Preacher," but does not portray its female characters quite so finely. It is intensely American of the better sort and intensely readable, notwithstanding its philosophical chapters, which are not so well interwoven with and held together by the dramatic course of events as to preclude their omission by the reader if he desires. The story has action and the philosophy is both old and Each portion of the book could have been written by a separate author. new. THE ECONOMY OF HIGH WAGES: AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSE OF HIGH WAGES AND THEIR EFFECT ON METHODS AND COST OF PRODUCTION. By J. Schoenhof. With an introduction by Thomas F. Bayard. pp. 414. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1892. $1.50. In 1887 Mr. Schoenhof was sent by the Department of State on a tour of investigation through Europe, to collect facts and data on the wages question. This commission was revoked by President Harrison. The results of his investigations, however, were not lost thereby, but form the greater part of this volume. The subject here treated is, of course, of the greatest importance at a time when the country is divided on the question of the tariff, for the difference in wages between this country and Europe is the keynote of the whole controversy. It is not saying too much to state that this volume is one of the severest blows that the protective theory has yet received. It seeks to prove that the difference in wages is merely a difference in industrial capacity-a wellknown argument, but treated at greater length, and more carefully than ever before. Mr. Schoenhof's treatment of the subject is, for the most part, able and scientific. It is marred, however, by the appearance of an extreme partisanship and by the exhibition of too great a contempt for protection, and especially of that monument of ignorance," as he terms it-the McKinley Bill. These qualities are appropriate in a campaign document, but out of place in a work that attempts to treat the subject scientifically. For all that, the work is an admirable one, and should be carefully studied. by all who desire to form an honest and clear opinion on the question, Protection or Free Trade? THE FARMERS' TARIFF MANUAL. By a Farmer. By Daniel Strange. pp. 363. New York G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1892. $1.25. The fact that this book is professedly for the farmer is no bar to its use by the general reader. While it pays more attention, perhaps, to the effect of the tariff on that class of our population, the major portion of the work is general in its character. Part I. is an exposition of the tariff for revenue, with the text the Bowery parrot has furnished: "The Tariff is a Tax." Part II. is a condemnation, The individually and, taken as a whole of the various theories of protection. "history" of protection is next treated at some length. It is termed a history, but is rather a series of arguments against the protective tariffs in operation in this country from its birth to the present day. The remainder of the book is devoted to an inquiry into the question of how much protection has been afforded to such articles as wool, woolens, lumber, salt, coal, iron, steel and iron products, copper, tin, sugar, and various farm and dairy products. The work is noticeable chiefly for its admirable arrangement, and the interesting treatment of the question. Nothing new has been added to the present stock of information on the subject, but that omission can hardly be criticised at this day. It is a thoroughly readable and instructive book, and takes a high rank in that admirable "Questions of the Day" series. CONTENTS OF AMERICAN LAW MAGAZINES. Green-Bag. September. The Superior Court of the City of New York, 1855. The Legal System of Old Japan. Prof. John H. Wigmore. Genesis of Legal Jokes. Irving Browne. Sketches from the ParliamentHouse. IV. Lord Young. A. Wood Renton. The Supreme Court of Arkansas. G. B. Rose. John K. Porter. II. Grosvenor P. Lowrey. Advice to Students at Law in the Year 1668. E. Allen Frost. American Law Review. July-August. Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart. G. H. Knott. The Deed of an Infant. Thomas R. Harris. The Legislature and the Streets. Frank J. Good now. The Status of Indigent Americans in French Courts. D. Chauncey Brewer. Jurisdiction and Practice of the Federal Courts of Appeal. Wm. L. Murfee, Jr. Chicago Law Journal. October. American Bar Association. Address of the President, Hon. John F. Dillon. Reports of Cases. Albany Law Journal. October 8. Current Topics, LAW TIMES BULLETIN. The articles in the present number of the LAW TIMES are of great value and interest, not only on account of the subjects treated, but also on account of the authority of their writers. Dr. Lyman Abbott was a lawyer before entering the ministry, which gives him peculiar facilities for writing on the subject of "The Ethics of the Legal Profession." This article is the substance of an address delivered in Plymouth Church last winter. Abbott is widely known as one of the leading thinkers and writers of the day. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Christian Union, and the author of a large number of valuable books. Dr. Mr. Frank S. Rice, whose article appears in this number, is a leading lawyer of Colorado. He was the editor of the "Colorado Code," but is most widely known as the author of his works on Civil and Criminal Evidence. Dr. Arthur Macdonald, of the Bureau of Education, is a specialist on the subject he treats. He has recently been appointed the official representative of the United States to the International Congress for Experimental Psychology at London and also the International Congress upon Criminology at Brussels. 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