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 4 SOULE & BUGBEE'S LEGAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. "A work remarkable for learned research." — Lord Chief Justice Earle, giving the unanimous opinion of the Court in Kennedy v. Brown, 32 Law Journal (N. S.), C. P. 137. "A most useful and agreeable book. It is rarely that we see any pro- fessional labors which we go forth to meet with more spontaneous praise." — The MontMy Latv Reporter. "Mr. Wallace has more useful information respecting the reporters than can be found in any other single publication." — Ma7-vi7i s Legal Bib- liography. "I have always regarded this as one of the very best of those books which do so much to facilitate and make profitable the use of the Reports." — Hoji. Theophilus Parsons. "It is a valuable and solid contribution to the stock of professional learning, and no lawyer ought to remain ignorant of its contents." — Pro- fessor Simon Greenleaf. From the reviews of the present (fourth) edition, we select the following : — "Wallace's Reporters will, in this new form, be more indispensable than ever to all lawyers who would know the literature of their profes- sion. The publishers introduce an English style of binding, which should be popular." — Nezv York Times. " This book, although perhaps not very generally known in the former editions, has for many years enjoyed an excellent reputation among its acquaintances. It is sui generis. It not only gives a great deal of instruc- tion on a recondite topic, but is flavored with a quaint and pleasant humor, enlightened by elegant scholarship, expressed in a style generally felicitous, and pregnant with suggestions. The legal profession should feel under a personal obligation to the author for devoting himself to such an appar- ently unpromising subject, and for evolving out of it such an original and useful contribution to the professional literature. For ourselves, we have not enjoyed many novels so much, and we have done in this instance what we are not apt to do in the case of most fictions, namely, read it through from cover to cover. Indeed, the book is not without romantic, biograph- ical, and historical interest. The author, in many cases, spins a pleasant thread of connection between the dry old reporters and some of the most distinguished characters in English history and literature. The pages are also enlivened with interesting personal reminiscences. One of the most charming passages is that where the author describes old Plow- den's effigy in the Temple church, London, and his own pious efforts to restore it to its integrity. Some of the most celebrated old cases he invests with fresh interest, by his lively way of stating them, and his illustrative allusions to the dramatic and historical literature of the times. Nothing can be better than his account of Manby v. Scott, on the power of the wife to pledge her husband's credit for necessaries ; of the barlej'corn and horse- shoe-nail cases; and of the suicide case of Sir James Hales, supposed to be satirized by the grave-diggers in Hamlet." — Albany Law Journal, April, 1882. "We have compared the new edition with that of 1855, and find that author, editor, and printer, have contributed materially to improve the book. . . . Because Mr. Wallace's book is often interesting, and always pleasantly written, it must not be supposed that he has not well and faith- fully performed the serious part of the task undertaken by him. Any lawyer or text-writer who has much to do with English cases, reported before 1776, cannot afford to be ignorant of this book. . . . The trea- tise has been of acknowledged authority for many years. We cordially recommend this edition to our readers, whether they possess that of 1855, or not. The author is fortunate in finding an editor of unusual qualifica- tions for his work. The book is admirably printed." — American Law Review, May, 1882. SPECIAL LIST OF BARGAINS. The books in this list were bought low, and are here catalogued at special prices, which we cannot agree to adhere to after the copies advertised are sold. * The books are all sound and perfect, and bound in law sheep, unless otherwise specified. The condition of the outside of each set is indicated by letters, — a signifying good; 3, fair; and c, shabby. The prices given are all net. American Reports. 38 vols. (Vols, i to 19 good second-hand ; 20 to 37 and Digest new.) $130. Annual Register; or, A view of the History, Politics, and Litera- ture of England and America, from 1758 to 1796; with indexes from 1758 to 1793, in 2 vols. ; in all, 41 vols. 8vo. calf, in good condition for so old books. London, 1768-1813. $25. b. Bacon's Abridgment. 7 vols. 8vo. London, 1798. $6. c. Chitty's Equity Digest. 4 vols. 8vo. London, 1853. $12. b. Comyn's English Digest. American edition by Thomas Day. 8 vols. 8vo. $15. b. Durnford & East's Reports. 8 vols. 1794. $10. b. East's Reports, King's Bench. 16 vols. 8vo. London, 1805. $15. Edinburgh Review. From October, 1S02 (the beginning), to July, i860, lacking about 15 numbers. Most of the volumes in fair binding. Ill vols, in 84, as they are, $25. b. English Chancery Reports (namely, Vernon, 2 vols.; Peere Wil- liams, 3 vols. ; Atkyns, 3 vols. ; Ambler, 2 vols. ; Merivale, 3 vols. ; Swans- ton, 3 vols.). 16 vols., good editions. $35. a. English Law and Equity Reports. 41 vols. $45. a. Harrison's English Digest and Supplement, last American Edition. 7 large vols. 8vo. $15. b. Law Reports : Common Law Series. 1865 to 1875. (Common Pleas, 10 vols. ; Exchequer, 10 vols.) 20 vols. $60. b. Law Reports. Equity Cases, 1865 to 1875. 20 vols. $60. a. Moak's English Reports. 27 vols., and Index, 28 vols. $90. b. Modern Reports. Leach's edition, 12 vols. London, 1793. $13.50. b. National Bankruptcy Register Reports. 17 vols. 8vo. $51. b. Supplement to Vol. 11 Peters. (Baldwin's Constitutional Views.) 8vo. 1837. $3.50. b. Petersdorff's Abridgment. 15 vols. 8vo. $12. b. Taunton's Reports. 8 vols. 8vo. London, 1810. $8. b. United States Digest. 31 vols. 8vo. Complete to 1870. $31. b. United States Digest. First Series, latest edition. 15 vols. $65. b. Vesey, Jr's. Reports. Sumner's Edition. 20 vols. 8vo. $75. THE LAW OF BILLS AND NOTES. The work entitled "Cases on the Law of Bills and Notes," by James Barr Ames, Bussey Professor of Law at Harvard University (2 vols., half law calf, $13.00 net), is a very full collection of leading cases on a very important subject. It was prepared for the use of the students at the Harvard Law School ; and, in accordance with the system of instruction used at that institution, the cases are presented without head-notes. This novelty will surprise the practising lawyer, but the fulness and value of the author's notes, and of the "Summary" of the subject at the end of the second volume, will more than make up for any disappointment in this regard. The book is described in the following notices : — It is a book to be used for a systematic course of study by a lawyer who is not content with learning the law from hand to mouth, as it were, as he needs it in his cases, and we can say with confidence that one who reads it conscientiously for this purpose will become possessed of a lasting and thorough knowledge of the subject of commercial paper, and will also acquire a great deal of collateral knowledge, and, what is more im- portant still, will have learned how to study any other branch of the law. — Ne-M Jersey Lajv Journal, December, 1881. There are about six hundred cases actually reported, almost always with a sufficiently full statement of the arguments of counsel, in the com- pass of these two volumes ; and these include almost all of the really leading cases upon the subject of the law of negotiable paper. It would be impossible for any one thoroughly to master these volumes without be- coming fully acquainted, not only with the law as it is now held, but with