X 540 5649.5a2 L. Eng. C28 d. Ballantyne Press. BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO. EDINBURGH AND LONDON OF THE LAW OF LANDLORD AND TENANT. BY HORACE SMITH, B.A. OF TRINITY HALL, CAMBRIDGE, AND OF THE INNER TEMPLE AND MIDLAND CIRCUIT, AND THOMAS SPOONER SODEN, M.A. OF EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD, AND OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE AND MIDLAND CIRCUIT, DAVIS & SON, 57 CAREY STREET, LINCOLN'S INN, W.C. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. 15 THE favourable reception of this book by both branches of the profession has induced the authors to publish a second edition. The authors desire to express to those who so kindly reviewed the first edition their obligations for the encouragement inspired by favourable criticism, as well as for those suggestions by which the authors trust they have shown themselves capable of profiting. They venture to hope that the results of a considerable amount of care and labour, and of an earnest desire to produce a work of substantial value, will be apparent in the present edition. The original arrangement, for which, as announced in the preface to the first edition, the authors were indebted to Mr. Cave, Q.C., met with general approval and has not been substantially changed; but an endeavour has been made to render the present edition more full and accurate throughout. The main alterations which have been made in the text are as follows:-In Part I. the first section of Chapter IV., with respect to the different kinds of leases, has been curtailed, and it is hoped rendered more clear and perspicuous. The subjects of covenants b |