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marily to the layman, but sufﬁciently

intricate for the American reader be cause of the complexity of the subject, of the English system of conveyancing

and of the tremendous inconveniences of that system which call for the intro duction

of

governmental

Transfer Acts as to the diﬁiculties being wellnigh insuperable. His able discus sion of the problems of registration will

interest the reader who cares to look into the English phases of this subject.

registration

and guarantee of titles. The last eight chapters are concerned with registra

BOOKS RECEIVED ECEIPT of the following new books is ac knowledged:—

tion. The writer shows a thorough grasp

of the English law of real property and conveyancing, and the American convey ancer who desires a well-rounded library of his particular specialty will make no mistake in adding a well-executed work of this kind to his collection. The author shows himself an earnest believer in registration, and advocates the reform with almost partisan warmth. He perceives, however, the difficulties of carrying out this reform until the real estate law of England has been much simpliﬁed. The preparation of a regis

ter recording all forms of interests in land would necessitate no less labor than that of the creation of a second Domesday book, but Mr. Harvey does not share the feeling since expressed by the Royal Commission on the Land

A False Equation: The Problem of the Great Trust. By Melville M. Bigelow, Dean of the Bos ton University School of Law. Little. Brown 8: Co.. Boston. Proceedings of the Thirty-ﬁrst Annual Session of the Ohio State Bar Association, held at Cedar Point, Ohio, July 6. 7 and 8. 1910. V. 31. Pp. 135. New York State Library Yearbook of Legislation, 1908. By Clarence B. Lester, Legislative Refer ence Librarian. Legislation Bulletins 37-39. Uni versity of the State of New York, Albany. Pp. 465 + index. ($1.) The Commercial Code of Japan. By Yang Yin Hang. Graduate in Law of the Waseda University. Tokyo, Japan, Master of Law. University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania Law Series, no. 1. Boston Book Co.. Boston. Pp. xxiii, 295 + 23 (index). ($3.50.) The Law Applied to Motor Vehicles; with a col lection of all the reported cases decided during the ﬁrst ten years of the use of Motor Vehicles upon the public thoroughfares. By Charles J. Babbitt of the Massachusetts Bar, author of "Index-Digest of Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Law." With an introduction by Francis Hurtubis, Jr., of the Massa chusetts bar. John Byrne & Co.. Washington. D. C. Pp. 75 (table of cases, etc.) +748+329 (appendices) + 51 (index). ($6.50 delivered.)

Index to Periodicals ,ﬂrlicla on Topics of Legal Science and Relaled Subjects

Agency.

"The liability of an Agent to Third

Persons in Tort."

By Floyd R. Mechem.

20 Yale Law Journal 239 (Feb.). Administrative Law.

"Administrative Ex

ercise of the Police Power." By Thomas Reed Powell. 24 Harvard Law Review 268 (Feb.). A large number of judicial decisions bearing on the exercise of administrative powers under various kinds of statutes are examined, with

the aim of making a comprehensive study of the whole subject.

A short monograph which states succinctly the rules governing the subject, with little dis cussion, and with very full citations.

Aviation Law. “Aviation and Future Legis lation." By H. G. Meyer. 36 Law Magazine and Review 176 (Feb.). "These observations deal only with a few of