The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-05-18

! N'' ttIS unfortunate clerk Of the court
~ ie' am nave tight Of the Reviied Code. He can
how put ms hand into his pocker and ~. .1e ~. -
! gen:eet, portable, octavo yolurn. 49, ~ "
hends hli former library. diiencumbe,ed of.Ii =.
/ !uoo'ih' he type on which the prefent ed;rion
Pfmlsa; IS either the fame, or al,noil s,.,c,I +h
'%gls Mss7o that OF the lali, and nnon eteenad On
non s0iuon or Coke upon Littetor 1,b;e "a;
cumance IS mentioned here. bscap,a !. o.,nn.,e;.,
mao oeenin maze, in one of the Ricbmond r,sI,sr,.
peFs, oy lone nameefs writer, thai the ,,,,s ,os
'o0 L'''aii, i OH cannot, ar the fame time. en;ov
'7e COOL oraeng breeze Of winter. and che verde,
TosI'dtion or hummer. You cannon. in the fame
oooN' ou'te zoe advantages OF folio, and of an
e II ms edition had been printed upon a
~ a. d'ge as mat OF MIR. Davis il rnnR have
- "o MIRO PaFH oeaTer than 1t is; for the vo
i'l'ns' inlcuu1ng tne new index, and yhe bottom
Do'e'' PohuVeiy contains one third par more of
matter than the former edition. Tbe 80 ~
iou'crloers, mutt have been rifed 10 nine doll,rs
ana 20 non zi0nIcnbers, to twelve dollars, Very
-" Pu1 rs VIII regret that the publication can
"- -" al price 10 much more rs.gfcnabje
He FORMER edition laboured under more t6an
one ''itSeEiu defect 1t was often impofible RI
zen at what TING Gatute had originally nafed
Gt inc cafe, that deed was 10 be conteaed
"hi~h bore date IN 1860. IL is clear thar ri.
"aG'@c'Ion could not be affected BY laws made
.-ii'r 10 rs cate. IL became a quefion how
.oIS 'ae Jaw mad eXi!te5, or, when predcceaor
=, VI 10 'o1ie part Of 1t, had been paGed in
perhaps, "iTerenc form For inf{aore- Of cha,>
ter IN ut. Comfortable bart a,nesrs 70 Lt,.
oeen soa@--d a. different per;od5; one barr in
1850 otnefs in 1874. In the old edition n
ne <eVi!ed Cole, the law is dated December ,6ib
1872. -'''''
ne bottom notes of the new edition Give no.
,ce that VARIOUS parts of it were in force before
%iiHouSh the Whole had hsen covered bv the {pb-
'eqacnl fiiuTe OF 1899. The fame notes owe
'nlH'@'ioa, tha1 this law has been amended by
another, or 1904. Again, chapter CXXVIII hears
IAt2 me zoth OF December 1902 But we learn that
sne hr6 c!aete OF the arnte exitcd in .76a rbat !,
- i'-y thi; Y years before The iecond c!aple
"Hcn IS by tar the lcneei, in the act, had leen,,
ken from iorner Ratuts, dated 0ctober 49,;
froTl NOT knowing how far back the force Of theft
laws extended, the court vas often caR inro IRE,
5FieV4oe contuilon. o di!cover how far bacb ,
N"tute extended, was often work of preat tim.
ana a.iicu'ty; and perhaps the reuai;ite apparatp
% oio laws coaia nor aiAays be had. Gentlemen
OF ne oar atiaEe US, thtt the bottom notes, which
are TO be found at the foot OF almoa every paqe
or thi' edluon, are thenfelves alone fairly ,yorIl
INC whole Pflce or the book. We have neitba
recei"sd, nor afked PerEiA;on 60 pub!iih the nam,
OF The flPpo'ed author of tbeis notes. n is
however gentleman whole name has ono bee,
iaNl'lfr 70 every lawyer in Virginia. RE ba
long hiied more than one intereRing deparemeu
~ lA@ tytcm, and the iciencc of iurifprndence
'' point OF le2al knowledge and Abilities his re.
Pusasion is inferior 70 none,
All the gentlemen Of the law. with ors ,,,;cs
complained of the imperfection OF the former IN.
dex A new one has been entirely wrote owe
again ana at very Comfortable expence for RI,
pfeis"S edition In the former, there were, unde,
'ne letter =, only twenty Ge different heads. Ir
t"'' eoiAoh me are foriy-nine. In the former
ietter contained Only tzgsmy frc heads Thu
haSJor.r JSUe@. Ih-.e particulars are mentioned
TO new the hyperion pcHpcGity and comoletenei!
81 the Pre{ent index; and now greatly it mutt Z.
c1litate an accurate examination of Inc contents 81
fhe volume. The indtx coctar g-saiy tzy1 pages
ne text OF tne laws, executive Of the preface and
title page, contains as above mentioned, four hun
dred and a,y-!our; 10 that there is one page OF
in1e% for a0sut every tx pages Of text a larger
hoJHoef OF references would ave been ulecis, ana
have ierved rather to enbarfats, than aRif the
fcaoer. Thi, la5odc.5 part oF the ao.k was draw
up BY Mr.. James RIM, who had been employed
IS an afiGant, by The !upervitors Of the forner
edition. we haze every rsalon to think that mis-
performance VIII give entire ABSTRACTION.
1 ms volume, ire index excepted, WIS com
p!eteiy printed OF ieveral months ago. But It
was .mp3M5ic % deliver he the book until this
time, becaml the bad Rate Of Mr., kna's health
DID not permit lin 10 furui0 nc index fooncr.
This apology ~ noaoYot, be confdercdas (ohi-
cert ioI iJn5 DELAY II qualifications wnicG 1t vas
lmF2noie or Tie esitore 10 prevent.
il wou.l BIZ n-unwit OF fri"oIty 70 exaDtiate
upCn tha Imperial Oh a.n ork ike this becau!e
'tis Pia'o, Jhil s.er" Iamiiy Hlhe conn onwealth,
'aouid u ppiiDe. n,1ciss copy II. ioivdges.
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