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so rare. Those who undertake the exe other lawyers during a century of our cution of such monumental efforts do history, declared to be an imperative not combine the analytical faculties with necessity. Its realization alone can pre the mental temperament and physical vent ultimate chaos in our judicial strength necessary to become proficient system—that chaos which is already in all the branches of law involved in a "casting its shadow before," ever, year complete induction. If other books in by year, making more difficult the work this field are critically examined and of both bench and bar. Let us hope for compared with this one, the verdict we its early realization; and hoping, ponder believe must be that Andrews' American well these words spoken twenty years ago by that peerless leader of our race, Law is, all things considered, the great est juridical performance that has yet the late James C. Carter, and each do appeared in this country, and that, both what he can to secure the achievement directly and through reflex action, it of this desideratum for our nation and will be of immense aid to the develop profession: — ment of an adequate scientific system A statement of the whole body of the law of American jurisprudence, and there in scientific language, and in a concise and by prove of especial value to every systematic form, at once full, precise and member of the profession now and correct, would be of priceless value. It would hereafter, whatever his field of activity exhibit the body of the law so as to enable a view to be had of the whole and of the may be. relation of the several parts and tend to Its chief fault is, in a sense, a merit; establish and make familiar a uniform nomen it is the condensation which makes ade clature. Such a work, well executed, would be quate perspective possible. The next the vade mecum of every lawyer and every step, now that the author has demon judge. It would be the one indispensable tool of his art. Fortune and fame sufficient strated his mastery of the subject, should to satisfy any measure of avarice or ambition be an elaborate and logical expansion of would be the due reward of the man, or men, the present work to proportions which who should succeed in conferring such a boon. will make it the great "Edifice of Law" It would not, indeed, be suitable to be enacted "at once symmetrical, harmonious and into law, for even it would wholly fail were its rules made rigidly operative upon future commodious" which Judge Dillon has so cases ... It could proudly dispense with ardently described and, in common with any legislative sanction. Philadelphia, February, 1909.

The Legal Profession v. Professor Hugo Muensterberg A ROLLICKING report of an imaginary trial is given by Professor John H. Wigmore of Northwestern University Law School in the Illinois Law Review for Febru ary (vol. 3, p. 399), the plaintiffs being Edward Cokestone and others, styling them selves duly licensed members of the bar of the Supreme Court, and the defendant Hugo

Muensterberg. The suit was brought for $1 damages, the action being based on a declaration setting forth that the plaintiffs were persons of good name and credit, and that the defendant had caused to be circu lated, in his book "On the Witness Stand," erroneous observations concerning the plain tiffs, to the effect that the latter had neglected