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of our subject. Dean Ashley's book, however, is in such small compass that it can be read, and it will refresh our recollection of all we learned at law school. Moreover, it gives us a positive and clear statement of the fundamental principles that should enable us to present our arguments and decisions with greater intelligence and effect. Personally, I found most satisfaction in the sections on mutual assent and consideration. They cleared up a num ber of propositions that always used to be quite hazy, not to say foggy, in my mind. The sections on conditions precedent and contracts for the benefit of third persons will also be found especially helpful. We hope that this valuable short discussion of the prin ciples of the law of contracts will be very widely read. FREDERICK T. CASE. NOTES The report of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association, held at Boston last August, has been issued from the office of the secretary, George Whitelock of Baltimore. It shows, if anything, increasing activity in the fields to which the Association has already devoted its attention, and a gratify ing increase in membership, 1,118 new members having been added during the year. The Canadian Law List for 1912 is a useful handbook, containing complete lists of the

judiciary of the Dominion, and the names of barristers and solicitors in all the provinces, with many additional features. (Published by Canadian Legal Publishing Co., Toronto.) BOOKS RECEIVED The Law of the Air: Three lectures delivered in the University of London at the request of the Faculty of Laws. By Harold D. Hazeltine, LL.D., Fellow and Law Lecturer of Emmanuel College, and reader in English law in the University of Cambridge. Hodder & Stoughton, publishers to University of London Press, London. Pp. 144 + 8 (notes). ($1.50 net.) The History of the British Post Office. By J. C. Hemmeon, Ph.D. V. 7, Harvard Economic Studies. Harvard University, Cambridge. Pp. 239 + 17 (appendix) + 5 (index). ($2.00 net.) Principles of the Constitutional Law of the United States. Student's Edition. By Westel W. Willoughby, Professor of Political Science in the Johns Hopkins University, author of "The Con stitutional Law of the United States," "The Ameri can Constitutional System," etc. Baker, Voorhis & Co., New York. Pp. 553 + 23 (index). Criminal Responsibility and Social Restraint. By Ray Madding McConnell, Ph.D., instructor in social ethics, Harvard University, author of "The Duty of Altruism." Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Pp. 339. ($1.75 net.) Foreign Companies and Other Corporations. By E. Hilton Young, M.A., of the Inner Temple and Oxford Circuit, Barrister-at-Law, City Editor of The Morning Post. University Press. Cam bridge, Eng.; G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. Pp. 309 + 9 (appendix) + 14 (index). ($4 net.) The Origin of the English Constitution. By George Burton Adams, Professor of History in Yale College. Yale University Press, New Haven. Pp. 341 + 28 (appendices) + 9 (index). ($2 net.) Argument of the Hon. Elihu Root on behalf of the United States before the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration Tribunal at The Hague, 1910. Edited with Introduction and Appendix by James Brown Scott, of Counsel for the United States. The World Peace Foundation, Boston. Pp. cli, 374 + 149 (appendix). ($3.50.)

Index to Periodicals Articles on Topics of Legal Science and Related Subjects Ante-Nuptial Contracts. "Ante-Nuptial Contracts in Illinois." By Noble B. Judah, Jr. 6 Illinois Law Review 503 (Mar.).

Setting forth numerous requirements which must be complied with to ensure the validity of such contracts, under Illinois law. Bankruptcy. "A Surety's Claim against his Bankrupt Principal under the Present Law." By Evans Holbrook. 60 Univ. of Pa. Law Re view 482 (Apr.).