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Mr. Charles Phillips was retained in his early days at the Irish Bar for a lady — a Mrs. Wilkins — a rich widow of late middle-age, against whom an action had been brought by a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, who was much her junior, for breach of promise of marriage. The case came on for hearing at the Mayo Assizes. O'Connell, who led for the defence, was unable, owing to an affection of the throat, to address the jury. Phillips took his place, spoke most disparagingly of the personal charms of his cli ent, laid stress on the great difference in years between her and the plaintiff, gained a verdict, and, on coming out of the court-house, was mer cilessly horsewhipped all the way to his lodgings by his successful but humiliated client. — The Law Times. Curran was one day engaged in a case in which he had as a colleague a remarkably tall and slender gentleman, who had originally in tended to take orders. The judge observing that the case under discussion involved a ques tion of ecclesiastical law, Curran interposed : — "I can refer your Lordship to a high authority behind me, who was once intended for the church, though in my opinion he is fitter for the steeple." , LITERARY NOTES. Under authority of the Detroit Bar Associa tion, William L. January, Esq., has edited and compiled a full and interesting record 1 of the proceedings in Detroit and in Michigan on John Marshall Day, February 4, 1901. The princi pal addresses are those by Hon. Luther Laflin Mills, of Chicago^ delivered at Detroit, and by Hon. Russell C. Ostrander, at Lansing. There is reprinted from the American Law Review a eulogy of Marshall by Hon. Alfred Russell, of Detroit. A tribute of respect to the memory of the late Mr. Justice Campbell, of the Supreme Court of Michigan, by Hon. John C. Donelly, is also included. Mr. January brings the volume to an end with several rarely published stories of Marshall, of which two may well be quoted : 1 The First Centenn1al Anniversary, Celebra tion and Banquet. "John Marshall Day," FebrUArY 4, 1901. Edited and Compiled by William L. January.

"Not long after Marshall's marriage to Miss Ambler, after he had engaged in practice of the law, it is related that on one occasion, while young Marshall was attending court at the county seat and on what was then known as ' Court Day,' one of these so-called ' pohr white trash ' came to Mr. Marshall's residence to see him about legal business. Mrs. Marshall was at home alone and politely told the man Mr. Marshall was attend ing court, and that he had better come again; but the unfortunate fellow seemed much excited and in great trouble, and insisted upon ' statin' his case' to 'de Misess.' Mrs. Marshall ob jected, and said she knew nothing about her husband's law business, and he must wait until his return : but the fellow insisted that he must state his case to Mrs. Marshall, and said : ' Now Misess, you spos'en the case; spos'en you was John Blair's old gray mare, an' I'd borrow you to ride to mill, an' you'd rare, pitch and tare, fall down and break your darn' old neck, you s'pose I'd pay for you? No I I'll be d-darned if I would I "' "Shortly after Marshall's election to Congress, one day while Randolph, Marshall and another gentleman were riding down the ' ole Richmond road,' the gentleman referred to, addressing Ran dolph, said : ' Mr. Randolph, how can you tell a rascal in Congress? ' To which he replied : ' Blindfold yourself, go into Congress Hall, and the first man you lay your hands on, say, " Here he is." But,' he said, 'you'll have to make an exception, because Cousin John [meaning John Marshall], you know, is in Congress now.'" As each successive volume of the Literary In dex 2 appears, one appreciates with increasing thankfulness the debt which the literary worker owes to the patient compilers of this index, the volume of which for 1901 has recently come from the press. In addition to the subject-index, covering 132 periodicals, the index to general literature, and the author-index, covering both of these indexes, there is an index of Bibliog raphies, a Necrology of writers deceased in 1901 . and last — but not least, for it is of great prac tical value — an index to dates of the principal events in 1901. 2 The Annual L1terary Index, 1901. Edited by W. I. Fletcher and R. R. Bozvker. New York : Office of the Publishers' Weekly. 1902.