Breach of Promise : its History and Social Considerations. By.
Charles J. MacColla. (Pickering.)—It is to be regretted that the• author of this little volume has been caught by the passion for dull jokes, which seems to dominate all who have to do with "Breach of Promise." A grave discussion of the question, illustrated by leading. cases, would have been welcome. As it is, any one who wants to be helped to the rights of the subject cannot but be irritated by the tedious jocosity with which Mr. MacColla wastes his time, and some- times even obscures his meaning. His book, however, has its value, and may serve, in default of a better, as a guide to the subject. The views it advocates seem, on the whole, reasonable. We cannot, how- ever, see why the throwing-open to women of professions and employ. ments should bring it about that they " should have much greater protection against the artifices" of men. Surely, when the two sexes have equal rights, all protection, except against physical violence, will become obsolete.
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