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Charles Morris, was given to the Spanish, while 

 Vol. VII was devoted to Russia and Vol. VIII 

 to Japan and China. "The Story of Canada" 

 was written for the " Story of the Empire Series," 

 by Howard Angus Kennedy. The historv of " The 

 Great Salt Lake Trail," by Col. Henry Inman, in 

 collaboration with Col. William F. Cody (Buffalo 

 Bill), intended as a companion volume to "The Old 

 Santa Pe Trail," attained almost to the dignity of 

 history while it formed most entertaining reading; 

 it was illustrated by F. Cowan Clarke and Thomson 

 Willing. "A History of the Twelfth Regiment New 

 Hampshire Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion " 

 was written by A. W. Bartlett ; a " History of the 

 Sixteenth Reg'iment New Hampshire Volunteers," 

 by Luther Tracy Townsend, and a " History of the 

 Seventeenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer 

 Infantry, 1862-1803," by Charles N. Kent; while 

 ' The Story of a Cavalry Regiment, ' Scott's Goo,' " 

 by Thomas Smith, contained the record of the Elev- 

 enth New York Cavalry, from the St. Lawrence 

 river to the Gulf of Mexico, 1861-'6o. A new 

 edition was issued of Katharine Prescott Worme- 

 ley's showing of " The Cruel Side of War with the 

 Army of the Potomac," the title being changed 

 from "The Other Side of War," while " Fighting 

 for Humanity ; or. Camp and Quarter-deck," by Gen. 

 Oliver Otis Howard, told of relief work done in 

 conjunction with the Salvation Army in the South- 

 ern camps and in Cuba during the war with Spain. 

 " The Earliest Colonial Laws of Rhode Island " 

 filled three volumes, and were reprinted in limited 

 editions by Sidney S. Rider, who accompanied them 

 with historical introductions. A. H. Clark com- 

 piled "A Complete Roster of Col. David Water- 

 tmry, Jr.'s Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers," the 

 first regiment of infantry responding to a call for 

 volunteers for the defense of New York city against 

 the British in the American Revolution. " Pictures 

 of the City of Washington in the Past," by Samuel 

 C. Busey, M.D., gave a political and social history of 

 that city ; " How the Dutch came to Manhattan " 

 was penned and pictured by Blanche McManus in 

 the series of " Colonial Monographs " ; Vol II of 

 Historic New York" contained the second series 

 of the " Half Moon Papers," edited by Mrs. Maud 

 Wilder Goodwin, Alice Carrington Royce, Ruth 

 Putnam, and Eva Palmer Brownell; John Sawyer 

 wrote the " History of Cherry Valley, from 1740- 

 1898"; Spencer Trask commemorated the small 

 park at the extreme end of Broadway known as 

 " Bowling Green " ; " Historic Towns of New Eng- 

 land," in the series of " American Historic Towns," 

 had an introduction by George Perry Morris, and 

 was edited by Lyman P. Powell ; an expensive 

 ' History of Barrington, R. I.," was issued in a lira- 

 ited edition by^ Thomas W. Bicknell ; " Historic Bos- 

 ton and its Neighborhood " was an historical pil- 

 grimage personally conducted by Edward Everett 

 Hale, arranged for seven days; "Silas Wood's 

 Sk.-tch of the Town of Huntington, Long Island," 

 from its first settlement to the end of the American 

 Revolution, was edited with genealogical and his- 

 torical notes by William S. Pelletreau ; and Churchill 

 Gibson Chambcrlayne transcribed and published 

 " The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, 

 Virginia, 1720-1789." A "History of the World," 

 from the earliest historical time to the year 1898, 

 was written by Edgar Sanderson for " Appleton's 

 Concise Library." A new library edition of the 

 " Works" of Francis Parkman, in twelve volumes, 

 was issued during the year, and the series of " Amer- 

 ican Colonial Tracts " was carried on. 



J urinpriidence. Fewer books are to be recorded 

 in this department of literature than for some years 

 past. ' ' The Science of Law and Law Making." by 

 loyd Clarke, was intended as an introduction 



to law, giving a general view of its forms and sub- 

 stance and a discussion of the question of codification. 

 Edwin H. Woodruff wrote a brief " Introduction to 

 the Study of Law." " A Treatise on the Constitution 

 and Jurisdiction of the United States Courts on 

 Pleading, Practice, and Procedure therein, and on 

 the Powers and Duties of United States Commission- 

 ers," was the joint work of A. H. Garland, Robert 

 Ralston, and John H. Ingham ; and Carl Evans 

 Boyd edited "Cases on American Constitutional 

 Law." Samuel H. Foster was the author of " Fos- 

 ter's First Book of Practice at Common Law, in 

 Equity and Under the Codes " ; John J. McKelvey 

 added to the " Hornbook Series " a " Handbook of 

 the Law of Evidence " ; H. C. Underbill published 

 "A Treatise on the Law of Criminal Evidence"; 

 Vols. I-IV of the " Law of Real Property," edited 

 by Tilghman E. Ballard and E. Emerson, were 

 issued ; D. H. McFalls dwelt upon " Real Estate 

 Proceedings with Precedents"; Leonard A.Jones 

 contributed " A Treatise on the Law of Easements," 

 in continuation of his " Treatise on the Law of 

 Real Property ; " and Edward B. Thomas expounded 

 " The Law of Estates created by Will." " Selected 

 Cases on the Law of Partnership,'' including lim- 

 ited partnerships, were published by Francis M. 

 Burdick ; " A Treatise on the Law of the Contract 

 of Pledge," as governed by both the common law 

 and the civil law, was written by Henry Denis ; 

 ' A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts," by 

 William A. Keener, filled two volumes ; and " Ele- 

 ments of the Law of Negotiable Contracts " were 

 set forth by Elias Finley Johnson. " The Principles 

 of the Law of Corporations " were laid down by 

 Charles B. Elliott, and "Cases on Public Corpora- 

 tions " were selected by Howard S. Abbott. " A 

 Treatise on the Law of Monopolies and Industrial 

 Trusts," as administered in England and the United 

 States of America, was the work of Charles Fisk 

 Beach, Sr. Rufus Waples treated of " The Law of 

 Debtor and Creditor relative to the Situs of Debt," 

 and " A Uniform System of Bankruptcy under the 

 United States Law approved July 1, 1898," was 

 arranged by T. W. Tallmage and D. W. Wood. 

 Willis E. Myers prepared a " Syllabus of the Hon. 

 Henry D. Harland's Lectures on the Law of Domes- 

 tic Relations." Joseph H. Beale, Jr., drew up " A 

 Selection of Cases on the Law of Carriers " ; " The 

 Law of Petroleum and Natural Gas " was set forth 

 by George Bryan ; and " The Law relating to Build- 

 ing and Loan Associations " by William W. Thorn- 

 ton aud Frank H. Blackledge. " A Trustees' Hand- 

 book " was the work of Augustus Peabody Loring. 

 Vol. I of the " Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity ; 

 or. Forensic Psychiatry," by S. V. Clevenger, con- 

 tained an exhaustive presentation of the judicial 

 decisions upon the subject by F. H. Bowlby. Vols. 

 X, XI, and XII appeared of the " Encyclopaedia of 

 Pleading and Practice under the Codes and Prac- 

 tice Acts, at Common Law, in Equity, and in Crim- 

 inal Cases," edited by William M. McKinney, were 

 issued, bringing the work down to "Judicial Notice 

 to Legal Conclusions " ; Vols. IV, V, and VI of the 

 " Encyclopedia of Forms and Precedents for Plead- 

 ing and Practice," edited by William Mack and 

 Howard P. Nash, under the supervision of James 

 Cockcroft, reached " Compounding to Dividends " ; 

 Vols. VI, VII, VIII, and IX of the second edition of 

 the " American and English Encyclopedia of Law " 

 were sent out, as were Vols. II, III, IV, and V of 

 the Century Edition of " The American Digest." a 

 complete digest of all reported American cases 

 from the earliest times to 1896, bringing the work 

 down to " Assumpsit, Action of Bailiffs," and tin* 

 "American Digest Annuals" for 1897 and 1898, 

 containing all current decisions of all the American 

 courts to Aug. 31, 1898 ; Vol. IV of the first scries 



