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John G. Alger's " Glimpses of the French Revolu- 

 tion " examined its myths, ideals, and realities ; " The 

 Evolution of an Empire," by Mrs. Mary Parmele, 

 traced in brief the history of France ; and to another 

 woman, Helen Maria Williams, we are indebted for a 

 " Narrative of Events which have taken place in 

 France from the Landing of Napoleon Bonaparte on 

 the 1st of March, 1815, to the Restoration of Louis 

 XVIII." Edward T. Blair gave a faithful picture of 

 "Henry of Navarre and the Religious Wars" in a 

 handsomely illustrated volume ; historical sketches 

 by J. Milliken Napier Brodhead were entitled " Slav 

 and Moslem"; John Bonner wrote " A Child's His- 

 tory of Spain" ; David Murray, after a residence of 

 several years in the country, contributed " The 

 Story of Japan " to the " Story of the Nations 

 Series"; and Parts I and II appeared of the first 

 volume of a " History of the Scandinavians and Suc- 

 cessful Scandinavians in the United States," compiled 

 and edited by O. M. Nelson. Pioneer life in Indiana 

 is described in 4 papers on " Old Settlers," by Robert 

 B. Duncan, published by the Historical Society of 

 the State. Vols. Ill and IV appeared of Henry Graetz's 

 " History of the Jews," and Henry S. Morais gave the 

 history of " The Jews of Philadelphia " from the 

 earliest settlement to the present time. " A Fac- 

 simile of the Laws and Acts of the General Assem- 

 bly for their Majesties' Province of New York," 

 printed by William Bradford in 1694, was made on 

 parchment by the Grolier Club, and accompanied 

 with an historical introduction, notes on the laws, 

 and appendices by Robert Ludlow Fowler ; and other 

 volumes of local historical interest were " The Rec- 

 ords of Oxford, Massachusetts," by Mrs. Mary De 

 Witt Freeland; "An Historical Sketch of Groton, 

 Massachusetts, 1655-1890," by Samuel Abbott Green ; 

 "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, 

 Connecticut," in 2 volumes, by Henry R. Miles, M. D. ; 

 and "Historic Green Bay, 1634-1840," by Ella Hoes 

 Neville, Sarah G. and Deborah B. Martin. Two 

 valuable works of reference are the " Library of His- 

 toric Characters and Famous Events of All Nations 

 and All Ages," edited by A. R. Spofford. Frank 

 Weitenkampf, and J. P. Lamberton, to be complete 

 in 10 volumes, of which 2 were published during the 

 vear ; and " History for Ready Reference from the 

 Best Historians, Biographers, and Specialists," by 

 Josephus Nelson Larned, President of the American 

 Library Association, and 'intended primarily for li- 

 brarians. It will be complete in 5 imperial volumes, 

 3 of which appeared. 



Housekeeping. As usual, but few works falling 

 under this head were published during 1894, by far 

 the most elaborate of all being " The Epicurean : A 

 Franco-American Culinary Encyclopaedia," a com- 

 plete treatise of analytical and practical studies on 

 the culinary art by Charles Ranhofer, filling 1,200 

 octavo pages, and illustrated. The " F. F. V. Receipt 

 Book," by Mrs. Clement Carrington McPhail, contains 

 over 800 receipts according to the famous " old Vir- 

 ginia" authorities. Mrs. Christine Terhune Herrick 

 gave directions for " The Chafing-dish Supper," and 

 Anne Frances Springsteed prepared a manual for the 

 pantry, kitchen, and dining-room entitled " The Ex- 

 pert Waitress." "The Century Cook-Book," by 

 Jennie A. Hansey, purported to be a collection of 

 carefully tested household recipes in brief compass ; 

 while " The Woman's Book," including the treatment 

 of all the larger subjects which to-day interest and 

 concern women, fills 2 large volumes and is a veri- 

 table encyclopaedia, with an index of 5,000 titles and 

 400 illustrations, many of them colored. 



JTuisprudence. An unusually large number of law 

 books are to be chronicled for 1894. Those intended 

 to meet the wants of statesmen rather than the every- 

 day requirements of members of the legal profession 

 are Carmen F. Randolph's exposition of " The Law of 

 Eminent Domain in the United States" ; " An Essay 

 on Judicial Power and Unconstitutional Legislation," 

 being a commentary on parts of the Constitution of 

 the United States, by Brinton Coxe ; Parts I and II 



of the first volume of " Cases on Constitutional Law, 

 with Notes," by James Bradley Thayer ; " Restric- 

 tions upon Local and Special Legislation in State 

 Constitutions," by Charles Chauncey Binney ; " A 

 Manual relating to the Constitution, the Interpreta- 

 tion of Statutes, Etc.," a book of Massachusetts law, 

 by George F. Tucker; and " The Judicial Interpreta- 

 tion by the United States Courts of the Acts of Con- 

 gress relating to the Taritt'," by William Wilkins 

 Carr. " The Laws and Jurisprudence of England and 

 America" were the subject of 12 lectures deliv- 

 ered before Yale University by John F. Dillon; 

 James Kent's " Commentaries on American Law " 

 were edited in 1 volume by William Hardcastle 

 Browne ; John D. Works treated of " Courts and 

 their Jurisdiction," showing how such jurisdiction is 

 conferred and the means of acquiring and losing it ; 

 Eugene Wambaugh suggested " Cases for Analysis," 

 and a second edition was also made of his previous 

 work upon "The Study of Cases." "Trial Pro- 

 cedure," by John C. Fitnam, " A Treatise on General 

 Practice," in 2 volumes, by Byron K. and William 

 F. Elliott, and a collection of " General Legal Forms 

 and Precedents " for ordinary use, by James Jones 

 and Henry Binmore, are useful manuals, as are 

 "Forms of Federal Procedure," compiled, arranged, 

 and annotated by Frank O. Loveland, and " Prece- 

 dents and Forms of Indictments, Informations, Com- 

 plaints, Etc.," adapted to practice in United States 

 criminal and civil cases, by Oliver E. Pagin. " The 

 Common Law" was the theme of a discourse deliv- 

 ered April, 1894, by Charles P. Daly, who traced its 

 sources, nature, and development, showing what the 

 State of New York has done to improve it ; Charles 

 Fisk Beach, Jr., filled 2 volumes with "A Treatise 

 on the Modern Practice in Equity in the State and 

 Federal Courts of the United States"; W. P. Willey 

 wrote on " Procedure in the Common Law Actions, 

 in Equity and in the Extraordinary Remedies"; 

 Charles E. Phelps published "Judicial Equity 

 abridged " for the use of students, in 2 parts ; Part 

 I appeared of the first volume of" A Selection of Cases 

 on TEquity Jurisdiction," by William A. Keener; 

 William H. Silvernail proved an authority upon " Ap- 

 peals from Inferior Courts of Civil Jurisdiction " ; H. 

 C. Underbill was the author of " A Treatise on the 

 Law of Evidence," and Evan B. Lewis examined " The 

 Law of Expert Testimony." " A Manual of the Law 

 of Pleading," by James G. Parks, contained a succinct 

 compilation of the statutes and decisions in Tennessee 

 on that subject; "The Art of Winning Cases, or 

 Modern Advocacy," by Henry Hardwicke, was a prac- 

 tical treatise on preparation for trial and the conduct 

 of cases in court; John Jay McKelvey investigated 

 the " Principles of Common Law Pleading " ; a 

 " Handbook of Common Law Pleading " emanated 

 from Benjamin J. Shipman ; " The Law of Pleading 

 under the Codes of Civil Procedure," by Edwin E. 

 Bryant, was accompanied by an introduction briefly 

 explaining the common-law and equity systems of 

 pleading ; and a third edition was issued of " A Trea- 

 tise upon the Law of Pleading under the Codes of 

 Civil Procedure " of various States and Territories, by 

 Philemon Bliss. " A Selection of Cases and Other 

 Authorities upon Criminal Law," in 2 parts, and 

 " A Short Selection of Illustrative Criminal Cases," 

 by Joseph H. Beale ; an exposition of the " Law of 

 Crimes and Punishments," by John B. Minor, and a 

 "Handbook of Criminal Law," by William L. Clark, 

 Jr.', cover this department. Ernest W. Huft'cut and 

 Edwin H. Woodruff edited " American Cases on Con- 

 tract"; Vol. H appeared of "A Selection of Cases on 

 the Law of Contracts," prepared by Samuel Williston 

 for use as a text-book in Harvard Law School ; and 

 from the same author we have " A Selection of Cases 

 on the Law of Sales of Personal Property." " Adams's 

 Illustrative Cases on the Law of Sales " were selected 

 by professors of leading law schools to form a volume, 

 ancf so named arbitrarily for purposes of identifica- 

 tion merely. Part I of " The Principles of the Law of 

 Real Property," by Christopher Stuart Patterson, upon 



