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 SAV and English, except the Entries, which were not translated till the third edition, by Serj. Williams. There are several American editions, but the last one is to be preferred. Saunders is regarded as the best reporter of the reign of Charles II., and his volumes "are recommended for the accuracy of the Entries, and the concise, clear, and pointed method of decision ; and are particularly valuable to the practising lawyer as a book of Precedents, as well as of Decisions." The Reporter was the most eminent special pleader of his day, and a large share of the Cases he reports relate to Pleading, in which he was concerned as counsel. Willes, C. J. says, " as Saunders was so very learned a man, and so well skilled in pleading, I think I need not mention any other authorities after him." His Reports, however, are quite as much indebted for their continued reputation, to the very able manner in which they have been edited, as to their own intrinsic value. As annotated by Serj. Williams, they are rather Treatises than Reports, for his notes are carefully written disqui- sitions, varying in their length and frequency by no fixed standard, but in the way his judgment deemed best to elucidate the law, as it was then interpreted and administered. The labours of this editor have uniformly received the highest commendation, and are received by the Courts with the same respect as the most skilfully written text books are. There is some difference of opinion with regard to making Reports, the vehicles of voluminous dissertations, which the learned Serjeant himself doubted the propriety of, for he prepared and published but one volume at first, in order to ascertain the sense of the Profession with regard to his method of annotation. Lord Kenyon and others approved of his plan, which encouraged him to proceed, though at the present time, when so many excellent Treatises exist upon every branch of the law, this method of communicatino- information seems cumbersome and inconvenient. The late editors have added carefully prepared notes of Cases and References to recent adjudications, showing the changes effected by the new rules of Pleading, and Saunders' Reports still remain, as formerly, the Bible of the Law of Special Pleading. 1 Kent's Com. 485 ; 2 L. M. N. S. 285 ; Willes, 479 ; 4 Bur. 1730 ; 2 Bos. & Pul. 23 ; (3) 178 ; 2 Y. & J. 426; 9 Bing. G37 ; I Crompt. & J. 9 ; 3 Dow. 15; North's Dis. 80; 7 L. R. 57 ; 30 Month. Review, 457 ; Pref. Steph. PI. ; Warren's L. S. 775, 773. SAUSSE, M. R. AND V. SCULLY. Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Rolls Court, during the time of the Right Hon. Sir M. O'Loghlen. 1835-37. 8vo. Dubliti. 1841. S.WARY, .T. Le parfait Negociant, ou instruction generale pour ce qui regarde le Commerce des Marchandises de France, et des pays etrangers. Nouvelle edition, augmentee. 2 vols. 4to. Paris. 1800. 630