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356 356 HA R YARD LA W RE VIE W. This volume contains a selection of recent cases of general impor- tance decided in the various state and territorial courts. The book is something upon the plan of a collection of leading cases. Notes of various lengths are appended to the cases, containing brief statements of existing law upon the topics touched upon by the decisions. An index of subjects treated by the notes and cases is appended. It is not entirely clear just for what use the book is intended ; it certainly cannot take the place of the regular reports. It is of interest, however, as showing some new points of law recently decided. General Digest of the Decisions of the Principal Courts in the United Statfs, England, and Canada. Published by the Lawyers' Cooperative Publishing Company, Rochester, N. Y., 1891. Pages 2231. The sixth volume in this series of annual digests covers the year ending in September, 1891. It contains 18,000 cases digested in 36,000 paragraphs. Each paragraph is intended to contain a distinct point of law, and needless repetition has been avoided by combining cases involving identical points into the same paragraphs. Citations are given from many unofficial reports, as well as from the official reports. All the regular English reports and the decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada are digested. A most important requisite of a good digest is proper and complete classification, and logical and orderly arrangement of heads and sub-heads. The publishers claim to have paid particular attention to these matters. Such a work is an excellent antidote to protect one from the depressing effect of eighteen thousand reported cases in the year just past. LEADING ARTICLES IN EXCHANGES. The Green Bag. Vol. IV. No. 1. Caleb Cushing (with portrait); Legal Emergencies; Supreme Court of Georgia; Ancient Jewish Law. Washington Law Reporter. Vol. XX. No. 1. Damages for Refusal to Cash Check. No. 3. Law Reform ; A Sur- Rejoinder. New Jersey Law Journal. Vol. XV. No. 1. Children playing on Railroad Turn-table. Irish Law Times. Vol. XXV. No. 1.299 Collusive Compromises. No. 1300. Defamation in Course of Judicial Proceedings. No. 1301. "Effects" and "Other Effects" in Wills. No. 1302. ) Interest on Tradesmen's Effects. No. 1303 The Law Journal. London. Vol. XXVI. and Vol. XXVII. No. 1354. A Desk and its Contents. No. 1357. Law of Inebriety. Albany Law Journal- Vol. XLV. No. 1. Pardon before "Conviction." No. 2. Maybrick Case. Central Law Journal. Vol. XXXIV. No. 1. Sufficiency of the Memorandum under the Statute of Frauds. No. 2. Partnership Liability of Stockholders. No. 4. Guardian and Ward.