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"The Life of Napoleon " is occupied in the February Century with Napoleon as the Western Emperor, and covers the events of Friedland, Tilsit, the meeting with Queen Louisa of Prussia, and the splendors of Paris and the unification of France. It is one of the most beautifully illustrated install ments of the history that has yet appeared. It includes among other pictures Meissonier's " Marshal Ney " and "Friedland," and Detaille's "Vive l'Empereur." "The Anglo-American Imbroglio" serves as the caption under which two most important articles open the February number of the North American Review. The first is entitled "The Venezuelan Difficulty," by Andrew Carnegie, and the second "The British Feeling," by the Right Hon. James Bryce, the distinguished author of "The American Commonwealth." These two articles, from so eminent sources, characteristically describe the senti ment pervading England and America respectively ovef the subject of the boundary dispute between the former country and the South American republic.

BOOK NOTICES. Law.

The Principles of the American Law of Bail ments. By John D. Lawson, LL.D. The F. H. Thomas Law Book Co., St. Louis, 1895. Law sheep. This is a companion volume to Mr. I^awson's wellknown work on Contracts.. The author, rejecting the old classification of bailments, makes of them two classes only — the ordinary and the exceptional bailment. The subject is very fully and exhaustively covered, and the work is excel lently adapted to the needs of the practitioner. The student also will find it a valuable aid. American Electrical Cases. Being a collection of all the important cases (excepting Patent Cases) decided in the State and Federal Courts of the United States from 1870, on subjects relating to the Telegraph, the Telephone, Electric Light and Power, Electric Railway, and all other practical uses of Electricity, with Annotations. Edited by William W. Morrill. Vol. IV (1892-1894). Matthew Bender, Albany, N. Y. 1895. Law sheep. $6.00. One hundred and thirty-eight cases are reported in full in this volume, while as many more are referred to in the notes. This series is now brought well down to date, and covers all cases of importance decided since 1873. To all lawyers and corporations at all interested in the subject the " Cases " should be indispensable.

Elements of Damages. A handbook for the use of students and practitioners. By Arthur G. Sedgwick. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1896. Law sheep, $3.00 net; cloth, $2.50 net. This work must not be confounded with the elaborate treatise on the same subject by Theodore Sedgwick. The present volume is a review, in a compact form, of the law of Damages, and a statement of its principles in the form of rules or propositions of law, such as a judge might lay down to jury. These principles are illustrated by the cases from which they are drawn. The author has succeeded in adequately treating the subject within the limits of a mod erate sized volume. Students, and lawyers as well, will find it a very useful book. MISCELLANEOUS.

The Cabells and their Kin. A memorial volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy. By Alex ander Brown, D. C. L. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York, 1895. Cloth. $7.50. Among the many prominent Virginia families none can lay claim to greater distinction than the Cabells; the de scendants of the founder, Dr. William Cabell, include many of the most prominent men of our country. This work of Mr. Brown's will of course be of especial interest to Virginians, but it contains much information which will appeal to all students of history. The author has devoted much time and research to the preparation •of this book, and has gathered together much valuable mate rial which would otherwise inevitably have been lost. We quite agree with Mr. Brown that it is our sacred duty to " gather up the fragments that remain " before the past history of our forefathers has been obliterated by the effacing ringers of destruction and decay. Such a work as this merits the appreciation not only of the family immedi ately concerned, but of all who have a love and pride of country. Many interesting portraits illustrate the book.

BOOKS RECEIVED.

A Selection of Leading Cases in The Common Law. With Notes. By Walter Shirley Shirley. Fifth Edition. By Richard Wat son, LL.B., of Lincoln's Inn. Stevens & Sons, Limited, London, 1896. Cloth. The General Principles of the American Law of The Sale of Goods. By Reuben M. Ben jamin. The Bowen-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, 1896. Law sheep. The Woman's Manual of Parliamentary Law. By Harriette R. Shattuck. Lee & Shepard, Boston, 1896. Cloth. American State Reports. Vol. 46. BancroftWhitney Co., San Francisco. Law sheep.