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LITERATURE, AMERICAN, IN 1894. 



" The Estates at Law and in Equity," gave an outline 

 of the first year's course in the law of real property in 

 the law school of the University of Pennsylvania. 

 Vol. II appeared of " The Annual on the Law of Real 

 Property," edited by Tilghman E. Ballard and E. 

 Emerson; Charles A. Graves published a "Summary 

 of the Law of Real Property " for the use of student's 

 in connection with the second book of " Blackstone's 

 Commentaries"; Theodore W. I) wight's "Commen- 

 taries on the Law of Persons and Personal Property " 

 were edited by E. F. Dwight; M. M. Yeakle set forth 

 " The Torrens System of Registration and Transfer of 

 the Title to Real Estate " ; and from William S. Pattee 

 we had " Illustrative Cases in Personalty," Part II of 

 which was devoted to " Sales," " Illustrative Cases 

 in Realty," and " Illustrative Cases in Contracts." 

 " White on Corporations," by Frank White, covered 

 the ground, but in addition there were " Cases on 

 Private Corporations," by G. M. Gumming, arranged 

 for use as a text-book, the 2 volumes being included 

 in 1, with supplementary cases ; " The American 

 Corporation Legal Manual," edited by Charles L. 

 Borgmeyer ; and a third edition of " A Treatise on 

 Stock and Stockholders, Bonds, Mortgages, and 

 General Corporation Law," in 2 volumes. A second 

 edition was also issued of " A Treatise on the Law of 

 Benefit Societies and Life Insurance," by Frederick 

 II. Bacon, in 2 volumes. James Paige supplied 

 " Illustrative Cases in Partnership," with analysis 

 and citations. Florien Giauque wrote upon " The 

 Settlement of Estates of Deceased Persons" in Ohio, 

 and, with Henry B. McClure, compiled " Tables for 

 ascertaining the Present Value of Vested and Con- 

 tingent Rights." Robert Pritchard proffered " A 

 Treatise on the Law of Wills and Administration"; 

 Frank S. Rice expounded " American Probate Law 

 and Practice." A " Handbook for the Use of Probate 

 Courts, Attorneys, Executors, Administrators, Etc.," 

 by Charles W. C'arter, and u Lecture Notes on the New 

 York Law of Wills," for use in connection with 

 u Chaplin on Wills," by Stewart Chaplin, complete 

 the list of works of this class. George W. Bradner 

 was the author of " Practice in Attachment of Prop- 

 erty in the State of New York" and "Practice in 

 Proceedings supplementary to Execution." George 

 E. Reardon and Ferdinand C. Dug^an compiled 

 " Forms of Deeds, Mortgages, Etc." ; a fourth edition, 

 revised and enlarged, was issued of " A Treatise on 

 the Law of Mortgages on Personal Property," by 

 Leonard A. Jones, and Melville M. Bigelow edited 

 " Cases on the Law of Bills, Notes, and Checks " to ac- 

 company his work upon the subject. Parts I and II of 

 u A Selection of Cases on the Law of Carriers of Goods 

 and of Passengers," by Emlin McClain, were given to 

 the public ; Albert B. Weimer set forth " The Law of 

 Railroads "in Pennsylvania, including the law relat- 

 ing to street railways ; Theodore F. C. Demarest 

 traced " The Rise and Growth of Elevated Railroad 

 Law"; Thomas S. Cogley handled "The Law of 

 Strikes, Lockouts, and Labor Organizations'"; and 

 W. P. Prentice defined " Police Powers arising under 

 the Law of Overruling Necessity." William W. 

 Morrill _edited a collection of " American Electrical 

 < 'uses," including all the important cases (excepting 

 patent cases) decided in the State and Federal Courts 

 from 1873. " The Law of the Master's Liability for 

 Injuries to Servant" was given by W. T. Bailey. 

 Notes on the Rules of Practice prescribed for Public 

 Land Cases in the Department of the Interior" were 

 made by Charles A. Keig\\in; T. M. Clark went into 

 the attitude of " Architect, Owner, and Builder before 

 the Law," and a second revised and enlarged edition 

 of " A Treatise on the Law of Building and Build- 

 ings;" by A. Parlett Lloyd, was published, as well as 

 " A Treatise on the Mechanics' Lien Law of the State 

 of Illinois," by J. A. Coleman ; " Street Work Laws of 

 the State " of California, annotated by Frank G. Fin- 

 layson, and " A Treatise on the Law of Irrigation," 

 by Clesson S. Kinney. Vol. I was also issued of the 

 4 in contemplation upon " Medical Jurisprudence, 

 Forensic Medicine, and Toxicology," by R. A. Witt- 



haus, M. D., Tracy C. Becker, and others. Five books 

 of " Federal Cases " argued and determined in the 

 circuit and district courts of the United States from 

 the earliest times to the beginning of the "Federal 

 Reporter," were published; also Vols. CL11I and 

 CLIV of "United States Supreme Court Reports" 

 and " Citations and Conflicting Cases " of the same re- 

 ports from the organization of the court down to and 

 including Vol. CLIV, by King and Leonard. The 

 "American Digest (Annual, 1894)" appeared; also 

 Vols. LIX-LXI of the ' Federal Reporter," and Vols 

 XXXIV-XXXV1II of "American State Re]> 

 selected, reported, and annotated by A. C. Freeman, 

 and Book XXII of "Lawyers' Reports annotated," con- 

 taining all current cases of general value and impor- 

 tance decided in the United States State and Territorial 

 courts, with full annotations, edited by Burdett A. 

 Rich and Henry P. Farnham. Vol. XVI of u The. 

 Mining Reports" was sent out by R. S. Morrison. 

 Austin Aboott published " A Digest of New York 

 Statutes and Reports from January 1. 1893, to January 

 1, 1894," and also Vols. XXX and XXXI of "New 

 Cases selected chiefly from Decisions of the Courts 

 of the State of New York, with Notes." John N. 

 Drake compiled "The Village Charter" laws of New 

 York State, in 2 parts; Frank S.Becker and Edwin 

 D. Howe were responsible for the " New York Civil 

 and Criminal Justice " ; an " Index to the Laws of 

 the State of California, 1850-1893 " was prepared under 

 the supervision of A. J. Johnston ; Albert P. Cross 

 drew up an " Index to the General and Special Legis- 

 lation of the State of Vermont " ; and an index to the 

 general statutes of Connecticut was also published by 

 authority. Henry L. Garland, Jr., annotated "The 

 Code of Practice of the State of Louisiana " ; a second 

 edition was made of "The Municipal Law" of In- 

 diana, by W. W. Thornton; C. F. W. Dossier was 

 the author of " Dossler's Book of Forms and Con- 

 veyancer's Manual " for Kansas ; and a " County Com- 

 missioner's Legal Guide" for Texas was compiled, 

 embracing the acts of the Twenty-third Legislature, 

 which adjourned May 9, 1893. Countless volumes of 

 statutes and reports of the several States were issued, 

 which it is impossible to note, and it now remains only 

 to mention the issue of Vols. XLII-XLV of" Amer- 

 ican and English Corporation Cases," and the " Amer- 

 ican Digest" of the same, covering Vols. I-XL ; Vols. 

 LV-LVIII of "American and English Railroad 

 Cases"; Vols. XXIII-XXVI of the "'American and 

 English Encyclopaedia of Law," compiled under the 

 editorial supervision of Charles F. Williams, assisted 

 by Thomas J. Mitchie ; Vols. VIII and IX of " Amer- 

 ican Railroad and Corporation Reports," edited and 

 annotated by John Lewis ; the ' Law and Real-estate 

 Register " for 1894 ; " Story's Legal Digest and Direc- 

 tory of Lawyers " in its ninth annual issue ; " Martin- 

 dale's American Law Directory," biennial, for 1894- 

 '95: "The Banker's Almanac and Register and Leiral 

 Directory," edited by Albert S. Bolles, fulfilled its 

 forty-fourth year ; the third volume of the "Attorneys' 

 and Agencies' Association Legal Directory," revised 

 to Sept. 1,1894; the "National Legal Bureau Dire- 

 tory " of its members ; and the compilation of " Names 

 and Addresses of Attorneys practicing before the 

 United States Patent Office, Washington, D. C.," the 

 work of Virginia W. Middleton. A fourth, greatly 

 enlarged, edition of " Caspar's Practical Catalogue of 

 Law Books " may be added, and, in conclusion, the 

 " Elements of Law for the Law Students " (of the law 

 school of Cincinnati College, 1879-'93), edited and 

 compiled by O. J. Renner and C. M. Miller, with 

 " One Thousand Examination Questions for the Use of 

 Law Students," arranged by Charles T. Boone. " TI 

 Technology of Law" was a consensus of maxii 

 leading cases, etc., by William T. Hughes. 



Medicine and Surgery." A Practical Treatise 

 Medical Diagnosis" for students and physicians, 

 John II. Meis'ser, M. D., " A Manual of Medical Trei 

 ment, or Clinical Therapeutics," by I. Burney Y( 

 M. D., in 2 volumes, a new, fourth revised edition . 

 "A Text-Book of Practical Therapeutics," by Hobart 



