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The Underlying Principles of Modern Legislation. By W. Jethro Brown.

(John Murray. 6s. net.)—This is a revised and enlarged edition of Professor Jethro Brown's well-known text-book. In the new preface, dated from the University of Adelaide, where he is now Professor of Law, he reminds us that "no one who wishes to understand the course of legisla- tion in any one country can afford to ignore the trend of political and industrial progress ins -other lands." It is the cosmopolitan wealth of illustration which makes his book ew.pecially interesting and valuable.