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revised and enlarged. West Publishing Co., St. Paul, Minn. Law sheep, $6.00 net. The first edition of this work of Mr. Black's, pub lished some five years since, met with a cordial reception, and was recognized as a valuable treatise upon the subject of tax titles. While the short time which has elapsed since the issuing of the first edi tion would hardly seem to make another necessary, this last work has been so thoroughly and carefully revised and rewritten that it is to all intents and* purposes a new book. Four chapters and two hun dred new sections have been added, and later author ities and important cases, not previously referred to, have been incorporated. In its present form it is much more complete and satisfactory than before, and certainly merits a hearty welcome from the profession.

THE AMERICAN STATE REPORTS, containing the cases of general value and authority decided in the courts of last resort of the several States. Selected, reported, and annotated by A. C. FREEMAN. Vol. XXIX. Bancroft-Whitney Co., San Francisco, 1893. Law sheep, $4.00. Fully up to the standard of the preceding volumes of this series is the one now before us. That is saying a great deal; but Mr. Freeman's work is so uniformly good that his name alone is a guarantee that there can be no falling off in the excellence of these Reports. Cases are selected from Reports of the following States : Arkansas, California. Connec ticut, Florida, Illinois. Kentucky. Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wis consin.

THE LAW OF ASSIGNMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF CREDITORS IN THE STATE OF ILLIN'OIS. By SIDNEY RICHMOND TABER, of the Chicago Bar. E. B. Myers & Co., Chicago, 1893. Law sheep, $2.00. This volume simply attempts to answer the inqui ries, — What does the Illinois Assignment Act mean? How have its several parts been construed by the courts? What are the rights and duties of insolvent debtors, of assignees, of creditors, and of the courts whose jurisdiction is invoked in this behalf? In a word, touching the subject of voluntary assignment, what is the law of Illinois? These are questions of interest not only to the profession in Illinois, but to most practising lawyers throughout the country, — all of whom have, probably, more or less occasion to make themselves familiar with the law of debtor and creditor in that great State. Mr. Taber seems to have answered these questions clearly and succinctly.

PRACTICE IN COURTS OF REVIEW that substantially follow the Colorado Procedure. By JOHN C. FITNAM, of the Colorado Bar. E. B. Myers & Co., Chicago, 1893. Law sheep, $5.00. This work is intended as a guide to a correct practice in Courts of Review; and the author's aim has been to point out " what to do, and how to do it." Although based chiefly on the Colorado law and decisions, the work will apply in a great measure to the procedure in Courts of Review in other States. To Colorado lawyers this book will be invaluable, and those in other States where the practice is sim ilar will find it of much assistance.

DIGEST OF THE DECISIONS OF THF, SUPREME AND APPELLATE COURTS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, as embraced in Vols. 127 to 137, both inclusive, Illinois Supreme Court Reports, and Vols. 28 to 41, botli inclusive, Appellate Court Reports. By HENRY BINMORE, of the Chicago Bar. E. B. Myers & Co., Chicago, 1893. Law sheep, $7.50 net. This volume brings Mr. Binmore's work down to July, 1892. His previous volume evidenced careful and conscientious labor, and the present one dis plays thej same painstaking care. Of course, the work is one which will be appreciated more by Illinois lawyers than by the profession at large, but it is a valuable addition to any law library.

THE SCIENCE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. By THOMAS ALFRED WALKER, of the Middle Temple. Macmillan & Co., New York, 1893. Cloth, ¿4.50. ' This volume comprises the subject-matter of courses of lectures delivered by the author in Cam bridge, England. It is not a legal text-book, but rather an attempt to define in brief fashion the right ful position in the field of law of the rules which regulate international dealings, and to demonstrate international law to he something more than a vярhazard compilation of disconnected case-law. — to be, in fact, capable of simple and scientific appreciation. If any one imagines that the result of such an at tempt would be a dry, unentertaining book, they will be most agreeably disappointed. The work is full of interest from beginning to end; and the learned author has made a vast amount of valuable historical information the groundwork for a treatise of rare merit. We commend it heartily to every lawyer as a book which will not only command his interest, but also as one from which he will draw much valuable and practical information.