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 6 CHARLES C. SOULE'S LEGAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. A USEFUL BOOK OF REFERENCE. First Thousand Copies already sold, Secotid Thousand Copies noiv ready. In examining briefs and in looking up authorities, even the best-read lawyers are often puzzled by blind or unfamiliar citations. It is a great saving of time and trouble to have always at hand a table of abbrevia- tions so full as not only to define correct citations, but also to furnish a clue to those which have been incorrectly cited. In following up legal principles and preparing opinions, it is sometimes desirable to know what books there are, both in America and in England, which discuss a given topic. In estimating the comparative weight of cases cited, it may be well to know the chronological place and relation of different English or American reports. In using or buying reports (especially those of England), It is impor- tant to understand the differences between editions : such, for instance, as changes in arrangement or paging; corrections or annotations ; omis- sion or condensation of cases ; or addition of later cases. A volume of handy size, furnishing full information on all these points, and on others which may perplex the student of law books, ought to be on the table of every judge and practitioner in the United States. Such a book is the Lawyer's Kefereuoe Manual This work comprises the following divisions : — American Reports. Lists of all the State and Federal Reports, Digests, and Statutes, together with very full notes in regard to their editions and peculiarities. This division occupies 64 pages. English Reports. Lists of all the English Reports from the earliest times, widi condensed notes as to editions, reprints, &c. These occupy 64 pages. Irish, Scotch, and British Colonial Reports, with notes. 36 pages. Index of Authors (Text-books and Reports). 136 pages. Index of Subjects (Text-books, English and American). 44 pages. Alphabetical Key to Abbreviations ; covering abbreviations of all law books in the English language (Reports and Text-books together, old or new), in one Alphabetical List. 156 pages. The price of The Lawyer's Reference Manual, bound either in full sheep or in half law-calf, as the buyer prefers, is $4.00, net. If sent by mail, $4.25, net. A practical testimony to its value lies in the fact that the Supreme Courts of Rhode Island, Ohio, Kentuckj'-, and Missouri have ordered one copy for the table of each judge. THE LIMITATION OF ACTIONS. A Treatise on the Limitation of Actions at Law and in Equity, by H. G. Wood (author of "The Law of Nuisances," "Master and Servant," " Fire Insurance," " Landlord and Tenant," &c.), though published only a year ago, has already had a very large sale. Need of such a Book. The subject of the Limitation of Actions enters so largely into litigated questions and into the consideration of difficult points of law, in all parts of the country and in all kinds of practice, that A modern TREATISE, grouping the cases conveniently under the proper heads, and citing decisions from the new as well as from the old States, has been greatly needed. Adapted to Recent Statutes. This is especially important, as the sub- ject depends entirely upon statutes, and in most of the States the Statutes of Limitations have undergone radical alterations during the last twenty years. In the Appendix to his work Mr. Wood has given the English Statutes and those of the American States and Territories, as they now stand, which are accessible iti no other treatise. Thoroughness of this Work. Mr. Wood's volume contains 976 large and closely printed pages, with an unusually large proportion of notes, comprising enough matter to fill two ordinary volumes. About eight thousand cases are cited in the notes with sufficient fulness to enable lawyers who do not have access to large libraries to get the gist of the principal cases. The notes are not loaded down, however, with unnecessarily long quotations, only so much being given as will enable the reader to comprehend the point presented without referring too constantly tot he reports. The range of citations includes not only the old States, but the newer States also, so that in towns where there are only one or two sets of reports, a citation can usually be found in each note, which can be verified and used in its original and authoritative form. The Inde.x, which is unusually thorough, includes the notes as well as the text. Price $6.50, net ; postage, if sent by mail, 25 cents additional. INDISPENSABLES SEVEN. Irving Browne, in his entertaining " Law and Lawyers in Literature" (cloth, $1.50, net), quotes the following lines from Jekyll : — " Dear Tom, take advice, nor commit a faiix pas ; As you travel through life, never get into law : The odds are against you a million to one, — 'Tis a horse to a hen that you're quickly undone. But if there 's no help, and to law you must go, Indispensables seven 't is tit you should know. And first you '11 be wise to reflect well and pause, And be sure, ere you stir, to have a good cause. Like your cause, your attorney should also be good, — A sine qua 7to}t, — it is well understood. Your jury, besides, must be good and not packed, And by a good counsel your cause must be backed : A good witness and stanch, too, you '11 certainly need; If in this point you fail, Tom, you cannot succeed. To make all secure, ere an inch more you budge. You '11 be lost if you have n't a very good judge. These are six needful things ; yet fast you '11 be stuck, And still lose your cause, if you have n't good luck I " A NEW AND GOOD LAW QUARTERLY. The opening of the year 1885 will be signalized by the publication of a new English periodical, entitled The Law Quarterly Review, which will be of such a high grade, and so inexpensive, that it is sure to be largely taken in this country. It will discuss, on a larger scale and with a wider range than is possible to most legal journals, all matters of inter- est to those who are concerned in the study, development, administration, or reform of the Law. The objects of the Review will include — The discussion of current decisions of importance in the Courts of Great Britain, the Colonies, the United States, British India, and other British Possessions where the Common Law is administered; The treatment of questions of immediate political and social interest in their legal aspect ; Inquiries into the history and antiquities of English and other systems of law and legal institutions ; The legal science and legislation of Continental States in so far as they bear on general jurisprudence, or may throw light by comparison upon problems of English or American legislation. Careful reviews of current legal literature. Questions of international and constitutional right. The Review will be edited by Mr. Frederick Pollock, Corpus Professor of Jurisprudence in the University of Oxford, Professor of Common Law in the Inns of Court. The following persons, among others, have already promised their support: — The Lord Chancellor ; The Lord Chief Justice of England; Lord Justice Lindley ; Lord Justice Bowen ; Lord Justice Fry ; Sir James Hannen ; Mr. Justice Stephen ; Baron Pollock ; Sir Henry Maine; Mr. Justice Chitty ; E. A. Freeman; John West- lake, Q.C. ; Professor Lorimer, Edinburgh ; Prof. Dr. F. von Holtzendorff, Munich ; H. W. Elphinstone ; Mr. Justice O. W. Holmes (Supreme Court of Massachusetts); James Bryce, M.P. ; Prof. T. E. Holland ; Dr. Walter Phillimore ; Kenelm E. DiGBY. The contents of the first number will probably include — Section 17 of the Statute of Frauds redrawn and illustrated. By Mr. Justice Stephen and the Editor. The Franchise Bill. By Sir William R. Anson. The King's Peace. By the Editor. Federal Government. By Prof. A. V. Dicey. Bracton. By Prof. Paul Vino- GRADOFF. Holtzendorff's Encyclopadie. By Dr. Grueber. Notes. Comments. Reviews. 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