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 Rh Hon. Andrew L. Greeley, of Mason Valley, Nev., died at Salisbury, N. H., last month. He was admitted to the bar in 1859. but soon after ward emigrated to California, and subsequently removed to Nevada. He was a member of the first Legislature of Nevada. Hon. D. B. Booth, assistant clerk of the Supe rior Court of Fairfield County, Connecticut, died at his residence in Danbury, January 2, of apo plexy. The deceased was probably one of the best-known lawyers in the State. He had served in the State Legislature several terms; was clerk of the Senate in 1854, was a member of the Com mittee, in 1864 and 1875, to revise the General Statutes, was the first clerk of the Court of Com mon Pleas in Fairfield County, and for many years had held the position of assistant clerk of the Superior Court. He served in almost every office in the gift of the town. He was the son of ex-Lieut.-Gov. Reuben Booth, who was also one of the leading lawyers of the State.

REVIEWS. The contents of the Law Quarterly Re view for January are : " The County Courts Con solidation Act," by Judge Chalmers; " How to Simplify our Titles," by C. E. Thornhill; " The Liability of Shipowners at Common Law," by E. L. De Hart; " Feoffment and Livery of Incorporeal Hereditaments," by L Owen Pike; " Notes on the English Law of Marriage," by Howard W. Elphinstone; " The Reform of Company Laws," by Edward Manson. The Juridical Review. — We have received an advance copy of the first number of this new quar terly journal, published by Messrs. Wm. Green & Sons, Edinburgh. The object of this Review will be, as the editor states, to record accurately and discuss impartially subjects relating to the science and practice of law and politics. The opening number contains a full-page portrait of the Right Hon. John Inglis, Lord Justice .General of Scot land, and articles on "The Faculty of Law," by Professor Lorimer; " Codification in the United States," by Hon. D. Dudley Field; " Private Bill Legislation," by R. Vary Campbell; " Municipal Socialism in Scotland," by Albert Shaw; " Mr.

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Parnell's Action against ' The Times.' " by G. W. Burnet; and " The Judicial System of Germany." This new quarterly will, we predict, prove a valu able addition to our legal literature. The leading article in the Harvard Law Re view for December is an able discussion of " The Watuppa Pond Cases," by Messrs. Samuel D. War ren, Jr., and Louis D. Brandeis, in which issue is taken with the Supreme Court of Massachusetts on its decision in the case of " Watuppa Reservoir Co. v. City of Fall River." The article contains much valuable information in regard to public rights in " great ponds." Marland C. Hobbs, Esq., also contributes an exhaustive paper on " Statutory Changes in Employers' Liability." The Columbia Law Times for December has an interesting article on " Legal Education at Cam bridge " (England), by G. Glover Alexander, B.A The Advocate is the title of a new law journal, published at St. Paul, Minn., of which H. N. Ogden is the editor. The first number con tains extracts from the " Inaugural Address of Prof. Stephen O. Southall," delivered at the University of Virginia; and a full account of the banquet given in Chicago by the Bar Association to Chief Justice Fuller. The Advocate is at tractive in form, and will undoubtedly prove a welcome addition to the legal publications in the West The Chicago Law Journal has changed owner ship. The December number, issued by the new management, contains a paper on " Prohibition v. Interstate Commerce," by John Gibbons; and a short article on " Impartial Administration of Justice." The Virginia Law Journal for December con tains articles on " Speedy Litigation " and " Abol ishing the Rule of Fellow-Servants." With this number this enterprising journal completes its twelfth volume. Hereafter it will be issued weekly. The American Law Review. November-Decem ber, 1888. offers its readers two able .ind extremely interesting articles upon the "Jury System in Sweden and in America," the one by Herr Fahlcrantz, of Stockholm, and the other by Judge Caldwell, of Lit