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The Magistrates' Practice, 1910. (Stevens and Sons, and Sweet and

Maxwell. 20s. net.)—The majority of Justices can hardly be expected to study nearly seventeen hundred pages (and very transparent ones) of instruction in the laws that they administer. This must be mainly a book of reference, but the more the Bench knows of its contents the less it will be in the hands of its clerk. One of the few blessings of the clash of arms is the silence of social legislators, but portions of the Criminal Justice Administration Act came into force at. the end of 1914 and in April, 1915. The new rules and forms in connexion with this are set out in an appendix by Mr. C. M. Atkinson. The Defence of the Realm Act and the Liquor Orders of the Secretary of State also need studying by the Justices in this convenient form.