22 JANUARY 1921, Page 23

The January issue of the Journal of Comparative Legislation, published

by the society of that name (6s. net), pays a graceful tribute to the veteran ex-President Eliot of Harvard and gives a portrait of him. An American lawyer, Mr. C. W. Pepper, of Philadelphia, contributes a noteworthy article on " America and the League of Nations." President Wilson's League, he says, is based on coercion and has been rejected by hit country; but a League based on the idea of conciliation and the method of conference would, ho thinks, commend itself to the Americans. The Journal is a useful and instructive survey of legislation in many countries.