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239 REVIEWS. 239 Cases on Constitutional Law. Part III. With Notes by James Bradley Thayer, LL.D., Weld Professor of Law at Harvard University. Cambridge : Charles W. Sever. 1894. pp. x, 486 (945-1431). This part is now out, and Part IV. is expected to be out in the early part of 1895. This contains valuable selections of cases and authorities on Eminent Domain and on Taxation. Minot v. Winthrop, the Massa- chusetts decision sustaining the collateral inheritance tax, makes it first appearance in print, from a certified copy, on page 1422. r. w. h. Daniell's Chancery Pleading and Practice. Sixth American Edi- tion. By John M. Gould, Ph. D. Boston : Little, Brown, & Co. 1894. 3 vols. 8vo. pp. cxxxi, viii, xxxii, 2732. Bliss on Code Pleading. Third Edition. By E. F. Johnson, B. S. L. L. M. St. Paul : West Publishing Co. 1894. 8vo. pp. xxxv, 809. In these two works are represented widely different methods of treat- ment, with different objects and ends in view. The Daniell, in response to the practitioner's demand, is ponderous, full, almost all-comprehensive in its nature ; while the Bliss, as becomes a text-book for students, is simpler and less exhaustive, aiming to deal rather with the underlying principles than the minutiae of code law. This fundamental distinction, moreover, is not less accentuated in the latest editions of these works than in the past. Three years of nearly constant research and investigation have been devoted, so it is stated, to the task of making this edition of Chancery Pleading complete and fully abreast of the times; and the result is evidenced by useful additions (forms, precedents, etc.), a vastly enlarged, perhaps exhaustive collec- tion of new authorities, and a marked extension of the encyclopedic character of the work. In the new edition of Bliss, on the other hand, a different task has been attempted, — /. e. to add to the value of the book for the purposes of the student rather than for those of the practising lawyer. To accom- plish this a variety of means has been used : short, terse statements of principles have been placed before the sections discussing them, leading cases have been cited in the notes, new forms added, and topics of recent development considered and discussed. Looked at from its own point of view, each new edition appears to have been faithful to the objects of its work, and not unsuccessful in carrying them into existence. d. a. e. The Law of Evidence. By H. C. Underbill, LL. B. Chicago : T. H. Flood & Co. 1894. 8vo. pp. ccii, 567. This is a brief treatise primarily intended for students. It follows the method and teachings of the leading text-books, but does not show any familiarity with the recent monographs and articles that have helped so much to give the rules of evidence their proper formulation. Such sub- jects as the parol evidence rule, the construction of written instruments, res gestcB, and the " best evidence " rule, receive brief and by no means