Review of Periodicals to this fascination is a point upon which the present writer has ve doubts. In his 0 inion, better results will be achieved if t e conference and its committees adhere strictl ‘to the wise lines laid down by Lord Hers ell,’ and observed by Chalmers and Pollock. . . . “The tendency towards Bentharnistic codi fication, above described. seems to accord with the views of a considerable part of the legal profession. . . . On the other hand, not a ew of the Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, who have voted in favor of reporting
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than, 'C'est une ancienne et positive loi de Royaumo.’ Now Robertson was, I think, quite satisfied to acce t any rule on that footing. He asked nothing better." Story. "Joseph Story: A Personification of Industry." By the Editor. 16 Case and Comment 213 (Feb.).
“There was no flattery in the famous toast, once drunk at a banquet where Justice Story was a guest: ‘However hi h in the temple of Themis a lawyer may see to climb, he will never get above one Story.’"
the bills herein referred to, believe that these
roductions are not Benthamistic, but have n ke t quite within the lines drawn by Judge C lmers and Lord Herschell." War. “Nicaragua." By Th. B[aty]. 35 Law llfagazine and Review 203 (Feb.). "It may even, with justice, be questioned whether the recognition of belligerency, in a perfectly proper case, can ever confer on a state the right to protect its subjects who take service with the rebels. They have identified themselves with the forei state and its domestic affairs so thoroug y and completely that their treatment ceases to be a matter of its concern. The have become de facto naturalized abroad. heir position is comparable to that of a ship which enters the
enemy's service: if such a vessel is sunk by an enemy sailing under false colors, it is a subject for discussion between the belligerent nations alone. The alien loses his claim to rotection by his own state the moment e takes service with a foreign force."
Miscellaneous A rlicles of Interest to the Legal Profession Biography. Aldrich. "Aldrich: ‘General Manager of the United States.’ " By Edwin Lefevre.
American Magazine, v. 69, p. 622
(Man). "His ruling passion is his joy in thinking, his intense desire to use his mind-the mind that God gave him. The consideration of any problem, financial, political or domestic, gives him the same joy that a game of chess gives to a Paul Morphy—that IS, the mental
process itself is to him exquisite pleasure." Pinchot. "Gifford Pinchot, the Awakener of the Nation." By Walter H. Page. World‘: Work, v. 19, p. 12662 (Mar.). "Mr. Pinchot has alread made a t career, but a greater is be ore him. fie is now forty-four years old. He has the biggest constructive public idea of our generation." Robertson. "The Late Lord Robertson as an Advocate, Politician. and Judge. By Christopher N. Johnston, K.C., LL.D., Sheriff of Perth. 21 juridical Review 289 (Jan.). "Lord Bramwell explains somewhere that the general body of our law contains certain rules for which there is no more to be said
Climate. “Climate in Some of Its Relations to Man." By Professor Robert DeC. Ward. Popular Science Monthly, v. 76, p. 246 (Man).
"The seasonal changes of the temperate zones stimulate man to activity. They do~ velop him physically and mentally. They encourage higher civilization. . . . "Aliens have shown marked tendencies to settle where climate, soil and occupations are most like those of their old homes. . . .
Scandinavians, for example, have gone largely into the northwest; and in the future. u as steps are at once taken to prevent it, the
southern arts of the United States will doubtless ve a population predominantly of Latin blood." 00st of Living. Cost of Living."
"Gold in Relation to the By Prof. Irving Fisher.
Review of Reviews, v. 41, p. 190 (Feb.).
"There remains, therefore, only one pos sible explanation for the general rise in prices,—namely, an expansion of the volume of circulating money and de sits. It ma be shown that the volume of e sits depen s u n the volume of money. ere must be aways a money basis for credit, and the larger the basis the larger the credit struc ture possible. While it is true that the credit structure may temporarily expand be yond its normal ratio to the money basis on which it rests, yet even this abnormal expan
sion of deposits is always inauguarted by an expansion of money. It is probable that deposits in general are now expanding more rapidly than their monetary basis. But the source of this deposit inflation is money infla tion, and the source of the monetary inflation is old inflation." ‘Why Should the Cost of Living Increase? A Survey and Analysis of the Assigned Causes." B Walter E. Clark. Review of Reviews, v. 1, p. 183 (Feb.). A very illuminating and fair-minded esti mate of the relative importance of various factors in the increase of prices. 1 . "When the rising cost of raw materials and the average rise of we es per hour (re ported as 28.8 per cent by t e Labor Depart ment) are considered, it must be admitted that the trusts, as represented by four of the greatest and the most abused of them all, do not appear to have forced their prices to arbitrary heights. Certainly there is no indi cation at all that the trusts are responsible for the general price rise."
