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of ' American and English Decisions in Equity," 

 annotated by Ardentis Stewart ; Vols. IV and V of 

 the " The General Digest, American and English," 

 annotated ; Vol. VII of the new series of " American 

 and English Corporation Cases," edited by Thomas J. 

 Michie; Vols. VII, VIII and X of the new series of 

 " American and English Railroad Cases" ; Vol. VII 

 of " American Negligence Cases," edited by T. P. 

 Hamilton, and Vols. II and III of "American Neg- 

 ligence Reports," edited by John M. Gardner ; 

 Vol. X of" American Criminal Reports," with notes 

 and references by John Gibbons, and a full and ac- 

 curate index digest covering Vols. I to X inclusive; 

 Vol. II of a " Supplement to Notes on the Revised 

 Statutes of the United States, and the subsequent 

 Legislation of Congress," covering July 1, 1889, to 

 Jan. 1, 1898, by John M. Gould and George F. 

 Tucker ; Vols. CLXVIII and CLXX of " United 

 States Supreme Court Reports," edited by J. C. 

 Bancroft Davis, and Book XLII of S. K. Williams's 

 complete edition of the same, covering from the 

 beginning of Vol. CLXVII to the end of Vol. CLXX. 

 Vols. LXXXIII to LXXXVII inclusive appeared 

 of the " United States Federal Reporter," perman- 

 ent edition ; Vols. LVII to LXII of " American 

 State Reports," selected, reported, and annotated by 

 A. C. Freeman, had a brief digest of Vols. LV to 

 LX by J. M. Ross ; and there yet remain for men- 

 tion, in addition to the " Reports " and " Reporters " 

 of the several States, Vols. XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, 

 and XXIX of United States Circuit Courts of Ap- 

 peals " Reports," and several volumes of " Reports " 

 of the United States Courts of Appeals. " The War 

 Revenue Law of 1898" was annotated by Edward 

 L. Heydecker and F. McMahon ; and a " Ready 

 Reference Book on the War Revenue Law" was 

 compiled and edited by F. M. Holahan and W. B. 

 Hopkins. George B. Davis was the author of an 

 exhaustive " Treatise on Military Law and the Con- 

 stitution, Jurisdiction, and Procedure of Courts- 

 Martial of the United States"; Vol. VI of the 

 " American Corporation Legal Manual," containing 

 patent, trade-mark, and copyright laws of the United 

 States, was edited by Charles L. Borgmeyer ; and the 

 " Miners' Manual," for the United States, Alaska, 

 and the Klondike, by Horace F. Clark, Charles C. 

 Iloltman, and Charles F. Consaul, contained all 

 necessary legal information. " The Commerce 

 Clause of the Federal Constitution " was the sub- 

 ject of special study by E. Parmalee Prentice and 

 John G. Egan. Vol. I of " A Digest of Decisions 

 and Encyclopaedia of Pennsylvania Law. 1754- 

 1898," by George Wharton Pepper and William 

 Draper Lewis, covered " Abandonment to Associa- 

 tions," and Vol. II, " Assumpsit to Constable." 



Juvenile. Books for young people continue to 

 be written in increasing numbers and upon every 

 variety of subject. " A Boy I Knew and Four 

 Dogs " is the engaging record of Laurence Hutton's 

 boyhood ; " The" Book of the Ocean," by Ernest In- 

 gersoll, contained much scientific information for 

 young people as well as many tales of battle and 

 heroism ; while from Clinton Ross (R.) we had the 

 exploits of " Heroes of our War with Spain " told 

 for a boy. " Under Dewey at Manila," by Edward 

 Stratemeyer, contained the war fortunes of a cast- 

 away, and " A Young Volunteer in Cuba," in the 

 " Old Glory Series," was also from his pen ; Felix 

 Leopold Oswald narrated " Adventures in Cuba" of 

 another youth ; while yet another Cuban war story 

 was " The First Cruiser Out," by William Osborn 

 Stoddard. The same author published also " Suc- 

 cess Against Odds," telling how a boy made his way, 

 and " With the Black Prince." " From School to 

 Battlefield " was a story of the civil war by Capt. 

 Charles King. Edward Stratemeyer was also heard 

 from again in " The Minute Boys of Lexington " ; "A 



Hero of Ticonderoga " was chronicled by Rowland 

 E. Robinson ; Elbridge Streeter Brooks contributed 

 ' A Son of the Revolution " to the " Sons of the 

 Republic Series "; Everett T. Tomlinson published 

 Part II of "Stories of the American Revolution " 

 in the "Library of Historic Events," and "Two 

 Young Patriots ; or, Boys of the Frontier," a story 

 of Burgoyne's invasion, as well as " The Boys of 

 Old Monmouth," "The Boys with Old Hickory." in 

 the " War of 1812 Series," and "Ward Hill at'Wes- 

 ton," a story of American school life, followed by 

 " Ward Hill. Senior." " One Thousand Men for a 

 Christmas Present," by Mary B. Sheldon, recalled 

 the crossing of the Delaware by Washington. 

 " The Young Puritans in King Philip's War." 

 by Mary Prudence Wells Smith, belonged to 

 the " Young Puritans Series." " Tecumseh of the 

 Shawanoes," by H. R. Gordon, was intended as a 

 companion book to " Pontiac, Chief of the Ot- 

 tawas " ; L. K. Parks fought the War of 1812 over 

 again " With British and Braves " ; "A Soldier of 

 the Legion," by Charles Ledyard Norton, was a 

 story of the great Northwest.; and " Two Boys in 

 Wyoming " and " Cowmen and Rustlers," by Ed- 

 ward S. Ellis belonged to the " Northwest Se'ries." 

 Hezekiah Butterworth was heard from in three 

 books : " The Pilot of the Mayflower," a tale of the 

 children of the Pilgrim republic, "Lost in Nica- 

 ragua; or, Among Coffee Farms and Banana Lands 

 in the Countries of the Great Canal," and " In the 

 Land of the Condor," a story of Tarapaca. Herbert 

 Elliott Hamblen (F. Benton Williams) told " The 

 Story of a Yankee Boy," full of adventures ashore and 

 afloat, and also detailed " Tom Benton 's Luck." Wil- 

 liam Drysdale published " The Young Supercargo," 

 a story of the merchant marine, in the " Brain 

 and Brawn Series"; Harry Castlemon (Charles 

 Austin Fosdick) told of "A Sailor in Spite of Him- 

 self " ; and " Navy Blue " was a story of cadet life in 

 the United States Naval Military Academy at An- 

 napolis, by Willis Boyd Allen. " Rex Wayland's 

 Fortune "" was made by H. A. Stanley ; " In Pirate 

 Waters " was a tale of the American navy, by Kirk 

 Munroe, who wrote also " The Copper Princess," a 

 story of Lake Superior mines. In " The Treasure 

 Divers " Charles F. Holder described a boy's ad- 

 ventures in the depth of the sea. Horatio Alger, 

 Jr., wrote " The Young Bank Messenger " for the 

 " Good Fortune Library," and W. Gordon Parker il- 

 lustrated his own account of " Six Young Hunters." 

 " Klondike Nuggets and how Two Boys secured 

 them," by Edward S. Ellis, and " The Boy Mineral 

 Collectors," by J. G. Kelly, may be mentioned to- 

 gether ; " Aleck Hornby," by Charles Stell, was a 

 sea story ; John Habberton was delightful as ever, 

 interesting young people with the marvels to be 

 seen "With the Dream-Maker"; John T. Trow- 

 bridge described " Philip's Experiments," outlining 

 physical science at home, and also told of " Two 

 Biddicut Boys and their Adventures with a Won- 

 derful Trick" Dog." James Otis Kaler was more 

 prolific than ever, sending out " The Capture of 

 the ' Laughing Mary,' " " With Washington at 

 Monmouth," and " With Warren at Bunker Hill " 

 in the " Continental Series " ; " When Israel Putnam 

 served the King " in the "Stories of American His- 

 tory Series " ; " Corporal 'Lige's Recruit," " A Cruise 

 with Paul Jones," " Morgan, the Jersey Spy," 

 " Sarah Dillard's Ride," a story of the Carolinas in 

 1780, " A Tory Plot," and " A Traitor's Escape," all 

 in the " Young Patriot Series " ; " The Cruise of the 

 ' Comet,' " in the " Privateers of 1812 Series " ; " The 

 Princess and Joe Potter," in the "Jenny Wren 

 Series " ; " The ' Charming Sally,' Privateer Schooner 

 of New York : A Tale of 1765 " ; " Joel Harford " 

 and " An Amateur Fireman " ; while Miss Will Allen 

 Dromgoole made almost as good a showing with 



