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Police Administration. "Finger Prints: of the Demand for Justice Gaynor." Editorial. Their Use by the Police." By Jay Hambidge. 18 Bench and Bar 85 (Sept.). "Justice Gaynor's position on all questions Century, v. 78, p. 916 (Oct.). with which the community is now concerned "A telephone in the Finger-Print Depart is already known or may be confidently sur ment the New York Police Headquarters mised. His integrity, his courage, his inde havingof rung, the officer in charge, after pendence, and his ability to deal with new identifying the speaker, receives the following and complicated conditions as they may arise cabalistic message from the Borough of is proven by his past. It is for these reasons Brooklyn: that Bench and Bar believes that Justice Gaynor's election, now that he has signified 16.*" 'Please give me 9 over 7, O I over I 0, his willingness to stand, is logically assured." "'AH right, Lieutenant; hold the wire.' "Two minutes later the inquirer receives Lindsay. "The Beast and the Jungle." By Judge Ben B. Lindsay, of the Juvenile the following report: "'The prisoner is Michael Cohen, alias Court of Denver. Everybody's, v. 21, p. 433 Shifty Mike, wanted in Scranton and Toledo, (Oct.). suspected in connection with a job in the This attractive leading feature of the num Bronx. Hold him.' "This mystic conversation means that a ber in which it appears is the first installment of Judge Lindsay s autobiography. There is police official at a metropolitan substation has a trace of innocent and amiable demagoguism taken finger-prints of a criminal, and that on in the frankness of these reminiscences that his request a corresponding record has im lends charm to the ardent personality of their mediately been picked out of twenty-five whole-souled writer. He tells how he was thousand cases! Later, to make assurance led to forsake the path of corporation practice doubly sure, an impression of the finger print is sent to headquarters and verified." and to dedicate himself to the public good.

Reviews of Books THREE IMPORTANT BANKRUPTCY PUBLICATIONS A Treatise on the Law of Trustees in Bankruptcy, by Albert S. Woodman of the Maine bar. Little, Brown & Co., Boston. Pp. xci, 837 -f- appendices and index 265. (S6.50 n..l.) The Law and Practice in Bankruptcy, under the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898. By William Miller Collier. 7th ed., revised and enlarged by Frank B. Gilbert of the Albany bar. Matthew Bender & Co., Albany. Pp. lxvii, 854 + 455 (Gen eral Orders, Forms, Statutes, etc., and index). ($7.50.) A Digest of the Bankruptcy Decisions under the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898, reported in the American Bankruptcy Reports, Volumes 15 to 20 inclusive (1906-1909). By Melvin T. Bender and Harold J. Hinman, of the Albany, N. Y„ Bar. V. 2. Matthew Bender & Company, Albany, N. Y. Pp. xiii, 393 + table of cases 61. ($4.) MR. WOODMAN has aimed not to cover the general subject of bank ruptcy, but to treat only those portions of the law with which trustees in bankruptcy are concerned. He is right in saying that there is a demand for a book written from the standpoint of the trustee, covering a field which is very closely related to practice and procedure. He has produced an admira ble volume from every point of view. One

of its conspicuous merits is the caution dis played in discussing the important doubtful questions. The author declares it to have been his controlling purpose to furnish a safe guide for trustees. He even apologizes for this caution, but he will not be found fault with on this score. Mr. Woodman, by specializing in one im portant branch of the subject which had not yet been fully covered, and treating it in accordance with the most approved method of text-writing, has rendered a notable service. He has provided a well-written exposition which in fullness of detail and sense of pro portion could scarcely be improved upon, and the grouping of the authorities in the footnotes at once economizes the attention of the reader who wishes to follow the author's train of ideas and presents the important decisions in convenient juxtaposition to the text. The book offers in a form that could not be improved upon information regarding all questions relating to the estate of a bank rupt. The notes and authorities are present in abundance, and excerpts from leading de