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The Editor will be glad to receive contributions of articles of moderate length upon subjects of interest to the profession; also anything in the way of legal antiquities or curiosities, facetia, anecdotes, etc. THE GREEN BAG. A NOTHER year has passed, and with the present number we close Volume II. of the " Green Bag." Two years is not, to be sure, a very mature age; but even at that early period of its existence the " Green Bag " has outstripped many of its more aged contemporaries, and is now read, we believe that we are speaking within bounds, by as many lawyers as any other legal periodical in the United States. Its success has been largely due to the kindly interest of its legal friends, who have, at the cost of much time and labor, furnished a vast amount of material with which to fill its columns. To them we tender our most sincere and heartfelt thanks, and tmst that the excellent example set by them will be imitated by others of our readers, so that the "Green Bag " may become the repository of the bright ideas of the profession at large. We have done our best to keep the magazine up to the standard of excellence which we set for ourselves at its beginning, and we believe that our readers have appreciated our efforts in that direction. In one respect, however, we seem to have failed, judging from the comments of numerous corre spondents. Hard as we have tried, we are told that our magazine, while very " entertaining," is not "useless," and that the term is one to which we can lay no just claim. This is all very complimentary; but we shall still keep that title flying at our mast-head, through the fear that if we haul it down we may be tempted to intro duce something of a really " practical " nature into our columns. Our sole aim will continue to be to "entertain" our weary brethren in the law in as " useless " a manner as possible. Wishing our readers, one and all. a Merry 73

Christmas and a Happy New Year, we close this second volume, and prepare to open Volume III.

The " Green Bag " for 189 1 will contain much of interest for the legal profession. The series of Su preme Court articles will be continued, and will probably include the courts of Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Georgia, Maine, Tennessee, New Jersey, Missouri. Iowa. Indiana, Virginia, Kansas, and Illi nois'. All these articles will be profusely illustrated with portraits of eminent judges. Among other illustrated articles we shall publish sketches of "Osgoode Hall" (Canada) and the "George town " Law Schools, and a brief account of the Superior Court of New York City (1855), ac companied by a full-page group of the judges. Arrangements have been made for a series of biographical sketches of famous American law yers, to be written by well known members of the profession; and also a series of sketches of the " English Bench and Bar of To-day," by an eminent English lawyer. All of these will be illustrated with portraits. Prof. William G. Hammond will continue his " Short Studies in the Early Common Law," and a number of short articles are promised by distinguished legal writers. The Causes Célèbres will be continued, and will include several famous American cases. The usual supply of anecdotes, facetiae, legal antiquities, etc., will be provided; and, altogether, we can safely promise our readers that they will find a rich treat in store for them. The January and February numbers of the "Green Bag " will contain an article on the Su preme Court of Pennsylvania, written by Owen Wister, Esq., of the Philadelphia bar. The Janu ary number will bring the history of the court down to the time of the Revolution; and the Feb ruary number will continue that history down to the present time. Mr. Wister has bestowed much time and research upon the preparation of this article, and the result is a most interesting and