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was a book by F. S. Schenck, and J. W, D. An- 

 derson compiled "The Kansas Methodist Pul- 

 pit," twenty-four sermons by Bishop W. X. Ninde 

 and others. From the writings and speeches of 

 Dr. Charles F. Deems were framed " Chips and 

 Chunks for Every Fireside " and " Weights and 

 Wings," a book for the family, while sayings of 

 Minot J. Savage fill three volumes " Life," 

 " Signs of the Times," and " Helps for daily liv- 

 ing." " The Crown of Life," from the writings 

 of Henry Ward Beecher, was edited by Mary S. 

 Haynes. " Holy Wisdom," by Father F. A. Ba- 

 ker, contained directions for the prayer of con- 

 templation ; and from J. L. Brandt and Monroe 



C. Aurand, we have respectively "Turning 

 Points " and " Rays of Light." Rev. C. Follen 

 Lee was the author of " The Birth from Above." 

 " The Sunday-School Primary Teacher's Manu- 

 al " was the work of Louise 0. Tead, and Jesse 

 L. Hurlbut, D. D., and Robert R. Doherty, fur- 

 nished "Illustrative Notes" on the Sunday- 

 school lessons for 1891, while the sixteenth series 

 of the "Monday-Club" sermons on the same 

 was also issued. " Studies in Bible and Church 

 History " were prepared Rev. by L. F. Young for 

 the use of Epworth Leagues, and from Jacob E. 

 Price we have "Epworth League Workers." 

 The " Divine Rod and Staff in the Valley of the 

 Shadow/' by Rev. J. M. Anspach, contained con- 

 solatory thoughts for the dying and bereaved, 

 and "The Day's Message" was chosen and ar- 

 ranged by Susan Coolidge (Sarah C. Woolsey). 

 " Gold Nails to hang Memories on " was a some- 

 what similar volume by Elizabeth A. Allen. 

 " The Story of the Tunes " was told by Hezekiah 

 Butterworth, and Edmund S. Lorenz compiled 

 " The People's Hymnal," as did Mills Whittlesey 

 and A. P. Jamieson " Harmony in Praise." 

 " Chimes for Church Children " were from the 

 pen of Margaret J. Preston. " The Miracles of 

 our Saviour " were expounded and illustrated by 

 William M. Taylor, D. D., and " From Begin- 

 ning to End " consisted of comments on the life 

 of Christ by ten of the most prominent clergy- 

 men in America. " The Trial of Jesus from a 

 Lawyer's View " was contributed by C. H. Black- 

 burn ; and " Jesus of Nazareth " was the title of 

 three lectures before the Young Men's Christian 

 Association of Johns Hopkins University, by J. 

 A. Broadus. Rev. William M. Campbell wrote 

 " The Footprints of Christ," and " The Life of 

 Jesus Christ in Picture and Story " was supplied 

 by Louise S. Houghton. J. Glentworth Butler, 



D. D., consolidated the four gospels into one 

 continuous narrative in " The Fourfold Gospel," 

 as did Arthur T. Pierson in " The One Gospel." 



Jurisprudence. Increase in the production 

 of law books during the year was slight. " The 

 Supreme Court of the United States," in the 

 " Johns Hopkins University Studies," was from 

 the pen of Westel W. Willoughby, and " Germs 

 and Development of the Laws of England " were 

 traced, with notes and comments, by John M. 

 Stearns. Prof. George E. Howard wrote "On 

 the Development of the King's Peace, and the 

 English Local Magistracy," and Ashton R. Wil- 

 lard prepared " A Legislative Handbook relat- 

 ing to the Preparation of Statutes." " Jurisdic- 

 tion " was treated by Joseph H. Vance, and " The 

 Law of Private Right," by G. H. Smith. " Rights, 

 Remedies, and Practice at Law," by J. D. Lawson, 



the first two volumes of which were published in 

 1889, was completed in five additional volumes, 

 while from Melville M. Bigelow we had " A 

 Treatise on the Law of Fraud on its Civil Side," 

 in two volumes. "A Treatise on the Law of 

 Public Offices and Officers," was by Floyd R. 

 Mechem, while from J. G. Hawley we have "In- 

 terstate Extradition " and " Useful Knowledge 

 about the Law of Land Buyers." "The Sug- 

 gestion of Insanity in Criminal Cases and the 

 Trial of the Collateral Issue " was by W. W. 

 Carr. Oliver L. Barbour published " A Treatise 

 on the Rights of Persons and the Rights of 

 Property," in two volumes, and J. E. Cobbey 

 " A Practical Treatise on the Law of Replevin." 

 "The Law of Trusts and Trustees," by James 

 H. Flint, " A Treatise on the Law of Record of 

 Title of Real and Personal Property," by Britain 

 R. Webb, and " A Treatise on the American Law 

 of Vender and Purchaser of Real Property," by 

 G. W. Warvelle, may be classed together, as may 



States," by Roger Foster, and a " Synopsis of a 

 Course of Lectures on Pleading at Common 

 Law," delivered by George Wharton Pepper. 

 " A Treatise on the Law of Patents for Useful 

 Inventions " was written by W. C. Robinson, in 

 two volumes, and Woodbury Lowery edited " De- 

 cisions on the Law of Patents for Inventions," 

 Vols. XII, XIII and XV, and also Vols. XII and 

 XIII of " Brodix's American and English Patent 

 Cases." "Notes on Patents " were made by C. S. 

 Whiteman and Ernest Wilkinson, E. S. Beach 

 prepared " A Digest of the Decisions of Law and 

 Practice in the Patent Office from 1880 to 1890," 

 and Miss V. W. Middleton compiled "Names 

 and Addresses of Attorneys practicing before 

 the United States Patent Office." H. N. Copp 

 published " United States Public Land Laws, 

 passed from April 1, 1882 to Jan. 1, 1890, and 

 E. F. Pugh, " Forms of Procedure in the Court 

 of Admiralty of the United States." From 

 W. H. Browne we have " A Commentary 

 on the Law of Divorce and Alimony," and 

 " Adoption and Legitimation of Children " was 

 a brief by Joseph A. Joyce. B. F. Dos Passos 

 treated "The Law of Collateral Inheritance, 

 Legacy, and Succession Taxes," and Robert H. 

 McClellan framed " The Executor's Guide." W. 

 W. Thornton wrote " A Monograph on the Law 

 of Lost Wills." Vol. IV was issued of " Select 

 Cases and Other Authorities on the Law of 

 Property," by John Chipman Gray, and "The 

 Law of Real Estate and Conveyancing in Penn- 

 sylvania," by E. C. Mitchell, was prepared for 

 the press by Robert Ralston. " The Law of 

 Defamation, Libel and Slander," was by Mar- 

 tin L. Newell, "Field's Justice's Manual," by 

 George W. Field; while from J. C. Grannan 

 came a " Warning against Fraud, and Valuable 

 Information." On corporations we have : " A 

 Concise Treatise on the Law of Corporations 

 having Capital Stock," by C. T. Haviland ; 

 "The Law of Business Corporations," by James 

 M. Kerr; and "Bank Officers," by Albert S. 

 Bolles ; while " Railroad Securities," in a second 

 revised edition, by Leonard A. Jones, received the 

 title of "A Treatise on the Law of Corporate 

 Bonds and Mortgages." " The New Corpora- 



