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and annotated " Illustrate .oon the Law of 



Hills ami Notes." "The Elements of the Law of 

 Hailments and Common Carriers " writ- set forth 

 by Irving Hrowne. ami the " Hornbook Series" was 

 applied witb a " Handbook on the Law of Bail- 

 ments and Carriers" and "A Handbook on the 

 Law of Damages." by William 15. Hale. "The Law 

 of Passenger and Freight Elevators " was made 

 clear l>y .lames A very Webb, and a second edition 

 was made of Emlin McClain's " Selection of ' 

 on the Law of C'arriers of Goods and of Passen- 

 gers." Vols. IV and V appeared of " A Digest of 

 Railway Decisions," by Stewart Rapalje and 

 William Mack. Simeon E. Baldwin compiled 

 ' Illustrative Case? on Railway Law." Vols. IV 

 and V were published of " American Electrical 

 5," edited by William W. Morrill, as well as 

 . II, III, and IV of "American Negligence 

 Cases," prepared and edited by T. F. Hamilton. 

 "The Law of Negligence: Rules, Decisions, Opin- 

 ions," formed the theme of Edward B. Thomas. 

 Sidney Perley wrote on "Mortuary Law." and Vols. 

 Ill and IV completed "Medical Jurisprudence, 

 Forensic Medicine, and Toxicology," by R. A. 

 Witthaus. M. I).. Tracy C. Becker, and others. A 

 second revised edition was also made of ''A Manual 

 of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology," by 

 Henry C. Chapman. M.D. Vols. XXIX. 'XXX s , 

 and XXXI appeared of the " American and English 

 Encyclopaedia of Law " (the last two volumes being 

 an " Index Digest " of the same) as well as two 

 volumes of a second edition of the same work, 

 edited by D. S. Garland and Lucius P. McGhee, 

 under the supervision of James Cockroft. A new 

 series was also inaugurated of "American and Eng- 

 lish Corporation Cases." edited by F. C. Smith, of 

 which the first volume was issued. Books XX to 

 XXVII, inclusive, of United States " Federal Cases' 

 were sent out, as were Vols. XLVI. XL VII. XLVIII, 

 XLIX, and L of " American State Reports," selected, 

 reported, and annotated by A. C. Freeman; and 

 the " Digest of the Decisions of the Courts of Last 

 Resort of the Several States, from the year 1892 to 

 the year 1896," covering Vols. XXV to XLVIII, in- 

 clusive, of the same ; Vol. VIII of " American Pro- 

 bate Reports." with notes and references by A. A. 

 Greenhoot ; Vol. V of " Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission Reports:" Vol. XII of "American Rail- 

 road and Corporation Reports," edited and an- 

 notated by J. Lewis ; Vol. IX of " American Crimi- 

 nal Reports," by John Gibbons; Vols. XV, XVI. 

 XVII, XVIII, and XIX of Reports of United 

 States Circuit Court of Appeals"; Vols. XXI to 

 XXXV, inclusive, of "Reports of United States 

 Courts of Appeals": and V,.ls. LXIX toLXXIVof 

 the " United States Federal Reporter" (permanent 

 edition). Vols. CLIX to CLXIII, inclusive, of 

 ' United States Supreme Court Reports '' came from 

 J. C. B. Davis, and the annual " American Di. 

 1896" saw the light. Among law books having 

 special value in the various States are to be men- 

 tioned a "Histury of the Court of Common Pleas 

 of the City and County of New York." by James 

 Wilton Brooks, with full report of all important 

 proceedings ; a third edition of " The Rules of Prac- 

 tice in the Civil Courts of Record of the State of 

 Texas." by John Sayles : " Probate Practice" in the 

 State of Illinois, by Henry Binmore : " Maine 

 Probate Law," by G'eorge A.Wilson; "Tennessee 

 Constitutional Law," compiled by Douglas Ander- 

 son ; "The Laws relating to Statutory Liens" in 

 Indiana, in two volumes, by B. F. \Vat -on : and ' The 

 Drainage Laws of Ohio." by Florien Giauque : while 

 a second edition was issued of ' The Justice's Man- 

 ual," by Charles S. Bundy. " Story's Legal Digest 

 and Directory of Lawyers " went through its 

 eleventh annual issue during the year ; and other 



volumes of the same class were "Sharp and Alle- 

 man's Lawyers' and Bankers' Directory for 1*!)6"; 

 J. H. Martimlale's "American Law Directory," 

 which completed its twenty-eighth year of annual 

 issue; " 1 al Directory"; the " American 



Agencies' 



sociation Legal Directory." revised to March 20, 

 1896. The record of several " Extraordinary Cases" 

 was given to the public in a volume of much in- 

 terest by Henry Lauren Clinton. 



Juvenile. Still books continue to be written for 

 young people and read by older ones. Among 

 them none were more heartily welcomed than 

 "Mann Liza.'' by Kate Douglas Wiggin (Mrs. 

 George C. Riggs), and Marguerite Bouvet told the 

 charming story of "Pierrette." Hezekiah Butter- 

 worth's " Wampum Belt " was a tale of Penn's 

 treaty with the Indians. Molly Elliot Seawell in 

 "A Virginia Cavalier" gave the history of Wash- 

 ington's boyhood and early youth ; " In the Days of 

 Washington " was a story of the Revolution, by 

 William Murray Graydon ; and " The Green Moun- 

 tain Boys " were the heroes of Eliza F. Pollard. 

 '" For King or Country." by James Barnes, and 

 " Three Young Continentals." by Everett T. Tom- 

 linson, belong to the same period, the last in the 

 ' War of the Revolution Series." The same author 

 contributed " Tecumseh's Young Braves " to the 

 " War of 1812 Series " ; and James Barnes published 

 "Midshipman Farragut." Favorite authors were 

 well represented. John Townsend Trowbridge pub- 

 lished " The Prize Cup " ; Horatio Alger. Jr.. " Frank 

 Hunter's Peril " and " The Young Salesman " ; Kirk 

 Munroe, ''Rick Dale," a story of the Northwest 

 coast, and " Through Swamp and Glade," a tale 

 of the Seminole War: Harry Castlemon (Charles 

 Austin Fosdick), "The Mystery of Lost River Can- 

 yon." "The House-Boat Boys," and "The Young 

 Game Warden "; and William Osborn Stoddard. 

 "The Windfall" and "The Swordmaker's Son," 

 the last a story of the year 30 A. D. Charles Ledyard 

 Xorton contributed " A Medal of Honor Man : or, 

 Cruising among Blockade-Runners " to the "Fight- 

 ing for the Flag Series " ; William T. Adams (Oliver 

 Optic). " On the Staff " to " The Blue and the Gray 

 Series." " Under the Liberty Tree." by James Otis 

 Kaler (James Otis), continued the " Stories of Amer- 

 ican History Series," being a story of the Boston 

 Massacre, and from the same prolific author we 

 had also " With Lafayette at Yorktown." " The Boy 

 Captain." "A Short Cruise." "On Schedule Time," 

 " Wrecked on Spider Island," and " Teddy and Car- 

 rots, Two Merchants of Newspaper Row." Albert 

 Stearns's "Sinbad, Smith \ Co." was illustrated 

 by Reginald B. Birch ; Edward S. Ellis's addition 

 to the " Boone and Kenton Series " was " Shod with 

 Silence " and its sequel. " The Phantom of the 

 River," and he also wrote " Uncrowning a King." a 

 tale of King Philip's War, " Four Boys." in the 

 " Through on Time Series" and three volumes for the 

 " River and Wilderness Series." entitled " The River 

 " Fugitive." " The Wilderness Fugit ives," and " Lena- 

 Wingo. the Mohawk." Willis Boyd Allen showed 

 the spirit of our fathers exemplified in "A Son of 

 Liberty": " Under the Tamaracks." by Elbrir. 

 Brooks : described a summer with Gen. Grant at the 

 Thousand Islands: W. Drysdale wrote " The Fast 

 Mail." the story of a train boy, for the "Brain and 

 Brawn Series": " Not without Honor." by William 

 I). Moffat, was the story of an odd boy: and "Wal- 

 ter Gibbs the Young Boss, and Other Stories" was 

 the title of a book "for boys by Edward W. Thom- 

 son. " Boys of the Central " was a high-school 

 story, by L T. Thurston. and from Mrs. I. T. Thurs- 

 ton we had " Don Malcolm." " The Gingham Bag," 



