PREFACE 



TO THE FOURTH EDITION. 



Since the publication of the last Edition of this 

 \York the changes which have taken place in the 

 law on the subjectKS embraced within its somewhat 

 extensive scope have been very considerable. 

 While strictly adhering to the plan of the original 

 Work, the present Editor has taken great pains 

 to eradicate all obsolete matter, and at the same 

 time to combine with the text the additions and 

 alterations rendered necessary by the above 

 changes. The most important alterations are 

 probably those necessitated by the passing of the 

 Regulation of Railways Acts, 1868 and 1871, the 

 Judicature Acts, and the Innkeepers Act, 1878; 

 whilst at the same time the reported decisions 

 during the last seventeen years have affected 

 every branch of the subject. 



The Index has been thoroughly revised and 

 considerably enlarged, • and care has been taken 



