26 JUNE 1920, Page 25

Roscoe on the Admiralty Jurisdiction and Practice. Fourth Edition. By

E. S. Roscoe and the late H. M. Robertson. (Stevens and Sweet and Maxwell. 42s.)—This admirable new edition of a well-known text-book on the Admiralty Division incor- porates the salient parts of Williams and Bruce's Admiralty Practice, which has long been out of print. Mr. Roscoe has re- written the historical introduction, using Mr. Marsden's valuable treatises which have thrown entirely new light on the rise of the Admiralty jurisdiction. The book does not treat of prize law, which has been active during the years of war, but it deals very thoroughly with the questions that arise daily in time of peace in connection with shipping.