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LITER ATUEE AND LITERARY PROGRESS IN 1866. 



Under the head of Mathematics, we include 

 those games which are of mathematical charac- 

 ter, as well as purely mathematical works. 

 Excluding mathematical textbooks of the 

 lower grade, the principal works in this class 

 were : " Draughts or Checkers for Beginners," 

 by H. Spayth; " Hayes's Railroad Fast Express 

 Wages Computing Tables," computed and ar- 

 ranged by Lester Hayes; "The Theory of 

 Equations, containing some Hints on the Roots 

 and Limits of Equations, and the Development 

 Theorem," etc., by Samuel Emerson, A. M. ; 

 "Brevity and Brilliancy in Chess, a Collection 

 of Games at this Royal Pastime, Ingeniously 

 Contested, and ending with Scientific Problems, 

 culled from the whole range of Chess Litera- 

 ture," by Miron J. Hazeltine. 



In Classical Literature the number of books 

 was not large. Editions of Becker's " Gallus " 

 and "Charicles" were imported and sold well. 

 Smith's " Smaller Classical Dictionary of Biog- 

 raphy, Mythology, and Geography" was also 

 imported in editions. " Bullions's Principles of 

 Latin Grammar," an approved and popular 

 work, edited and enlarged by Charles I). Mor- 

 ris; Prof. Harkness's "Introductory Latin 

 Book, intended as an Elementary Drill Book on 

 the Inflections and Principles of the Language ; " 

 Part II. of "Principia Latina," by William 

 Smith, LL. D., and Henry Drisler, LL. D. 



In Legal Science and Literature there were a 

 few important treatises, but the great bulk 

 of the very numerous legal publications was 

 composed of cases in the Superior, Supreme, 

 and Appellate Courts of the various States, and 

 of the United States ; digests of these reports, 

 statutes of the various States and of the United 

 States, and books of practice and books of 

 forms for legal papers and documents, and for 

 courts of admiralty, civil and criminal courts 

 of the higher and lower grades, and for pen- 

 sions, bounties, claims, internal revenue, etc. 

 Among the special treatises the most remark- 

 able were : " Bracton and his Relation to the 

 Roman Law, Contribution to the History of 

 the Roman. Law in the Middle Ages," by Carl 

 Guterbock, professor of law in the University 

 of Konigsberg, translated by Brinton Coxe ; 

 " The History of Usury from the Earliest Peri- 

 od to the Present Time, together with, a Brief 

 Statement of General Principles concerning the 

 Conflict of Laws in Different States and Coun- 

 tries, and an Examination into the Policy of 

 Usury Laws and their Effects on Commerce," 

 by J. B. C. Murray ; " A Treatise on the Ameri- 

 can Law of Landlord and Tenant, embracing 

 the Statutory Provisions and Judicial Decisions 

 of the Several United States," by John N. Tay- 

 lor, fourth edition ; " The Law of Wills, Parts 

 I. and II.," by Isaac F. Redfield, LL. D. ; 

 " Wheaton's Elements of International Law," 

 eighth edition, edited with notes by R. H. Dana, 

 Jr., LL. D. ; Major-General Halleck's " Elements 

 of International Law and Laws of War," third 

 edition, revised and enlarged ; Hilliard's " Law 

 of Torts, or Private Wrongs ; " " Commentaries 



on the Law of Criminal Procedure ; or, Pleading 

 Evidence and Practice in Criminal Cases," by 

 Joel Prentiss Bishop ; " Principles of the Lav 

 of Personal Property, and Principles of the Law 

 of Real Property," both by Joshua Williams, 

 the former edited in this country by B. Ger- 

 hard and S. Wetherill, the latter by W. II. 

 Rawle and James T. Mitchell ; an eighth edition, 

 revised, corrected, and enlarged by John La- 

 throp, of Ansiell and Ames' " Treatise on the 

 Law of Private Corporations Aggregate ; " 

 Abraham Carruther's " History of a Lawsuit ; 

 or, a Treatise on the Practice in Suits and Pro- 

 ceedings of every Description," etc., etc. ; Mr, 

 R. H. Tyler's " American Ecclesiastical Law ; ?> 

 F. Hilliard's "Law of New Trials and other 

 Rehearings ; " "A Treatise on the Law of Con- 

 solidation of Railroad Companies," by Elliott 

 Anthony ; Hon. Murray Hoffman's " Digest of 

 the Charters, Statutes, and Ordinances of and 

 relating to the Corporation of the. City of New 

 York, the Organization of the County, etc., 

 etc., with Historical Notes, Judicial Decisions, 

 Opinions of Counsel, Reports," etc. ; " The 

 Law of Mandamus and the Practice Connected 

 with it, with an Appendix of Forms," by Ha- 

 ley H. Moses ; Lieutenant-Colonel Benet's 

 " Treatise on Military Law and the Practice of 

 Courts-Martial." The Civil Code of New York 

 was reported completed by the commissioners, 

 and seems to give very general satisfaction. A 

 military code for the State was also promul- 

 gated by Adjutant-General Irvine. Among 

 the reports of cases there were volumes of the 

 Superior Courts, or Courts of Appeal, of Ohio, 

 California, Indiana, Kentucky, Vermont, Con- 

 necticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, Penn- 

 sylvania, Illinois, and Iowa, together with re- 

 ports in the United States Supreme Court, and 

 the Prize Courts for the Southern District of 

 New York. The Revised Statutes of California, 

 Connecticut, New York, and a Digest of those 

 of Texas, were also published. Another volume 

 was added to the Digest of United States Re- 

 ports, and three volumes were added to Tiffa- 

 ny's " Digest of the Reports of the Court of 

 Appeals of New York." There were also sev- 

 eral volumes of Reports of the Practice of the 

 New York Court of Common Picas, Supreme 

 Court, and the Superior Courts of Indiana. t Of 

 standard legal commentaries, or law treatises, 

 besides those already mentioned, there was a 

 new edition of " Chitty on Pleadings," /edited 

 and enlarged by Greening, Dunlap, Ingraham, 

 and Perkins; an llth edition, with further ad- 

 ditions of " Comstock's Kent's Commentaries," 

 and a new enlarged edition of " Smith's Lead- 

 ing Cases," by Hare and Wallace. Of manuals 

 and form books there were a great number, 

 embracing the Laws and Forms for Patents, 

 Pensions, Copyrights, Internal Revenue, Parish 

 and Ecclesiastical Laws, Turf Regulations, 

 Court Clerks and Conveyancers' laws and 

 forms, Civil and Criminal Justice's forms, Form 

 Books for the Pacific States and Territories, 

 etc., etc. There were also several compilation/ 



