24 MAY 1930, Page 31

The Barrister, by Sir Harold Morris, is one of the

" Life i and Work " Series issued by Geoffrey Bles (3s. 6d.). There is no very serious attempt in it to explain the fascination which the law has for some minds, but there is instead a straightforward and informative account of the author's own career which should be helpful to those who are contem- plating entering his profession., and there is a fund of exceed- ingly good stories such as collect around the Law Courts. If some of them are not quite new, they are all of them worth telling and perhaps convey the atmosphere and fascination of a barrister's life as well as any more direct attempt could have done.

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