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LITERATURE AND LITERARY PROGRESS IN 1874. 



LAW. Mention should here be made of 

 books intended not for lawyers but for the 

 general student and the public at large. Such 

 a book, from an author in the highest degree 

 competent as an adviser, is " The Political, 

 Personal, and Property Rights of a Citizen of 

 the United States : How to exercise and how 

 to preserve them. Together with 1. A Trea- 

 tise on the Rules of Organization and Proced- 

 ure in Deliberative Assemblies ; 2. A Glossary 

 of Law Terms in Common Use, 1 ' by Theophi- 

 lus Parsons. Another work, suitable for use 

 as a college text-book or for general reference 

 is ex-President Woolsey's " Introduction to 

 the Study of International Law," of which a 

 revised and enlarged edition, with important 

 additions, has been published. Omitting the 

 regular issues of reports, the following trea- 

 tises and essays may be mentioned. 



The General Kailroad Laws of the State of Ohio 

 in force January 1, 1874, etc. By James A. Wilcox. 



Woman before the Law. By John Proffat, LL. 

 B., of the New York Bar. 



The Principles of Equity. A Treatise on the Sys- 

 tem of Justice administered in the Courts of Chan- 

 cery. By George Tucker Bispham, Esq., of the 

 Philadelphia Bar. 



Reports of Cases arising under Letters-Patent for 

 Inventions, determined in the Courts of the United 

 States. By Samuel S. Fisher. Vol. V. 



Insurance Reports, Vol. III. Keports of the Life 

 and Accident Insurance Cases, determined in the 

 Courts of America, England, Ireland, Scotland, and 

 Canada, down to 1874. By Melville M. Bigelow, of 

 the Boston Bar. 



Select American Cases in the Law of Self-Defense. 

 By L. B. Horrigan and S. D. Thompson. 



The Eights of Jurors in Criminal Cases. Opin- 

 ion by Hon. B. F. Thomas, with an Introduction by 

 a Member of the Suffolk [Boston] Bar. 



Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of 

 Iowa, from its Organization, in 1839, to the 35th 

 Iowa Reports. By T. F. Withrow and E. II. Stiles. 

 Vol. I. 



The Practice at Law, in Equity, and in Special 

 Proceedings, in all the Courts of Record in the State 

 of New York; with Appropriate Forms. By Wil- 

 liam Wait. 



A Treatise on the Law of Mechanics' Liens on 

 Real and Personal Property. By Samuel L. Phillips. 



A Treatise on the Law of Boundaries and Fences, 

 including the Rights of Property on the Sea-Shore 

 and in Lands on Public Rivers and other Streams, 

 and the Law of Window-Lights. By Ransom II. 

 Tyler. 



A Digest of Decisions of the Various Courts in 

 the United States, from the Earliest Period to the 

 Year 1870. Comprising all the American Decisions 

 digested in Thirty-one volumes of the United States 

 Digest, with Careful Revision and Important Addi- 

 tions. First Series, Vol. II. 



On Extraordinary Legal- RemedieSj embracing 

 Mandamus, Quo Warranto and Prohibition. By 

 James L. High. 



The Law of Desiarn Patents, containing all Re- 

 ported Decisions of the United States Courts and 

 the Patent-Office in Design Cases, to 1874, witlrDi- 

 gests and Treatise. By William E. Simonds. 



Real Estate Statutes arid Decisions of Illinois. 

 Vol. I. By John B. Adams and W. J. Durham. 



The Principles and Practice of Courts of Justice 

 in England and the United States. By Conway 

 Robinson. Vol. VII. Further on Personal Actions, 

 as to the Grounds and Form of Defense, and the 

 Answer to that Defense. 



A Treatise of the Law of Negligence. By Fran- 

 cis Wharton, LL. D. 



The Banker's Code : A Compilation of Laws of 

 the State of New York relating to Incorporated, As- 

 sociated, and Individual Banks, National Banks, 

 Savings-Banks, Loan ? Trust, Mortgage, Guaranty, 

 Security and Indemnity Companies. \Vith an Ap- 

 pendix, containing forms of Organization, etc. By 

 Daniel Shaw. 



A Treatise on the Rules which govern the Inter- 

 pretation and Construction of Statutory and Con- 

 stitutional Law. By Theodore Sedgwick. With 

 numerous Additional Notes. By John Norton 

 Pomeroy, LL. D. 



Railway Law in Illinois. The Relations of Rail- 

 roads to the People. By Frank Gilbert. With an 

 Introduction by Governor J. M. Palmer. 



A Treatise on the Probate of Wills, Settlement of 

 Estates, etc. With Forms. By Levi North. 



MEDICINE. No discrimination is made be- 

 tween ' schools " in the following list : 



The Nature of Gunshot-Wounds of the Abdomen 

 and their Treatment. Based on a Review of the 

 Case of the Late James Fisk, Jr., in its Medico-Le- 

 gal Aspects. 



The Puerperal Diseases. Clinical Lectures de- 

 livered at Bellevue Hospital. By Fordyce Barker, 

 M. D. 



The Sphygmograph : Its Physiological and Path- 

 ological Indications. By Edgar Holden, A. M., 

 M. D. 



Treatment of Nervous and Rheumatic Affections 

 by Static Electricity. By Dr. A. Arthius. Trans- 

 lated from the French by J. H. Etheridge, M. D., 

 Professor in Rush Medical College, Chicago. 



Emergencies, and how to meet them. The Eti- 

 ology, Pathology, and Treatment of the Accidents, 

 Diseases, and Cases of Poisoning which demand 

 Prompt Action. Designed for Students and Prac- 

 titioners of Medicine. By Joseph W. Howe, M. D. 



Winter Homes for Invalids. An Account of the 

 Various Localities in Europe and America suitable 

 for Consumptives and other Invalids during the 

 Winter Months. By the same. 



Therapeutics, Materia Medica, and Toxicology. 

 With Especial References to the Application of the 

 Physiological Action of Drugs to Clinical Medicine. 

 By H. C. Wood Jr., M. D. 



A Manual of Toxicology. A Practical Treatise on 

 the Properties, Modes ot Action, and Means of De- 

 tection, of Poisons. By John J. Reese, M. D. 



The Hygiene of the Sewing-Machine : a Brief In- 

 quiry into the Causes of Disorders arising from the 

 Use of Machines, with some Suggestions how they 

 may be avoided. By a Physician. 



The Ligation of the Arteries. An Operative 

 Manual. By Dr. L. H. Farabeuf. Translated by 

 John D. Jacksonj M. D. 



On Surgical Diseases of the Genito-Urinary Or- 

 gans. By W. H. Van-Buren and E. L. Keyes. 



Electro - Therapeutics. A Concise Manual of 

 Medical Electricity. By D. F. Lincoln, M. D. 



Essays on Conservative Medicine and Kindred 

 Topics. By Austin Flint, M. D. 



Clinical Lectures on Diseases of the Nervous Sys- 

 tem. By William A. Hammond, M. D. Reprinted, 

 edited, and the Histories of the Cases prepared, 

 with Notes, by T. M. B. Cross, M. D. 



New-School Remedies, and their Application to 

 the Cure of Diseases. By W. Paine, A. M., M. D. 



The Breath, and the Diseases which give it a 

 Fetid Odor. With Directions for Treatment. By 

 J. W. Howe. 



Croup in its Relations to Tracheotomy. By J. 

 Solis Cohen, M. D. 



The Encyclopaedia of Pure Materia Medica. A 

 Record of the Positive Effects of Drugs upon the 

 Healthy Human Organism. By Timothy F. Allen, 



