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Law Quarterly Review (V. xxiii, p. 175), is a careful analysis of the development of the ideas represented by the significant words of the title. Beginning with the definition of the right of possession as " positive right to deal with a thing as against everybody " the author discusses first the ideas that taking gives the right of possession, that possession gives the right of possession, that each of two cannot have the right of possession as to the same thing; then ownership and the idea that taking gives the right of possession and own ership; the modification by Roman law of the idea that taking gives the right of pos session and ownership, through adoption of rules for the punishment of taking; the recog nition, under Roman law, through adoption of the action of vindication, of ownership in one and right o" possession in another; the Roman law of possession and ownership as modified by the adoption of the action of vindication, and the adoption of rules for the punishment of taking. The article is to be continued. JURISPRUDENCE (Indian). " The Origin and Development of the Bengal School of Hindu Law," by S. S. Setlur, April Law Quar terly Review (V. xxiii, p. 202). JURISPRUDENCE. " Notes on Mahommedan Jurisprudence," by Abdur Rahim, Calcutta Law Journal (V. v, p. 2 in). JURISPRUDENCE. " Origin and Develop ment of Bengal School of Hindu Law," by S. S. Setlur, Bombay Law Reporter (V. ix, p. 121). JUVENILE COURTS. In the May Ladies' Home Journal (p. 14), William MacLeod Raine describes " How Judge Lindsey Han dles His Boys." This is another entertaining addition to the series of popular articles describing the work of the Children's Court of Denver, concerning which Judge Lindsey him self has already written in this magazine. It is full of instructive anecdotes. NEGLIGENCE. " Telegraph Companies and Gross Negligence," by A. R. Watson, Bench and Bar (V. viii, p. 91). NEGLIGENCE. " Negligence in the Use of Automobiles," by J. W. Thompson, Central Law Journal (V. lxiv, p. 300). NEGLIGENCE. " The Doctrine of Imputed Negligence," by Silas Alward, Canada Law Journal (V. xliii, p. 268).

NEGLIGENCE. " The Doctrine of Im puted Contributory Negligence as Applied to Persons Sui Juris," by John T. Marshall, Central Law Journal (V. lxiv, p. 347). PLEADING. " Pleading Denials apart from the General Issue," by Raymond D. Thurber, Bench and Bar (V. ix, p. 16). POLICE (New York). In the Outlook for May 4, page 21, is an interesting article on "The New York Police," by L. B. Stowe. The article discusses the necessity for and effect of the new Bingham bill, under which it is hoped the commissioner can root up corruption in the New York Courts. PRACTICE (British). " The Judicial Sys tem of the British Colonies," by Raymond H. Arnot, Yale Law Journal (V. xvi, p. 504). PRACTICE (Eng.). " Circuit Reform," by Cecil V. Barrington, The Law Quarterly Re view (V. xxiii, p. 165). PRACTICE (New York). "Admission to the Bar in New York," by Frank S. Smith, Yale Law Journal (V. xvi, p. 514). State ment of the requirements and the methods of the State bar examiners. PROCEDURE (Jury — Scotland). "The Scottish Jury," by Rufus Fleming, May Michigan Law Review (V. v, p. 520). Care ful and valuable study of the history and present working of the Scotch jury, with strong commendation of the working of the majority verdict system. PROPERTY. "Transfer of Land in Old English Law," by Paul Vinogradoff, May Harvard Law Review, (V. xx, p. 532). Cus toms connected with the transfer of land in Northamptonshire in the tenth century, gleaned from ancient memoranda. PROPERTY (Remainders). "Professor Kales and Common Law Remainders," by Joseph W. Bingham, in the May Michigan Law Review (V. v, p. 497) is a criticism of an article in the Law Quarterly Review, pre viously noticed in this department, which attempted a reclassification of future interests in land. Mr. Bingham presents briefly his own conception of the common law theory of estates in land, and the nature of remainders, vested and contingent, and argues that Pro fessor Kales " misconceives the orthodox view of contingent remainders to be that they are remainders subject to some sort of condition