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 Reviews of Books Appeal." These topics are separately de veloped and there are two bulky appendices, one of which contains deﬁnitions of 412 main heads of the law, and the other an ex

haustive list of abbreviations of law publica tions.

The present edition diﬁers from the

ﬁrst in that much new material has been added and the discussions of "How to Find the Law" and "Where to Find the Law" have been rewritten. The new edition is edited by Roger W. Cooley, who is a special lecturer on Legal Bibliography in the Law Schools of the University of Michigan, the University

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The volume containing the Proceedings of the thirty-second annual meeting of the New York State Bar Association, held at Buﬁalo one year ago, should be of wide interest to members of the bar not only because of the important papers which the printed volume contains, but particularly on account of the notable discussion such topics as those of the reform of procedure, professional ethics, and medical expert testimony brought forth. As this meeting received extended notice in the Feb ruary, 1909, number of the Green Bag, it is unneces sary to give the titles of the most important papers read, dealing with such subjects as federal control of state corporations, the reform of procedure, the consolidation of the New York laws, etc.

of Chicago, the University of Wisconsin, the

University of Virginia, the George Washing ton University, Cornell University, and some twenty other well-known law schools. SELECTED NEW YORK STATUTES Selected Statutes of the State of New York. As amended to close of legislative session of 1909, com prising the following consolidated laws: Decedent Estate Law, Domestic Relations Law, Lien Law, Negotiable Instruments Law, Personal Property Law. Real Property Law. 6th ed. Matthew Bender & Company, Albany, N. Y. Pp. v, 457. (32 net.)

HIS work is a compilation of general laws of New York State recently consolidated, containing those which may be considered of frequent use and authorita tive importance. The statutes are anno tated t8 show the source or derivation of each section, and the oonsolidators' notes are the result of extensive research. A separate index has been made for each of the laws, and the book is particularly useful as render ing more accessible the laws in question, in

the form of a reprint containing the consoli dators’ notes and tables and other practical features. NOTES Not lawyers alone, but all to whom legal processes are of importance, will welcome a new book by the author of “The Art of Cross-Exami nation." In his new work, "The Day in Court; or. The Modern Jury Lawyer." Mr. Francis L. Wellman describes and analyze those legal processes which are more or less a mystery to the average layman. The eighth edition of the Phi Delta Phi Directory, edited by George A. Katzenberger of Greenville, 0., contains a history of the fraternity and much information with regard to the geographical dis tribution of its nine thousand members, giving the chapter, year of graduation, and address of each member. The book contains portraits of several hundred prominent men of the fraternity, including many lawyers and judges of national prominence.

NEW BOOKS RECEIVED

RECEIPT of the following new books, which will be reviewed later, is ac knowledged :— Dorian Days. Poems. By Wendell Phillips Staﬁord, justice of the Supreme Court of the Dis trict of Columbia. The Macmillan Co., New York. Pp. vi, 112. ($1.25 net.)

“Retrospections of an Active Life." By john Bigelow. Baker 8: Taylor Co., New York. V. 1, pp. xiv, 645; v. 2, pp. vii, 607; v. 3, pp. vii, 666 + index 16. (812 M! for the set.) Latter-Day Problems. By ]. Laurence Laugh lin, Ph.D., Professor of Political Economy in the University of Chicago. Charles Scribner's Sons New York. Pp. xi, 298 + index 3. ($1.50 net.) Readings in American Government and Politics. By Charles A. Beard, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Politics in Columbia University. The Macmillan Co., New York. Pp. xxiii, 620+ index 4. (81.90 not.) American Business Law, with Legal Forms. By John J. Sullivan, A.M., LL.B., of the Philadelphia Bar. Instructor in Business Law at University of Pennsylvania. D. Appleton & Co., New York. Pp. xi, 424 + index 9. (81.50 MI.) The Development of the State: Its Govern mental Organization and Its Activities. By James Quayle Dealey, Ph. D., Professor of Social and Political Science at Brown University. Silver, Burdett & Co., New York, Boston and Chicago. Pp. 326 + index 18. ($1.50.) Letters to The Times upon War and Neutrality (1881-1909), with some commentary. By Thomas Erskine Holland, K.C., D.C.L., F.B.A., Chichele Professor of International Law, Vice-President de L'Institut de Droit International, etc. Longmans, Green & Co., New York. Pp. xi, 162+ index 4.

(81.75 m.) The People's Law; or Participation in Law Making from Ancient Folk-Moot to Modern Refer endum; A Study in the Evolution of Democracy and Direct Legislation. By Charles Sumner Lobin gier, Ph.D., LL.M., Judge of the Court of First Instance, Philippine Islands; Commissioner to Revise and Edit Philippine Codes; Member Na tional Conference of Commissioners on Uniform Laws; Formerly Professor of Law in the Univer Bity of Nebraska. The Macmillan Co., New York Pp. xxi, 394 + appendix 35. (84 ml.)