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 Review of Books bulk of the book has expanded so con siderably that the only serious fault with which the work can be charged would perhaps be its failure to get a tighter grip on such voluminous mate rial, so as to squeeze it into the mold of a purely analytical treatise. Instead of searching dissection of judicial opin ions we have voluminous quotations, which are, however, well arranged and built into a well-constructed exposi tion. As a compendium of the case law of Georgia, in the field of personal in juries, we believe that the value of this work will be acknowledged by the law yers of other states. KING'S CRIMINAL LIBEL The Law of Criminal Libel; a treatise on libel as a Criminal Offense, embracing the substantive law and the procedure and practice in prosecutions by criminal information and indictment at common law and under the Canadian Criminal Code. By John King, M.A., K.C., of Osgoode Hall, Toronto, lecturer to the Law Society of Upper Canada, au thor of "The Law of Defamation in Canada," and "The Law of Contempt." Carswell Co., Ltd., Toronto. Pp. xxiii, 381 + 18 (index). (16.)

THIS treatise on criminal libel is written to supplement the au thor's work on "The Law of Defama tion," published four years ago. It states the law, both substantive and procedural, of Canada, with particular attention to the provisions of the Ca nadian Criminal Code. English and Canadian decisions are included, and American cases are also used for pur poses of illustration. The subject is broken up into sharp sub-divisions, and the treatment of the various topics is exceedingly lucid. The various chap ters, instead of being encumbered with elaborate discussion, set out with clear definitions of leading principles, fol lowed by attractively presented sup plementary matter of an illustrative sort. The writer has produced a text book of more than ordinary merit.

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OPINIONS OF THE JUDGE ADVO CATES GENERAL A Digest of Opinions of the Judge Advocates General of the Army, 1912. Prepared under the direction of the Judge Advocate General, U. S. A., by Capt. Charles Roscoe Howland, Assistant to the Judge Advocate General. Government Printing Office. Washington, D. C. Pp. 1103.

THIS digest includes the opinions of the Judge Advocates General since 1862, and has been prepared under the direction of the present incumbent of that office, Brigadier-General Enoch H. Crowder, U. S. A. The subjects cov ered are mainly those of military law, but other topics besides the organiza tion and discipline of the army are comprehended. The portions that will particularly concern the legal profession are perhaps those dealing with claims, public property, navigable waters, bonds and contracts. Published for the in formation of the Army and Organized Militia, the book however brings within a convenient compass the content of all opinions of general interest, excepting only those the principles of which have been incorporated into the army regu lations or into statute law.

ROBINSON'S CRIMINAL STATISTICS. History and Organization of Criminal Statistics in the United States. By Louis Newton Robinson, Assistant Professor of Economics in Swarthmore College. Hart, Schaffner & Marx Prize Essays. Houghton Miffiin Co., Boston. Pp. 104. ($1 net.)

THE purpose of this helpful little monograph is to point out the need, often emphasized by writers on criminology, of a standard system of criminal statistics, which will serve two practical ends: (1) that one may judge of the nature and extent of criminality in a given geographical area, and (2) that one may determine the transforma tion, if any, which is occurring in these