10 FEBRUARY 1877, Page 22

An Exposition of Our Judicial System and Civil Procedure, by

W. P. Finlason (Longmans), gives an account of the new system in- troduced by the Judicature Acts. The author prefixes an interesting view of the history of the subject. As dealing with a special subject, we have to mention The Merchant Shipping Laws, by W. C. Boys, (Stevens and Son), a work which its author describes as "a consolida- tion of all the Merchant Shipping and Passenger Acts from 1851 to 1876, inclusive."