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The Law.

Prize Cases Decided in the United States Supreme Court, 1789-1918. Edited by J. 'B. Scott. 3 vols. (Oxford : Clarendon Press for the Carnegie Endowment. 63s. net.) The trustees......

Robert Browning : The Poet And The Man, 1833-1840. By

Frances M. Sim. (Fisher Unwin. 109. 6d.) An account of Browning's early years, from the publication of Pauline to his marriage. A certain amount of new material has been......

One Thousand Questions And Answers On Company Law.

By H. A. Ashton. (London Financial Service, Ltd. 5s. net.) This small book supplies a distinct want. It sets out in the form of questions and answers a great number of points......

Books For The Housewife.

Domestic Service. By An Old Servant. (Constable.) This is a very charming and naive description of her life by an old servant. It hardly, however, bears upon the chief domestic......

A Handbook Of Cookery. By Jessie Conrad. (heinemann. 5s.) A

charming preface by Joseph Conrad is a pleasant surprise in a cookery book. It is a good book, too : the directions are clear and simple and we feel that if a recipe turned out......

The Grotius Society, Which, In Spite Of All...

pursued the study of international law, heard several notable papers last year. Lord Cave's address on " War Crimes and their Punishment" is to be noted as a lucid argument for......

Criticism.

This reprinted volume of critical essays is the first of a new series, to be called " The Bookman Library." Dixon Scott, it will be remembered, was a brilliant young North-......

The Mystery Of Mr. W. H. By Colonel B. R.

Ward. (Cecil Palmer. 10s. 6d.) According to the theory here deduced the dedication of the Sonnets refers to William Hall, who procured them for Thorpe, the publisher, from......

In A New Edition Of These Volumes, Which Were Originally

published in 1903, the author has made many important additions. New introductions have been written, and much of the matter relating to Mediaeval Law is fresh. The whole work,......