The Parliamentary Election Acts for Englanl an t Wales. By
J. M. Lely and W. D. I. Foulkes. (W. Clowes and Sons, 1885.)—The present laborious compilation is undoubtedly the most complete presentment of Parliamentary Election Law that we have seen. A short history and summary of the subject is placed for introduction ; and after this the Acts, which number 149, are arranged in six divisions, treating respectively of the qualification and the registration of electors, electoral areas, the disqualification of candidates, the election, and the election petition. Within each division are set forth, in chronological order, all the enactments relating to its particular subject. The marginal notes and cross references will be found extremely handy for reference. The annotations to sections embody the cases decided upon the Acts, and the other cases applicable to the subject, with references to all the reports, and brief and pertinent comments. This treatise ought to be in the hands of every one who has much to do with the matters in question, for there is probably nothing that any one can wish to know that is not to be found in its proper place between the boards of the book.
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