The Mental Deficiency Act, 1913

duction and Annotations, by R. A. Leach, of Gray's Inn, Barrister-at-Law, Northern Circuit. Poor-Law Publications, Ltd. 15/-. For some years those whose duties have included the guidingof students through the intricacies of the Mental Deficiency Act have found themselves hampered by the fact that " Leach " was out of print; for to read the Act by itself is a process of little value, tending, in our experience, rather to bewilder than to enlighten the enquirer, and for an intelligent grasp of it, not only notes and explanations of obscure phrases are necessary, but also the Circulars and Regulations which clothe its dry bones. Many of these Circulars it is impossible now to procure, and the text book before us is the only one which contains them. If only for that reason alone its reappearance in a new and thoroughly revised edition would be a matter for congratulation.