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The article provides information on several books related to social science. One of the books "The Divorce Court," by Leon C. Marshall and Geoffrey May is a study of the Institute of Law designed to carry forward the investigation. Based on an examination of over 9,000 cases and a less intensive study of 11,000 more cases as a six months sample from Ohio, this study is limited to an investigation of the practical workings of the divorce law of this state. With the exception of certain obvious implications, no attempt is made to reform divorce law or practices. Alexander Hamilton's book "Papers on Public Credit, Commerce and Finance" reports on a national bank with an analysis of the powers and function of the Federal Government. Another book "Democracy and Nationalism in Europe," by Henry L. Stimson, contains the lectures delivered by the author at Princeton University in April 1934, on the Stafford Little Foundation. These lectures have as their main purpose to discover, in the light of history, some ray of hope in the existing chaos and gloom of European scene.

The article examines the book "A History of Matrimonial Institutions," by G.H. Howard. The focus of Howard's book is on the development of marriage and divorce in England and the United States. The author suggests that there are much in Howard's investigations that will appeal to other than purely historical students. The book contains a careful and condense analysis of the literature and theories of early matrimonial institutions. The author highlights the significance of the book, which include the possibilities of the historical method in illuminating the problems of the present.