prove very useful to the practising lawyer. Among the subjects which are treated with considerable fullness are : Accomplices as Witnesses; Admissions and Estoppels : Affidavits, their Nature and Use; Comparison of Writings; Competency of Witnesses; Depositions; Diagrams, Maps, etc., as Evidence; Expert and Opinion Evidence; Res Gestae; Im peachment of Witnesses; Evidence to Prove In sanity; Experiments in Court; Taking the View; Pleadings as Admissions; Stipulations; The Pre sentation, Rejection and Acceptance of Testimony in Court; The Necessity for and Character of Ob jections and Exceptions; Confidential Communica tions to Attorneys and Physicians; Presumptions of Law and of Fact; Judicial Notice, etc., etc. The book is attractively made up, good paper and clear, dis tinct type being distinguishing features. Outline Study of Law. By Isaac Franklin Russell, D.C.L., LL.D., Professor in the University of the City of New York. L. KStrouse & Co. New York. This volume is made up of a series of lectures delivered by Professor Russell before the law students of the University of the City of New York. They are in every way admirable as giving a clear outline of the principles governing almost every conceivable subject in law. No better book could be placed in the student's hands at the beginning of his legal studies, and it should be widely used in our law schools.
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heroes of this story will delight every boy, and at the same time will impart a fund of valuable knowledge to the juvenile mind. It is a capital book for a Christmas gift. The Story of a Bad Boy. By Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Illustrated by A. B. Frost. Hough ton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York, 1895. Cloth S2.oo. Mr. Aldrich's "bad boy" needs no introduction to the reading public to whom he has been well known for twenty years. He appears now, however, thanks to the publishers' art, in a most attractive holiday garb, which will draw to him a host of new friends and make old ones eager to renew his ac quaintance. This new edition is a delight to the eye. The illustrations are finely executed, and the typographical work is most excellent. , Their Wedding Journey. By William Dean Howells, with illustrations by Clifford Carleton. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York, 1895. Cloth. $3.00. To our mind, Mr. Howells has never written anything better than " Their Wedding Journey," and to it, perhaps, more than any other of his works, is he indebted for the firm hold he has established on his host of readers. This new edition is superbly gotten up, illustrations, typography and binding, all combining to make it an exquisite holiday gift.
Danvis Folks. By Rowland E. Robinson. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York, 1894. Cloth. $1.25. A series of connected sketches, portraying homely life in Vermont as it was " in the good old times," make up the contents of this volume. The charac ters are the same as those introduced in Mr. Robin son's earlier works, " Uncle Lisha's Shop "and "Sam Lovel's Camps," and the descriptions of the quaintness of speech, the old-fashioned pastimes, and the simplicity of dress and manners of these kindly country people, are simply inimitable. " Danvis Folks "' are most interesting acquaintances, and the reader will feel loath to part with them as he reaches the end of their humble history.
Three Heroines of New England Romance. Their true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford, Miss Louise Imo gen Guiney, and Miss Alice Brown, with many little picturings, authentic and fanciful, by Edmund H. Garrett. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1894. Cloth, gilt top, $2.00; full morocco, gilt edges, S4.50. The seeker for a suitable holiday gift will find all his fancy could desire in this dainty little volume. The stories of Priscilla, Agnes Surriage and Martha Hilton are charmingly told by the several authors, and Mr. Garrett's exquisite picturings form a fitting accompanient to the text. Valuable historical notes are added by Mr. Garrett, which are interestingly illustrated.
Three Boys on an Electrical Boat. By John Trowbridge. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York, 1894. Cloth. S1.oo. Mr. Trowbridge has the happy faculty of combin ing an interesting narrative with a great deal of practical information. The adventures of the three
A Monk of the Aventine. By Ernest Eck stein. Translated from the German by-HELEN Hunt Johnson. Roberts Brothers, Boston. 1894. This powerful and dramatic story purports to be the autobiography of Bernardus, monk in the monastery-
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