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LITERATURE, AMERICAN, IN 1896. 



Pleading, Practice, Procedure, and Precedents in 

 Actions at Law and Suits in Equity." " A Practical 

 Treatise on Criminal Procedure," by the last author, 

 also went through a second revised and enlarged 

 edition. Vol. I was also issued of a revised edition 

 of William Lansing's " Forms of Civil Procedure " ; 

 Vol. IV of an " Encyclopedia of Pleading and 

 Practice," compiled under the editorial supervision 

 of William M. McKinney, covered " Certiorari to 

 Contracts"; Part I of " A Preliminary Treatise on 

 Evidence of the Common Law," by James Bradley 

 Thayer, was devoted to " Development of Trial by 

 Jury " ; three volumes upon " The Law of Evidence 

 in Civil Cases," by Burr W. Jones, appeared ; " The 

 Code of Evidence both Civil and Criminal " of the 

 State of Ohio was by W. H. Whittaker; 11. L. \Vil- 

 gus compiled ''Cases on the Law of Evidence"; 

 and a work similar in title was also sent out by T. 

 W. Hughes. " A Treatise on the Law of Circum- 

 stantial Evidence," by Arthur P. Will, was illus- 

 trated by numerous cases ; William B. Hale con- 

 tributed a " Handbook on the Law of Torts" to the 

 " Hornbook Series " ; W. C. Sprague prepared " Lead- 

 ing Cases upon the Law of Torts " ; James Paige, 

 "Illustrative Cases in Torts," with analysis and 

 citations ; and S. B. Fisher, " Problems and Quiz on 

 the Law of Torts." John G. Hawley and Malcolm 

 McGregor expounded " The Criminal Law " ; Vol. 

 II of the fourth edition of Joel Prentiss Bishop's 

 "New Criminal Procedure," a new work based on 

 former editions, covered "Specific Offenses and 

 their Incidents"; H. W. Chaplin's "Cases on 

 Criminal Law" went through a second edition, re- 

 vised and enlarged by Carleton Hunnemaii; and a 

 similar service was performed by William Draper 

 Lewis for the tenth edition of Francis Wharton's 

 " Treatise on Criminal Law." " Cases on Equity 

 Jurisprudence" were selected chiefly from Fetter's 

 and Pattee's Cases; Henry Budd contributed the 

 notes upon "American and English Decisions in 

 Equity," of which the first annual volume (first 

 series) appeared during the year. William C. 

 Sprague published " Illustrative Cases on Equity 

 Jurisprudence," in addition to " Illustrative Cases 

 on Personal Property" and "Selected Cases on 

 Criminal Law," and W. S. Pattee's " Illustrative 

 Cases in Equity" went through a third edition. 

 Leonard A. Jones wrote "A Treatise on the Law of 

 Real Property" in two volumes, and Chapman W. 

 Maupin was the author of " Marketable Title to Real 

 Estate." George W. Warvelle drew up ' Principles 

 of the Law of Real Property " for the use of stu- 

 dents, and Earl P. Hopkins added a " Handbook on 

 the Law of Real Property" to the "Hornbook Series." 

 The three parts of W. S. Pattee's "Illustrative 

 Cases in Realty " were entitled respectively " Land," 

 "Estates." and "Titles," and James W. Gerard's "Di- 

 gestive Treatise and Compendium of Law applicable 

 to Titles to Real Estate in the State of New York " 

 went through the fourth revised and enlarged 

 edition. James Schouler's " Treatise on the Law of 

 Personal Property" went through a second edition, 

 in two volumes ; John D. Lawson published ' Select 

 Cases in the Law of Personal Property " ; Philip T. 

 Van Zile, "Illustrative Cases on Personalty"; and 

 "Cases on Personal Property" were compiled by 

 Prof. Levi T. Griffin and Walter Denton Smith. 

 Frederick II. Comstock was the author of " An 

 Index to Wills, Deeds, and Other Instruments, and 

 to Litigations affecting the Title to Real Property 

 which have been judicially considered in the Courts 

 of the State of New York " ; a third edition was 

 published of " Intestate Succession in the State of 

 New York," by Daniel S. Remsen ; also a second 

 edition of Benjamin F. Dos Passos's work upon "The 

 Law of Collateral and Direct Inheritance, Legacy, 

 and Succession Taxes." " The Law of Charitable 



Uses, Trusts, and Donations in New York " was set 

 forth by Robert Ludlow Fowler, and " The Poor, 

 Insanity, and State Charities Laws " of the same 

 State, by Robert C. Cumming and Frank B. Gilbert. 

 "Combination, Consolidation, and Succession of 

 .Corporations," by Andrew J. Ilirsche; Vol. VI of 

 "Commentaries on the Law of Private Corpora- 

 tions," by Seymour D. Thompson, completing the 

 work; Vol. IV of the American Corporation Legal 

 Manual," edited by Charles J. Borgmeyer ; the two 

 parts of "A Selection of Cases in Private Corpora- 

 tions," by Jeremiah Smith ; together with " Illus- 

 trative Cases on the Law of Corporations," compiled 

 by Walter Denton Smith; " A Treatise on the Law 

 of Municipal Bonds of the Municipal Corporations 

 of the United States," including bonds issued to aid 

 railroads, by Thomas C. Simonton ; and a second 

 edition of "White on Corporations," represent all 

 that was published upon this fruitful subject, ex- 

 cepting, perhaps, a work by Robert C. Cumming 

 and Frank B. Gilbert upon " Membership and Re- 

 ligious Corporations." Edward Avery Ilarriman 

 wrote for the "Student's Series" on the "' Elements of 

 the Law of Contracts" ; Randolph Sailer prepared 

 for the press " A Treatise on the Law of Contracts," 

 by Samuel S. Hollingswortb; Charles Fisk Beach, Jr., 

 gave two volumes to "A Treatise on the Modern 

 Law tif Contracts," and Karl 1*. Hopkins arranged 

 "Selected Cases on the Law of Contracts" with refer- 

 ence to Clark's " Handbook of Contracts." A second 

 edition of Charles B. Elliott's " Outline on the Law 

 of Insurance," with illustrative cases, was the only 

 work upon insurance. Amos M. Thayer prepared 

 especially for the St. Louis Law School his compila- 

 tion upon " Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts " ; 

 Albert H. Walker's " Text-book of the Patent Laws 

 of the Unjted States " went through a third edition, 

 and a second revised edition of George Haven Put- 

 nam's discussion of " The Question of Copyright," 

 with additions, had the record of legislation brought 

 down to March, 1896. " Cases on the Law of 

 Admiralty " were printed at the request of Hon. 

 II. B. Brown, Justice of the United State Supreme 

 Court, for use in connection with his lectures at the 

 Georgetown (D. C.) University Law School ; John 

 Day Smith compiled " Illustrative Cases on Consti- 

 tutional Law " ; and a simple statement of the prin- 

 ciples of " International Law" was made by Herbert 

 Wolcott Bowen. Floyd R. Mechem explained the 

 " Elements of the Law of Partnership " ; Conrad 

 Reno touched upon " Employers' Liability Acts" ; 

 Frederic Jessup Stimson (J. S. of Dale) was the 

 author of a " Handbook to the Labor Law of the 

 United States " ; Walter C. Tiffany, of a " Hand- 

 book on the Law of Persons and Domestic Rela- 

 tions" in the " Hornbook Series"; and Ernest W. 

 Huffcut edited "Cases on the Law of Agency." 

 Eugene Wambaugh prepared " A Selection of Cases 

 on Agency " ; Albert S. Bolles was the author of 

 " The Elements of Commercial Law"; Reuben M. 

 Benjamin, of " The General Principles of the Amer- 

 ican Law of the Sale of Goods," in the form of rules 

 with comments and illustrations, and containing 

 also the English "sale of goods act"; and S. B. 

 Fisher proposed " Problems and Quiz on the Law 

 of Sales." Roswell Shinn gave two volumes to "A 

 Treatise on the American Law of Attachment and 

 Garnishment"; John D. Lawson's " Principles of the 

 American Law of Bailments " was intended as a 

 companion to the author's work on contracts ; C. W. 

 Sams wrote " A Treatise on the Law of Attachment 

 and Bail in Virginia and West Virginia " ; and 

 Orlando F. Bump's "Treatise upon Conveyances 

 made by Debtors to defraud Creditors" went 

 through a fourth edition revised and enlarged with 

 reference to all American and English cases by 

 James Mcllvane Gray. Elias F. Johnson selected 



