit and meaning of the law. The book is intended for the reader rather Debtors," by W. H. Trueman, Canadian than for the practitioner. The student who Law Times (V. xxvii, p. 1). learns from an elementary text-book, and the CONTRACTS. " The Law of Contracts," general reader who wishes to get such knowl by C. B. Labatt, Canada Law Journal (V. edge of the criminal law as will be a desirable xliii, p. 121). part of a broad education will find here the CONTRACTS (Conditions). A careful ar results of Mr. Kenny's sound historical scholar ticle on " Conditions in Contracts," by George ship and gift of clear exposition, supplemented P. Costigan, Jr., appears in the March Colum by Mr. Webb's sufficient additions. The bia Law Review (V. vii, p. 151). The author greater portion of the criminal law is simple does not attempt " to cover the whole field and well adapted to this sort of treatment. of conditions, but seeks to furnish clear It is of course impossible to solve in so short definitions and then to state in the form of a discussion the puzzling questions which rules the doctrines of the cases." arise, for instance, in many cases of larceny and of attempt. All that need be said of the CORPORATIONS. " Company Law in On tario," by Thomas Mulvey, Canada Law work, so far as those subjects are concerned, is that the topics are made as clear as possible Journal (V. xliii, p. 81). CORPORATIONS. " Secretarial Work and in the space devoted to them. On the other Practice," by Alfred Nixon and George H. hand, the general principles of the subject are Richardson. Also " Company Law," by developed with clearness and accuracy, though Thomas Price. Longmans, Green & Co., concisely. In fine, to one -who wishes to get London, 1906. -A convenient compendium of a general " outline " of the law of crimes, English corporation practice similar to recent without the puzzling effects of light and shade, publications in this country noted in these and free from detail, this book may be warmly commended. J. H. B. columns. CRIMINAL LAW (French). " Extenuating CRIMINAL LAW. " Insanity as a Defense in Homicide Cases in New York," by Wm. Circumstances in French Law," by Herbert E. Lawrence Clark, Bench and Bar (V. viii, p. Boyle, is concluded in the January Juridical Review (V. xviii, p. 341). 50). CRIMINAL LAW (Bribery). One of the CRIMINAL LAW. " Outlines of Criminal Law," by Courtney Stanhope Kenny, LL.D. great evils of modern commerce is the cor Revised and adapted for American scholars by ruption of agents to secure the business of James H. Webb, New York, The Macmillan their employers. Contracts to pay secret commissions have long been unenforceable as Co., 1907. This is an excellent elementary book on contrary to public policy. In Great Britain criminal law by a competent scholar and since January 1st, the giving or taking, or teacher, improved for the use of American offering to give or take, any consideration in students, by the additions and annotations such affairs, without the knowledge of the of Mr. Webb of the Yale Law School. Besides principal, is made criminal and punishable the substance of the law, the author has by imprisonment for not more than two years added a brief statement of the principles of or fine not exceeding ^500, or both. In the English criminal procedure, and the editor January Juridical Review, G. W. Wilton writes has retained as much of this portion as can be about " The Prevention of Corruption Act, of use to an American student. Both author 1906," giving its terms and discussing the and editor have wisely refrained, on the one cases likely to arise under it (V. xviii, p. 370). hand, from an attempt at exhaustive citation "It may be surmised that the Statute of authorities, which would have been con of 1906 will not put an end to ' tips ' of the