Mr. H. Milford has publishe I in this country for
the Carnegie Institution two of the new editions of classics of international law, edited by Mr. J. B. Scott, to which the Institution has devoted special attention for some years past. One is An Exposition of Fecial Law and Procedure, or of Law between Nations, by Richard Zouche, published in 1650. The Latin text is repro- duced in facsimile, and edited by the late Sir T. E. Holland, while the English translation is by Mr. J. L. Briefly. The other is ASynopsis of the Law of Nations, by J. W. Textor--an ancestor of Goethe through his mother—published in 1680 at Bale. Here again the Latin text is reproduced in facsimile, and there is an English translation by Dr. J. P. Bate. These old books of inter- . national law show at least that hope springs eternal in, the breasts of thoughtful men, who were as heartily convinced of the folly of war two and a-half centuries ago as they are now.. But a glance through the books does not encourage the belief that international law has made much progress since Zouche and Textor wrote.
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