MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED LONDON BOMBAY CALCUTTA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK BOSTON CHICAGO ATLANTA SAN FRANCISCO THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW; LATE LECTURER ON INTERNATIONAL LAW AT THE ROYAL NAVAL WAR COLLEGE; SEVENTH EDITION MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED Originally published elsewhere Fourth Edition 1898. Fifth Edition 1501 Sixth Edition 1907; Reprinted 1908 Seventh Edition 1909 3-16-31 PREFACE TO THE SEVENTH EDITION THOUGH a thorough revision of this book was made in the spring of 1907, the Conventions negotiated at the Hague Conference of the summer and autumn of that year, and the Declaration of London which was the result of the labours of the Naval Conference of 1908-1909, have necessitated a further revision in less than three years. Short as is that period, it has been crowded with great events. Probably it will be regarded in future as the epoch when a statute book of the law of nations took definite form, and the foundations were laid of International Courts to give it authoritative interpretation. All this and more I have set forth very briefly in the text. So numerous are the omissions, alterations, and additions, that the book has been practically rewritten. It is longer by several pages than the previous edition; and at least one-fifth of it is new matter. UPTON LOVEL RECTORY, WILTS, October 1, 1909. T. J. LAWRENCE. |