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0. Lea's Son & Co.), ranks high with the pro- 

 fession, as does also " A Practical Treatise on 

 Operative Dentistry " (Philadelphia, P. Blakis- 

 ton, Son & Co.). The subject of "Legal Medi- 

 cine," by Dr. Charles Meynott (New York, 

 W. Wood & Co.), is discussed with care and 

 ability. Dr. Richard Quain's "Dictionary of 

 Medicine, including General Pathology, Gen- 

 eral Therapeutics, Hygiene, and the Diseases 

 peculiar to Women and Children " (D. Apple- 

 ton & Co.), is a large volume of nearly 2,000 

 pages, fully illustrated. Dr. Quain's co-workers 

 are among the most eminent physicians and 

 surgeons in England, and the work is one of 

 superior merit and value. Dr. Courty's " Prac- 

 tical Treatise on the Diseases of the Uterus, 

 Ovaries, and Fallopian Tubes " is translated 

 from the French. It is a work of standard ex- 

 cellence, and has reached a third edition (Phil- 

 adelphia, P. Blakiston, Son & Co.). The work 

 of Dr. T. Billroth (of Vienna), on " General 

 Surgical Pathology and Therapeutics " (D. Ap- 

 pleton & Co.), has been translated from the 

 fourth German edition, by Dr. C. E. Hackley, 

 of New York. It has further been revised from 

 the eighth edition of the original, and is one of 

 the most valuable books of the year. Streck- 

 er's " Short Text-Book of Organic Chemistry" 

 (D. Appleton & Co.), and Dr. Luys's " The Brain 

 and its Functions " (same publishers), deserve 

 mention. In the way of periodicals may be 

 named here, " The New York Medical Jour- 

 nal " (monthly in 1882, announced as weekly 

 in 1883), published by D. Appleton and Co. ; 

 also, "The Medical and Surgical Reporter" 

 (weekly), and "The Quarterly Compendium of 

 Medical Science" (Philadelphia, D. G. Brin- 

 ton, M. D.). Dr. Satterthwaite's "Manual of 

 Histology" (New York, W. Wood & Co.), 

 Dr. Bartholow's "Medical Electricity," and 

 " Treatise on Hypodermic Medication " (Phila- 

 delphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co.), deserve men- 

 tion, as also Dr. Clapp's " Is Consumption Con- 

 tagious? and can it be Transmitted by Food 

 and Drink ?" 



Works on LAW and GOVERNMENT number 

 very largely this year. As heretofore, codes, 

 digests, statutes, etc., are added to the litera- 

 ture of 1882 in this department, and increase 

 its value at home as well as abroad. The 104th 

 volume of the United States Supreme Court, 

 seven volumes of Circuit Court reports, and 

 one volume of New York District Court re- 

 ports, show the importance of the Federal 

 tribunals. Twenty or more States and Terri- 

 tories have published one or more volumes 

 of the decisions of their highest courts, be- 

 sides numerous volumes relating to the work 

 of inferior courts. "American Decisions" 

 and " American Reports " are steadily in- 

 creasing in number of volumes. " Digests " 

 and " Indexes " are also freely furnished, and 

 are becoming a necessity amid the bewildering 

 increase from year to year of law publications. 

 Pomeroy's " Equity Jurisprudence " (San Fran- 

 cisco, A. L. Bancroft & Co.) has reached a 



second volume, and sustains its high reputa- 

 tion. Dr. F. Wharton's " Commentary on the 

 Law of Contracts" (Philadelphia, Kay & 

 Brothers) is a very thorough treatise in two 

 volumes. " The Principles of the Law," by 

 A. J. Willard, is a careful examination of the 

 law of personal rights, to discover the princi- 

 ples of the law, as ascertained from the prac- 

 tical rules of the law, and harmonized with 

 the nature of social relations (D. Appleton & 

 Co.). " The Marriage and Divorce Laws of 

 the United States," by Charles Noble (New 

 York, Baker, Voorhis & Co.), treats of a most 

 perplexing topic in these days. Add to this 

 Woolsey's "Essay on Divorce and Divorce 

 Legislation, with Special Reference to the 

 United States " (New York, Scribner's Sons). 

 " Trial of Title to Land," by A. G. Sedgwick 

 and F. J. Wait, " A Treatise on the Law and 

 Practice of Voluntary Assignments," by A. M. 

 Burrill (same publishers), and Justice Shea's 

 little volume, "The Nature and Form of the 

 American Government founded in the Chris- 

 tian Religion" (Boston, Houghton, Mifflin & 

 Co.), deserve honorable mention, without dis- 

 paragement, however, to other works which 

 our limits do not admit of naming. The " Al- 

 bany Law Journal " has reached its twenty- 

 sixth year. A " Journal of Banking Law " has 

 been commenced, and hereafter "The South- 

 ern Law Review " will be merged in " The 

 American Law Review " (St. Louis, Mis- 

 souri.). 



Though BIOGEAPHY, MEMOIRS, etc., fall short 

 considerably, in number, of the previous year's 

 production, yet in quality and interest they are 

 quite equal. To the series of " American Men 

 of Letters " there have been added Scudder's 

 " Noah Webster," Sanborn's " H. D. Thoreau," 

 Frothingham's "George Ripley," and Lowns- 

 bury's " J. Fenimore Cooper " (Boston, Hough- 

 ton, Mifflin & Co.) ; and the " American States- 

 men Series" now numbers five volumes, viz., 

 Morse's" John Quincy Adams," Lodge's "Alex- 

 ander Hamilton," Von Hoist's "John C. Cal- 

 houn," Sumner's "Andrew Jackson," and 

 Adams's " John Randolph " (same publishers). 

 " The Life and Letters of Francis Lieber " 

 (Boston, J. R. Osgood & Co.) form an inter- 

 esting and instructive volume, as also F. H. 

 Underwood's "Henry Wadsworth Longfel- 

 low " and "James Russell Lowell " (same pub- 

 lishers). Mrs. S. C. Bull gives a very readable 

 memoir of her husband, " Ole Bull," the fa- 

 mous violinist (Houghton, Mifflin & Co.), and 

 the poet Whittier furnishes a pleasant bio- 

 graphical introduction to the "Letters of L. 

 Maria Child" (same publishers). "The Life 

 and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss " (New York, 

 A. D. F. Randolph & Co.) make an attractive 

 volume, well worth reading; so also Mr. Elaine's 

 "Eulogy on James Abram Garfield" (Boston, 

 J. R. Osgood & Co.) is an eloquent presentation 

 of the lamented martyr-President. With this 

 last should be joined H. C. Pedder's "Gar- 

 field's Place in History " (New York, Putnam's 



