'Emptio spei,' 'Emptio rei speratae,' Emptio ad gustum,' 'Emptio per aversionem,' and 'Emptio ad mensuram,' but we have no technical words to describe these different manners of sale.

The Corporation Duty. By MORTON S. JACKSON. London: Stevens & Sons, Lim. 1892. 8vo. viii and 220 pp. (78. 6d.)

MR. JACKSON has not only a unique knowledge of the Corporation Duty, its origin, history, and working, but a lively style of writing which makes even a dry subject excellent reading.

The Corporation Duty, as most people know, was designed to end the 'indefensible immunity,' as Mr. Hubbard called it, of corporations to succession duty. It was a just tax, but it was a novel one, and the Legislature proceeding tentatively, as is the wont of the British Legislature, was overliberal in the matter of exemptions. The result is that, what with excusing Friendly Societies and Trading Companies, and Local and Municipal Bodies, and Charitable and Religious and Literary and Scientific and Fine Art Associations, there is very little left to tax. Hence, though the annual income of corporations is over nine millions, the tax only produces some £40,000. Mr. Jackson evidently regards the present Act as only introducing the thin edge of the wedge, and discusses what he euphemistically calls the future possibilities' of the Duty; in other words, by a trifling omission of a few words, he offers the Chancellor of the Exchequer a quarter of a million instead of £40,000. This is tempting, for Mr. Jackson knows what he is talking about. It is time the exemptions' looked after themselves.

Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence. By the Hon. Mr. Justice STORY. Second English Edition by W. E. GRIGSBY. London: Stevens & Haynes. 1892. La. 8vo. xcvi and 1090 pp. (45s.) STORY'S work has become a classic, and has passed beyond the zone of criticism. But Story's work in English garb has no such immunity. In Dr. Grigsby's laborious hands it has developed into a great book, we will not say a great evil. We have some difficulty in saying for what class of readers-practitioners or students-it is meant. Practising lawyers are more apt to turn to treatises on special subjects as their happy huntinggrounds. Students will be energetic indeed if they plod their way through eleven hundred closely-printed pages. This question however solvitur ambulando. The lapse of eight years calls for a new edition of the Anglicised Story which lies before us. The American cases and the paragraphs founded upon them have been eliminated by Dr. Grigsby, leaving nothing but Story as he may be quoted in the English Courts. Dr. Grigsby has done his work of editing and revising carefully, and on the whole well. But we think the judicial list with which the book is 'further enriched' (we quote the preface) might be brought down later than 1887 when the preface is dated June, 1892, and we should like to see more quotations from modern cases as distinguished from the old decisions to which it is difficult for student or practitioner to refer with profit. The man who quotes a single readable case quite upon the point does a far greater service than the man who accumulates a mass of authorities more or less ancient and more or less relevant.

The Statute Law of the Limitation of Actions. By HENRY THOMAS BANNING. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. London: Stevens & Haynes. 1892. 8vo. xxxix and 385 pp. (168.) HAPPY is the subject the statutory portion of which is contained in forty pages of moderate dimensions. This is the case with the Statute Law of Limitation, no fraction of which, however minute, seems to have escaped Mr. Banning's ken. His treatise represents the case law upon the subject, and he refers to about a thousand decisions. He refers to them in a clear and succinct fashion, and the only thing he leaves to be desired is the date of each case. One page (p. 48) reminds us in appearance of an old 'Bill in Chancery,' in which letters used to be set out verbatim with their 'yours obediently' and 'your humble servant' in full. But this and a few mechanical slips are small things, detracting little from the sterling merits of a work which has profited by its fifteen years of legal career.

Practice in Lunacy. By JOSEPH ELMER. Seventh Edition. London: Stevens & Sons, Lmtd. 1892. 8vo. xx and 481 pp.

Or a book of practice which has run into a seventh edition in the hands of an official of the department in which the practice lies, it is unnecessary to say much. The success of such a book tells its own tale. It is found accurate and useful, or it would not flourish so well. It is natural to find a new edition of 'Elmer' called into being by the Lunacy Acts of the last two years, and it is equally natural for those accustomed to 'Elmer' to find it as carefully compiled and lucidly arranged as ever.

Die Behandlung der verwahrlosten und verbrecherischen Jugend und Vorschläge zur Reform. Von Dr. P. F. ASCHROTT. Berlin: Otto Liebmann. 1892. 8vo. iv and 64 pp.

THE author of this pamphlet on the treatment of youthful criminals, whose excellent works on the English Poor Law and on Punishments in English Criminal Law have been noticed in this REVIEW, is one of the best informed and most capable members of the school of criminal lawyers, led by Professor von Liszt, who advocate a clearer recognition of the distinction between casual and habitual criminals and wish to promote legislation which will, as far as possible, prevent individuals belonging to the former from drifting into the latter class. Among the measures intending to carry out that object those dealing with the mode of punishing and reforming offenders of immature age must naturally occupy a prominent place. Dr. Aschrott's suggestions deserve the careful attention of criminal lawyers and laymen who take an interest in the administration of criminal law.

Die Tierquälerei in der Strafgesetzgebung des In- und Auslandes, &c. Von Dr. JUR. ROBERT VON HIPPEL. Berlin: Otto Liebmann. 1891. 8vo. viii and 198 pp.

THIS book gives an account of the statutory provisions relating to the prevention of cruelty to animals in Germany and other countries, and makes suggestions as to future legislation in Germany. The author in his reproduction of 12 & 13 Vict. c. 92 should have omitted the sections repealed by the Summary Jurisdiction Act 1884.

A Treatise upon the Employers' Liability Act of New South Wales. By C. G. WADE. Sydney: C. F. Maxwell. 1891. 8vo. xvi and 210 pp. (128. 6ď.)

THE New South Wales Act of 1891 differs little, and perhaps not essentially in any respect, from the English Act of 1880. Nor does it appear that the Colonial Courts have yet contributed much to the inevitable judicial commentary on the Act. The above work therefore differs little

from the ordinary type of commentary upon a modern statute. The English decisions are freely cited, and the book may be useful to the English lawyer desirous of having this branch of the law brought up to date.

We have also received

Church Law: being a Concise Dictionary of Statutes, Canons, Regulations, and Decided Cases affecting the Clergy and Laity. By BENJAMIN WHITEHEAD. London: Stevens & Sons, Lim. 1892. viii and 304 pp. (108. 6d.)— This book consists of notes on various points of Ecclesiastical law, arranged in Dictionary form. It cannot supply the place of 'Phillimore' or 'Cripps to the practising barrister, but it would be a very good thing if the bishops would insist on their clergy each possessing a copy, as the price is only 108. 6d., and the book contains a great deal of information of practical value.

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Public Finance. By C. F. BASTABLE. London: Macmillan & Co. 1892. 8vo. xviii and 672 pp. (12s. 6d.)—This full and elaborate work has a legal aspect by reason of some chapters on the holding and administration of property by the State, and a series of chapters on taxation. Continental readers, for whom legal and political science are less distinct than for us, would probably classify it without more ado as a book on Public Law. This debateable ground between law, politics, and history, has received too little attention from English writers until quite lately. This book ought to be a valuable companion to Mr. H. Sidgwick's Elements of Politics, which lately broke new ground in this direction.

Traité élémentaire de droit civil germanique. Par ERNEST LEHR. Tome second. Paris: E. Plon Nourrit et Cie. 1892. 518 pp.-M. Lehr, who is honorary professor of comparative law of the University of Lausanne, and formerly lectured there, requires no introduction to those who study foreign law. Apart from his work in International law his books on English, German, Spanish, and Russian law are well known to all for whom French is the more convenient medium for obtaining information on these subjects.

The present volume deals with the law of contract of the family and of successions. The author has drawn into his analysis the changes and proposals of the German Draft Civil Code, and he has not omitted to preface each subject with historical notes, without which Germanic law would only appear as a muddled survival. There is a full index.

Sommaire périodique des Revues de Droit: 20 Année, No. 4, Avril 1892. Brussels: F. Larcier. This publication is described as 'Table mensuelle de tous les articles et études juridiques publiés dans les périodiques belges et étrangers,' and professes to analyse the contents of more than two hundred legal periodicals. The work has every appearance of being carefully and methodically done, and the Sommaire périodique' should certainly find a place in all public law libraries. It will be useful to many Continental and to some English-speaking students.

De l'assurance contre les accidents du travail. Par VILLETARD DE PRUNIÈRES. Paris: Chevalier-Marescq et Cie. 1892. 458 pp.-The author of this treatise on a subject which is daily gaining importance has done good work in dealing so fully with all aspects of the subject. The question is still in a state when theory is welcome. It is therefore no objection to the book before us if alongside the law as applied in France it deals with the different schemes of reform which have been propounded. There is no index, though there is a full analytical table.

A Treatise on the Negligence of Municipal Corporations. By D. A. JONES. New York: Baker, Voorhis & Co. 1892. La. 8vo. lxviii and 588 pp. ($6.00 net).

Principles of the Criminal Law. By SEYMOUR F. HARRIS. Sixth Edition. By C. L. ATTENBOROUGH. London: Stevens & Haynes. 1892. 8vo. xxxix and 606 pp.

The Revised Reports. Edited by Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK, assisted by R. CAMPBELL and O. A. SAUNDERS. Vol. V. 1799-1801. 5 & 6 Vesey (to p. 616)-8 T. R.-1 East (to p. 138)-2 Bos. & P.-Forrest-1 & 2 Espinasse. London: Sweet & Maxwell, Lim. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1892. La. 8vo. xiii and 798 pp. (258.)

The Law relating to Building Societies. By E. A. WURTZBURG. Second Edition. London: Stevens & Sons, Lim. 1892. 8vo. xvi and 407 pp. (148.)

The Law of Torts. By Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK, Bart. Third Edition. London: Stevens & Sons, Lim. 1892. 8vo. xl and 624 pp. (218.)

The Law and Custom of the Constitution. Part I. Parliament. By Sir W. R. ANSON, Bart. Second Edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1892. 8vo. xviii and 375 pp. (12s. 6d.)

Principles of the Law of Real Property. By the late JOSHUA WILLIAMS, Q.C. Seventeenth Edition, re-arranged and partly re-written by T. CYPRIAN WILLIAMS. London: Sweet & Maxwell, Lim. 1892. 8vo. lx and 703 pp. (218.)

An Introduction to the History of the Law of Real Property. By KENELM E. DIGBY. Fourth Edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1892. 8vo. xiv and 446 pp. (128. 6d.)

A Manual of the Law relating to Small Agricultural Holdings, with The Small Holdings Act, 1892. By C. D. FORSTER. London: Stevens & Sons, Lim. 1892. 12mo. viii and 84 pp. (28. 6d.)

The Statutes of Practical Utility. (1892.) Alphabetically arranged, with notes thereon, by J. M. LELY. Vol. III. Part 2. London: Sweet & Maxwell, Lim. and Stevens & Sons, Lim. 1892. 8vo. 295-601 pp. (128.)

A Practical Treatise on the Law of Reparation. By A. T. GLEGG. Edinburgh: W. Green & Sons. 1892. La. 8vo. lvi and 551 pp. (258.)

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Godefroi's Law relating to Trusts and Trustees.—

Second Edition. By HENRY GODEFROI, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. Royal 8vo. 1891. Price 325. cloth.

"This work is a model of what a legal text-book ought to be. It is clear in style and clear in arrangement."-Law Times, April 18, 1891.

Seton's Forms of Judgments and Orders in the High Court of Justice and Court of Appeal, having especial reference to the Chancery Division. With Practical Notes. Fifth Edition. By CECIL C. M. DALE, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, and W. CLOWES, Esq., a Registrar of the Supreme Court. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. Vol. I. 1891. Price £2 cloth. (Vol. II. nearly ready.) Roscoe's Nisi Prius.-A Digest of the Law of Evidence on

the Trial of Actions at Nisi Prius. Sixteenth Edition. By MAURICE POWELL, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. 2 vols. Demy 8vo. 1891. Price £2 10s. cloth.

"A vast and closely packed storehouse of information on practice at Nisi Prius.”—Law Journal.

Roscoe's Criminal Law.-A Digest of the Law of Evidence

in Criminal Cases. Eleventh Edition. By HORACE SMITH and GILBERT GEORGE KENNEDY, Esqrs., Metropolitan Police Magistrates. Demy 8vo. 1890. Price £1 115. 6d.

Smith's Compendium of Mercantile Law.-Tenth

Edition. By JOHN MACDONELL, Esq., a Master of the Supreme Court, assisted by GEO. HUMPHREYS, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. 1890. Price £2 25. "Of the greatest value to the mercantile lawyer."—Law Times, March 22, 1890.

Greenwood's Practice of Conveyancing, with Concise

Precedents. A Manual of the Practice of Conveyancing; showing the present Practice relating to the daily routine of Conveyancing in Solicitors' Offices, to which are added Concise Common Forms and Precedents in Conveyancing. Eighth Edition. By HARRY GREENWOOD, Barrister-at-Law. Demy 8vo. 1891. Price 16s, cloth. "One of those books which no lawyer's bookshelf should be without. . . . A complete guide to Conveyancing."-Law Gazette.

Russell's Awards.-A Treatise on the Power and Duty of an Arbitrator, and the Law of Submissions and Awards; with an Appendix of Forms, and of the Statutes relating to Arbitration. Sixth Edition. By the Author and Herbert RussELL, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. Royal 8vo. 1891. Price £1 10s. cloth. "Almost a necessity to every practising lawyer.”—Law Quarterly Review.

Williams' Law and Practice in Bankruptcy.

Comprising the Bankruptcy Acts, 1883 to 1890, the Bankruptcy Rules, 1886, 1890, the Debtors Acts, 1869, 1878, the Bankruptcy (Discharge and Closure) Act, 1887, and the Deeds of Arrangement Act, 1887. By the Hon. Sir ROLAND VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, one of the Justices of Her Majesty's High Court of Justice. Fifth Edition. By EDWARD WM. HANSELL, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. Royal 8vo. 1891. Price 255. cloth. "This book will now, if possible, since the appointment of its distinguished author as Bankruptcy Judge, take higher rank as an authority than before."-Law Journal.

Talbot and Fort's Index of Cases Judicially noticed

(1865-1890); being a List of all Cases cited in Judgments reported in the "Law Reports," ‚” “Law Journal," "Law Times," and "Weekly Reporter," from 1865 to 1890, with the places where they are so cited. By GEORGE JOHN TALBOT and HUGH Fort, Esqrs., Barristers-at-Law. Royal 8vo. 1891. Price 255. cloth.

"This is an invaluable tool for the worker among cases.... The way in which the tool is to be used is this: you find a case that appears to decide the question you have in hand, but you want to know whether it has been subsequently judicially questioned or confirmed. You turn to the name of the case, given in large type in this work, and you find following it in smaller type the names, references to reports, and dates of every reported case since 1865 in the judgments of which it has been in any way noticed."-Solicitors' Journal.

Shirley's Selection of Leading Cases in the Common

Law. With Notes. By WALTer Shirley ShIRLEY.-Fourth Edition. By RICHARD WATSON, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. Demy 8vo. 1891. Price 16s. cloth. Warburton's Criminal Law Cases.-A Selection of

Leading Cases in the Criminal Law, with Notes. By HENRY WARBURTON, Esq., Barristerat-Law. [Founded on "Shirley's Leading Cases."] Demy 8vo. 1892. Price 9s. cloth. "We consider that it will amply repay the student or the practitioner to read both the cases and the notes."-Justice of the Peace.

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