The Review of Reviews is almost indispensable to the general reader who wishes to keep abreast of the rapidly developing international questions of the day. In the April number there is a full and able editorial discussion of the complicated African situa tion, which is described as " the drama of ' Europe in Africa.' " The mixed interests and motives of lingland, Russia. Italy and France in the Dark Continent are clearly set forth. Russia's general attitude toward the European powers is also discussed, and the edi tor comments briefly on America's relations with Spain, our interest in the Cuban revolution, and the present status of the Venezuelan boundary dispute.
A NEW romance by Anthony Hope begins in the April McClure's. It is a tale of novel and thrilling adventure, like the " Prisoner of Zenda, and is said to be even more engaging than that, in both character and incident.
BOOK NOTICES. LAW.
A Treatise on Pleading, Practice, Procedure, and Precedents in Actions at law and Suits in Equity. By Samuel Maxwell of the Su preme Court of Nebraska. Sixth Edition. State Journal Co., Lincoln, Neb., 1896. Law sheep. S6.00. Judge Maxwell has rewritten and rearranged a large portion of this treatise, so that the work is now much more serviceable and complete than heretofore. The fact that six editions have been required to meet the demand for the book speaks volumes for its merits. The American Corporation Legal Manual. Vol. IV, to January 1, 1S96. Honeyman & Co., Plainfield, N. J., 1S96. Law sheep. S6.00. This is a compilation of the essential features of the statutory law, regulating the formation, manage ment and dissolution of general business corporations in the United States and other countries. The laws of the several states and foreign countries are fullv stated, and many helpful forms are given. Attorneys, corporation officers and business men will find the volume very useful. A Treatise on The American Law of Attach ment and Garnishment. A complete state ment of the general principles applied by courts of review and of the common rules gov erning the practice under all statutes. By
Roswell Shinn of the Chicago Bar. The Bowen- Merrill Co., Indianapolis and Kansas City, 1896. Two vols. law sheep. Si 2.00 net. Mr. Shinn has given the profession an exceed ingly valuable and exhaustive work in this treatise. Covering a broader field than any previous publica tion upon the subject, and with its material system atically and judiciously arranged, it furnishes the practitioner with an admirably complete and accurate statement of the rules of practice and the principles governing the Law of Attachment and Garnishment. The subject is one which enters into the practice of every lawyer, and this treatise should find a place in every office library. A Treatise on the Law of Negligence. By Horace Smith, B.A. Second American from second English edition. Re-edited and en larged with the citation of all the American Cases brought down to date. By James Avery Webb. The F. H. Thomas Law-Book Co., St. Louis, 1896. law sheep. S6.00. Mr. Smith's treatise has always been recognized as a clear, concise, and at the same time comprehen sive exposition of the Law of Negligence. Mr. Webb's addition and notes evidence careful research and discrimination, and the work in its present form is admirably adapted to the needs of American law yers. miscellaneous. An Examination of the Nature of the State. A Study in Political Philosophy. By Westf.l Woodbury Willoughby, Ph.D. Macmillan & Co., New York, 1896. Cloth. S3. 00. The student of political science will find much of interest and value in this work. The author's aim has been the construction of a true system of political philosophy, and the determination of the ultimate nature of the state, and the grounds upon which its authority may be justified. While popular govern ment is, in Mr. Willoughby's opinion, the best type thus far disclosed, he is not blind to its de fects. " Democracy," he says, " is by no means a simple government, nor one easily administered, but rather the reverse : it is one which presupposes a high morality, an advanced state of education, a great degree of self-control, a considerable amount of material and social equality, and above all, the acthe and disinterested participation of the wisest and best of its citizens in its political life." Judged by this standard we have much room for improvement. We hope this book will be widely read and seriously considered.
