edition encrease its value. 
COLQUHOUN’S DUTIES OF A CONSTABLz, &c. 
insures after ransom, contributions to- 
wards losses, loan on conquered land, 
hostages. 
__ The first impression of the English edi- 
tion of this work, appeared in 1759, and 
having since become very scarce, this 
second edition is now offered to the pub- 
lic. With the merits of the original 
work the world is already well acquaint- 
ed, and the additions made to the present 
From this 
performance much information is to be 
acquired, and at the same time much 
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amusement, as itis free from those nt- 
merous quotations and references with 
which books on such subjects generally 
abound. The extreme uncertainty and 
difference of opinion which exist on this, 
as well as other branches of the law of 
nations, is much to be lamented; but per- 
haps this evil is inseparable from the very 
nature of things, and must, with some 
Auctuation of times and circumstances, 
be perpetuated by the want of an indes 
pendent tribunal] to which the disputes 
between nations can be referred. 
Art. XIV. Corgusoun’s Duties of a Constable: 
THE object of this work is to instruct 
fully in the various subjects of their duty 
every different description of constable 
known to the law of England; and the 
author expresses also a further hope that 
the acting magistrate may find it an 
useful compendium, with respect to se- 
veral of those minor offences which re- 
quire frequent appeals to his judgment 
Art. XV. A General View of the Decisions of Lord Mensfield in Civil Causes. 
and decision in'a summary way. A sy- 
nopsis, or general view, is also given of 
the penalties applicable to those minor 
offences, cognizable by justices, which 
most frequently occur. Mr. Colquhoun 
enters very fully into the different topics 
of which he treats; and his industry in 
preparing a work of this useful nature 
merits praise. 
By 
Witiiam Davin Evans, Esg. In Two Volumes quarto. pp. 872. 
The intention of the author of this 
publication is (asits title page announces) 
to bring into our view the various deci- 
sions and dicta of Lord Mansfield, on 
that infinite variety of legal questions to 
which his attention was called, during 
the very long time he presided in the 
court of King’s Bench. The arrange- 
ment adopted by the author for this pur- 
pose is, with little variation, that of 
Blackstone’s Commentaries. ‘lo a work 
like the present, it would undoubtedly 
have been matter of considerable diffi- 
culty to have given any very systematic 
arrangement, the infinite variety of de- 
tached matter opposing itself strongly to 
such an arrangement ; but in adopting 
the plan of a work, framed for the pur- 
pose of exhibiting the outline of the 
whole body of our laws, we think the 
author has yielded too implicitly to the 
difficulty which, we admit, the very na- 
ture of his subject imposed upon him. 
The opinions of Lord Mansfield are also 
too much quoted at length, as they are 
found, in the various reporters and obser- 
vations of his lordship, of little impor- 
tance, and which are obvious to the com- 
monest minds, are mentioned and dwelt 
upon in a degree which they do not me- 
rit. With these defects, the work (which 
is extended to two /arge quarto volumes) 
can hardly be considered in any other 
light, than as a dictionary of the judg. 
ments and remarks of Lord Mansfield. 
Those, however, whom the frequent 
recourse to quotation, and the vast va- 
riety of minute unconnected matter, do 
not deter, may derive much amusement 
and information from the perusal. 
Art. XVI. Wiriiams’s Albridgment of Cases. : 
THIS work consists of a variety of 
determinations, on topics for the most 
part frequently occurring in practice, as 
replevin, usury, veneer and vendee, wa- 
ger, wills, &c. These different heads 
tollow each other in alphabetical order, 
and the cases under each head are ar. 
ranged according to the mattercontained 
ineach. A full table of the principal 
subjects is also added, so that there is no 
difficulty in acquiring the information 
contained in this volume. A very con- 
siderable number of cases are ccllected 
under each head; but the author has 
not, we think, so much abridged them, 
as to make it worth while for any pro- 
fessional man to repurchase what he 
must already have in his library, and 
the work is chiefly calculated for profes- 
sional men. 
