REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT, I9IO. 3 1 



The preliminary preparations for the publication of the Classics of Inter- 

 national Law, such as the determination of the classics selected for publica- 

 tion and the designation of the individual editors, have 

 Classics of Interna- ] jeen largely completed, and an erly appearance of some 

 of the volumes may be confidently expected. The Gen- 

 eral Editor of the Series, Prof. James Brown Scott, furnishes the following 

 memorandum with respect to the present status of this enterprise : 



The text of Grotius' De Jure Belli Ac Pacis (1625) has been fotografi- 

 cally reproduced and the translator, Dr. J. D. Maguire, professor of Latin in 

 the Catholic University of America, has alredy translated the Introduction 

 and Books 1 and 2, as well as a considerable portion of the third and final 

 book. He expresses the hope that the entire translation of the work will be 

 completed by the end of this year. In that event the original text and trans- 

 lation will be redy for publication erly in 191 1. 



The Juris et Judicii Fecialis (1650) of Zouche has been fotografically re- 

 produced and is redy for publication. It has been edited by Prof. Thomas 

 Erskine Holland, until recently professor of International Law and Diplo- 

 macy in the University of Oxford, who has supplied an introduction to the 

 text, a list of errata, and an index of authors cited ; he has given the entire 

 work careful supervision, including a translation of the text, by Mr. J. L. 

 Brierly, of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law, Fellow of All Souls College, 

 and Lecturer of Trinity College, Oxford. It is probable that the text and 

 translation of Zouche will appear erly in 191 1. 



The preparation of Ayala's De Jure et Officiis Bellicis et Disciplina Mili- 

 tari (1582) was intrusted to Dr. John Westlake, until recently professor of 

 International Law in the University of Cambridge. He has completed the 

 introduction to be prefaced to the original text, and a translation has been 

 made, under Professor Westlake's direction, by Mr. John Pawley Bate, 

 LL. D., Reader of Roman and International Law in the Inns of Court, Lon- 

 don. Professor Westlake's introduction and the translation have been re- 

 ceivd by the Institution and the original text has been reproduced foto- 

 grafically. It is probable, therefore, that the text and translation of this 

 work will appear some time in 191 1. 



Prof. A. G. de Lapradelle, of the University of Paris, has undertaken 

 the editorial supervision of Vattel's Droit des Gens (1758) and the text of 

 the entire work has been reproduced fotografically. Professor de Lapra- 

 delle expected to have the introduction completed during the summer, but it 

 has not yet been receivd. It will probably arrive, however, before the close 

 of the year, and the Institution will be able to publish this masterpiece in the 

 course of 191 1. 



In a letter dated October 13, 1910, the distinguished Dr. von Bar, pro- 

 fessor in the University of Gottingen, states that he has completed the intro- 

 ductions to be prefaced to Rachel's De Jure Naturae et Gentium (1676) and 

 Textor's Synopsis Juris Gentium (1680). The texts of Rachel and Textor 



