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294 HARVARD LAW REVIEW. The Right to take Water from Streams and Lakes for Public Water Supply. By R. G. Brown of the Minneapolis Bar. Press of F. W. Shepherd, New York. 1895. pp. 15. This is a paper which was read before the last convention of the American Water Works Association. It is not an argument, but simply a statement of established principles, with the reasons which gave rise to them. The writer deduces a general rule, which is amply supported by his citations of all the leading ca'=:es on the subject in the United States. The essay is in fact a handy digest of the subject. H. c. L.