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Trial of Sir Roger Casement. Edited by G. II. Knott,.

(Edin- burgh and London : Hodge. 7s. Od. net.)—This now volume of the "Notable Trials Series" contains a verbatim report of the pro- ceedings in Casement's ease, based on the Government reporters' transcript and revised by the Judges and the Attorney-General, with an interesting Introduction by the editor concerning the peculiarities of a treason trial and the difficulty of applying to modern conditions the ancient statute of Edward III. As to Casement, the editor says that " perhaps no one so notorious was over so little known in his private character."