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144 this is followed by a paper, by Charles Worcester Clark, on " Woman Suffrage, Pro and Con" George Parsons Lathrop shows us " The Value of the Cor ner; " and there is an admirable paper called "Loitering through the Paris Exposition," which is full of interesting side-lights on this great fair. Dr. Holmes is particularly amusing in " Over the Teacups," and seems to wish that people would write less poetry. He closes with some odd verses on the rage for scribbling. Mr. James's story and Mr. Bynner's serial are continued, and Mrs. Deland allows her hero, from conscientious scruples, to decline to save a drowning woman, — a novel position for a hero! John Trowbridge discourses on the " Dangers from Electricity," and shows the risks run by ignorant persons who undertake to meddle with this subtle fluid The reviews, clever as usual, bring this well-composed number of the magazine to an end.

The Century, for February, is notable among other things for the final instalment of the Lincoln biography, which has run through forty numbers of the magazine. An interesting paper on Emerson's talks with a college boy is accompanied by a full-length picture of Ralph Waldo Emerson. In this number the artist, LaFarge, commences a series of letters from Japan, with illustrations prepared by himself. Joseph Jefferson devotes a large part of the current instalment of his auto biography to his reminiscences of Edwin Forrest, of whom four portraits are given, — two of For rest off the stage, and two in character. In addition to this, Jefferson describes his own first visit to London and to Paris. In the way of timely discussion, nothing could be more to the point than Professor Thorpe's paper in which he gives his reasons for thinking that Washington and Montana have made a mistake in their Constitutions; and Commissioner Roosevelt's de fence of the Merit System versus the Patronage System. Mr. Roosevelt clearly defines the two systems, and shows that the Merit System is thoroughly American. He also contradicts certain false statements made with regard to questions which candidates are asked. The fiction of the number consists of Mrs. Barr's "Friend Olivia," Mr. Stockton's " Merry Chanter," Mr. A. A. Hayes's " Laramie Jack," and " How Sal Came Through," by Mr. Edwards, the author of "Two Runaways."

BOOK NOTICES.

American State Reports. Vol. X. Bancroft, Whitney, & Co., San Francisco, 1889. $4.00 net.

This volume contains reports of cases selected from the decisions of the courts of Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Penn sylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Mr. Freeman displays his usual good judgment in the selection and annotation of these cases, and the lawyer may turn to these pages in the full confidence that he will find nothing that is not of real value to the profession.

General Digest of the Decisions of the Principal Courts in the United States. Vol. IV. (for the year ending September, 1889). The Lawyers' Co-operative Publishing Company, Rochester, N. Y., 1889. Law Sheep. $6.00. These Annual Digests are well known to the pro fession, and have received the unqualified commen dation of all lawyers who have had occasion to refer to them. In certain respects they are vastly superior to any other Digest issued. They give the law of the case, and not a mere narrative of the facts and holdings, and every point covered by the opinion is thoroughly digested. Reference is made to every publication, not only official, but unofficial, of report of case; and all English and Canadian cases which are found to apply to American jurisprudence are digested.

The present volume contains over 2200 pages, and the low price at which it is offered by the publishers brings it within the means of every member of the profession.

With Gauge and Swallow. By Albion W. Tourgee. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia. $ 1.00.

The famous author of "A Fool's Errand" is so well known to the reading public that anything from his pen is sure to excite unusual interest. In the present volume Judge Tourgde makes use of a series of legal incidents for the foundation of an absorbing and fascinating story. The subordinate of a great law firm relates a number of episodes which, commencing with Professor Cadmus's great case, grad ually culminate in the story of his own romance. "The profession," as the author says, " will easily trace the line of probability in all these narratives, and a little investigation will reveal the absolute verity of many of them." The book is one which the reader will be loath to lay down until he has reached the closing words.