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on admission to the bar, entered into partnership with the eminent James T. Brady, his elder brother. In 1856 he was elected Judge of the Court of Com mon Pleas, and was re-elected without opposition. In 1869, at the close of his term, he was elected Justice of the Supreme Court for six years, to suc ceed Judge Clerke. He was unanimously re-elected in 1877 for a term of fourteen years, ending Dec. 31, 189 1. He was a man much respected on the bench, and greatly esteemed in private life by all who knew him.

REVIEWS. In the January number the Law Quarterly Review takes a new departure, and ranks it self among the illustrated journals, giving its readers a full-page portrait of Blackstone. The contents include " Trial by Jury in Civil Cases," by Judge Chalmers; " The Definition of General Average," by Thomas Barclay; " Statutes of Limitations and Mortagees," by Thomas Millidge; "Bankruptcy of Partners," by A. Tumour Murray; " A Conveyancer in the Thirteenth Cen. tury," by F. W. Maitland; " The Decline of Roman Jurisprudence," by Erwin Grueber; "Ought Bills of Sale to be Abolished? " by J. B. Matthews. The contents of the Political Science Quar terly for March cover a wide range of subjects. '•The Political Ideas of the Puritans " are set forth by Prof. H. L. Osgood; " The Case of the Negro" is discussed by Rev. Wm. C. Langdon; " Com pulsory Insurance in Germany " is described by B. W. Wells; and there are articles on " Railroad Problems in the West," by Prof. A. G. Warner; "School-Book Legislation," by Prof. J. W. Jenks; "Marshall's Principles of Economics," by Prof. J. B. Clark; " Cunningham's Growth of English Industry," by Prof. W. J. Ashley.

Is there a Law of the Flag as distinct from the Law of the Port in respect to Merchant Vessels in Foreign Waters? This is the ques tion which is ably discussed and answered in an interesting paper by Alexander Porter Morse, of Washington, D. C. We have read this little pam phlet, which is called forth by the killing of Gen

eral Barrundia, with much pleasure. The conclu sions arrived at by the author seem to be fully supported by the evidence he presents.

The famous Talleyrand Memoirs are continued in the Century for March; and this instalment deals with Napoleon Bonaparte, Josephine, and the Em peror Alexander. The California series is devoted to the Fremont explorations. " General Crook in the Indian Country," by Capt. John G. Bourke. derives a special and timely interest from the present Indian troubles. Lieut. Horace Carpen ter, of New Orleans, in his entertaining article on "Plain Living at Johnson's Island," describes the hardships, from the point of view of a Confederate prisoner, of a sojourn in the war-prison in Lake Erie, near Sandusky. The second article on " The Anglo-Saxon in the Southern Hemisphere " is de voted to Australian cities, their advantages, and their unusual problems. A charming feature of this number is a curious story by Edith Robinson, called " Penhallow," with two full-page pictures by Will H. Low. Dr. Eggleston's serial, "The Faith Doctor," is continued, as well as "Colonel Carter of Cartersville;" and there is a strictly true story, "The Mystery of the Sea," by Professor Buttolph, and a humorous skit, " The Utopian Pointer," by David Dodge. Mr. Rockhill gives the last instal ment of his account of jouneyings through Eastern Tibet and Central China.

In the March number of the Atlantic, the most valuable contribution is Francis Parkman's first pa per on the " Capture of l.ouisbourg by the New Eng land Militia." Miss Murfree's serial, " Felicia," is brought to a tragical end; and Mr. Frank R. Stock ton's " House of Martha " continues in a vein of humor peculiar to its distinguished author. James Freeman Clarke's posthumous memoirs will be read with the greatest interest, the paper in this number being devoted to a description of his first teachers. "The State University in America," by George E. Howard, advocates the establishment of universi ties in each State, which shall be universities in something more than name, and the relegation of the many colleges of insufficient means to a grade intermediate between the school and the univer sity. A paper on " The Speaker as Premier," by Albert Bushnell Hart, is a timely consideration of a question which has been much before the public