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BOOK NOTICES. LAW.

A Treatise on thk Law- of Torts in obligations arising from civil wrongs in the common law. By Sir Frederick Pollock, Bart. New Am erican, from third English edition. Elabor ated with notes and references to American cases. By James Avery Webb of the Memphis Bar. The F. H. Thomas Law Book Co., St. Louis, 1894. I^aw sheep. S5.oo. Pollock on Torts has long been recognized by the profession, iruboth England and America, as a work of great mem, one displaying a vast amount of re search on the part of its distinguished author, and remarkable for its clear and succinct exposition of the principles of this important branch of the law. An American edition will be warmly welcomed by stu dents and practicing lawyers. Mr. Webb has not altered the text and notes of the author, but has add ed such notes and references as seemed pertinent. The agreement or disagreement of the English and American authorities is generally mentioned in the editor's notes, and where they are not in harmony the points of difference are specified and brieflv dis cussed. This new edition is a valuable addition to

our legal text-books, and the profession will not be slow to appreciate it. The American State Reports. Vol. XXXVI. 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. Bancroft- Whit ney Co., San Francisco, 1894. Law sheep. S4.00. There appears to be no falling offin either the quan tity or quality of this series of reports. The present volume contains over 1000 pages, and is made up of decisions reported in fourteen different States. Mr. Freeman's annotations are very full, and give these reports a great value. Lawyers' Report Annotated. Book XXII. All current cases of general value and import ance decided in the United States, State and Territorial courts, with full annotation. By BuRDEtT A. Rich and Henry P. Farnham. The Lawyers' Co-operative Publishing Co., Rochester, N. Y., 1894. Law sheep. S5.oo. This last volume of the Lawyers' Reports contains many important cases, with a liberal amount of valu able annotations. The series is well kept up to the excellent standard which has distinguished it. MISCELLANEOUS.

Bayou Folk. By Kate Chopin. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York, 1894. Cloth. S1. 25. A most delightful collection of stories of Louisiana life makes up the contents of this volume. The author's pen is one of wonderful power of description, and these sketches display the hand of the real artist. There is an indescribable charm in these pictures of Creole life which fairly captivates the Northern reader. The score or more of stories, all equally well told, are none too many to satisfy the reader, for there is not a superfluous line or a suggestion of repetition in the whole book.

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