EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT 1903." Journal of the Society of Comparative Legislation (Xo. xiv, p. 302). LEGISLATION (Uniformity). "The Desir ability of Harmonizing State and Federal Statutes on Irrigation," by Carroll B. Graves, American Lawyer (V. xiii, p. 383). LIENS. "Mechanics' Lien. The Authority of Russell v. French," by Frank E. Hodgins, Canada Law Tournai (V. xli, p. 733). LIMITATIONS. "Limitation: Right and Remedy," by Haribaus Sahai, Allahabad Law Journal (V. ii, p. 259). LITERATURE (Law Reports). Thomas Dent, in the September American Law Review (V. xxxix, p. 675) treats "Of Law Reports as Memorials of History and Biography," and relates interesting instances of this collateral value of our system of reports. MASTER AND SERVANT. In the October Canada Law Review (V. xli, p. 673) C. B. Labatt publishes another chapter of his valua ble work on the law of Master and Servant, dealing with "Service Distinguished from Tenancy." NEGLIGENCE. "The Doctrine of Imputed Négligence as between an Infant, non sui juris, and Its Parent or Guardian," by Sumner Kenner, Central Law Journal (V. Ixi, p. 244). PERSONS. " Powers of the Managing Mem ber of a Mitakshara Joint Hindu Family," by K. Srinwasa lyengar, Madras Law Journal (V. xv, p. ai i). PRACTICE. "The Acquisition and Re tention of a Clientage," by Frank Asbury Johnson, Law Students' Helper (V. xiii, p. 272). PRACTICE. "Right of Court to Interfere with the Determination of the Amount of Damages Fixed by a Jury," by Frederick A. Teall, Central Law Journal (V. Ixi, p. 286). PRACTICE (Jurors). "Right of Jurors to Consider their Own Knowledge and Experi ence," Bench and Bar (V. ii, p. 95). PROCEDURE (Arbitration). "Who May Refer Matters to Arbitration," by Durga Charan Banerjee, Allahabad Law Journal (V. ii, p. 275). PUBLIC POLICY. "Government by the People," by Richard Lockhart Hand, American Lawyer (V. xiii. p. 377). PUBLIC POLICY. Frederick Bausman con tributes to the September American Law Re view (V. xxxix, p. 727), a criticism of what he
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regards as an American tendency toward "Light Sentences and Pardons." "Our people seem not to have a sufficient horror of crime to get an actual relish in sen tencing offenders of any class. Judges shrink from imposing long terms. When they do> impose them, they are sure to hear murmured exclamations in the court room, or to receive indirectly from their friends, when the matter is referred to as a newspaper item, some ex pression as to their having been that day very severe. "Let us now turn to the subject of pardons. These are granted in America in such number that there is hardly a week in any state in which one may not see in the newspapers an announcement of one. Indeed, there has lately sprung up a new sort of custom, of a most pernicious sort, to imitate the bounty of kings upon their birthdays or marriages, by setting felons free. On last Christmas day the governor of Illinois indulged himself in this fashion by setting free four murderers under sentence for life. All were set free and one received a pardon outright. This good example was followed in Indiana with the same number, in Missouri with three, in New York and Michigan with one. Those who know the tendency of our race and its senti mental attitude in many respects will not doubt that this amiable custom will grow." REAL PROPERTY. "Abstracts of Land Titles," by C. H. Kirshner, Kansas Lawyer (V. xii, p. i). REAL PROPERTY (Partition). "The Law of Partition in Ceylon," by W. R. Bisschop, Journal of the Society of Comparative Legis lation (No. xiv, p. 232). REAL PROPERTY (Statute of Frauds). "DoGas and Oil Contracts or Leases Convey or affect such an Interest in Real Estate as to come within the meaning of the Statute of Frauds requiring all Conveyances of Real Estate or an interest therein, or an assign ment thereof to be in writing?" by Walter J. Lotz, Central Law Journal (V. Ixi, p. 224). SALES (Contracts). Under the title of "The Contract of Sale or Return," Richard Brown discusses in the September Juridical Review (V. xvii, p. 221), the law applying to a familiar transaction of wholesale dealers who stock a store with goods under an agreement
