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effect of new promises and acknowledgments to avoid the limitation. Exceptions to the operation of the statute however arising; application of the statute to actions of contract and tort, including trover and replevin; adverse possession generally; limitations of real actions and of actions involving the matter of trust; and process, parties and pleading, — are severally discussed. Between four and five thousand cases are cited, and the index is full and clear. An Appendix contains the English Acts of Limitation. We can conscientiously recommend this work as one of the best yet written upon this important subject, and it should meet with a hearty reception from the profession.

Questions and 'Answers to Anson on Contract. By James R. Jordan (Librarian of the Law School of the Cincinnati College). W. H. Anderson & Co. Cincinnati, 1889. $2.00.

This is a work designed especially for the use of students and others who desire to impress upon their minds the principles of the subject directly under study. There can be no doubt that by this method one learns more rapidly, and is also able to acquire accurate and enduring knowledge of the subject. Anson on Contract is made the basis of this book, and the questions and answers are clearly stated. To both teacher and student it will prove a most valuable aid, and by its means the latter should readily and understandingly grasp and re tain the whole subject of the principles of the Law of Contract.

A Brief on the Modes of Proving the Facts most frequently in issue on the Trial of Civil or Criminal Cask. By Austin Abbott of the New York Bar. Diossy & .Co., New York, 1889. $2.50. To get in our legal evidence and keep out illegal evidence of the adversary, is the great art of trying causes; and armed with this book of Mr. Abbott's, the practitioner will find himself fully prepared to meet any question which may arise as to the rules of evi dence governing the admission of facts. The work is adapted to use in both Civil and Criminal Cases, and is prepared in that careful, painstaking manner which is evident in all of Mr. Abbotfs works. The index is a complete guide to the contents, and so arranged that the practitioner can at once turn to any de sired point. The book is tastefully gotten up by the publishers; good paper, good print, and attractive binding. An Appeal to Pharaoh : The Negro Problem and its Radical Solution. Fords, Howard & Hulbert, Publishers. New York, 1889. Si.oo.

Although the institution of slavery was long since abolished in the United States, the " Negro problem" is by no means yet solved. While many of the race have risen from their bondage and become worthy and in some instances distinguished citizens, there is still in the South a vast, ignorant, ubiquitous ele ment, neither possible nor desirable to be assimilated. How to deal with this element is a question which must be answered by this generation. The solution proposed by the author of this book is a gradual and induced voluntary emigration of the negro to some selected fertile region, there to live and thrive with all the help our Government can give him. The work is evidently the result of much thought and careful study of the subject, and will repay a perusal by all who are interested in this most perplexing of problems. The Human Mystery in Hamlet : An Attempt to say an Unsaid Word. By Martin W. Cooke, A.M. Fords, Howard & Hulbert, Publishers. New York, 1889. $1.00. "Hamlet " always has been, and will undoubtedly continue to be for time to come, a much discussed play. Mr. Cooke believes that the writer of " Hamlet" had a definite end in view; that in it he sought to embody the thought that without and above man is a power which has relation to him. and whose man dates constitute the law of his being. Mr. Cooke's views are certainly original, and he pleads for his theory with great skill and earnestness. The book is full of interest, and will be eagerly sought by all lovers of Shakspeare. A Treatise on the Law of Commercial Paper. By Christopher G. Tiedeman. F. H. Thomas Law Book Co., St. Louis, 1889. Law Sheep. $6.00 net. Mr. Tiedeman is so well known to the legal pro fession through his work on "Real Property" that any new book from his pen is sure to be cordially received. The present work is a full and compre hensive treatment of the whole subject of Commer cial Paper, — not only Bills and Notes, but also Guaranties, Checks, Bank Notes, United States Treasury Notes, Government and Municipal Bonds, Certificates. Receipts, and in fact everything which can be included under the head- of Commercial Paper. Thus in a single volume the lawyer has all these subjects at his command, instead of being obliged to refer to two or three different works, as has heretofore been the case. Mr. Tiedeman. it is hardly necessary to say, has produced a treatise which is exhaustive upon the subject, and it will be found to supply a real and substantial want. No lawyer can afford to be without it. and we predict that it will be in great demand by the profession.