strangely after Mr. Stockton's delightfully matterof fact humor. The paper with this title is by Edith Thomas, and is a charming description of the sea in its various moods, enlivened by verses of which Miss Thomas is apparently the author. "The Legend of William Tell " is traced to its early beginning by Mr. W. B. McCrackan; and Mr. Frank Gaylord Cook has an instructive paper on " Robert Morris." " Felicia " has some in teresting descriptions of life on the stage; and the mutual relations of the singer and his wife become more complicated. " A Successful Highwayman in the Middle Ages," the story of a Castilian bandit, is told by Francis C. Lowell, and is followed by "An American Highwayman," by Robert H. Fuller. " The Fourth Canto of the Inferno," by John J. Chapman, and the " Relief of Suitors in Federal Courts," by Walter B. Hill, furnish the more solid reading of the number; while Percival Lowell contributes a brilliant and interesting paper on Mori Arinori, under the title of " The Fate of a Japanese Reformer." Dr. Holmes bids the Atlantic readers farewell all too soon in the closing paper of " Over the Teacups," in which, for a few moments, he steps before the curtain, and speaks in his own person. Kate Mason Rowland contributes a bright paper on " Mary land Women and French Officers."
The November number of Harper's Magazine contains the first of a short series of papers on Southern California, — " Our Italy," — by Charles Dudley Warner. Illustrations from photographs and from drawings by distinguished American ar tists give additional value to this interesting paper. E. W. Mealey describes the quaint old town of Rothenburg, and gives an account of " Der Meistertrunk," the festival play which occurs there annually. His article is accompanied by nine illustrations from drawings by Otto Reck. The series of articles on South America by Theodore Child is continued in " Urban and Commercial Chili." The illustrations, which are numerous, present views of objects and scenery in and around Santiago and Valparaiso. Lafcadio Hearn describes " A Winter Journey to Japan " by way of the Canadian Pacific Railroad and the Pacific Ocean. S. H. M. Byers contributes an article on "Switzerland and the Swiss." " Princeton Uni versity " is the subject of a timely paper by Prof.
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W. M. Sloane. Daudet's inimitable story of "Port Tarascon " is brought to a conclusion. The other fiction includes " A Halloween Wraith," by Wil liam Black, with five illustrations; " Madrilene; or, The Festival of the Dead," by Grace King; and " Portraits," by Ruth Dana Draper.
book notices. The Laws of Collateral Inheritance, Legacy, and Succession Taxes, embracing the Ameri can and many English Decisions, with Forms for New York State, and an Appendix giving the Statutes of New York, Pennsylvania, Mary land, and Connecticut. By Benj. F. Dos Passos. L. K. Strouse & Co. : New York, 1890. S3. 00. No other work has, we believe, been published upon this important subject, and in those States in which the collateral inheritance tax exists this book will be of great value. In the performance of his official duties in the District Attorney's office of the county of New York, Mr. Dos Passos has had com plete charge of the enforcement of the laws relating to collateral inheritance, succession, and legacy taxes, and is therefore eminently fitted for the preparation of a treatise upon the subject. That he has done his work carefully and conscientiously is evident, and the profession in the States to which the law applies will heartily welcome this book.
The Rules and the with an Baylies. ter, N. Y.,
of Pleading under the Code, Practice relating to Pleading, Appendix of Forms. By Edwin Williamson Law Book Co. : Roches 1890. Law sheep. S6.00.
While made to conform particularly to the rules of pleading established by the New York Code of Civil Procedure, this work will be found to be useful to the practitioner in other code States. The authori ties cited have been taken from the decisions of the courts of every State in which a code has been adopted, and in some instances from the decisions of courts of other States holding the same rule of pleading. In addition to the statement of the rules of pleading, a few chapters are devoted to the prac tice relating to pleading, and an appendix of forms is given.
