LITERATURE, AMERICAN, IN 1808. 



Housekeeping! In " Some Passages in the Practice 

 (it in: Martini Scarborough," Mix Helen Campbell 

 Mimic u plea tor iirttcr food, better cooking, uiil better 

 living unions tin; New England folks, veiling her 

 motive in the form of a slight story, while she proved 

 he IN.- It' at home "In Foreign Kitchen*." and also 

 i.-v-u.-d a new revised edition ot' " Tlie Easiest Way in 

 Housekeeping and Cooking." "Daily Dinners,' by 

 Nancy Lake, coiiMMcd of a collection of 866 distinct 

 i/unuMiii English mid French, intended for the mis- 

 tress rather than the cook, and " Real Cookery " was 

 (1. -lined by Grid. "The Manufacture of Liquors and 

 1 'reserves," by J. do Brevans, an eminent French 

 chemist, is a particularly valuable work, containing 

 o\er .'WO formulas ; Alessandro Filippini gives recipes 

 tor "One Hundred Desserts"; while Mrs. Louisa K. 

 Smith devoted her attention to "Bonnes Bouches, 

 und Uclishahlc Dishes for Breakfast and Luncheon. 1 ' 

 " Sandwiches: A Baker's Dozen" we owe to Marion 

 L. ( 'amphell, and " A Handbook of Invalid Cooking " 

 t M ary A. Boland. The sum and substance of all ure 

 contained in " Miss Parloa's Young Housekeeper." 



Jurisprudence. " Comparative Administrative Law." 

 in two volumes, by Frank J. Goodnow, was an anal- 

 ysis of the administrative systems, national and 

 local, of the United States, England, France, and 

 Germany ; Frederick J. Stimson published Vol. II of 

 his work on " American Statute Law," and Vol. Ill 

 of the " Code of Civil Procedure " of the State of New 

 York, including amendments enacted in 1893, was 

 annotated by R. M. Stever. Herbert B. Huntlev com- 

 piled " The Code of Procedure and Penal Code " of 

 the State of Washington, and Roswell Shinn wrote 

 " A Treatise on the Pleadings and Practice in the 

 Courts of Record of Michigan," in two volumes. 

 John M. Vanfleet set forth " The Law of Collateral 

 Attack on Judicial Proceedings," and Irving Browne 

 was the author of " A Treatise on the Admissibility 

 of Parol Evidence in Respect to Written Instru- 

 ments." " A Treatise on the Law of Certiorari at 

 Common Law and under the Statutes," by George 

 E. 

 C. 



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traordinary Relief in Equity and at Law," in t\y<> 

 volumes, by Thomas Carl Spelling, relate to law in 

 the abstract. " Outlines of Criminal Law and Pro- 

 cedure " were drawn for the use of students by Emlin 

 McClain, who prepared also " A Selection of Cases on 

 the Law of Carriers " ; " The General Principles of 

 the Law of Evidence in their Application to the Trial of 

 ( 'riminal Cases at Common Law and under the Crim- 

 inal Codes of the Several States," were published by 

 Frank S. Rice ; Part I of u A Selection of Cases and 

 Other Authorities upon Criminal Law," by Joseph 

 II. Beale; Vol. II of "A Selection of Cases on the 

 Law of Torts," by Jeremiah Smith ; the " Law of 

 Contract," by William T. Brantley ; "A Treatise on 

 the. Law of Quasi-Contracts," by William Albert 

 Keener : " Cases on the Law of Agency," by Floyd 

 R. Mec-hem ; and " A Text-Book on Commercial 

 Law," by Saltcr S.Clark. "Code Practice in Per- 

 sonal Actions " was an elementary treatise for students 

 by James L. Bishop; J. G. Sutherland revised and 

 enlarged, with the assistance of John R. Berryman, 

 both his works "On Damages " and "A Treatise on 

 the Law of Damages"; and J. E. Cobbey wrote "A 

 Practical Treatise on the Law of Chattel Mortgages," 

 in two volumes; two were also filled by " A Treatise 

 on the Law of Mortgages of Real Property ," by 

 Darius II. Pingrey. Sidney Perloy set down " Prin- 

 ciples of the Law of Interest"; Charles G. Black. 

 those of the "Law of Taxation," with special refer- 

 ence to ite application in the State of New Jersey ; 

 anil Henry Campbell's "Treatise on the Law of Tax 

 Titles" passed through a second revised and en- 

 larged edition. Horace E. Smith wrote "A Treatise 

 on the Law of Personal Propertj "; Rufus Waple*. 

 "A Treatise on Homestead and Kxemption"; and 

 Martin L. Newell, "A Treatise on the Action of 

 Ejectment and Concurrent Remedies for the Re- 



covery of Real Property." " The Law of Banks and 

 Banking "wan from the pen of Charlut T. Boom; 

 -The l.uw relating to Bunk Collection* " wiu. de- 

 termined by Albert S. Bollcit; "The Luw of Bank 

 Checks in "the United States," by llenrv C. Van 

 Schaack ;" Elements of the Law ot Bil In, Note*, and 

 checks, and the English Hills of Exchange Act for 

 Students," by Melville M. Bigelow ; and Churles 1*. 

 Norton drew up a " Handbook of the Law of Bill.-* 

 and Notes." Stewart Riipulje selected for u theme 

 " The Law relating to Real-Estate Brokers." In in- 

 surance we have two volumes of " A Treatise on tin- 

 Law of Insurance," by Arthur Biddle : (ie-.r^i A 

 Clement's "Digest ot Fire-insurance Decisions''': 

 Vpls. Ill and IV of J. 8. Bloomington's "Annual 

 Digest of Insurance Decisions "; John A. Finch V 

 "Digest of Insurance Cases" for the year ending 

 Oct 31, 1892; and "The Insurance Statutes" of the 

 State of New York, edited and annotated by Morris 

 Cooper. The issue of the second and third volumes 

 of "Economic Legislation of All the States," by 

 Allen Ripley Foote and Charles E. Everett, com- 

 pleted that work ; Charles Fisk Beach. Jr., gave two 

 volumes to " Company Law " ; and " The Law and 

 Practice under the Statutes concerning BusiueM 

 Corporations in the State of New York " was handled 

 by Dwight A. Jones. Vol. I of the " American Cor- 

 poration Legal Manual " was edited by C. L. Borg- 

 meyer, and John Lewis edited and annotated Vols. 

 VI and VII of "American Railroad and Corporation 

 Reports." Vols. XXXVIII to XLI, inclusive, of 

 "American and English Corporation Cases," and 

 Vols. LI to LI V of American and English Railroad 

 Cases" appeared ; and William L. Murfree, Jr., dis- 

 cussed the " Law of Foreign Corporations." u The 

 Law and' Practice of International Extradition" 

 emanated from John G. Hawlcy. Francis Rawle 

 compiled "Acts relating to Car Trusts"; James 

 Barr Ames printed Vol. I of " A Selection of Cases 

 on the Law of Trusts " ; Henry F. Busweli defined 

 "The Civil Liability for Personal Injuries arising 

 out of Negligence " ; and Francis B. Tiffany treated 

 of " Death by Wrongful Act." tt The Law of Elec- 

 tric Wires in Streets and Highways," by Edward 

 Quinton Keasbey, and" A Treatise on the Law of Street 

 Railways," by Henry J. Booth, may be classed to- 

 gether; and "Public-School Law of the United 

 States "we owe to Irwin Taylor. "A Treatise on 

 the Law relating to Gifts and Advancements" was 

 by W. W. Thornton; "Probate Law" (as practiced 

 in California and other Western States and Terri- 

 tories, by D. E. and Joseph I. Alexander; and " The 

 Law of Wills," by John B. Cassoday. " The In- 

 fringement of Patents for Inventions" was studied 

 by Thomas B. Hall, as was " Patcntable Invention " 

 by Edward S. Kciiwick. George H. Knight prepared 

 tfie "Patent-* >ttice Manual," and Woodbury Lowery 

 issued Vol. XX of " Decisions on the Law of Patents." 

 " Everybody's Lawbook," by J. A. Koones, and u Legal 

 Advice " for citizens of the State of New York,T>y 

 Eldorus Dayton, are explained by their titles. C. C. 

 Walsh gave us "The Student's Quiz- Book" in three 

 volumes, and William Lansing " The Lawyer's and 

 Clerk's Assistant." Vols. XXI and XXII appeared of 

 the- American ami English Cyclopaedia of Law "com- 

 piled under the editorial supervision of Charles F. 

 Williams, as well as Bo\ci'>. M"iV-. Sharp and Alle- 

 man's and the Snow-Church Company's legal di- 

 rectories. Vol. XXVIII to XXXIH of "American 

 State Reports." by A. C. Freeman, were issued ; also 

 Vols, XII ami Xlll of "The Supreme Court Re- 

 portcr"and Vol. LV of the" Federal Rc^nler." Four 

 volumes by Frank F. Brightly contain " A Digest of 

 tlnj Decisions of All the Courts of the State of New 

 York from the Earliest Peri.xl to the Year 18SJ," and 

 Austin Abbott contributed Vol. XXIX of " New 

 Ca-c> " which appeared before the same court*. 

 Special volumes ot local law were " Precedents and 

 Rules of Pleadinir in Civil Actions in the County 

 and District Courts of Texas," by John Sayles; 

 " Practice in Court* of Review that substantially 



