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 Rh Second Edition. Baker, Voorhis & Co., New York, 1892. Law sheep, $6.00 net. The rapid growth of the law, and the vast number of new cases passed upon by our courts, cannot be better illustrated than by this second edition of Mr. Beach's well-known work. Although but seven years have elapsed since the first edition was given to the public, and was then brought well down to the date of publication, the present volume has been in creased in matter nearly fifty per cent, and nearly three thousand additional cases have been cited. In the preparation of the present edition the author has rewritten much of the text, and has reconstructed and increased the number of the chapters. Mr. Beach's work is always done thoroughly and conscientiously, and the present volume will add to his already wellearned reputation as a legal writer. A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence as Admin istered in the United States of America. Adapted for all the States, and to the Union of Legal and Equitable Remedies under the Reformed Procedure. By John Norton Pomeroy, LLD. Second Edition by Carter Pitkin Pomeroy and John Norton Pomeroy, Jr.. of the San Francisco Bar. Bancroft-Whitney Com pany, San Francisco, 1892. 3 vols. Law sheep, $18.00 net. Upon the publication of the first edition of this work, in 1881, it was at once recognized as a stand ard treatise upon the subject of Equity Jurisprudence, and it has ever since maintained its position. It is un doubtedly the most complete and the best work which has been offered to the profession. The learned author died shortly after the first edition was published; but by a testamentary request he charged his sons, the present editors, with the task of preparing a second edition. That this work was confided to competent hands is evidenced by the care and discrimination which has been used in the preparation of the pres ent treatise. The original text and arrangement of the first edition have not been disturbed; but the vast number of cases, involving matters within the scope of this work, which have been decided in the English and American courts during the past ten years, have added greatly to the bulk and value of the material of the treatise, and increased its size fully twenty-five per cent. Numerous cross-refer ences have been introduced, adding materially to one's convenience in the use of the book. In its present form Pomeroy's " Equity Jurisprudence" will, for many years to come, continue to be recog nized as a standard authority upon this important branch of the law.

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The Annual of the Law of Real Property. Being a complete Compendium of Real Estate Law, embracing all current case law, carefully selected, thoroughly annotated, and accurately epitomized; comparative statutory construction of the laws of the several States, and exhaustive treatises upon the most important branches of the law of Real Property. Edited by Tilghman E. Ballard and Emerson E. Ballard. Vol. I. 1892. Ballard & Ballard, Crawfordsville, Ind. The purpose and plan of this new Annual is to furnish a reliable medium which shall keep the pro fession familiar with all the growth and change of the law of Real Property, affected by current legis lative enactments and judicial opinions. The object is a good one; and if this first volume is to be taken as a fair sample of those that are to follow, the work will prove of much assistance and value to the work ing lawyer. The cases appear to have been selected with good judgment, and the annotations carefully prepared. How to get Good Judges. A study of the de fects of the Judicial Systems of the States, with a plan for a Scientific Judicial System. By John A. Wright. The S. Carson Company, San Francisco, Cal., 1892. Cloth, 75 c. While we cannot entirely agree with the author of this little monograph in his premises, we have found his work extremely interesting, and many of his ideas are worthy of careful consideration. The profession will heartily approve any effort to elevate the bench and bar; but we think Mr. Wright draws rather too dark a picture of the existing state of affairs. It is inevitable that there should be bad judges and ras cally lawyers; still, on the whole, we believe that our American Judiciary and Bar are composed of able, conscientious, honest men. Lawyers' Reports Annotated. All current cases of general value and importance decided in the United States, State, and Territorial Courts, with full Annotation. By Robert Desty, Editor. Books XIII. and XIV. Lawyers' Co-Operative Publishing Co., Rochester, N. Y. Law sheep, $5.00 a volume. A well-selected collection of cases, admirably an notated. These few words sum up the merits of this series of Reports, and ought to be sufficient to com mend them to those of the profession not already familiar with them.