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BUSINESS MAN'S HANDBOOKS (continued). 



THE HISTORY, LAW, AND PRACTICE OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE. 

 By A. P. POLEY, B.A., Barrister-at-Law, and F. H. CARRUTHERS 

 GOULD, of the Stock Exchange. A complete compendium of the law 

 and the present practice of the Stock Exchange. Special attention 

 is devoted to the Rules of the Stock Exchange, and these are given 

 in full. Mr. Poley, who is well known as a writer upon legal subjects, 

 and whose work on solicitors is the leading authority upon the sub- 

 ject, deals fully with all the latest legal decisions touching the Stock 

 Exchange, while so far as the practice is concerned, this portion of 

 the book has been dealt with by a well-known member of the 

 Exchange itself. In demy 8vo, cloth gilt, 338 pp., net 5s. 

 PITMAN'S MERCANTILE LAW. By J. A. SLATER, B.A., LL.B. 

 As a practical exposition for law students, business men, and 

 advanced classes in commercial colleges and schools, this volume 

 will be found invaluable. Without being a technical law book, 

 it provides within moderate compass a clear and accurate guide 

 to the Principles of Mercantile Law in England, and as such will 

 especially appeal to the business man. Second, Revised and 

 Cheaper Edition. In demy 8vo, cloth gilt, 448 pp., net 5s. 

 THE LAW OF HEAVY AND LIGHT MECHANICAL TRACTION ON 

 HIGHWAYS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. By C. A. MONTAGUE 

 BARLOW, M.A., LL.D., and W. JOYNSON HICKS. The Locomo- 

 tive Act, 1861 ; The Locomotives Act, 1865 ; The Roads and Bridges 

 (Scotland) Act, 1878 ; The Locomotives Amendment (Scotland) 

 Act, 1878 ; The Highways and Locomotives Act, 1878 (so far as it 

 relates to locomotives) ; The Public Health (Ireland) Amendment 

 Act, 1879, s. 6 ; The Locomotives on Highways Act, 1896 ; The 

 Locomotives Act, 1898, and The Motor Car Act, 1903 ; with Notes ; 

 and the Local Government Board Regulations, including Regula- 

 tions as to Tare Weight, together with a Summary of the English 

 and Scotch Reported Cases on Extraordinary Traffic. In demy 

 8vo, cloth gilt, 318 pp., net 8s. 6d. 



ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF MARINE LAW. By LAWRENCE DUCKWORTH, 

 Barrister-at-Law. The method of treatment has been made 

 alphabetical for facility of reference. All the main principles 

 of Marine Law are thus brought together under their distinctive 

 headings, and the use of an elaborate index is dispensed with. The 

 latest authorities have been carefully consulted, and the latest 

 statutes and decisions are incorporated in the text. To all those 

 who have to deal with shipping in any shape or form, the present 

 volume will prove a most valuable handbook. Second Edition. 

 In demy 8vo, cloth gilt, 352 pp., net 5s. 



COMPANIES AND COMPANY LAW. Together with the Companies 

 (Consolidation) Act, 1908. By A. C. CONNELL, LL.B. (Lond.). 

 In the present volume the law of Companies is treated on the lines 

 adopted by the new Consolidation Act. In demy 8vo, cloth gilt, 

 344 pp., net 5s. 

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