J. W. Randolph, Bookseller, 



pression, and defaced by no ambitious and deliberate flights of rheto- 

 ric. Thejsubject is a good one, and it is treated as if the author felt 

 assured of its intrinsic attractions. He has evidently scrutinized the 

 appropriate evidences in their sources, and the reader may repose with 

 confidence in his statements. North American Review. 



An Essay on Slavery, by Thomas R. Dew, late President of 

 William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va. Second edition, 

 Richmond, Va. J. W. Randolph, 121 Main Street. 



This Essay has peculiar claims to the attention of the Virginian, 

 and is not wanting in interest to the statesman everywhere. We do 

 not think we err in saying, that it is the clearest and ablest defence of 

 the institution to be found in the English language. The writer 

 views that institution in its historical and its scriptural aspects, and 

 discusses at large the plans for the abolition of negro slavery. While 

 we cannot accord with all the views he has expressed in regard to the 

 colonization movement, we yet think the facts he arrays, and the prin- 

 ciples he urges, are entitled to the gravest consideration, as the re- 

 sults of unwearied labor, and of a mind well balanced and well train- 

 ed. We believe that all parties are agreed as to the evil of emancipa- 

 tion, without removal. The painting of the scenes, which would en- 

 sure such an event, is drawn with a master hand. Republican. 



A Guide to Commissioners in Chancery, with practical forms 

 for the discharge of their duties ; adapted to the new Code of Vir- 

 ginia, by James M. Matthews, Attorney at Law, Richmond. J. 

 W. Randolph, 121 Main Street. 



Mr. Matthews has in this publication furnished a valuable addition 

 to the small stock of Virginia Law Books. The Work is not only of 

 essential service to the Commissioner; it is also a valuable vade mecum 

 to the Chancery Lawyer. The following opinion is expressed of it by 

 a legal friend : 



" I have had occasion to use Mr. Matthews' Guide to Commission- 

 ers as a book of reference in the course of my practice at the Bar. I 

 have uniformly found it to be correct, and it materially aided me 

 while attending the settlement of accounts before the Commissioner." 



The following table of contents may be acceptable to our legal read- 

 ers in the country : 



Chapter I. Of the origin of Commissioners in Chancery, their ap- 



