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 Reviews of Books mental contention, however, of the necessity of the government's undertaking the regula tion of public service corporations, in the interest of the public welfare, and of the con stitutionality of such a policy, is unimpeach able, and this contention of his preface derives added authority from the pertinent quota tions from the first message of Governor Hughes, to whom the volume is dedicated. HUBBELL'S LEGAL DIRECTORY Hubbell's Legal Directory for Lawyers and Busi ness Men. 39th year, 1909. Hubbell Publishing Co., New York. Pp. 1428+400. ($5.35 delivered.) THE thirty-ninth annual volume of Hubbell's Legal Directory for the year 1909 is a valuable handbook for the use of the profession, furnishing as it does a reliable list, revised for this year, of attorneys throughout the United States and Canada, and much useful information with regard to court cal endars and the laws of the various states. To the carefully prepared summaries of state laws, the work of leading members of the profession, it owes much of its usefulness. The excellence of its typography is guaranteed by the imprint of the Riverside Press of Cambridge, Mass. There are synopses of the statutes of all the states covering important topics with considerable fulness of detail, yet without extreme length, and giving instructions for taking depositions, the execution and acknowl edgement of deeds, wills, etc. The synopsis of the laws of New York prepared by Rounds & Schurman of the New York Bar, occupies thirty-five pages of small type. There are also compilations of the laws of British Colum bia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfound land, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec. There is likewise one of the laws of Mexico. The laws of the United States concerning jurisdiction and practice in federal courts receive attention in thirty-two pages, and the

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patent laws of the United States have fifteen pages devoted to them. These synopses of laws are all attractively and conveniently arranged in compact typography, and the book would be valuable with no other fea ture. For practical use, however, the calendars setting forth the times for holding state and United States courts for the year 1909 will be found serviceable, together with the list of prominent banks and bankers throughout the country, and the list of United States consuls. The directory proper gives a list of highly recommended attorneys or law firms in each of more than four thousand cities and towns throughout the United States and Canada. There are also lists of attorneys in foreign countries. An appendix contains about four hundred pages of professional cards of lawyers in all parts of the United States, arranged by their states. This volume is to be commended most highly as a standard directory of the legal profession in America. BOOKS RECEIVED Receipt of the following books, which will be reviewed later, is acknowledged :— New York State Library Yearbook of Legisla tion, 1907. Edited by Frederick D. Bramhall, Legislative Reference Librarian. University of the State of New York, Albany. Pp. 599+index. ($I.) The Government of European Cities. By Wil liam Bennett Munro, Ph.D., LL.B., Assistant Professor of Government in Harvard University. Macmillan Company, New York. Pp. 409, includ ing index. ($2.50 net.) Cardinal Rules of Legal Interpretation. Collected and arranged by Edward Beat, B. A. 2d edition. Stevens and Sons, Ltd., London; Canada Law Book Company, Ltd., Toronto. Pp. lxxx+620-|appendix and index 54. ($5.50.) A Digest of the Law of England with Reference to the Conflict of Laws. By Professor A. V. Dicey, K. C, Hon. D. C. L. 2d edition. Cromarty Law Book Co., 1112 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. Pp. xcii-|-714-|-appendix and index 169. ($8.)

TN addressing the Court it is to be expected that counsel will use choice and accurate language. This does not mean. that he should adopt a flowery style or resort to oratorical shifts and devices. The more simple the language, if only it be correct and entirely free from that abomination slang, the better and more effective will be the address.—Mr. Justice Anglin, in the Canadian Law Times.