Of professional and technical works, of which we must b e
content to give a general notice, we have to mention The Maritime Codes of Italy, translated and annotated by his Honour Judge Raikes (Effingham Wilson, 123. 6d. net). This volume is a sequel to similar works on the codes of Spain and Portugal, and of Holland and Belgium. —Notes on the Companies Act, 1900. By L. Worthington Evans. (Ede and Allom. 4s.; the model prospectus is published separately for 61) —The Token Money of the Bank of England. By Maberley Phillips. (Effingham Wilson. 2s. 6d.)—The account here given recalls a critical period in our history, the long period of warfare and consequent distress, 1797- 1817. Paper money and token money were issued to meet present emergencies, and foreign dollars were countermarked. Of course the forger was busy all the time in trying to make his gains out of the general need. We do not wonder that there was no popular outcry about the severity of the laws against this crime, which must have seemed specially unpatriotic.—The Secret of the Sword. Translated from the original French of Baron de Bazancourt by C. F. Clay. With Illustrations by F. H. Townsend. (Bell and Sons. 7s. 6d. net.)—A book by an expert in the art of fencing, readable though technical, a combination of qualities of which the French have, perhaps, a greater knack than we. —The " Burleigh Pocket Library" (Sands and Foster) is a series of neat little volumes in which various games are described, with a setting forth of the laws, modes of play, &c. They are appearing under the care of Mr. R. F. Foster. We have three of these before us,— Chess : a Manual for Beginners; Dice and Dominoes; and Poker. The chapters on dice are really very curious. You can play " ten-pins "—the American form of nine-pins—without alleys or pins, and "baseball" without moving from your chair. Dominoes is so excellent a game that it is well worth studying the more subtle and complicated varieties that have now bean invented. —The Veterinary Manual. By Frank T. Barton. (R. A. Everett and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—First Aid to the Wounded. By Dr. Oscar Bernhard. Translated from the German by Michael G. Foster. (T. Fisher Unwin. 2s. 6d.)
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