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forms a companion volume to the author's " Select Documents illustrative of the history of the United States." The Charters selected cover a period from 1606 to 1775, and the list contains the significant portions of the most important colonial charters, grants, and forms of government, and the acts of Parliament most directly affecting the American colonies. The work is a valuable contribution to historical literature and will interest all students of American history. An interesting story of Revolutionary days comes from the press of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., entitled An Unknown Patriot, 1 The scene is laid in Connecticut and a vivid description is given of the hardships and sufferings endured by the inhabitants of our sister State in the cause of liberty. There is plenty of exciting incident and dramatic situation to keep the reader's attention constantly enlisted, and at the same time a good deal of historical information is imparted. Two Pilgrims' Progress'1 gives an account of a trip taken on a tricycle, from Florence to Rome by Joseph Pennell, the artist, and his wife. The book is charm ingly written and gives one a good insight into the manner and customs of the smaller Italian cities and towns. It may well take a place beside Mrs. Dodd's "Three Normandy Inns.'' It is fully illustrated with pen drawings by Mr. Pennell. NEW LAW BOOKS. The C1v1l L1ab1l1ty for Personal Injur1es ar1s1ng out of Negl1gence. By Henry F. Buswell. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1899. Law sheep. $6.00 net. Mr. Buswell's work has met with the hearty en dorsement of the legal profession, and has, since its first appearance in 1893, been regarded as an author ity upon the subject of which it treats. About seven teen hundred decisions have been added to this new edition, and the text of the treatise has been thor oughly revised. In its new form its value has been materially increased. Forms of Plead1ng 1n Act1ons for Legal or Kqu1table Reuef. Vol. II. By Aust1n Ab bott, LL.D. Completed for publication after his death by Carlos C. Alden, LL.M., of the New York Bar. Baker, Voorhis & Co., New York, 1899. Two vols. Law sheep. $13.00/;^/. This volume completes the long-promised work of Dr. Abbott, a work upon which he had been engaged continuously for several years before his death. It has been prepared with especial reference to the codes of proceeding of the various States, and adapted to the present practice in many common law States. 1 An Unknown Patr1ot. A story of the Secret Service. By Frank Samuel Child. Houghton, MifHin & Co., Boston and New York. 1899. Cloth. $1.25. - Two P1lgr1ms' Progress, from fair Florence to the eternal city of Rome. By Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell. Little, Brown & Co. Boston. 1Soo. Cloth. S1. 50.

Its preparation involved an enormous amount of pa tient labor and closest research, and as a result we have what is probably the most comprehensive and complete collection of forms of pleading ever pub lished. It fully maintains the high reputation of its distinguished author, and is invaluable to the prac tising lawyer. The Clerk's and Conveyancer's Ass1stant. A collection of forms of conveyancing, contracts, and legal proceedings, with copious instruc tions, explanations and authorities. By Benj. V. Abbott and Aust1n Abbott. Second edition, revised and enlarged by Clarence F. B1rdseye of the New York Bar. Baker, Voorhis & Co., New York, 1899. Law Sheep. $6.00 net. This work, which was originally published in 1866, has always been recognized as a standard book of forms for contracts, deeds, cases, wills, and other legal documents. In this new edition the entire work has been revised, and many new and valuable forms added. It is now adapted to the present state of the law, and is intended for use in all parts of the coun try. It is a work which should find a place in every lawyer's library. Quest1ons and Answers for Bar-Exam1nat1on Rev1ew. By Charles S. Hak;ht of the New York Bar and Arthur M. Marsh of the Con necticut Bar. Baker, Voorhis & Co., New York, 1899. Law canvas. $3.75 net. Law students about to apply for admission to thcbar will find this work a valuable assistant in their preparation for examination. In many of the previous books, old examination papers have been largely relied upon in choosing the questions to be treated, and in some cases that plan has been so far followed that only questions have been discussed which have actually been put by some ex amining board. The result of such a system was that all of the principles of the law upon which former examiners had not touched, were entirely ignored, and the book was practically useless if a new board of examiners saw fit to prepare new questions. In the present work, however, such a plan has been carefully avoided, and the different subjects of the law have been treated in the same logical way for review that they would originally be studied by the student. By this method of treatment the whole ground has been covered, and the book has thus been made as valua ble for use in one State as another, and students of any law school may use the book with equal advan tage, no matter at what bar they are seeking admis sion. A radical change has also been made in the form of questions asked, and the present book is the only one of the kind which requires the application of legal principles to a statement of facts given in the question. The work thus meets the requirements of students, in view of the marked change in this re spect in the nature of the questions now asked by bar examiners.