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Wharton's Law Lexicon. Twelfth Edition. By E. A. Wurtzbur g . (Stevens.

42s.)—This familiar and useful reference-book has been carefully revised for the twelfth edition, and the entries dealing with the Parliament Act, National Insurance, Ancient Monuments, and other recent topics are trustworthy. Wharton has a charm for the curious because it is not only a summary of living law, but also repository- the oddest obsolete words like " troy," marshland ; " dursley,"blows without wounding or bloodshed; or " stale," larceny; as well as of the most unlikely scraps of information.