It was written with reference to the Manual of the Laws of War which was adopted by the Institut de Droit International at its recent session at Oxford.

The German text of the letter will appear in a few days at Berlin.

My translation is made from the proof-sheets of the February number of the _Revue de Droit International_, which will contain also Professor Bluntschli's reply.
Your obedient servant, T.E.HOLLAND.
Oxford, January 29 (1881).
"Berlin, Dec.

11, 1880.
"You have been so good as to forward to me the manual published by the Institut de Droit International, and you hope for my approval of it.

In the first place I fully appreciate the philanthropic effort to soften the evils which result from war.