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raond, M. D. ; " The Hygienic Cook-book, with 

 an Appendix," etc., etc.," by Mrs. Mattie M. 

 Jones ; " The Hand-book of Dining ; or, Corpu- 

 lency and Leanness Scientifically Considered ; 

 comprising the Art of Dining on Correct Prin- 

 ciples, consistent with Easy Digestion, the Avoid- 

 ance of Corpulency, and the Cure of Leanness : 

 together with Special Remarks on these Sub- 

 jects," by Brillat Savarin, Author of " Phy&iol- 

 ogie de Gotit," translated by L. F. Simpson. 

 Banting's " Essay on Corpulence " reached its 

 fortieth edition. In the way of Medical Lexi- 

 cography, a new, thoroughly revised and great- 

 ly modified and augmented edition of Dr. Rob- 

 ley Dunglison's Medical Lexicon was issued, 

 and also, "A Vest-Pocket Medical Lexicon, 

 being a Dictionary of the "Words, Terms, and 

 Symbols of Medical Science ; collated from the 

 best Authorities, with an Appendix," by D. B. St. 

 John Roosa, M. D., Aural Surgeon to the N. Y. 

 Eye and Ear Infirmary. The two semi-annual 

 " Pails " of Braithwaite's Retrospect were issued 

 during the year, and also an Alphabetical In- 

 dex, comprising all the articles in the first 

 twenty-five years of publication. Dr. Guido 

 Furman published his Medical Register of the 

 city of New York, for the year commencing 

 June 1st, 1865, and Dr. E. P. Mosman, of Nor- 

 wich, Conn., his Homceopathician's Medical Di- 

 ary. Medical Diaries and Physicians' Visiting 

 Lists were also published by W. A. Townsend, 

 in N. Y., and Lindsay and Blakiston in Phila- 

 delphia. Mr. S. R. Haynes published a contri- 

 bution to Veterinary Surgery and Medicine, 

 under the title of " The American Farrier and 

 Horseman's Companion." Medical Periodical 

 Literature is abundant. The members of the 

 regular profession have numerous semi-monthly, 

 monthly, and quarterly journals, and usually 

 one or more in all the larger cities. The Amer- 

 ican Journal of the Medical Sciences, a quar- 

 terly of high character, takes the lead, and 

 other monthly and semi-monthly periodicals 

 in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, 

 Chicago, St. Louis, and New Orleans, have at- 

 tained to a moderate circulation. There are 

 also several monthly journals, like " Hall's Jour- 

 nal of Health," Dixon's "Scalpel," etc., which, 

 though edited by regularly educated physicians, 

 appeal rather to the non-professional public 

 than the professional. The practitioners of the 

 Homoeopathic, Eclectic, and Botanic Schools, 

 the advocates of Hydropathy and. the Move- 

 ment Cure, have also each their periodicals. 



In works on LAW AND LEGAL SCIENCE, the 

 year was prolific. More than twenty of the 

 volumes issued, however, were Reports of 

 Cases in the Supreme Courts or Courts of Ap- 

 peals in the States of New Hampshire, Ver- 

 mont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, 

 Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Michigan, Il- 

 linois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa, pub- 

 lished by the official reporters of those Courts, 

 arid two volumes were issued of the Reports of 

 the Supreme Court of the United States. Besides 

 these, a volume of Brightly's Digest of the Laws 



of the United States and one of his Digest of 

 the Laws of Pennsylvania were published, while 

 Mr. William E. Sheffield made a digest of the 

 first fourteen volumes of the Wisconsin Reports. 

 There were also three or four volumes of Re- 

 ports of Superior Courts, especially of New 

 York. Volumes xi. and xii. of the English 

 ' Common Law Reports (the Common Bench 

 Reports) were republished here during the 

 year. Messrs. Tillinghast and Shearman issued 

 a second volume of their " Practice, Pleadings, 

 and Forms in Civil Actions in Courts of Record 

 in the State of New York, adapted to the Code 

 of Procedure of the State of New York; 

 adapted also to the Practice in California, Mis- 

 souri, Indiana, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Ohio, 

 Alabama, Minnesota, and Oregon," and Messrs. 

 Tiffany and Smith published " The New York 

 Practice : a Treatise upon Practice and Plead- 

 ings in Actions and Special Proceedings in the 

 Courts of Record of the State of New York," 

 in three volumes. The father of the late ven- 

 erable Josiah Quincy was, in his day, a law re- 

 porter, and preserved the manuscripts of his 

 " Reports of Cases Argued and adjudged in the 

 Superior Court of Adjudicature of the Province 

 of Massachusetts Bay, between 1761 and 1772," 

 which have been edited and published by his 

 great-grandson, Samuel M. Qnincy. 



The Tax, or Internal Revenue Law, the 

 Banking Law, and the Tariff Acts, each as last 

 amended, were published, some of them simul- 

 taneously by several publishing houses. The 

 petroleum excitement in Pennsylvania led to 

 the collation and publication of the "Mining 

 and Manufacturing Laws of Pennsylvania," 

 which had a bearing upon the organization of 

 petroleum companies. A number of important 

 trials were reported, some of them by several 

 publishers. Among these were the trial of the 

 assassins and conspirators who murdered Mr. 

 Lincoln ; that of Wirz for his inhumanity at 

 Andersonville, the Opdyke Libel Case (reported 

 both in prose and rhyme), and the trial of Miss 

 Harris for the killing of A. J. Burroughs, and 

 that of Livingston against Roebuck. The 

 " Parrish Will Case" was at last completed, and 

 published in two volumes. 



The trial of Aaron Burr for Treason was re- 

 published, with notes by the compiler (J. J. 

 Coombs) on the Law of Treason as applicable 

 to the existing Rebellion. Several of the re- 

 cent Laws or Statutes of Congress or of the 

 States required explanation and instruction, as 

 well as forms for the use of those who would 

 administer them. Notably was this the case 

 with the Internal Revenue Laws, for which 

 Hon. G. S. Boutwell prepared a manual embod- 

 ying the instructions and decisions of the 

 .Commissioners; and the Pension Laws, for 

 which Mr. Daniel Forbes, late Chief Examiner 

 in the Pension Office, and Mr. Robert Sewell, a 

 counsellor at law, each prepared a manual. 

 Mr. Maskell E. Curwen, of the Cincinnati bar, 

 prepared a very convenient "Manual upon the 

 Searching of Records and the Preparation of 



