Mr. Bewes' treatment of trade name and trade secrets is worthy of all praise. Part VII consists of an Appendix of Forms and Statutes, including the recent American Copyright Act. As an introduction to the study, and as a reliable outline, of the subjects with which it deals, this book can be safely and heartily commended. The Science of Jurisprudence: chiefly intended for Indian Students. By W. H. RATTIGAN. Second Edition. London: Wildy & Sons. 1892. 8vo. xii and 398 pp.-This second edition of a book fully noticed by us in the first (iv. L. Q. R. 468) has been considerably revised, and is the better for it, but it is not yet brought up to the English lawyer's standard of accuracy in many little things and some greater ones. Thus Mr. Rattigan cites at least one case from the Weekly Notes which has been reported in full in the Law Reports and elsewhere, and for the Bernina case (or Mills v. Armstrong) he refers only to the decision of the C. A., ignoring the House of Lords. The editor of this REVIEW, to whom Mr. Rattigan does the honour of referring several times to his writings, is variously described as Professor Pollock,' 'Mr. Pollock,' 'Mr. F. Pollock,' two of which descriptions are incorrect and the other unusual. 'I. L. Repts.' alternates with the more correct and accustomed 'I. L. R.' as a form of citation. The statements about Constructive Possession are no longer positively erroneous, but are not yet clear or safe to set before learners: Mr. Rattigan has not faced the essential difference between the doctrines of the Common Law and (at least as generally received and expounded) the Roman law. What is said about the history of Roman contracts is much improved; but what does Mr. Rattigan mean by talking of Anglo-Saxon laws in the middle of the thirteenth century? In another passage on medieval English law two consecutive sentences appear to contradict one another. We do not mean to deny or disparage the substantial merit of Mr. Rattigan's work. It has so much that we are sincerely disappointed in finding it still disfigured by blemishes which, one would think, it would have needed no excessive trouble to remove. The Statutes of Practical Utility ... passed in 54 & 55 Vict. (1891). By J. M. LELY. Vol. III. Part I. London: Sweet & Maxwell, Lim., and Stevens & Sons, Lim. 1891. La. 8vo. viii and 297 pp. (128.).—This part contains many Acts of considerable importance, e. g. Mortmain and Charitable Uses, Custody of Children, Lunacy, Slander of Women. The notes are, as usual, concise and workmanlike. Mr. Lely seems to think the discretion given to the Court by the Custody of Children Act, 1891, alarmingly wide. For our part we think the Court of Appeal better fitted to deal with these matters than the House of Commons, and therefore approve the wisdom of Parliament in conferring a large power. In the Foreign Marriage Act (54 & 55 Vict. c. 74), Mr. Lely points out a strange slip or confusion in the requirements as to time of residence, which will probably make an amending statute necessary. A Treatise on the Rights and Burdens incident to the Ownership of Lands and other Heritages in Scotland. By JOHN RANKINE. Third Edition. Edinburgh Bell & Bradfute. 1891. La. 8vo. : liv and 1099 pp. (458.) The Law of Nuisance in Scotland. By JAMES C. C. BROWN. Edinburgh: W. Green & Sons. 1891. 8vo. xxxvi and 258 pp.-Probably Scots law does not differ fundamentally from the Common Law on the latter of these topics. But we have too much respect for the independent system of a sister kingdom to emulate a learned Frenchman, whose opinion on a difficult point of law arising in Peru was once before us. He had adopted the simple method of taking down his Code Napoléon, and advising, without remark, as if the case were a purely French one. Therefore we await, on both these books, the leisure of a specially qualified contributor. Is Proof anything more than Probability? [By J. C. GRAHAM.] London: Stevens & Sons, Lim. 8vo. 19 pp.-Mr. Graham's question, as might be expected, does not embrace the logical controversy about necessary truth. It is confined to proof in matters of disputable fact, such as courts of justice have to decide. The question thus limited is answered by Mr. Graham in the negative :-'The word proof can only be used in legal matters with any pretence to accuracy to mean a high degree of probability, and no other definite meaning can be assigned to it:' and when we speak of evidence 'amounting to probability and not to proof,' we are talking confusedly, and mean that the probability is not sufficient to determine action in the matter in hand. We so wholly agree with Mr. Graham that we have some difficulty in estimating the controversial force of his argument. It ought, however, in our opinion, to convince any one who stands in need of conviction. Banking and Negotiable Instruments. A Manual of Practical Law. By FRANK TILLYARD. London: A. & C. Black. 1891. xii and 303 pp. This is a neat addition to a neat series of handbooks, upon the aims of which we have already commented. Given that the existence of the series is justified, Mr. Tillyard has performed his task of writing the banker's book in that series carefully and well. Bankers will naturally be interested to read what Mr. Tillyard has to tell them, for he writes clearly and succinctly. Their customers ought to be equally interested, as there is much in Mr. Tillyard's pages which they ought to know. No one who has read the book can fall into the famous error of paying off an overdraft on a banking account by means of a cheque drawn upon the same account. We are a little surprised to find that Mr. Tillyard takes no count of the mode of crossing a cheque to bankers account payee,' which is to our mind a more serviceable safeguard than the crossing not negotiable.' This matter will, we hope, be mentioned in a second edition of this book, which assuredly deserves to come into being. Le droit international codifié et sa sanction juridique. Par PASQUALEFIORE. Traduit de l'italien par A. CHRÉTIEN. Paris: Chevalier Marescq et Cie. 1890.-This book is already known in its original Italian guise. In form it resembles Bluntschli's Code of International law, that is to say the principles are enunciated in the text, and the Commentary thereon is given in the shape of notes. It differs, however, from the late Heidelberg professor's work in that Professor Pasquale-Fiore places himself on the platform of a supposed tribunal applying his book as its guiding code. He starts from the principle that there is a common law of the civilised world, and he foresees the time when the de facto 'association' of states will develop into an 'union juridique.' The translation is by a competent Professor of law of the Faculty of Nancy whose own writings are well known in the French legal world. Lehrbuch des Konkursrechts. Von Dr. J. KOHLER. Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke. 1891. 8vo. xii and 732 pp.-Prof. Kohler, for whose untiring industry nothing seems to be either too great or too small, has given in this volume a general view of the bankruptcy laws in force in the civilised world. Our own latest Bankruptcy Act, 1890, has found its due place in the notes, though not known to the learned author in time to be mentioned in the text. Les Masuirs, recherches historiques et juridiques sur quelques vestiges des formes anciennes de la propriété en Belgique. Par PAUL ERRERA. Two vols. Brussels P. Weissenbruch. 1891. 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