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 republics and their governments, are accurate and well drawn, and show the author to have been a man of extensive reading, and well acquainted with his subject. As to the style of the production, "his expressions are strong and manly, and though they may not possess all that elegance which enchants the man of taste, they are clear and intelligent to the understanding." Vols. 76, 78, 79, and 16; 2d series Monthly Review, pages 394, 285, 289, 547, and vols, 63 and 65 of the Critical Review, pages 248 and 522.

ADAMS, JOHN. An Essay on the Canon and Feudal Law. 8vo. Philadelphia. 1783. 8vo. London. 1768 and 1782.

This Essay is among the earliest productions of the author, and is a "work well adapted to convince or confound the advocates, either for civil or ecclesiastical tyranny. Its title is thought to have been rather inappropriately chosen, since it is a political rather than a legal Essay."

. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of the action of Ejectment, and the resulting action for mesne profits. With notes of the Decisions made by the Supreme and Circuit Courts of the United States, and by the Courts of the several States where decisions have been reported ; and notes of Decisions upon those subjects made in the English Courts, except those cited in the text; together with the statutory provisions in relation to those actions contained in the Revised Statutes of New York ; and Precedents of Entries, Pleadings and Process, adapted thereto. By John L. Tillinghast. To which are added Annotations and references to more recent American Decisions. By Thomas W. Clerke. Carefully collated, and made to correspond with the latest London edition, corrected by the author. Together with additional notes of Decisions in the Courts of the several United States, to the present time. By William Hogan. 1846. This is a standard practical work upon the subject of Ejectment, and though the author is studiously concise he is never obscure. The English editions are those of 1812, 1818, 1830. The American, 1830, 1340, 1846, 8vo. The American editors have carefully collected the cases, and added many valuable notes. The editions of 1840 and 1846 are the most valuable. 10 Serj. & R. 221 ; 71 Month. Rev, 1813, p. 315.

ADAMS, NATHANIEL. See New Hampshire Reports. ADDINGTON, SIR WILLIAM. An Abridgment of Penal Statutes, which exhibits at one view the offences, and the punishments or penalties in consequence of those offences, the mode of recover- 51