The Juridical Review ,published in Edinburgh (Messrs. William Green and
Sons), is a valuable addition to the legal periodicals of the country. It is well conducted and well written, and contains papers upon a great variety of subjects. It was inevitable that several of these should be Scotch. Thus Miss Flora Stevenson, who has long been associated with School Board work in Edin- burgh, writes upon "Recent Scottish Educational Legislation," .and Mr. William George Black on "The Ecclesiastical Parish in -Scotland." Mr. Black's article is very seasonable, inasmuch as the introduction of a Disestablishinent Bill for Scotland by Sir -Charles Cameron has raised those questions which group round teinds, much as the introduction of a Disestablishment Bill for Wales by Mr. Asquith has raised those questions which group around tithes. Under such circumstances, it is rather curious to find Mr. Black, who has evidently a thorough grip of his subject, coming to the conclusion,—" Until all teinds have been valued, there is no real basis of knowledge as to the endowments of the .Church of Scotland, because although teinds are not in the present state of the law the endowment of the Church, it is upon teinds as a property that the stipends are levied, and that all future augmentations must be calculated." Among the other -contributions to an excellent number of the Juridical Review is an ingenious, though not absolutely conclusive, paper on "Re- sponsibility in Drunkenness," by Dr. W. A. Clouston.
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