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 Reviews of Books our shame be it said, by high courts ruled by motives alike pitiful and sin

ister. Add to these conditions the fact that the courts are sought by clients — especially by the important clients for whom great cases are fought —— not for the establishment of justice, but purely

and simply for the‘ accomplishment of private proﬁt." Again:—

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drel, this promoter of sham suits, abettor of criminals, and grabber of his clients’ savings, but a large part of his adven tures exceed the bounds of probability, and simply furnish material for a ridicu lous tale which grotesquely exaggerates the evils of professional practice that it

portrays. From a literary standpoint the story is nothing but a pot-boiler, but it will

"Nothing is so sure to interest people

furnish diversion to many a lawyer in

as to point out that the man who is more successful than you is not brainier,

weary hours. The action is animated, and the hero undeniably clever.

but simply more dishonest." And again: ——

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BOOKS RECEIVED

"All of us are born to give some ECEIPT of the following new books is ac knowledged:—

thing to life, and every law of God or Man says that he who takes more than

he gives is a Thief." THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SHYSTER The Confessions of Artemus Quibble. By Arthur Train. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. Pp. 227. ($1.30 net.)

T IS always entertaining to read of the exploits of upstarts whose assurance and audacity balks at no obstacle in the path of success, and whose

callow resourcefulness triumphs over every untoward circumstance.

“The

Confessions of Artem'us Quibble” deal with the career of a clever, unscrupulous young man who succeeded, without the help of character, education, or real

ability, in raising himself to the un enviable position of the most prosper ous and disreputable shyster imaginable, eventually to land in Sing Sing prison,

where poetic justice required that he be sent at a much earlier stage of the story. The ingenuity of Quibble is marvelous, and Mr. Train is to be com

plimented on his fertility of invention. New York lawyers will recognize much that is familiar in the escapades of this ambulance—chaser, swindler, and scoun

Law for the American Farmer. By John B. Green of the New York bar. Rural Science Series. Macmillan Company. New York. Pp. 368+ index 70. (81.50 net.) A History of the American Bar. By Charles Warren of the Boston bar. Little. Brown 8: Co., Boston. Pp. 562+ 24 (appendix and index). (84 net.) Constitutional Law. By James Parker Hall. A.B.. LL.B.. Professor of Law and Dean of Law School. University of Chicago. LaSalle Extension University. Chicago. Pp. xiv, 375+ 82 (appen dices and index). (83 net.) Capture in War on Land and Sea. By Hans Wehberg. Dr. Jur. (Dusseldorf). Translated from Do: Beutmechl in: Land- and Seekn'ege. With an introduction by John M. Robertson. M.P. P. S. King 8: Son, London. Pp. xxxv. 191 —l- 18 (bibliog raphy and index). (5:. net.) Studies in American Elementary Law. By John C. Townes. LL.D.. Professor of Law. Univer sity of Texas. author of "Townes on Texas Plead ing. "Townes on Torts." etc. 2d ed. T. H. Flood 8: Co., Chicago. Pp. xxvii. 626+ 68 (index and appendix). (84 net.) The Panama Canal: A Study in International Law and Diplomacy. By Harmodio Arias, B. A.. LL.B., Sometime Exhibitioner and Prizeman of St. John's College. Cambridge; Quain Prizeman in International Law. University of London. P. S. King 8: Son. London. Pp. xiv. 148+ 38 (appendices and index). (10:. 6d. net.) The individualization of Punishment. By Ray mond Saleilles. Professor of Comparative Law in the University of Paris and in the College of Social Science. With an introduction by Gabriel Tarde. late magistrate in Picardy and Professor of Philos ophy in the College of France. Translated from the second French edition by Rachel Szold Jastrow. with an introduction by Roscoe Pound. Professor of Law in Harvard University. Modern Criminal Science Series. v. 4. Little. Brown 8: Co., Boston. Pp. xliv.. 313+ 6 (index). ($4.50 not.)