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NEW LAW-BOOKS. A TREATISE ON THE LAW OF REAL PROPERTY as applied between Vendor and Purchaser in Modern Conveyancing; or Estates in Fee and their Transfer by Deed. By LEONARD A. JONES, LL.B. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Bos ton, 1896. Two volumes. Law sheep. $12.00. A new law-book by this distinguished author is always an "event" in legal literature. Whatever comes from his pen is the result of long and careful research, and his works are always clear, compre hensive ami accurate treatments of his subjects. This treatise on the law of real property is a most suc cessful effort on the author's part to state, as he says, " with considerable fullness the law of the topics " on which he writes, and "to state it with such completeness as to make the treatise valuable to the courts and to practicing lawyers." All this has been accomplished, and the profession owe Mr. Jones a deep debt of gratitude for his efforts in their behalf. Ve are willing to assume the rôle of a prophet so far as to predict that it will be many a long year before a better work on the law of real property will be published.

THE LAW OF EVIDENCE in Civil Cases. By BURR W. JONES of the Wisconsin Bar. Ban croft-Whitney Co., San Francisco, 1896. Three volumes. 18mo. Law sheep. $7.50. There is no question but that the legal profession is ready for a new standard work on the law of evi dence. Not that the old familiar text-books on the subject have not well stood the test of time, but a disinclination on the part of editors of later editions to alter the original text has necessarily confined the many changes in the law to the " notes," and to them the reader must go to ascertain the law as it exists to-day. Whether this new treatise by Mr. Jones is to fill this long-felt need time alone will demon strate, but from a careful examination of the work it seems to us in every way an admirable guide for lawyers in the trial of civil cases. It is written in a remarkably clear and comprehensive style, and is an exhaustive exposition of the law as it is to-day. It is no hastily thrown together collection of digests of cases on evidence, but bears evidence of careful preparation on the author's part. The volumes are a convenient size (4x6 inches) for ready refer ence. We regret tint no table of cases cited is included, but that perhaps is a matter of taste. We cordially commend the work to practitioners and students at law.

A TREATISE ON THE LAW OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, illustrated by numerous cases. By ARTHUR P. WILL of the Chicago Bar. T. & J. W. Johnson & Co., Philadelphia, 1896. Law sheep. $5.00. This treatise covers what is, perhaps, the most important branch of the law of evidence, and prac titioners in criminal cases will find the work admir ably adapted to their needs. The profession should welcome it heartily, as there has been a long-felt need for a reliable treatise upon the subject.

A TREATISE ON THE MODERN LAW OF CON TRACTS, including a full consideration of the Contracts and Undertaking of public and pri vate Corporations as determined by the Courts and Statutes of England and the United States. By CHARLES FISK BEACH, Jr. The Bowen-Merrill Co., Indianapolis and Kansas City, 1896. Two vols. Law sheep, $12.00 net. Mr. Beach is one of our most indefatigable law writers, and the wonder is that he is able to accom plish so much in so satisfactory a manner. This work on contracts appears to cover the subject thor oughly, and while we have had no occasion to test its accuracy, we doubt not it is to be relied upon as a correct and exhaustive statement of the present law. Ve advise those of our readers seeking a treatise upon the subject to carefully examine this book.

A TREATISE ON THE LAW OF CONTRACTS. By SAMUEL S. HOLLINGSWORTH, late Professor of the Law of Contracts and Corporations and Pleading at Law in the University of Pennsyl vania. Prepared for the press by Randolph Sailer of the Philadelphia Bar. Rees, Welsh & Co., Philadelphia, 1896. Cloth, $5.00. This is a very complete and exhaustive treatise upon the law of contracts and worthy to take a place beside the recognized standard works upon the subject. The arrangement is admirable and in every way adapted to the needs of both practitioner and student. One feature of the work strikes us as most worthy of imitation by other writers : the author is content to prove hjs propositions by a few well se lected cases, and does not feel it necessary to add a mass of cumulative evidence upon the point. We cheerfully commend the treatise to our readers as one which will prove a valuable addition to their li braries.