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Statute of Frauds. "A New and Old Reading on the Fourth Section of the Statute of Frauds." By Crawford D. Hening. 57 Univ. of Pa. Law Review, 611 (June). "No action shall be brought upon any special promise to answer for the debt, de fault, or miscarriage of another person," really signifies, in the light of history, this writer contends, that no action shall be brought upon a parol assumpsit or special promise dependent upon consideration, but the statute left untouched parol debts, and also parol accountabilities dependent upon bailment. This distinction, he further con tends, should be observed today for the effective suppression of perjury. Status. See Aliens, Conflict of Laws, Race Distinctions. Wills and Administration. "Powers of Executor before Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters." 17 Bench & Bar 59 (May). Showing to what extent the common law rule has been modified by statute in various states, particularly in New York. Miscellaneous Articles of Interest to the Legal Profession British Empire. "The Canadian Emigra tion Problem." By J. Hall Richardson. Fortnightly, v. 85, p. 948 (May). "Should this importation of American stock (and dollars) continue, simultaneously with the immigration of the Scandinavians, Gallicians. and others from foreign lands, it is not difficult to predict the period when Canada will be no longer predominantly British in blood origin. If that time should come, what kinship bonds of sympathy will exist to maintain the Dominion as part of the Empire?" Biography. "John Hay: The Making of a Great Diplomat." By Charles W. Moores. Putnam's, v. 6, p. 297 (June). "His diplomatic career is extraordinary, and the triumphs he won by his clear vision, his tact, and his patience, and his under standing of the temper of the nations, have never been equaled.'
"Mr. Wickersham and His New Job." Current Literature, v. 46, p. 615 (June). A vivid character sketch. Cleveland. "Cleveland and the Insurance Crisis." By George F. Parker. McClure's, v. 33, p. 184 (June). Dickinson. "The New Secretary of War." By Elbert F. Baldwin. Outlook, v. 92, p. 167 (May 22). Ewell. "Dr. Marshall D. Ewell." By David L. Toole. Lawyer and Banker, v. 2, p. 46 (June). Eugenics. "Eugenics." By W. I. ThomasAmerican Magazine, v. 68, p. 190 (June). "In a profound sense all races are selected stock, very rigorously selected in the struggle for existence. . . The mind may remain ignorant and the body underfed for centuries, and yet come to their own finally with proper education and feeding. And it is fortunate that, like Job, they can wait until their change cometh—until institutions become as truly democratic as the mind itself." Machine Politics. "Tammany's Control of New York by Professional Criminals." By George Kibbe Turner. McClure's, v. 33, p. 117 (June). "The professional criminals and politicians, whose whole careers are concerned in the control of the city, will make the most des perate fight of their lives to cany New York this fall. ' Stock Speculation. "The Tricks of the Wall Street Game." By Frederick Upham Adams. Everybody's, v. 20, p. 804 (June). "A real stock boom, with the public crazy to purchase any form of security at dictated prices, is worth from $100,000,000 to $500,000,000 to the Wall Street powers that prey. Why not bait a hook occasionally with a mere million? The suckers will begin to bite again sooner or later." "The New York Stock Exchange." By W. Martin Swift. Outlook, v. 92, p. 128 (May 15). Dealing with the harmful results of its policy of privacy.
SJTEA LING, says a writer in Lippincott's, is an oldfashioned way o} getting what belongs to another. Society visits its severest penalties on those who are oldfashioned. Don't steal. There are better ways. See a lawyer.
