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The Green Bag

An account of the eminent Scottish jurist and his le al treatises, and of his career at the bar an on the bench. Morgan. “The Life Story of J. Pierpont Morgan: The First Morgan Syndicate and the Rescue of Vanderbilt." By Carl Hovey. Metropolitan Magazine, v. 33, p. 363 (Dec.).

A most interesting narrative of the achieve ments of Mr. Morgan. This installment treats particularly of his early success in the underwriting syndicate, and is true to life in showing the foundation upon which public conﬁdence in the Morgan ﬁrm has been built up. The story of the a parent ease with which Mr. Morgan dispose of a vast uantity of government securities and of Mr. ander bilt s New York Central holdings in the English market reads like a romance, but

in the former case it meant hard work and oiccasional doubts of the merits of the syndicate 1 ea. Savigny. “The Great jurists of the World; XII, Friedrich Carl von Savigny." By J. E. G. de Montmorency. 9 journal of Comparative Legislation, pt. 1, no. 23, p. 32 (Nov.).

A fascinating portrayal of the great jurist, who as a lecturer is compared to Maitland, and who was the ﬁrst lawyer to demolish the a priori method and establish the vital principles of the Renaissance on an impreg nable basis. "For my own part," writes the author, "I should be tempted to call him the Newton or the Darwin of the Science of Law. His achievements resemble the achievements of both of these mighty men." Sidgwick. “The Leaves of the Tree." By Arthur C. Benson. North American Review, v. 192, p. 816 (Dec.).

A beautiful delineation of a noble character, that of the late Professor Henry Sidgwick of the University of Cambridge. Stowell. “The Great jurists of the World; XIII, Lord Stowell." By Norman Bentwich. 9 journal of Comparative Legislation, pt. 1, no. 23, p. 114 (Nov.). This well-known historical writer here gives an excellent summary of the qualities which distinguished Lord Stowell, and a sound estimate of his place in the history of inter national law, and of the historical signiﬁcance of his chief decisions involving prize law and private international law. China. “China and the Powers Since the

Boxer Movement." By William R. Manning. 4 American journal of International Law 848 (Oct.). An_extended article, purporting to treat only in the barest outlines the ‘wonderful progress" of China in political and social reconstruction during the past few years. Ferrer 0880. “The Trial and Death of Ferrer, II." By William Archer. .McClure's, v. 36, p. 229 (Dec.).

This concluding chapter treats of the trial. The Scotch literary critic discusses it from the point of view of a layman, and is perhaps too severe on the Spanish authorities in com paring it to the trial of Dreyfus. While scarcely a lawyer's estimate, it does give a minute account of the proceedings and of the character of the evidence relied on. Party Politics. “The Insurgence of In surgency." By William Allen White. Ameri can Magazine, v. 71, p. 170 (Dec.). Stating what the radicals of the Republican party have accomplished, with regard to the initiative and referendum and other popuhr measures. Pensions.

“The Pension Carnival;

III,

Capitalizing the Nation's Gratitude." By William Bayard Hale. World's Work, v. 21, p. 13 730 (Dec.).

The cost of pensions fell from 1874 to 1878, but then was formed, we are told, an alliance between pension promoters and

high tariff advocates which was successful, resulting in the accumulation of a treasury surplus which was looted by the passage of the Arrears Pension Act. Political Corruption. “What are You Going to Do About It? V, Colorado-New Tricks in an Old Game." By Charles Edward Russell. Cosmopolitan, v. 50, p. 45 (Dec.). Simon Guggenheim is here severely de nounoed for his alleged improper use of money in securing his election to the United States Senate. Portugal. “Some Causes of the Portuguese Revolution." By Francis McCullagh. Nine teenth Century, v. 68, p. 931 (Nov.). Sheddin much light on the conditions which ma e the success of the Revolutionists so extraordinarily easy. Railways. “The Masters of Capital in America: The Multimillionaires of the Great Northern System.” By John Moody and

George Kibbe Turner.

McClure’s, v. 36, p.

123 (Dec.). This is a valuable human document and an important chapter of economic history, treating of that great step in the consolidation of American railways culminating in the Hill-Morgan alliance. Wall Street. “It; IV, 'The Politics of Business." By Lincoln Steﬁens. Every body's, v. 23, p. 813 (Dec.). The subject of this paper is politicalpull in business, and business pull in POIIUCS, the object being to show how every citizen is caught in the tentacles of this control, alike in his business and his politics, for there is a "deadly arallel" between the present 0 ‘nization 0 business and that of public a airs.