REVIEWS.
The Law Quarterly Review for April contains its usual quota of interesting legal matter. The leading article is written by Kenelm E. Digby, on " The Law of Criminal Conspiracy in England and Ireland." H. Greenwood contributes a paper on "Registration — or Simplification — of Title." And the other contents are:
"The Compulsory Registration of Titles," by H. W. Challis; "The Law of Maintenance and Champerty," by A. H. Dennis; " Statutory Changes in the Doctrine of Co-Service in the United States," by W. M. McKinney; " The Rio Tinto Case in Paris," by Malcolm Mcllwraith; "The Antiquities of Dartmoor," by C. Elton.
The Harvard Law Review for March contains the third of Prof. J. B. Ames's valuable papers on " The Disseisin of Chattels." Charles F. Chamberlayne contributes an exhaustive article on " State Jurisdiction in Tide-Waters." The only article in the Columbia Law Times for March is written by Ernst Freund, on "Record and Notice under the Revised Statutes." The other contents are made up of "Lecture Notes " and " Moot Court Decisions."
Current Comment and Legal Miscfllany. for March is bright and entertaining as ever. We know of no more readable legal periodical than this publication of the D. B. Canfield Company.
With its April number, The Century completes another volume, and the contents of this issue are of unusual interest. Two of Mr. Cole's artistic engravings accompany a paper on Giovanni Bellini, by Mr. W. J. Stillman; one of them being printed as a frontispiece.
Mr. Jefferson's Autobiography reaches the Rip Van Winkle stage of his career, and tells the reader exactly what he wishes to know, — how Mr. Jefferson came to play the character. Three striking engravings of Jefferson as " Rip " accompany the paper, which also contains a dis quisition on guying by actors, with humorous incidents.
Three timely articles are " The Latest Si berian Tragedy," by George Kennan, in which is given a new account of the outrage at Vakutsk;
"Suggestions for the Next World's Fair," a practical and helpful paper, by Georges Berger, Director of the French Exposition; and " The Slave-Trade in the Congo Basin," by E.J. Glave, one of Stanley's pioneer officers, with text and pictures from life during Mr. Glave's residence of twenty months among the natives.
Three articles of special interest and authoritativeness are " An Artist's Letters from Japan," by John La Farge, with illustrations beautifully engraved by Marsh, Kingsley, and Whitney; "The Serpent Mound of Ohio," by Prof. F. W. Putnam, of the Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Mass., an exhaustive treatment of the facts and archaeological significance of these curious re mains; and "The Old Poetic Guild in Ireland," a special study by Charles de Kay, with illustrations by Alexander and Bacher.
There are three short stories, giving altogether much variety in subject matter and treatment : "The Herr Maestro," by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, with pictures by Joseph Pennell, a story about Venice; "That Yank from New York," a story of Mexico, by John Heard, Jr., with pictures by Allen C. Redwood; and " A Dusky Genius," a story of the South, by Maurice Thomp son, illustrated by Kemble. Mrs. Barr's novel, "Friend Olivia," reaches the sixth part.
The second in the series of Shakspeaiian revivals conducted by Edwin A. Abbey and Andrew Lang, is one of the chief attractions in Harper's Magazine for April. The play selected is the " Merchant of Venice." One of the ten illustrations from drawings by Mr. Abbey forms the frontispiece, and represents the moment (in scene iii. act 1) when Shylock exclaims, "And for these courtesies I'll lend you thus much monies." Gen. Wesley Merritt, of the United States army, contributes an article entitled "Three Indian Campaigns," accompanied with maps and illustrations. The campaigns against the Cheyenne, Apache, and Ute Indians are vividly described. The series of comprehensive articles on "Great American Industries" is continued with a richly illustrated paper on "A Suit of Clothes." The article presents the complete history of a piece of wool from the time of its growth on a sheep to that of its transformation into the manufactured product; and this involves a thorough analysis of the development
