The Calcutta Weekly Notes Law Notes and Notes of Cases of the Calcutta High Court and of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the English Law Courts Monday July 6 1925

The anxiety of the leaders of public opinion in England to maintain a high standard of public conduct in the responsible ministers is also evidenced by the strong protest in the leading organs of the newspaper press agp inst Lord Birkenhead our present Secretary of State supplementing his income by his prolific and profitable contributions as a journalist. [...] \Ve are indebted' to our contemporary of the Law l'ime8 for the following episode regarding the treatment meted out to Sir John 'Pre\ or who held the great position of Master of the Rolls with that of theSpeaker of the House of Commons towards the close of the seveteenth century. [...] The high standard of industry and accuracy and the insight which marked the preparation of the first edition has been maintained in the prsent edition. [...] all the topics which come under the descrition of law of transfer inter vivos the author kas had frequently to travel beyond the limits of the enactment. [...] The subject-index itself is an indication of the thoroughness with which the details of the subject have been rationalised for the purpose of presentation.