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STO STORY, JOSEPH. Commentaries on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Foreign and Inland, as administered in England and America; with occasional Illustrations from the Commercial Law of the Nations of Continental Europe. 8vo. Boston. 1843. The author has enriched his work with copious citations and illustra- tions drawn from Ueineccius, as well as from other continental Civilians; and it is undoubtedly the most elaborate and complete treatise extant on the elementary principles of the subject. 3 Kent, 128, n. ; 5 L. R. 519 ; 1 A, L. M. 223. . Commentaries on the Law of Promissory Notes, and Guaranties of Notes, and Checks on Banks and Bankers; with occasional Illustrations from the Commercial Law of the Nations of Continental Europe. 8vo. Boston. 1845. The law of Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes, is usually treated of in connexion, but Judge Story devoted separate treatises to the con- sideration of these subjects. The principles that govern each, are in some respects coincident, in others dissimilar, and by separating them, much of the complexity and confusion attending their conjoint discus- sion is avoided. The above treatise was the last of the lamented author's publications, who intended, had he lived, to have followed Pro- missory Notes by a work upon Insurance. When we consider that most of his works were written at intervale, between the discharge of his duties as a judge, and his labors as Dane Professor of Law, either of which, to most men, would have been suffi- cient, with suitable recreation, to employ their entire time, we cannot but regard the late Mr. Justice Story as one of the most remarkable jurists of any age. Remarkable for his vast and varied legal acquirements, remarkable for untiring industry and devotion to the science of jurispru- dence, and remarkable for having enjoyed the universal esteem of all who had the good fortune to know him personally, as well as by reputation. Such men are the products of centuries, set up as beacons to illumine the world, and serve to show us how insignificant ordinary efforts appear, when compared to those of a powerful mind, employed upon gigantic undertakings. Chancellor Kent, in a letter to the editor of the Louisiana Law Jour- nal, says, "I think all the treatises of my friend Story, are, upon the whole, the most finished and perfect of their kind, to be met with in any language, foreign or domestic, and, for learning, industry, and talent, he is the most extraordinary jurist of the age." . A Discourse pronounced upon the inauguration of the author as Dane Professor of Law in Harvard University. Svo. Boston. 1829. 43 673