innate modesty allows them to charge, they will find some well-timed words of caution in the article above referred to. The decision of the Supreme Court of Massa chusetts in the case of the Watuppa Reservoir Company v. City of Fall River, seems to have aroused an unusual interest in the subject of "great ponds " among the profession. Follow ing upon the heels of the able discussion of the subject in the December number of the Harvard Law Review, by Messrs. Brandeis and Warren, comes an article in the February number of that same periodical, by Hon. T. M. Stetson, of New Bedford, in which the writer takes issue with the dissenting opinion of a minority of the judges in the case, and consequently with Messrs. Brandeis and Warren. This subject of " great ponds " is a deep one, apparently inexhaustible and certainly not dry. The Jurist. — The March number of this inter esting periodical contains, besides its very readable Notes, a paper upon the " Law of Landlord and Tenant." " Mr. Barrable's Will," " Notes on Stephen's Commentaries," " Professor Dicey on the English Constitutions," are the other leading articles to be found in it. The Legal News (Montreal) is one of the brightest and most welcome of our exchanges. Every number has something in it well worth the reading, and its reports of cases are well selected and not too voluminous. "Contract and Consideration in Roman Law," by Ernst Freund, is the leading article in the Feb ruary number of the Columbia Law Times, in which the author considers the standing of the classical Roman law in reference to what we call consideration. Professor Dwight's "Junior Lec ture Notes " are continued, and contain much of real practical use to the profession. The Magazine of Poetry : a Quarterly Review. The first number of this new aspirant for public favor is exceedingly attractive in form and make up, and is profusely illustrated with portraits of many of our best-known American writers, includ ing Walt Whitman, John Boyle O'Reilly, and Anna Katherinc Green. The poems of the different au thors are well selected; and altogether the maga
zine is well worth the having, and will doubtless receive a cordial welcome from the lovers of poetry. BOOK NOTICES. Reports of State Trials, New Series. Vol. I. 1820 to 1823. Edited by John Macdonell, M. A. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1888. os. It has long been a matter of surprise and regret that the reports of State Trials, which in Howell's well-known collection extend to the year 1820, have not been continued to the present day; and Mr. Macdonell is to be congratulated on his determination to carry on the good work. This first volume, although covering a period of only three years, contains nearly 1,450 pages. Among the trials reported, are those of Sir Francis Burdett, for publishing a seditious libel; Henry Hunt .et al., for conspiracy: John Knowles, for unlawfully making and selling arms; James Morris, for the same offence : George Dewhurst, et al.. for unlawfully assembling and causing people to go armed to a public meeting; Andrew Hardie. for high treason; George Edmonds et al.. for sedi tious conspiracy : Queen Caroline's claim to be crowned; Mary Ann Carlile, for blasphemous libel. The reports of the trials are very full, both as to evidence and arguments. The volume is attractive in form, and the price so reasonable as to bring it within reach of every member of the profession. General Digest of the United States. Vol. III. For year ending September, 1S88. The Law yers' Co-operative Publishing Co., Rochester, N. Y., 1888. $6.00. This series of annual Digests gives the decisions of the principal courts in the United States. The present volume embodies many improvements over the first two of the series, and certainly seems to leave nothing to be desired. It is arranged under well-tried classification, with ample cross-references, indexed even within paragraphs, so that any desired point can be found in an instant. It also contains a table of Cases criticised, distinguished, overruled, or reversed. It is a work no lawyer can afford to be without. A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange. Promissory Notes and Checks (adapted from the English work of his Honor Judge Chalmers). By Wayland E. Benjamin, A.M. Second Ameri can Edition. Callahan & Co., Chicago, 1889. S3. 50 net. This is a most admirable work for students as well as for the practising lawyer. Fifty pages of new mat ter have been added to the text, and the latest cases in all the States upon the subject will be found cited.
