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vast work covers nearly 2.500 pages, and digests nearly 20,000 cases. The editorial work has been done thoroughly and conscientiously, and the law of each case is given tersely and succinctly. Its classi fication is admirable, and the lawyer can find without the slightest difficulty any matter that he may desire. We do not propose to institute any comparison be tween the "General Digest '' and its bulky rival the "American Digest " as to the general merits of the two works : but one feature in the " General Di gest" strikes us as being far superior, and that is the typographical work. It is a real pleasure to find a volume of this nature which can be read with perfect ease and comfort; and on behalf of the eyes of the legal profession we thank the publishers for the thoughtfulness displayed for them.

THE RAILROADS AND THE COMMERCE CLAUSE. By FRANCIS COPE HARTSHORNE, Esq., of the Philadelphia Bar. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1893. $1.50. This is a timely little book in view of the uncer tainty which still seems to surround the relations of the railroads to the National Government under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. The purpose of this work is to throw light on the Commerce Clause under the various rulings to which it has been subjected; and in order that this may be the more effectually done, it has been divided into three parts PART I. treats of the Tower of Congress, under the Commerce Clause, to Regulate Railroads. PART II. of the Commerce Clause and State Railroad Legislation. PART III. of the Commerce Clause as affecting State Taxation of Railroads. The author's aim is, first, to present the actual state of the law as defined by the decisions of the Supreme Court; second, from a careful study of the decisions already made, to endeavor to deduce the principles upon which, and the directions in which, the de velopment of the law is likely to proceed : in other words, explain the present, and predict the future at titude of the Supreme Court upon questions of rail road legislation, which have already arisen or are likely to arise.

THE LAW OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY RELATIONS. A Manual of Practical Law. By N EVIL GEARY, M.A. Adam and Charles Black. London and Edinburgh; Macmillan & Co., New York, 1892. Cloth. $3.00. This volume is intended by the author not only as a legal treatise for the profession, but also as a prac tica' work lor the layman. The subject of marriage Is

treated very fully, and the relations of husband and wife clearly defined. The canonical and religious obli gations are constantly referred to, beside those actu ally imposed by law. In an appendix is given an interesting collection of the opinions of the Fathers, of the Reformers, and of Bishops of the Church of England, and of the Inquisition and Noncon formists of the present day. as to the re-marriage of divorced persons. The book is an exceedingly readable one. and contains much information not to be found in other treatises upon the subject. Mr. Geary's citations of cases are numerous, and the pro fession will find the work of much real value.

A TREATISE ON HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTIONS. By RUFUS WAPLES, LL.D. T. H. Flood & Co., Chicago, 1893. Law sheep. $6.00, net. This is a comprehensive and thorough treatise upon a subject of the greatest importance. The work covers the United States Homestead Laws as well as those of the several States. All the Statutes with decisions bearing upon them are cited, and a synopsis of the Statutes is given in an appendix As it is many years since any work on this branch of the law has been published, the number of new decisions bearing upon the subject has been very large, and several States have enacted Homestead Statutes which had none before. Chattel exemption as well as Homestead is fully treated by Mr. Waples The work meets a real want on the part of the pro fession, and should be heartily welcomed.

ALL AROUND THE YEAR, 1893. Entirely new de sign in colors. By J. PAULINE SUNTER. Printed on heavy cardboard, gilt edges, with chain, tas sels, and ring. Size, 4^x5^ inches. Boxed. 50 cents. Lee & Shepard, Boston. The " All around the Year" calendar which Mrs. Sunter sends out this year is as charming a piece of work as anything she has done. Like its predeces sors, it is printed on heavy cardboard, gilt-edged, with chain, tassels, and ring, and is of convenient size. The designs are fresh and delightful, quaint and picturesque little lads and lasses issuing in each month with just the right words and in the most charming attitudes, while the lines on the cards com bine to form a very pleasing love-story. Done in several colors, one can scarcely imagine anything more graceful than the twelve cards, each bearing the dainty design which includes the month's calen dar as a part of the picture. The cover shows a pretty little Miss watching a Cupid "warming his pretty little toes" at an open fireplace, while on the last page this same Cupid (or his fellow) is playing sweetly " Good -by, my lover, good-by."