Arrived at Hartzburg during the afternoon, and remained there until the next morning. At 8-30, took the train for Dresden. During the forenoon we passed through a fine, open country, all well cultivated. Passed Halberstadt, a city of 34,000 inhabitants, and Halle, 70,000, the seat of the celebrated University of that name. At 2-30, passed through Leipsic and arrived at Dresden the same eyening. Spent the day at Dresden, and visited twice the celebrated gallery of paintings. This is too well known to require any comment. It contains many of the works of the great masters, and has, doubtless, superior attractions for the artist; but I confess it did not please me more than the paintings in the Louvre, or in the Royal Museum at Berlin. Any one of the three is superior to any collection which I saw in London. Nothing particularly attractive in Dresden as a city. It is about like the average of European cities. October 2. Started again for Vienna, passed up the Elbe, through the Saxon Swiss Mountains. The scenery, most of the way, was picturesque and beautiful. During the forenoon left the Elbe, and followed the Moldau, a branch of the Elbe, toPrague. On this route, passed through Boemen, a densely populated country, containing 5,000,000 of inhabitants. About 6 P. M., arrived at Vienna. Vienna is a beautiful city. Architecturally speaking, it is as handsome as any I have ever seen. There are finer buildings in Paris and London, but the average buildings in London are inferior, while those in Paris do not much surpass buildings of the same grade in Vienna. I made this beautiful city my place of sojourn for nine months. spending much of the time in the University Library. Among the fine buildings of Vienna, is St. Stephen's Church, a grand cathedral, emulating in beauty and splendor of adornment, the Cologue Cathedral, Isaacs, St. Mark, or even Notre Dame. It lacks the costly statuary of St. Paul and St. Peter, and the gold and silver which is so profuse in Isaacs. of St. Petersburg. St. Peters, in Vienna, is an old building, with a very unattractive exterior, and is very handsome inside; in both which respects it resembles its namesake at Rome. The priest was burning incense. The Austrians, though they speak the German language. have a dialect of their own, the long o sound prevailing in many words. in place of the flat a. C. B. W. BOOK REVIEWS. A TREATISE ON THE LAW OF CONTRACTS BY MARRIED WOMEN; THEIR CAPACITY TO CONTRACT IN RELATION TO THEIR SEPARATE STATUTORY LEGAL ESTATES, UNDER AMERICAN STATUTES. BY GEORGE E. HARRIS, of THE BAR OF WASHINGTON, D. C., ALBANY AND NEW YORK: BANKS & BROTHERS; 1887.-This is an exhaustive work on the subject specified, and the law is laid down, and sustained by abundant citations. The author discusses the law relating to a married woman so far as relates to her power and capacity to contract in relation to her separate estate created by statute, and the mode of enforcing such contracts, her power of acquisition by contract, her dominion over her separate legal estate, her power to contract in relation to it, her power to deal with, to charge, bind, pledge or incumber, and finally, to alienate it. In order to draw the proper distinction between her power over her trust or equitable estate and her statutory legal estate, he has given the results of some adjudged cases in England and America. It is an important and valuable treatise on a very important subject. INTERNATIONAL LAW. WITH MATERIALS FOR A CODE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. BY LEONE LEVI, F. S. A., F. S. S., OF LINCOLN'S INN, BARRISTER AT LAW, PROFESSOR OF COMMERCIAL LAW IN KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON, DOCTOR OF POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TUBINGEN, ETC. NEW YORK, D. APPLETON AND COMPANY; 1888.—A small book, very handsomely executed, treating upon a subject of great importance, clearly and methodically arranged. It brings the history of international law down to the present time, and clearly lays down the principles to be applied in its administration. A very important and useful portion of the book is the chapter entitled "The Political Condition of States." This gives the area and population, the form of government, and the principal treaty arrangements, at the present time, of every nation on the globe. Other chapters treat of International Relations, Treaties, Postal Communication, Copyright, &c. We have read the work with interest and profit, and can heartily recommend it. HENRY GEORGE V. HENRY GEORGE. A REVIEW BY R. C. RUTHERFORD. NEW YORK, D. APPLETON & Co., 1887.-This is the most satisfactory reply to George that has yet appeared. Mr. Moffat's work, "Henry George the Orthodox," is too involved in style to engage the attention of the ordinary reader. while Dixwell, in his review, fails to cover the entire ground, or even to meet properly the most important points. The writer of the work before us indulges in much caustic satire and ridicule, which might, under other circumstances be objectionable; but George himself, having made free use of similar weapons, has no cause of complaint. The Chicago Law Times Advertiser. UNION COLLEGE OF LAW. OF NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (EVAnston), UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (CHICAGO). AND THE FACULTY. JUDGE HENRY BOOTH, LL. D., Dean, and Prof. of Law of Real Estate. HON. HARVEY B. HURD (late reviser of Illinois Statutes), Prof. Common Law Pleading, Evidence and Statute Law. HON. WM. W. FARWELL, Ex-Chancery Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County, Prof. of Equity Jurisprudence, Pleadings and Practice. MARSHALL D. EWELL, M. D., LL. D., (author of Leading Cases on Disabilities incident to Infancy, Coverture, Idiocy, etc., also a Treatise on the Law of Fixtures, etc.) Prof. Common Law, Contracts, Criminal Law and Torts. N. S. DAVIS, M. D., LL. D., Lecturer on Medical Jurisprudence. TERMS OF STUDY. A full course of study occupies two collegiate years of thirty-six weeks each; and the diploma when bestowed after such a course pursued in the college is accepted by the Supreme Court of this State as satisfactory evidence of qualifications for admission to the Bar without further examination. QUALIFICATIONS FOR ADMISSION. Applicants for admission to the junior class must satisfy the Dean that they have at least a good common school education. A course of liberal study in the sciences and a knowledge of Latin are desirable, and are strongly recommended, though not required. No distinction is made on account of sex or color. Students who have completed the studies of the junior year in this college and have passed their examination, are admitted to the senior class in due course. Members of the Bar of this and other states in regular standing, are admitted to the senior class without examination. Students who have attended another Law College one year, or who have spent one year at least in the study of law in the office of an attorney, and who have read what is equivalent to the junior course of this college, may apply for admission to the senior class at the beginning of the coliate year, or during the first half of the first term, and will be received in regule standing if found sufficiently advanced, on examination by the faculty. These examinations will take place on September 30th and December 17th. No student except those who have taken the full junior course in the college and members of the Bar, will be admitted to regular standing in the senior class so as to become a candidate for the diploma, unless he shows the required proficiency at one of these examinations. PRIZES:-Horton prize for best thesis or brief, $50; Faculty prize for thesis, second in excellence, $25; Faculty prize for best proficiency in the senior class, $50; Faculty prize for best proficiency in the junior class, $25; Dean's prize for best oration at commencement, $50; T. & J. W. Johnson's (Law Book Publishers, Phila.) prize to the graduating class for best thesis on some legal question of practical importance, “Smith's Leading Cases,” 4 volumes. The school year is divided into three terms: First term begins Sept. 22, 1886, Wednesday......ends Dec. 22, 1886, Wednesday. Second term begins Jan. 5, 1887. Wednesday...ends March 30, 1887, Wednesday. Third term begins March 31, 1887, Thursday......ends June 15, 1887, Wednesday. EXPENSES. Tuition fees are payable in advance as follows: For a single term, $30; for two terms, $55; for a whole year, $30. Graduating fee and diploma, $10. Board may be obtained at from $3 to $6 per week. For circulars or information address HENRY BOOTH, DEAN, |