30 APRIL 1892, Page 13

An Exposition of English Law by English Judges. By John

Alexander Neale, D.C.L. (Cloves and Sons.)—This volume gives in alphabetical arrangement a number of subjects on which the law has been laid down within the last few years (1886-1891). A list of the Judges whose decisions and dicta have been quoted. and a catalogue of cases, have been prefixed.—We have received A Treatise on the Specific Performance of Contracts, a " third edition," in which the author, Lord Justice Fry, has been assisted by Edward Portsmouth Fry. (Stevens and Sons).—Other books on legal subjects are :—Partnership and Companies. By Percy F- Wheeler. (A. and C. Black.)—The Employers' Liability Act, 1880. With Decisions, Notes, and Explanations. By R. M. Minton- Senhouse. (Horace Cox.)—Tho Law of Musical and Dramatic Copyright, by Edward Cutler, T. C. Smith, and F. C. Weatherley (Cassell and Co.), a " revised edition."