archaeology, and the story is told in a graphic manner, and illustrated by views which are now published for the first time. " The Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson " increases in interest, and is so entertainingly written that this gifted actor seems fully entitled to as high a position as an author as he has attained upon the stage. " Friend Olivia," by Amelia K. Barr, and " The Merry Chanter," by Frank R. Stockton, are continued. The history of " Abraham Lincoln " reaches the tragic event which terminated that noble life, and the story of the " Fourteenth of April " is told in vivid terms. " The Crucial Test," " Present Day Papers," " Italian Old Masters," " Sancho Mitana," " The Nature and Method of Revelation," are among the many good things which serve to make up this most interesting number.
The February Atlantic contains so many good things that it is hard to single out any particular one for special notice. The article, however, which will probably excite the most comment and arouse the most discussion is Gen. Francis Walker's paper on " Mr. Bellamy and the new Nation alist Party." Mrs. Deland's " Sidney " increases in interest, and Dr. Holmes contributes another of his delightful papers " Over the Teacups." Old age exists only in name for this honored author, and he wields his facile pen with all the charm and vigor of his earlier days. "The Behring Sea Ques tion " is discussed by Charles B. Elliott; and Mr. K. Kaneko has an article on " An Outline of the Japanese Constitution." "The Begum's Daugh ter" and "The Tragic Muse " are continued, and three or four short articles serve to make up a most readable number.
The University commences its new year with a most attractive number. The illustrations are made a special feature, and include "The Cham pion Football Team," and a number of views, exterior and interior, of the University Club House in New York. There are also portraits of H. H. Anderson, Dr. George A. Peters, and Leonard W. Jerome. Filled as it is with all the latest college news and gossip, the Untversitv ought to find a host of readers among the grad uates and students of our great institutions of learning.
BOOK NOTICES.
Rights, Remedies, and Practice at Law in Equity and under the Codes. By John D. Lawson. Vol. III. Bancroft, Whitney, & Co., San Francisco, 1890. $6.00 net a volume.
The third volume of this admirable series is at hand, and in it the second division of the work com mences and is finished. Personal Rights and Rem edies are treated of under the titles of Torts in General, Torts in Domestic Relations, Conspiracy, Assault and Battery, False Arrest and Imprisonment, Malicious Prosecution, Negligence, and Slander and Libel. The third division — Property Rights and Remedies — begins and will be continued through the succeeding three volumes. In regard to this work we can only repeat what we said in our January number. It is invaluable to the profession, and no lawyer can afford to be without it.
A Treatise on the Wrongs called Slander and Libel. By John Townshend. Fourth edi tion. Baker, Voorhis, & Co., New York, 1890. Law sheep. $6.50 net.
It is now over twelve years since the third edition of this valuable work was given to the public, and this new edition will be cordially welcomed by the profession. In the present work the citations have been increased by about eighteen hundred cases, and 129 additional pages of text have been incorporated. The chapter on Malicious Prosecution has been con siderably enlarged, and the presentation of this sub ject is now the fullest which has yet appeared. Mr. Townshend is well known as one of the most accomplished lawyers at the New York Bar, and his work is exhaustive, and has long been recognized as a standard treatise on the law of Slander and Libel.
Void Execution, Judicial, and Probate Sales. By A. C. Freeman. Third edition. Central Law Journal Company, St. Ixmis, 1890. Law sheep. $ 2.50.
This little work has long been recognized as a standard authority upon the subject of which it treats, — namely, Void Judicial Sales. It is prepared in Mr. Freeman's usual thorough and exhaustive manner; and this new edition, revised, enlarged, and brought down to date, will undoubtedly meet with a cordial reception by the profession.
