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2 SOULE'S LEGAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. Starting-point of English Digests. — A lawyer asks : " Why do the successive English common-law digests — Harrison's, Fisher's, and Mews' — all begin digesting with the year 1756, and so omit the old folios ? " The reason is not stated on the titlepages or in the prefaces of the digests, nor elsewhere, so far as the writer can ascertain ; but appears to be that Viner's Abridgment fully abstracts all the older English reports. It would appear, therefore, that any one who owns either of these digests must have Viner's Abridgment (or Petersdorfif's) if he wants to cover the whole range of reports. By the way, was Willes (C. P.) digested in Harrison and Fisher ? If not, why not ? A Puzzle solved. — A State librarian writes as follows: "In Cushing's Law and Practice of Legislative Assemblies, in several places, occur references like this : ' Paxion, Gushing S. &l ]. 20.' This beats me completely. Does it refer to a case, or what is it ? In the Lawyer's Reference Manual, S. & J. is given as the abbreviation for Scott & Jarnagin's Law of Telegraphs; but that cannot be what it means here." This query proved a puzzler for several days. No clue was given in any hst of abbreviations, or in any catalogue or book of bibliography. A bright idea finally sent the investigator to Cushing's Reports of Contro- verted Elections in Massachusetts. On the titlepage of the last edition (1853), it was revealed that Mr. Cashing was assisted in the preparation of the edition by Messrs. Storey and Josselyn. Here was the Cushing, S. & J., and the case of the town of Paxton was found to be on page 20. FOR LAW STUDENTS. Among books invaluable to law students, either at law schools or in lawyers' offices, are : — Ewell'S Essentials of the Law. Vol. r of this series includes all of Blackstone that a student should read. Vol. 2 presents clearly and sharply the principles of Contracts, Pleadings, and Equity, in good shape for study or review. Browne's Elements of the Domestic Relations. Mr. Irving Browne's charming style, and thorough knowledge of the law, renders this book as valuable as it is interesting. Heard's Principles of Equity Pleading, in compact shape, gives the essential principles of Equity Pleading as they now prevail in this country. Indermaur's Leading Cases. In this volume are given all of Smith's Leading Cases, in such form that a student can study, annotate, and digest them thoroughly. Shirley's Leading Cases Made Easy. Here, in more humorous but not less authentic form, are quaindy given the cases which should arrest the student's attention. Best's Principles of the Law of Evidence. Chamberlayne's Edition. Nowhere else can a student find better stated the principles of that branch of the law, on the knowledge of which his success as a prac- titioner will largely depend. Ames' Cases on Bills and Notes. This is a text book at Harvard. The Lawyer's Reference Manual. Every young man who wishes to understand the literature of the law should get this volume. Further descriptions of all these books, with prices, may be found on page 3. A GOOD MAGAZINE TO TAKE. The lawyer who wishes for something beyond and above the case law which he must grind through in his practice will find good reading and food for thought in the new Law Quarterly Review, published in England, under the conduct of Frederick Pollock. Unlike other English law journals, the price ($2.75 per annum) brings it within the reach of men of moderate income. The topics discussed are mainly those which interest Americans as well as Englishmen. Thus, among the articles printed in the first three numbers are : — Section 17 of the Statute of Frauds redrawn and illustrated. By Mr. Justice Stephen and Prof. Pollock. Federal Government. By Prof. Dicey. Homicide by Necessity. By Herbert Stephen. The Lunacy Laws. By T. Raleigh. Early English Equity. By O. W. Holmes, Jr. Jurisprudence in Legal Education. By Prof. Clark. Liability for the Torts of Agents and Servants. By Prof. Pollock. History of the Law Reports. By Lord Justice Lindley and Mr. Hemming. Mistakes of Law as a Ground of Equitable Relief. By Melville M. Bigelow. The Position and Prospects of the Legal Profession. By E. S. Roscoe. Mr. SouLE, as the American agent of the publishers, will send a specimen copy of the Law Quarterly Review on receipt of seventy- five cents. ^craiJ0 of Comment anD 9!nformatton. The Corner-stone of a Library. — The first book for any library, general or professional, should be a good unabridged dictionary, such as is described on page 7. Contracts by Telegraph. — A lawyer writes to praise Mr. B. V. Abbott's note on this subject, in his nfew edition of Addison on Con- tracts, as being a model note, compressed, but luminous and exhaustive. American Law Review. — It is a saying through the West that an emigrated Yankee is the best of men. By analogy, this Review, which was born in Boston and has emigrated to St. Louis, where it has absorbed and assimilated several other excellent journals, ought to be (as it is) one of the best of law periodicals. It is indeed the only one in America which now deserves to bear the title of Review, and it ought to be taken by every intelligent lawyer in the United States. Kind Commendation. — The State Librarian of Maine is kind enough to write, under date of Aug. 24, 1885, that " The Lawyer's Reference Manual is a great thing. Never had a book that was so much help to me." J. E. Briggs, Esq., president of the "Lawyers' Co-operative Pub- lishing Co.," wrote Feb. 13, 1885 : " V/e keep several copies of your Ref- erence Manual in constant use, and find it remarkably complete and convenient." Supplement contemplated. — If he can find time to spare, the author of the L.awyer's Reference Manual wants to publish, before next January, a supplement, to bring the information in the Manual down to that date, and to incorporate new material, which further research and the kindness of friends have developed. The Rival Reporters. — Among the three rival plans for prompt pub- lication, in periodical form, of the decisions of the courts of the New England and Middle States, the one which appears to promise the great- est usefulness and stability is Gould's " Eastern Reporter," an advertise- ment of which will be found on page 8 of this paper. It is actually in existence, — a vigorous and useful existence, — as eight or ten handsome weekly numbers amply demonstrate. RECENT ENGLISH LAW BOOKS. The following recent English law books have been received by steamer. The prices are all Jiet. Elphinstone (Norton & Clark) j Rules for the Interpretation of Deeds. Half calf, $6 50. Morell : Reports of Cases under the Bankruptcy Act of 1883. Vol. i (comprising cases decided in 1884). Half calf, $5.50. Bazalgette and Humphreys : Complete Collection of the English Statutes relating to Local and Municipal Government, i vol. 1,800 pages. Cloth, $15.00. Rawson's Pocket Law Lexicon. 2d edition. Cloth, $1.50. Haynes' Students' Leading Cases. 2d edition. Cloth, $4.00. Farwell's Concise Treatise on Powers. Cloth, $5.00. Marsden on Collisions at Sea. Cloth, $5.50. Newson on Merchant Shipping. 2d edition. Cloth, $3.50. Munro on the Patents and Trade-marks Act, 1883. Cloth, $3.00. Wallace on the Patents, &c. Act of 1883. Cloth, $2.50. Sebastian on Trade-marks. 2d edition. Cloth, $5 00. Slater on Copyright and Trade-marks. Cloth, $5 00. Coodeve's Patent Cases. Sheep, $8.00. Terrill on Letters-Patent for Inventions. Cloth, ,$6.00. Kirchner: L'Extradition (E.vtradition Laws of all Nations; with commen- tary in French.) Cloth, $7.50. Smith's Principles of Equity. Cloth, $500. Pollock's Law of Partnership. .3d edition. Cloth, $2.25. MacSwinney on Mines and Mining. Cloth, $8.00. Harris' Hints on Advocacy. 7th English edition. Cloth, $1.75. Bar's International Law, Private and Criminal. Half calf, $6.50. Couper's Report of the Trial of the Directors of the Glasgow Bank. With lithographs of balance-sheets, &c. Cloth, $2.50. Pike's History of Crime. 2 vols. Cloth, $5.00. The following are expected in September, or soon after: — Lewin on Trusts. Eighth edition. Cloth, $10.00. Blackburn on Sales. 2d edition, by J. C. Graham. Carver's Law of Carriage by Sea. Dale and Lehmann's Digest of Cases Overruled, Questioned, Disapproved, Distinguished, and Specially Considered by the English Courts from 1756 to 1884.