tal changes by the caprice of a single assembly. But this
is not the place to pursue such highly debateable matters. Enough if
we say that the man who wishes to serve an apprenticeship to an
intelligent understanding of the political society of the present
cannot do better than begin by a careful study of Maine's researches
into the political society of the past.

J.H. MORGAN.

_Note._--The reader who desires to study Maine in the
light of modern criticism is recommended to read Sir F.
Pollock's "Notes on Maine's _Ancient Law_" (published
by John Murray at 2_s._ 6_d._, or, with the text, at
5_s._). The best short study of Maine with which I am
acquainted is the article by Professor Vinogradoff in
the _Law Quarterly Review_ for April 1904. The field of
research covered by Maine in his various writings is so
vast that it is impossible to refer the reader, except
at great length, to anything like an adequate list of
later books on the subjects of his investigation. In
addition to the works on the Village Community
mentioned in a previous footnote, I may, however, refer
the beginner to Mr. Edward Jenks' little book on _The
History of Politics_ in Dent's Primers, to Professor
Ashley's translation of a fragment of Fustel de
Coulanges under the title of _The Origin of Property in
Land_, and to Sir Frederick Pollock's brilliant little
book, _The Expansion of the Common Law_. The reader is
also recommended to study Mr. H.A.L. Fisher's succinct
survey of the contributions of Maitland to legal
history under the title of _F.W. Maitland; an
Appreciation_ (Cambridge University Press). One of the
most brilliant and ingenious studies of the origins of
European civilisation is to be found in the work of the
great German jurist, Ihering, _Die Vorgeschichte der
Indo-Europder_, translated into English under the title
of _The Early History of the Indo-European Races_
(Sonnenschein, 1897).

[1] The reader who desires to pursue the subject by
reference to one of Maine's chief authorities is
recommended to read the translation of the _Institutes_
by Sandars.

[2] English literature on the subject is best studied in
Maitland's _Domesday Book and Beyond_, Vinogradoff's
_The Growth of the Manor_ and _Villeinage in England_
(with an excellent historical introduc