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PUBLICATIONS OF CHARLES C. SOULB. ABBOTT'S ADDISON ON CONTRACTS. 3 vols. Sl-2.00 net. This work is a reprint, in full, of the eighth English edition, which contains about forty per cent more matter than previous editions, and is further enlarged by copious American notes by Benjamin Vaugiian Abdoit. The original work lias an unexcelled reputation. It covers a vast field. It cites a great number of English and Ameri- can cases. Tliis edition lias all the indexes and tables of cases which former editions lack. The American notes of Mr. Abbott cover admirably points on which our law differs from the EngUsh, or those which Addi- son fails to cover. In the words of the Law Times, "It is thoroughly practical, and is by far the best book on the Law of Contracts." AUSTIN'S FARM LAW. Cloth, $2.00 «e«; sheep, S2.50 mt. This recent work covers the law relating to Farms, Farmers, and Farm Laborers, together with the Game Laws of the various States. BATEMAN ON THE LAW OF AUCTIONS. 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This is an index to Leading Articles, Editorials, Correspond- ence, Annotated Cases, and biographical notices in 140 American, English, Scottish, Irish, and Colonial legal journals, down to Jan. 1, 1887, and to articles relating to law and legislation in the principal literary reviews and magazines. 5,8(i0 volumes of magazines have been examined and indexed by Mr. Jones. The value of this work to lawyers will be very great, especially in tracing out the many excellent articles supplementing the text-books and thoroughly discussing particular points of law, which abound in the back volumes of the leading law journals. LAW QUARTERLY REVIEW. Vols. 1 and 2, sheep, $3.50 7iet ; half calf, $i.00 net. Vol. 3 now current: subscription (payable in advance), $2.75 nei, per annum; single numbers, 75 cents net. Published in London. C. C. Soule, American Agent. 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