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 Rh ing September, 1893. Annual, being Volume VIII. of the Series. Lawyer's Co-operative Publishing Company, Rochester, N.Y., 1893. Law sheep. S6.oo. The publishers claim this to be the best digest offered to the profession, and it is undoubtedly worthy of great praise. Certainly great care has been taken in its preparation, and it has admir ably met the numerous tests to which we have subjected it. The classification is excellent, and the bulk of the book has been kept down so far as possible by carefully combining propositions which are identical, instead of making superfluous repeti tions of them. Every subject of importance is out lined at its beginning by an index which fully shows all its contents, even to minute subdivisions. With this digest for a guide, no lawyer can fail to find the law upon any desired subject.

The American State Reports, containing the cases of general value and authority decided in the court of last resort of the several states. Selected, reported and annotated by A. C. Freeman. Vol. XXXIII. Bancroft, Whitney Co., San Francisco, 1893. Law sheep. $4.oo net. This volume is made up of selections from the reports of Alabama, California, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin. The annotations are as full and valuable as usual, and the selection of cases evidences good judgment and discrimination.

A Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity. By Edward C. Mann, M.D. Mat thew Bender, Albany, N.Y., 1893. Law sheep. S4.oo net. In these days when a plea of insanity is the city of refuge for most of those who fall within the clutches of the law, the question of mental responsi bility becomes one of the most important with which the legal profession has to deal. In this volume Dr. Mann discusses the phenomena of insanity in its various forms, and sets forth with clearness the effect of mental disease on the power of the mind. The capacity and incapacity for the management of affairs is strongly dwelt upon, and the duties of medical witnesses are carefully considered. The treatise is a valuable addition to medico-legal literature, and should be of great use and assistance to both the Bench and Bar.

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A Law Dictionary and Glossary. Primarily for the use of students, but adapted also to the use of the profession at large. By J. Kendrick Kinney. Callaghan & Co., 1893. Law sheep. $5.oo. In this volume the author has successfully accom plished his purpose to give with brevity, but with precision and reasonable fullness, the meanings of the words and phrases in the books of law. As a dictionary of legal words and terms it is as good as any we have seen, and for ordinary reference will be found to meet all requirements. We commend it to the profession as well as to students. History of the English Landed Interests, Its Customs Laws and Agriculture (Modern Peri od). By Russell M. Garnier, B. A., MacMillan & Co., New York, 1893. In a previous volume Mr. Garnier has given an interesting account of the early customs, laws and agriculture of the English landed interest, and in the present he devotes himself to the further discussion of the same subjects, the period covered being the eighteenth century and the first half of the nine teenth. The book displays an intimate acquaintance on the author's part with rural England, and he has succeeded in investing what is usually considered a dry subject with much real interest. While his work appeals most strongly to agriculturists, the legal profession will find in it much valuable and instruc tive information. The chapter discussing " The Labor Question," " The Land Taxation and the Economists,'' " The Effects of Agricultural Progress on Legislation," and " The Emancipation of Labor" will be read with especial interest. Altogether the book is a remarkable one, and well worthy a careful perusal. American Railroad and Corporation Reports. Vol. VII. Being a collection of the current decisions of the courts of last resort in the United States pertaining to the law of Railroads, private and municipal Corporations, including the law of Insurance, Banking, Carriers, Tele graph and Telephone Companies, Building and Loan Associations, etc. Edited and annotated by John Lewis. E. B. Myers & Co., Chicago, 1893. Law sheep. $4.50 net. We have heretofore expressed our appreciation of this excellent series of reports. The present volume is fully up to the standard of its predecessors, and Mr. Lewis in his selection of cases and his annotations displays good judgment and discrimina tion. Over one hundred and thirty cases are re