The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-06-08

- '1'ii ''dYS Z l AZ CT ItlS tNeVtle9 Code He can
TO" Pgt MS hand lnto his pocket, and take out a
eenteel, portable octave volume. Which cn,rn-e
hents ms foymer iicfary, -dnencu1nbere Of ali lis
| ruobiih. The type on which the pre!ert edition
is printed, IS either fame or alrnoit exactly the
lame wIfh that OF the lat, ard rncH eiteemce Lon
Ger edlFIon CT Coke upon Littleton This cir
cnniSahee IS mentioned here, becauie Complaint
mad been made, in one Of the Rchuond new. ga
perS, by tome namcieis writer, that the tyre va
TOO inlai! I Gu cannot, at the fame time enjoy
the cooi, hfaclng breeze ofwiarcr and the verdapr
vegetation or hummer. GU cannot, in the fame
oooS' Unite the advantages OF foho and of an
octave. |. this editou bad been prin,ed upon 2
type as large as that OF MIR. Davis, it mutt have
oeen one laird part dearer 1han 1t is, for the vo-
iuI',c, including rhe ne1 index, and The bottom
holes' Pohtively ooncains one third part mors of
mater than the former edition. The price to
lunicTlbers, mut have been RATED 70 rne dollars
sna to Neutrality-suspicious., to twelve dollars Very
ie" Pufcaatcrs VIII regret that che publication can
ne bad at = price 10 much more rcaionable.
ne former edition laboured under more rkan
enc material defect. It Was often imponible ia
tell at what time itasnte had originally pafcd
Fut t5e cate, char deed was to De contetie6
! wnich bore date in 100. 1t is clear rhs- tn.
! tran'acflon could nor be Affected by laws made
Poiterlor to It's date. 1t became aueAion how
long the law had exHed, or, when = predeceGol
to II, or 20 tone part Of II. had been paHed in.
! perhaps different torn For infance, OF chap
ter GHAVtI. 4 considerable part appears 90 nave
been enacted at different periods orc parg II
! 1855, others N 1901. in the old edition G
the Regiied Code, tie law Is dated Decambcr 10th
1909,
The bottom, notes Of the new edition give no
tIce. thar various parts o. 1t III force before
Although the whole had been covered by the iub-
ie9ucnr iiatute Of s79a. The fame notes givt
inin,a,ion, that this law has been amended b,
tapother, of 1901. Again. chapter CXHViEl boar
date the z6yh OF December,'79z. But We learn tia
the fr2 ciauc Of the f4tnte exit)ei in I762, t5at
60 fay, thiisy years before. The fscond clanfc
which is by far the longeii in the act. had beenta
ken from 4or.aer ttatate, dssca October, VITO
! From not knowing how far back the force ofthet
laws extended the court was often Gait inso IRE
9aalte extended, Was often work Of great time
and difficulty; ard pc har5 the reqe,are apparetu.
Of cid laws could nag q ways ~ AID. Gentlemen
Of the bat allure u.s. tb t tle botto.a notes, wich
zsc to be found a the tocc Of ailnoft every page
Of his edition. are tbenelve5 alone, faiT!g aarti
the whole prc. Of thc book. We have ncitael
received, ror s9cd pe rrni Hon 10 puh}i!l the name
, 81 The ilPoo.e1 author II theie NOTES. He is
i.o~ ever, g=alien;an whole name has long beer
familiar 30. every lawyer II Virgins. lie has
long filed more .han oac in.ece6ing department
IN the fy.en, Esd the fcience OF )ur!prudsace
In poio, oficgai knowledge and abilities, his re-
putatiou Is inEsrior 70 rons.
All the ge7gisDcao Of the law, with oae voice
/ compllioca Of the nperfeesion OF the former IN
/ dex. 4 usw che has been cnirely wrote over
again. andxt vegs comfortable exPcrce for the
prsf@nt cation In the former, thetc were, undo,
vhe letter a, only rgvs!y FIX different heads. ln
this edition there are foyfy Aiaf. In TIE former
Letter contained only fzesaJ.t-s heads. Iii,
has ferJ lsVsr. Thee particulars are mentioned
70 lacw -he hyperion pcrlpicuity and completeness
nj tie Pfeiert index and how greatly il mutt &
-J,ltJe accurate examination OF the contents 81
iAe Volume. The index cocsains /7eaiy t-,u o. gcs
ne ceTt o. he laws, executive Of the preface ans
tIts page, contains as ABOVE mentioned, four h1n-
dred and fi'y-tour; fo that there IS one page OF
index Tor about every ix pages Of text A largci
number of references would Il I'VE been ufeics, ans
have icrVed rather to cmblTais, than ahiit the
reader. This laborous part Of the work was draw
up ~ MIR. James Riaa, who had been employed
as aiii1ant, by the iuperyifors Of me foimcy
edition. We have every reai2n 70 think thai his
performance will give entire !atis}ac,ion
Tbs volume, the index excepted, was com
pleccy Prilsed Of icvcraI months ago Bot j;
was mpoliole 10 deliver the the book until MS
,imc, becaufs the bad f4ic Of MIR. Kinds health
lid not persist him 20 fIrGih the index ooner.
Ibis apology viz no doubt, be conidereda as iufi-
cientfor 2 long delay of publication, which il "a7
iinpofi;bic for re editors 20 prevent
ltwo5li be the {umri5 Of frivolity to exap;iat5
upon The Impotence IF Bors IKE this; becauie
u IS pil.n that every family in the commonwealth,
f.ouN i rofi5!e, poiisls copy Oft. Ioiadgcs,
magiitTates. 'ni lawyers, it IS indi-rsudbly ne
ec8ary nd very private gentleman VINO hes
% He-sGiu5 ee1er his Ovn rights. OF thoie or
nes a5oars,osEF: % be converian, S. in i,s CON
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