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Bradley Thayer prepared "Select Cases on Evi- 



delire ill the Common Law," with notes; while 

 Vol. I of the iifleenlli revised eilitili of "A 

 Treiitise on tin 1 Law of Evidence," by Silliun 

 < iiveideaf, was published with large additions by 

 Simon Greenleaf Croswell. "A Treatise on tlio 

 Law "f Malicious Prosecution. False Imprison- 

 ment, and the Abuse of Legal Process," was by 

 Marl in L. Newell; 0. Chase compiled "Lead- 

 ing ( 'ases upon the Law of Torts " : John ( 'hip- 

 inan (! ray's "Select Cases and Other Authori- 

 ties on I he Law of Property," reached Vol. VI; 

 nd edition was published of "An Elemen- 

 tary Treatise on the American Law of Real 

 Property." by Christopher G. Tiedeman ; Rich- 

 ard M. Venable treated "The Law of KYal 

 Property and Leasehold Estates," abridged from 

 lectures delivered to the Law School of the Uni- 

 \ei-Mty of Maryland; Vol. 1 of " The Annual of 

 tin Law of Real Property," edited by Tilghman 

 Mallard and E. Emerson, appeared ; and J. B. 

 Moyle wrote on " The Contract of Sale in the 

 Civil Law." with references to the laws of Eng- 

 land, Scotland, and France. Leonard A.Jones 

 published a third revised edition of "Forms in 

 Conveyancing," and general legal forms. " Con- 

 trad ual Limitations," by Charles A. Ray, in- 

 cluded trade strikes and conspiracies and corpo- 

 rate trusts and corporations. Louis Boisot laid 

 down " The Law or Bv-Laws of Private Corpo- 

 ral ions," and Conrad Reno drew up "A Treatise 

 on the Law of Nonresidents and Foreign Cor- 

 porations." "A Treatise on the Negligence of 

 Municipal Corporations," by Dwight Arven 

 .lones. was in line with a "Treatise on the Law 

 of Damages by Corporations, including Cases 

 Dinnnum Absque Iiijuria," in 2 volumes, by 

 George E. Harris, who was also responsible for 

 -A Treat i-e on Sunday Laws." T. C. Spelling 

 wrote a "Treatise on the Law of Private Cor- 

 porations," in 2 volumes, which exhausted the 

 subject. "Military Government and Martial 

 Law," much discussed during the year, formed 

 the subject of a volume by W. E. Birkhimer. 

 " A Treatise on the Law relating to Public Offi- 

 cers and Sureties in Official Bonds " was written 

 by Montgomery II. Throop, and S. S. Merrill 

 confined himself to the " Law of Mandamus." 

 Edward X. Darrow sent out a "Treatise on 

 Mortgage Investments"; Stewart Chaplin. 

 " Principles of the Law of Wills, with Selected 

 Cases " ; Moses A. Dropsie, " The Roman Law of 

 Testaments. Codicils, and Gifts in the Event of 

 Heath " : and D. L. Rhone published Vol. Ill of 

 " Supplement to Rhone's Orphans' Court Prac- 

 tice in Pennsylvania." " A Treatise on Build- 

 ing Associations." adapted to the use of lawyers 

 and officers, with a complete set of forms, was by 

 Charles N. Thompson ; "The Law of Fire Insur- 

 ance." with an analytical discussion of recent 

 cases, by D. Ostrander ; and a " Treatise on the 

 Law of Insurance, Fire, Life. Accident, Ma- 

 rino," with a selection of leading illustrative 

 rases, by (i. IJichards. John A. Finch drew up a 

 "Digest of Insurance Cases"; "The Law re- 

 lating to the Minim,' of Coal" was set forth by 

 Albert B. Weimar; " The Law of Public Health 

 and Safety, and the Powers and Duties of Boards 

 <>f Health," by Leroy Parker and Robert II. 

 Worthington ; and "The Law of Railroad 

 Fences and Private Crossings," including inju- 



ries to animals on right of way caused by negli- 

 gence, by Claude Tillier. II. C. Chapman, M. I)., 

 prepared "A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence 

 and Toxicology," and William F. Rehfuss " A 

 Treatise on Dental Jurisprudence," for dentists 

 and lawyers. "The Law of the Theatre " was 

 a treatise upon the legal relations of actors, 

 managers, and audiences, by Samuel II. Wan- 

 dell. " Economic Legislation of all the State-. " 

 in 2 volumes, one of which was published in 

 1892, edited by Allen Ripley Foot.- and Charles 

 E. Everett, stated the law of incorporated com- 

 panies operating under municipal franchises, 

 such as illuminating and fuel gas, electric cen- 

 tral station companies, etc. Henry Campbell 

 Black prepared "A Treatise on the Laws regu- 

 lating the Manufacture and Sale of Intoxicating 

 Liquors " ; a second revised edition of Rowland 

 Cox's " Manual of Trade- mark Cases " was 

 brought down to the present time ; and " Deci- 

 sions on the Law of Patents for Inventions ren- 

 dered by the United States Supreme Court 

 from the Beginning " (from 128 United States, 

 1888, to 132 United States, 1889). edited by Wood- 

 bury Lowery, formed Vol. XIX of Brodix's 

 "American and English Patent Cases." Vols. 

 XVII, XVIII, XIX, and XX of the " American 

 and English Encyclopaedia of Law," edited by 

 John Houston Merrill, were published ; also 

 Vols. XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVI, and XXXVII 

 of " American and English Corporation Cases." 

 and Vols. XLVII to L, inclusive, of " American 

 and English Railroad Cases." Vol. V was 

 reached of " American Railroad and Corpora- 

 tion Reports," edited and annotated by John 

 Lewis ; and Vol. I was issued of " A Digest of 

 all Railroad and Corporation Decisions of the 

 Federal Courts," by Stewart Rapalje, covering 

 January to June, 1892. II. D. Clarke was the 

 author of a " Handbook of all the Decisions of 

 the Supreme Court of the United States" from 

 its organization to the October term, 1891, 

 Part 'I being an index bv subjects, and Part II 

 an index by cases. Vols. X, XI, and XII of 

 " The United States Supreme Court Reporter " 

 (permanent edition) were sent out ; also the sixth 

 (annual) volume of a " General Digest of the 

 Decisions of the Principal Courts in the United 

 States"; Vols. XXII to XXVII, inclusive, of 

 "American State Reports," by A. C. Freeman ; 

 together with a " Digest of the Decisions of the 

 Courts of Last Resort, 1887 to 1892," contained 

 in Vols. I to XXIV, inclusive, of the same; Vol. 

 VII of "American Probate Reports." by Charles 

 Kisk Beach, Jr.; Vols. XXVII and XXVIII of 

 "New Cases," selected by Austin Abbott chiefly 

 from decisions of the courts of the State of New 

 York, with notes ; and the " Digest of New York 

 State Reports from Jan. 1, 1891 to Jan. 1. 1892," 

 also by Austin Abbott. "The Pension Attor- 

 ney's Guide " was due to the joint labors of T. P. 

 Randolph and E. P. Hall : and among the nu- 

 merous works relating to law in the several Slates 

 may be enumerated : "The Land Laws of T, n- 

 ." compiled and edited by II. D. Whitney; 

 a " Treat i-e on the Laws of Texas relating to 

 Real Estate." by John and Henry Sayles: 

 "Precedents and Notes of Practice in Civil 

 Cases in the Higher Courts of Law of the State 

 of New .lei-sev." by Oscar Jeffery; and Vols. 

 XXVIII and XXIX of Weekly Notes " of cases 



