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notes at the end of each chapter, thus presenting the American law in a compact form, will commend itself to every reader. Although a book of about goo pages, the publish ers have placed the price at a very low figure, thus bringing the treatise within the means of every lawyer and student. The American Digest. (Annual, 1894.) A digest of all the decisions of all the United States Courts, the courts of last resort of all the States and Territories, and the intermediate courts of New York State, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Texas and Colorado, U. S. Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, etc., with notes of Eng lish and Canadian cases, etc. West Publishing Co., St. Paul, Minn., 1894. Law sheep.?8.oo. Another huge volume bears witness to the vast amount of litigation indulged in during a single year. Over 2700 pages are required for a digest of the de cisions covering the period from Sept. I, 1893, to Aug. 31, 1894. Notwithstanding the enormity of the task of collecting and arranging such an immense mass of matter, the West Publishing Co. have per formed the work in a most satisfactory manner. The Digest is especially to be commended for its admir able system of cross-references and the minute sub division of subjects. The Law of Eminent Domain in the United States. By Carman F. Randolph. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1894. Law sheep. $5.50 net. In this volume Mr. Randolph gives a clear and concise statement of the law of Eminent Domain as it exists to-day in the United States, with such references to English and other foreign law as are necessary to illustrate the peculiarities of our law or the principles common to both. The treatise is the result of many years' study and research, and all the decisions of the courts upon the subject have been carefully scrutinized and weighed by the author. That the work will prove a valuable addition to our legal text-books there can be no doubt. Chapters on the Principles of International Law. By John Westlake, Q.C., LL.D., Whewell Professor of International Law in the University of Cambridge. Macmillan & Co., New York, 1894. Cloth. $2.60. The book does not pretend to be a treatise on international law, but is rather an attempt to stimu late and assist reflection on its principles. It is in

teresting reading for the layman as well as the lawyer, and deserves a places in the library of every citizen who is interested in and hopes, even in his small way, to influence the action of his country. The author first considers international law in general, then follows it down from Greece and Rome to the present day. Among the subjects specially con sidered are : .The Equality and Independence of States; International Rights of Self-Preservation; Territorial Sovereignty; and War. Commentaries on American Law. By James Kent, LL.D. Edited by Wm. Hardcastle Brown, of the Philadelphia Bar. West Pub lishing Co., St. Paul, 1894. Law sheep. $5.00. This new edition of Kent's Commentaries is arranged with prefatory catch-words to each para graph, enabling the reader to see at a glance the subject-matter of each sentence. The editor has greatly condensed the original text, and has confined his table of cases to the decisions of American tribu nals as cited by Kent himself. The work should commend itself especially to professors and students of law. A Manual Relating tc the Constitution, the interpretation of Statutes, Audita Querela, Certiorari, Mandamus, Quo Warranto, Prohibi tion, and motions for new trials. A Book of Massachusetts Law. By George F. Tucker. George B. Reed, Boston, 1894. Law sheep. $2.oo.

Massachusetts lawyers will find a vast amount of valuable information in this little volume of Mr. Tucker's. The work covers an interesting field, and Mr. Tucker's notes are very full and exhaustive. A feature of the work is the Index, which is unusually complete and satisfactory. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, with a discussion of the principles and rules which govern its presentation, reception, and ex clusion, and the examination of witnesses in court. By H. C. Underhill, LL.B. T. H. Flood & Co., Chicago, 1894. Law sheep. S6.oo, net. In this work the author presehts. in clear and con cise form, a comprehensive statement of the rules and principles of the existing law of evidence. Though designed primarily for the use of students of law, Mr. Underhill has, by a very full citation of the most recent and important cases bearing upon the subject, and also by a carefully prepared topical and analytical index, made the work one which will