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reports, in which, at the head of each case, references were given to all citations of it in judgments reported since 1865." The names of the cases are printed in alphabetical order, in heavy type; and under each such case, in lighter type, references, in order of date, to all the later cases in which it has been cited. The work appears to have been thoroughly and care fully done, and the volume will be of great value and assistance to the profession. The American State Reports, Vol. XX., contain ing the cases of general value and authority, decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States. Selected, reported, and anno tated by A. C. Freeman. The Bancroft-Whit ney Company, San Francisco, 189 1. $4.00. This volume contains selections from the Reports of the following States: Arkansas, California, Colo rado, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Oregon, Pennsylva nia, and Wisconsin. Mr. Freeman displays his usual care and good judgment in the selections made, and his annotations are as valuable as ever. Lays of a Lawyer. By William Bard McVicker. Geo. M. Allen & Co., New York. A dainty little volume, well filled with choice bits from the pen of a well-known lawyer. Some of the verses have already appeared in " Life " and " Puck," but many of them are new. There is a freshness and charm about Mr. McVicker's poetry which is simply delightful, and one will not lay down this little book until he has read it through from beginning to end. The Inter-State Commerce Law, together with annotations of cases construing the law, decided by the Interstate Commission, United States Supreme Court, and Federal Courts. By John Theo. Wentworth, of the Wisconsin Bar. T. H. Flood & Co., Chicago, 1891. In a compact little volume of some one hundred pages, Mr. Wentworth has embodied the decisions relating to this now important branch of law. To the lawyer engaged in cases upon which this law has a bearing, the work will be of great assistance. Each section of the law is printed in paragraphs, and under each a trenchant statement is given of the points made and construction given by the Commission relative to the subject-matter of the particular paragraph. To this has been added copies of the rules of practice adopted by the Commission in its judicial function, together with notes of cases bearing thereon, cross-references, a table of cases, a table of subjects, and a complete index.

Lawyers' Reports Annotated. Book XI. All current cases of general value and importance decided in the United States and Territorial Courts, with full annotation. By Robert Desty, Editor. The Lawyers' Co-operative Publishing Company, Rochester, N. Y., 1891. $5.00 net. We have had occasion to say many a good word for this admirable series of Reports, and the present volume only confirms us in the opinions we have here tofore expressed. The publishers are fortunate in having the services of so able an editor as Mr. Desty, whose exhaustive annotations greatly enhance the value of these Reports. Commentaries on the Law of Private Corpo rations, whether with or without Capital Stock; also of Joint-Stock Companies, and all of the Various Voluntary Unincorpo rated Associations organized for Pecuniary Profit or Mutual Benefti'. By Charles Fisk Beach, Jr., of the New York Bar. T. H. Flood &'Co., Chicago, 1891. Two vols. Law Sheep. $12.00. No work has yet been given to the profession so fully and completely covering the law applicable to private corporations as this treatise by Mr. Beach. As editor of the " Railway and Corporation Law Jour nal," the author had every opportunity to familiarize himself with the law appertaining to this particular subject, and he has demonstrated that he is eminently fitted and abundantly qualified to deal with all matters relating to this important branch of law. No lawyer who has occasion to make himself thoroughly familiar with the law upon this subject, can afford to be with out this valuable treatise. Covering a wider scope than any other work yet published, it brings into prom inence many topics which have heretofore been only briefly discussed or barely mentioned, and it is diffi cult to conceive of any question likely to arise relating to the law of private corporations that is not here fully considered. The arrangement of subjects treated and the division of the work into chapters and sections is admirable, and we know of no law book equalling it in this respect. Some idea of the vast amount of re search bestowed hy the author in the preparation of this work, may be inferred from the fact that the table of cases occupies over one hundred and fifty pages of the work. We have always felt a great admiration for Mr. Beach as a legal writer, and this work alone would certainly entitle him to a position in the fore most rank of our law-book makers. It should, and we have no doubt that it will, receive the unqualified commendation of the profession.