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leading articles, classified lists of new books, and general survey of things written, things said, and things done during the month preceding its issue, would suffice to keep the busy reader in touch with the current of life and thought, even if he were able to read nothing else. The December number is as full of variety and freshness as its predecessors have regularly been; and to those who know the Review of Reviews this is a sufficient commendation.
The December Cosmopolitan is "a thing of beauty," etc. The "World's Fair" is its chief theme, and to interesting material concerning the Great Exposition are added innumerable illustrations, many of them being perfect gems of art. The maga zine closes the year with an enormous edition of over 350,000 copies.
LEADING ARTICLES IN THE LAW JOURNALS.
American Law Review (Nov. -Dec, 1893). The Borden Case, John H. Wigmore; The Power of Corporations to prefer Creditors, Seymour D. Thompson; State Regulation of the Contract of Em ployment, C. B. Labatt. Central Law Journal (Dec. 1, 1893). Rights and Remedies of Preferred Stockholders, Seymour D. Thompson. The Criminal Law Magazine (Nov, 1893). The Defense of Irresistible Impulse, Ardemus Stewart; Criminal Anthropology, O. F. Hershey. Harvard Law Review (Dec, 1893). Reform in Criminal Procedure, Heman W. Chap lin; The Dwight Method, Thomas Fenton Taylor; Implied Warranties in Sales, Emlin McClain; Perils of the Seas, Everett V. Abbot. Michigan Law Journal (Nov., 1893). Can the Common Law be Codified? Wesley W. Hyde; Dissatisfaction with the Senate, Alfred Rus-
Yale Law Journal (Dec, 1893). Constitutional Reform in Connecticut, Hon. Henry C. Robinson; The Behring Sea Award, Prof. Theo dore S. Woolsey; The Effect of Foreign Judgments, Harry G. Day.
NEW BOOKS. LAW.
The Law Renting to Real Estate Brokers as decided by the American Courts. By Stewart Rapalje. L. K. Strouse & Co., New York, 1893. Cloth. $2.oo. Full sheep. $2.50. This little volume is a very careful and exhaustive compilation of the case law upon the rights and liabilities arising out of the relation of broker and customer in real estate transactions. It affords to the lawyer a ready means of access to the adjudicated cases, and will prove of great value to real estate brokers as a guide book to their rights and remedies under almost every conceivable circumstance. It is needless to say that Mr. Rapalje's work is thorough and conscientious, and the book can be relied upon as a trustworthy statement of the law upon the subject. MISCELLANEOUS.
The Seeker in the Marshes, and other Poems. By Daniel Dawson. Rees Welsh & Co., Philadelphia, 1893. Cloth. $1.50. This little book of poems is the work of one who, if his life had been spared, would undoubtedly have taken high rank among our American poets. His verses are strong and manly and are imbued with all the passion of a Swinburne or Walt Whitman. While a tone of sadness and pathos pervades most of the poems, several of them are in lighter vein, and the author is equally happy in both. Nothing could be more delicate and touching than his paraphrase of "Carcassonne," while his " Verzenay " fairly sparkles with happy thought. The volume will appeal to all lovers of really good poetry, and it is a truly refresh ing contrast to the sentimental rhymes which are so often foisted upon the public under the name of poetry. The Delectable Duchy. Stories, Studies and Sketches. By Q. (A. T. Quiller-Couch). Macmillan & Co., New York. Cloth. $1.oo. A number of short sketches, or rather charming "pen pictures," drawn with rare skill, make up this little volume. The author seems equally at home in both humor and pathos and his creations are delightfully fresh and original. Nothing could be better than the opening sketch, " The Spinster's Maying." and there is a flash of real dramatic power in " Daphnis." Altogether the book is a most agreeable companion for a leisure hour.
