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is ever seeking new means for the prevention of its own disintegration. Workmen's Compensation. “Vorkmen's Compensation and the Theory of Professional Risk." By F. P. Walton. 11 Columbia Law Re view 36 (_]an.). Valuable not simply as a lucid treatment of an important problem of contemporary l_egis-' lation, but also as a contribution to the science

Sydney Brooks. Fortnightly Review, v. 89, p. 90 (Jan.). Some readers may think that this English journalist views the manners, dress and dc rt ment of our Congressmen in too unfavoragii: a

light. But in his comparisons between our Con gress and the House of Commons he shows his appreciation of our strong points. Detection of Crime. "Great Cases of De tective Burns."

By Dana Gatlin.

McClure's,

of comparative law, as the workmen's compen sation systems of France, England and Canada

are considered at length.

v. 36, p. 386 (Feb.). The ﬁrst of these stories tells of the con fession of Abe Ruef, the San Francisco boss,

Miscellaneous Articles of lnleresl lo the Legal Profession Biography.

Brandeis.

“Brandeis.”

By

Ernest Poole. American Magazine, v. 71, p. 481

(Feb.). A most interesting sketch of the able Boston lawyer who has so liberally given of his time and talents in the service of the public good. Lincoln. "The Career of a Country Lawyer." By Charles W. Moores. view 78 (]an.-Feb.).

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Continued from the preceding number of the same review. Morgan. "The Life Story of J. Pierpont Morgan. " By Carl Hovey. Metropolitan, v. 33, p. 593 (Feb.). "Morgan's primary interest in affairs, the moral axis upon which his career turns as a whole, is a natural

ssion for sound, well

founded business." his instalment treats of extensiveoperations in the ﬁeld of railway re organization. Morley. "The Only Living Briton who is at the Head of Two Professions." Current Litera ture, v. 50, p. 153 (Feb.). A most readable biographical sketch of a man who has won highest eminence in two professions, those of statecraft and letters. “Morley may be no lawyer in the American sense, but he is a barrister who took up two other professions and made himself leader in each." Reed. "Thomas Brackett Reed: The States man, the Wit and the Man." By Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. Century, v. 81, p. 613 (Feb.). "One of his retorts, so well known that it is a

household word, illustrates his quickness as well as any other.

Mr. Springer of Illinois was de

claring with large and loud solemnity that, in the words of Henry Clay, ‘he had rather be right than be President.’ ‘The gentleman need not be disturbed,’ interjected Mr. Reed; ‘he will never be either.’ Hardly a day passed that a repartee of this kind did not fall from his lips, and they belonged to that small class of witty retorts which cannot in the nature of things have been prepared and which ﬂy out on the spur of the moment like the sparks from an anvil." Congress. “impressions of Consfess." By

Detective Burns relating Ruef’s continual eva sions and subterfuges up to the time of his trial. Ari absorbin detective story founded on fact rather than ction. Dual Personality. “Real Dr. Jekylls and Mr. Hydes." By H. Addington Bruce. Cosmo politan, v. 50, p. 337 (Feb.).

The author, who has devoted considerable study to unexplained psychical phenomena, states some of the most remarkable recorded instances of dual personality which fairly parallel the theme of Stevenson's famous story. Foreign Affairs. “What does the Secretary of State Mean?" By Frederick McCormick. North American Review, v. 193, p. 206 (Feb.).

The policy of Secretary Knox has been to preserve diplomatic silence regarding his inten tions. Yet the foreign policy of the Government unmistakably tends to involve this country in steadily increasing responsibilities in the Far East. The President has said that Pekin is our most important diplomatic post. The policy of the “open door," pursued by Secre tary Knox and his two redecesors, has made the United States alrea y an important factor in the international politics of China and Japan. Foreign Trade. "How America Got lnto Manchuria." By Frederick McCormick. Cen tury, v. 81, p. 622 (Feb.).

Being "the inside history of America's diplo matic ﬁght for the open door and equality of trade." India. “The Gateway to India." By Price Collier. Scribner's, v. 49, p. 142 (Feb.).

"Of these divisions [the nine provinces] I visited seven, and in each I was impressed by the enormous amount of work being done, by the conscientious-often I thought too con scientious—- way in which it was done, and by the dignity and fearlessness of the men who were doing it. If it were not for the interferences from the India Office, and the criticism from

ignorant politicians, who shamelessly play India oﬂ for votes at home, it would be the most ideally managed, as it is the most successfully admin istered, dependency in the world." Invention. "The Wonderful New World Ahead of Us." By Allan L. Benson. Cosmo politan, v. 50, p. 294 (Feb.). An interesting character sketch of Edison,