13 JANUARY 1917, page 15

Forty Years At The Criminal Bar.* Ix His Preface The

late Mr. Purcell says that his book consists not of " mere recollections but revision of notes written while the facts and circumstances were alive in my mind and my nerves......

The Va T.t.f.y Of Decision.* It Would Not Be Quite

fair to say of this book that it is a long sermon on the war. It is very interesting, and sermons are apt not to be very interesting. All those people, however, who grumble and......