lished by the late Sir George Cornewall Lewis in 1859, but he referred almost exclusively to the theory of the subject. No attempt has hitherto been made to collect and compare the cases decided in England and the countries with which in this matter she is most closely connected.

Having been engaged in the three most recent cases in England, I have given a good deal of study to the subject, and I venture to hope that the results of that study, extended for the sake of completeness to the laws of America and France, may not only be useful to the members of my own profession, but may help the public to understand, and the Legislature satisfactorily to deal with, a question which becomes every year of more importance to the world.

EDWARD CLARKE.

3 PUMP COURT, TEMPLE,

December 1, 1866.