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416 John B. Tabb, and and Harriet Prescott Spofford. In the editorial departments George William Curtis relates some reminiscences of Dickens's last visit to America; William Dean Howells discusses the ethics of criticism; and Charles Dudley Warner offers some suggestions relative to "conversation lunches" and the influence of culture upon individuality.

BOOK NOTICES.

Elements of the Law of Domestic Relations and of Employer and Employed. By Irving Browne. Second Edition, Revised. The Boston Book Company, Boston, 1890. $2.50 net.

While the ponderous treatises of the law keep their place in the front rank of professional literature, it may be questioned whether the monographs — the condensed statements of principles, serving as it were on the skirmish line — do not do at least their equal share in the battle of legal intellect. Among the monographs there is none clearer, terser, or more useful than Browne's Elements of the Law of Domestic Relations. This publicacation of some of Mr. Irving Browne's lectures before the Albany Law School — tested before printing on the intellects of successive classes of bright young men at Albany, and since printing, by the classes and professors of various law schools — has now reached a second edition. While the statement of law could not very well be made clearer than before, later cases have been cited, and the text has been somewhat developed. The result is, as before, a text-book which should be used in every law school, as well as by every lawyer who has an important case on the subject, and wishes to argue it on sound principles.

Rights, Remedies, and Practice, at Law, in Equity, and under the Codes. By John D. Lawson. Vol. VI. Bancroft-Whitney Com pany, San Francisco, 1890. $6.00 net.

To compress into seven volumes the law applicable to civil cases is a work which few would care to undertake, and one which still fewer writers could accomplish successfully; and as this work approaches its completion (there being but one more volume to come), we are more than ever struck with admiration for the thorough and exhaustive manner in which Mr. Lawson has performed his task. The present volume continues the third division, — Property Rights and Remedies, — and contains the titles Real Property, Easements, Landlord and Ten ant, Fixtures, Watercourses, Nuisances, Mortgages, Liens, Descent and Distribution, Wills, and the first part of the title, Remedies and Procedure, viz., Arbitration and Award.

A Digest of all the Reported American Cases and Selected English Cases. 1888 Supplement. Being also a Supplement to Vol. XIX. United States Digest, New Series. Digest Publishing Co., New York, 1890. $6.00.

With the merger of the 1888 volume of the U. S. Digest in the Complete Digest, the Digest Publishing Company announced the publication at very early date of a supplement for that year. In the present volume that promise is redeemed, making the year 1888 now as complete as the preceding and subsequent years. Prepared with the same care and discrimination which characterize the other volumes of this important digest, and containing a great number of decisions and other valuable matter which have never appeared in any other digest, this Supplement will be welcomed by all who appreciate the merits of the Digest Publishing Company's work.

History of the Court of Chancery, and of the Rise and Development of the Doctrines of Equity. By A. H. Marsh, Q. C. Carswell & Co., Toronto, 1890.

The Duties of Sheriffs, Coroners, and Constables, with Practical Forms. By John G. Crocker. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged, by James M. Kerr. Banks & Brothers, Albany, N. Y., 1890. $5.00.

In a compact little volume of 140 pages Mr. Marsh gives an interesting historical account of the Court of Chancery, and the origin and development of the equitable jurisdiction of that court. A great deal of valuable information has been collected by the author, and the book is one that will be read with interest by the profession. It will be found especially useful by students commencing the study of the law.

This work has long been recognized as a standard upon the subject of which it treats. The last edition was published in 1870, and the numerous changes in the statutes affecting the powers and liabilities of Sheriffs, Coroners, and Constables have rendered a new edition necessary. The additions made by Mr. Kerr render the work of much greater value than ever, and it is now undoubtedly the best book on the subject offered to the profession.