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is in press. Professor Holland, who edits the treatise, obtained the 

 original manuscript from the University of Bologna and it has been 

 photographed by the Clarendon Press of the University of Oxford. 

 Professor Holland has prepared a revised Latin text to accompany 

 the manuscript, and has secured the services of Mr. J. L. Brierly as 

 translator of the text. The new edition of Legnano, with the original 

 manuscript for the first time made accessible to scholars, will, it is 

 confidently expected, likewise appear in the course of 1914. 



Rachel and Textor are considered as having laid the foundation of 

 the so-called positive school of international law, the school which 

 rejects the alleged law of nature and relies upon the practice of nations 

 as the basis of international law. The work of Rachel, entitled " De 

 Jure Naturae et Gentium," appeared in 1676; the treatise of Textor, 

 entitled "Synopsis Juris Gentium," in 1680. I had secured as editor 

 the services of Professor Ludwig von Bar, whose recent death the 

 publicists of all countries deplore, and his introductions to these two 

 works were already in type prior to his death. Mr. John Pawley 

 Bate, who made the admirable translation of Ayala, has rendered the 

 same service for Rachel and Textor, and it is hoped that one or both 

 of these works will be published in the course of 1914. 



The tractates of Victoria, entitled respectively ''De Indis" and 

 ''De Jure BelH," published in his "Relectiones Theologicse" in the 

 year 1558, will be edited by the distinguished Belgian publicist. 

 Professor Ernest Nys, who will supply a comprehensive introduction 

 to the works of this author, who is justly considered not merely as 

 an illustrious publicist, but as one of the founders of international law; 

 the translation will be made by Mr. John Pawley Bate. 



It is thus seen that the Classics of International Law are no longer 

 a mere project, and it is hoped that editions of the works selected for 

 republication will appear at regular intervals, as arrangements for 

 their pubhcation are made. 



That the editions of Zouche and Ayala have been well received 

 appears from the following extracts from reviews translated from the 

 Revue gen^rale de droit international public : 



If we are to judge by the first volume of the collection, which has just 

 appeared and which is devoted to the "Juris et Judicii Fecialis" of Zouche 

 (1590-1660), Mr. Scott has triumphed over all difficulties. The volume is 

 indeed a most noteworthy one, both in form and in content. The original 

 text, reproduced photographically, brings the book itself back to life, and 

 the English translation by Mr. J. L. Brierly is worthy of the author whose 

 work it makes known. Mr. Scott's idea is to have the text of the works 

 published in the "Classics of International Law," which include, in addition 

 to Grotius, his chief precursors and his most renowned successors, preceded 

 by an historical, biographical, and bibliographical introduction, written 

 by a specialist in the law of nations. The "Juris et Judicii Fecialis" was 

 intrusted to Mr. T. E. Holland as editor. There could have been no hap- 



