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

THE PROTKCTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE Rights. By Oliver L. Barbour, LL.D. Williamson Law Book Co. : Rochester, N. Y., 1890. Two volumes, law sheep. Si 2.00.

This volume completes Mr. Lawson's exhaustive work; and not only the congratulations, but the thanks of the profession are due him for the admir able manner in which his task has been performed. He has added a really valuable work to the list of legal text-books, one which will be the more appre. ciated the more that it is used. We are glad to see that a comprehensive digest to every point of law contained in the seven volumes is already in preparation.

Mr. Barbour is so well known to the profession through his works on " Criminal Law " and " Chan cery Practice," that anything from his pen is sure to attract the attention of the profession. In the pres ent treatise the author has condensed within the limits of two volumes the law bearing upon the rights of persons and property; and considering the vast extent of the field covered, the result is eminently satisfactory. As a book of ready refer ence the practising lawyer will find it of much value, and no working library will be complete without it. The index seems to be very full and complete, and the publishers have spared no pains to make the work attractive both as to paper and type.

A Treatise on the Rights of Persons and the Rights of Property, with the Remedies for