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 Noiv in Press. ImiJortant Announcement. "ENGLISH CASES." PRINCIPAL ENGLISH CASES IN LAW AND EQUITY. ABOUT 9,000 ANNOTATED CASES. SEMITES OF 45 VOLU3IES. ANNOTATED, 1. With JVotes to English Cases (incliidinff Irish and Colonial Beports), hy English Barristers of high reputation. 2. With Notes to Federal and State Beports, by leading American Lawyers. GENERAL EDITOR, HOWARD ELLIS, Esq., of the New York Bar, Editor of " The Reporter." 'J^WEN TV years ago the American laivyer, in forming his library, was bewildered by the overwhelming and rapidly multiplying mass of law books. The decisions of the American courts filled nearly three tJionsand vohimes, the English cases over a t/ioiLsand volumes more, besides digests, statutes, and law periodi- cals ; while the text-books, advancing rapidly to new editions, constituted in themselves a large and constantly changing literature. There seemed to be no method of getting a thoroughly satisfactory library without an expendit^ire beyo7id the income of even the most successful practitioners. Since that time, the publication of the series known as " The American Decisions^' The American Reports, and " The Federal Decisions',' has enabled every lawyer in good practice to have in his library all the principal American cases; and the recent systems of periodical '"Reporters" fjirther enable him to keep 7ip promptly and thoroughly with the latest decisions. Biit there still remains practically inaccessible {because of their extent and great cost), a range of ex- tremely valuable decisions, — those of the English courts. The older cases lie at the foundation of the series of decisions which we are following ; and the later cases, thoroughly reasoned out by able judges, arc listened to by our courts with very great respect. If those cases in the various English reports which are of especial value in the United States could be purchased at a reasonable cost, the American lanyer coitld equip himself ivith collections of all the principal cases forming the body of our law, could brief his cases thoro2ighly in his ozvn library, could verify or cor- rect the statements of the text-books, and could carry irito coiirt the decisions upon zvhich he rested his case. To meet this want — the only great desideratum remaining in the region of case-laio litcratu^-e — Mr. Ellis has planned, and Messrs. Stevens Sons, of London, and Charles C. Soule. of Boston, will pub- lish jointly, a series to be called "ENGLISH CASES," This series of cases, to be completed in about forty-five volumes, with Index and Table of Cases, will give a fully reported case tipon each substantial rule of law or principle of Eqiiity, to which will be added an exhaustive note, systematically arranged, to include every other case on the question, in the English, Irish, Colonial, and American Reports. The Case, zvith the Notes, zvill make a trustzvorthy monograph of the matter treated. The General Editor is well known through the ability zvith which he has conducted " The Reporter " for the last fifteen years. Thoroughly able men zvill be engaged as associates in England and the United States, and the profession may rely Jipon the production of an excellent work, embracing a satisfactory arrangement of the zuhole of the lazu of both countries. The first volume will be published shortly ; and after the issue of the second or thii^d vohtme, it is expected that a volume can be printed and delivo'ed to subscribers every //lonth. The ptirpose to publish the " ENGLISH CASES" on this plan has been submitted to a large number of the leadi^ig lawyers and judges throughout the United States, a7id has received their warm approval. The price of the series zvill be FIVE BOLL Alts PER VOLUME, STRICTLY NET; the purchaser to pay charges for delivery. Circtilars containing fcrther information zvill be ready soon. Stibscriptions should be addressed to CHARLES C. SOULE, Freeman Place Chapel, Boston.