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born. Mr. Thompson has been a patent agent in 

 Liverpool even longer than that. It is deduced, tlierefore, 

 that the author knows very well what he is writing about, 

 and the reviewer confirms this view. This book is the 

 best synopsis of British Patent Law that has appeared. 

 It tells anyone who wishes to take out a patent the best 

 way in which he can secure one, not only in this country-, 

 but also (and this is often of great importance) in other 

 countries. Much sound wisdom on the liest kind of things 

 to secure patents in and guidance on investing in patents 

 is given, and the description of the large sums of money 

 to be made from patents almost tempts one to give up 

 reviewing for inventing. It seems so easy, and doubtless 

 at times it is. The law is expounded for nearly all the 

 countries in the world which have issued patent ordinances 

 The book is a valuable and trustworthy guide. 



The Year Book of the Universities of the Empire, 1918- 

 1920. Edited by W. H. Dawson. (G. Bell & 

 Sons, 15s. net.) 



The new edition of this year-book, which has recently 

 appeared, has brought the Third Edition (1916) right up 

 to date, and careful e.xamination and a frequent con- 

 sultation of it have left the reviewer with no other opinion 

 than that Mr. W. H. Dawson, who has edited this book, 

 and the Committee of the L'niversities Bureau, who are 

 responsible for its publication, are to be congratulated 

 upon their work. It will find a place in all public libraries. 

 and on the writing-table of the common-rooms of our 

 colleges and universities, and, we hope, in the private 

 possession of university men and of many of those who 

 are interested in the universities of the Empire, their 

 doings and their staffs. 



What is this Year- Book ? It is a conspectus (a good 

 word !) of the calendars of all British universities both 

 abroad and at home. It gives a condensed but authori- 

 tative version of the principal facts about universities — 

 their courses, e.xaminations, degrees ; their buildings, 

 laboratories, libraries ; the numbers of their students, 

 etc. It gives complete lists also of the teaching and 

 administrative staffs, which, considering the difliculties 

 in front of the compiler, reflect great credit upon his 

 diligence and his skill. They are remarkably accurate. 

 A book in which all the really important facts are either 

 given wrongly or omitted altogether is always irritating ; 

 and that is why all but a few of the best reference books 

 are suspect. It is even unpleasant to have one's own 

 name or initials given wrongly in reference books. We 

 are glad that care l:as made this book so accurate. There 

 are one or two slight omissions to which we may call 

 attention. The McCrca-Magee college in Derry, which is 

 affiliated to Trinity College, Dublin, is not mentioned. 

 Also all the Munros but one are referred to in the index 

 as Mungo. Doubtless the printer was a Glasgow man ! 

 Of the men known to the reviewer whose names might 

 have been included in the book, two alone are missing. 

 One of these was appointed to Hong-Kong University, 

 and the other moves so rapidly from university to uni- 

 versity that, doubtless, he was in the train when the lists 

 were compiled, and, like the hare in the storj- of the 



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