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Beeton's Law-Book : Everyb,dy's Lawyer. (Ward and Lock.)— This "seventh

edition" has been brought up to time. The recently passed Bankruptcy Acts, for instance, are summarised, and there is an appendix describing the legislation of 1887. The work is in the form of short numbered paragraphs (the number reaching as far as 15,000). The author does not content himself with stating the law, but also makes some brief incisive remarks on its failures and inconsistencies.