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form a useful addition to the library of every stu dent of Roman law. The second volume, contain ing books vii to xv, is now published in this coun try by G. P. Putnam's Sons. At the time of Mr. Monro's lamented death 336 pages of this volume had been printed, and the rest was in manuscript, which had not received his ﬁnal revision, but which it was thought proper to print substantially as it stood. The value of this version of the text of the Digest can hardly be overestimated.

BOOK RECEIVED RECEIPT of the following books is ac knowledged:— Administration of Justice in the United States. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. v. 36, no. 1 (July, 1910). Phila delphia. Pp. 217. (81.) Introduction to Political Science; a treatise on the origin, nature, functions, and organization of the state. By James Wilford Garner, Ph. D.,

Professor of Political Science in the University of Illinois. American Book Company, New York. Cincinnati, Chicago. Pp. 606+ 10 (index). ($2.50.) Handbook of International Law. By George Grafton Wilson, Professor of International Law in Harvard University. Lecturer on International Law in Brown University and in the United States Naval War College, American Delegate Plenipoten tiary to the International Naval Conference,

Associé de l'Institut de Droit International. West Publishing Company, St. Paul. Pp. xxi + 482 + 106 (appendices and cases cited)+ 33 (index). ($3.75 delivered.) Jewett‘s Manual for Election Oﬂicers and Voters in the State of New York; containing the new consolidated election law, as amended to date. with annotations, forms and instructions. By F. G. Jewett. 18th edition. revised and enlarged by Melvin Bender and Harold J. Hinrnan, of the Albany bar. Matthew Bender8z 00., Albany. Pp. xxii+ 288 (election law)+ 271 (constitutional and statutory provisions, forms, etc.)+83 (index). (Cloth, 84; paper, $3.50.)

Index to Periodicals ﬂrliclu on Topics of Legal Science and Related Subjects Aerial Navigation. “The Air—A Realm of Law, II." By G. D. Valentine. 22 juridical Review 85 (July). Alien Protection. “The Basis of Protec tion to Citizens Residing Abroad." By Sena tor Elihu Root. 4 American journal of I nter national Law 517 (July). The opening address at the fourth annual meeting of the American Society of Inter rlisilzganal Law, Washington, D. C., April 28, Anarchy. See Government. Bench and Bar. “The Sheriff in Scotland." By James Ferguson. 22 juridical Review

105 (July). Blockade. “The Legal Basis of the Rules of Blockade in the Declaration of London.” By Denys P. Meyers. 4 American journal of International Law 571 (July). Taking up the articles of the Declaration of London, the Writer considers them with reference to British and American decisions involving blockade, closing with an expression of his admiration for the work of the framers

of the Declaration. Conﬂict of Laws. "Locus Regit Actum." By Prof. A. V. Dicey. 26 Law Quarterly Review 277 (July).

Approving the decision of the French Court of Cassation in Gesling v. Viditz (1909), Clunet, xxxvi, p. 1097, sustaining the validity of a will made in France by a British subject in accordance with the formalities required by English law, butJ,not those required by French law. Conservation of Natural Resources. “ ‘Home Rule’ for the Public Land States." By Clarence T. Johnson, State Engineer of Wyoming, in collaboration with James Ste phenson, Jr., State Engineer of Idaho. Edito- _ rial Review, v. 3, p._701 (July). The writers indicate many of the grave objections to the administration of natural resources from the seat of the federal govern ment at Washington. Conveyancing. See Real Property. Corporations. “What is a Company?" By Frank Evans. 26 Law Quarterly Review

259 (July). The author's lucid deﬁnitions of a company are probably applicable in the United States as well as in England. "The Return of a Company's Capital to Its Shareholders." By W. Strachan. 26 Law Quarterly Review 231 (July). See Public Service Corporations. Defamation. " ‘Want of Probable Cause’ in Judicial Slander." By John Bartholomew. 22 juridical Review 132 (July).