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illustrated from paintings by H. Humphrey Moore. The fiction is appropriate to the holiday season. It includes " A Christmas Present," by Paul Heyse, illustrated by C. S. Reinhart; " Flute and Violin," a story of Old Kentucky, by James Lane Allen, with twenty-one illustrations by Howard Pyle; "P'laski's Tuaaments," by Thomas Nelson Page, illustrated from a painting by J. W. Alexander; "Mr. Gibble Colt's Ducks," by Richard Malcolm Johnston, with an illustration by A. B. Frost; " A Speakin' Ghost," a dialect story by Annie Trumbull Slosson; and " Jim's Little Woman," by Sarah Orne Jewett.
BOOK NOTICES. The American State Reports. Containing the cases of general value and authority (subsequent to those contained in the "American Decisions" and the "American Reports") decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the several States. Selected, reported, and annotated by A. C. Freeman. Vol. XIV. Bancroft-Whitney Co. : San Francisco, 1890. $4.00 net The present volume of this admirable series of Reports seems to be up to the usual standard of Mr. Freeman's work, and in saying this, we are bestowing all the praise that could be asked. Selections and annotations leave nothing to be desired. Cases are taken from the Reports of the following States : Ar kansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland, Mas sachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina. Consolidated Index of Subjects treated upon in the Law Text-Book Series. Thirty-six (36) volumes. Blackstone Publishing Co. : Philadel phia, 1890. Law sheep. $2.00. Leatherette. $1.50. Not only to the possessor of the Law Text-Book Series, but to every practising lawyer, will this Index prove of great assistance. The subjects are fully indexed, and are alphabetically arranged. Under each head the names of all the books (with the numbers of the pages) treating upon the same are given. As the field of law covered by the series embraces almost every subject likely to arise in ordi nary practice, the lawyer will find in this Index a means of ready reference to any desired point. A blank page is bound in between every page of printed matter for " Manuscript Notes," thus enabling such
additions as may be useful to be made to the citations given. The Law of Business Corporations. By James M. Kerr of the New York Bar. Banks &: Brothers: New York and Albany, 1890. Lawsheep. $5.50. While this work is founded upon New York Stat ute Law, its scope has been so enlarged as to make it fitted to meet the wants of the general profes sion. It is in fact a general treatise on the Law of Business Corporations, and Mr. Kerr has collected much valuable material not contained in other works on the same subject. The author is well known as an able and conscientious writer, and this volume will, we think, add to his reputation. One feature of the book is the admirable arrangement of the foot notes. The authorities are given alphabetically by States, and to aid the searcher in determining the relative value of any particular case, as compared with others, the year in which each case was decided is given. An appendix of forms is added, which will be found of much practical value. Essentials of Legal Medicine, Toxicologv, and Hygiene. By C E. Armand Semple. W. B. Saunders: Philadelphia, 1890. Cloth. $1.00. This little work will undoubtedly prove of service to the profession in cases involving the discussion of medico-legal subjects. A great deal of valuable infor. mation is condensed into its two hundred pages; and while it will not supersede the larger and more com plete manuals on the subject, it will furnish a means of ready reference upon all important points. The Supreme Court of the United States. Its History and Influence in our Constitutional System. By Westel W. Willoughby. The Johns Hopkins Press: Baltimore, 1890. This book will be read with great interest by every lawyer, containing as it does a history of the incep tion and growth of the supreme tribunal of our country. The Supreme Court is one hundred years old : and during this time (says the author) but one change in the field of its jurisdiction, and none in the nature of its powers, has been found necessary. Its very form has remained without substantial change since its creation by the Judiciary Act of 1789. Since its inception, it has been a firm supporter of that instrument which created it. Scarcely ever has it been out of touch with the people. We heartily commend this book to the profession as one in which they will find a fund of valuable information and much matter of exceeding interest.
