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TINTED STATES STATUTES AT LARGE.
u VOLUMEIX. Will be published on the LIST Of
April, next, sThe Statutes at Largo and Treaties
Of the United States Of America, Volume TX"
comprising all the legislation Of the Congress OF
the United States from l546 to 1851 inclusive;
royal vo., about HOO pages. Price $3.50, in
This volume is continuation of the Statutes at
Large in vols, published by authority of Con-
gress in 1866.
,ACOMPLETE SYNOPTICAL INDEX TO THE
UNITED STATES STATUTES AT LARGE, in
Guiding those of the 3Ist Congress, prepared under
an order of the Senate and to be published agreea-
bly, to resolve of that honorable body Royal Svo.
This Index win refer, under copious titles, to
cnoh law. and every joint and Senate and House
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or adopted under the Federal Constitution, so that
the reader may see at glance the whole law on
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JUST PUBLISHED, DoMAT IN. } CIVIL LAW
INITS NATURAL ORDER, translatedinto English
by Vim. Strahan, LID, Advocate in Doctors
Commons. Edited, from the second London Edi
ton, by Hon. LUTHER s. CUSHING, late one Of
the Judges in the Court of Common Pleas; now Lee
turer on Civil and Parliamentary Law in Harvard
University. In Q vols. Royal Syo
Among the writer's on the Roman Law whose
works are beat known to English and American
lawyers, and which have exerted the most infiu-
enos upon our Doa Ma;,n wn S
DER" says Judge Story, preface to Bailments,)
ssconsidering the age and the circumstances in
which it was written, is truly wonderful per-
lormanco. His method il excellent, and his mat
ter clear, exact and comprehensive"
The object of tho author, in this learned produce
ton, was to disembarrass those OF the principles
and provisions of the Roman law, which are OF gen.
cral interest and application, from the techncali-
ties of the system, and, by presenting them in
natural and scientific method TO render them more
ineligible, and their attainment more useful and
agreeable and, though che work was particularly
intended for and adapted to the French jurispru-
dence of the age it 10 not lcss applicable to every
system of law, If which the Roman code is either
a part, or in which It ia recognised as body OF
written reason. Besides the general claims which
the work thus possesses to the attention Of the Anne
r.can lawyer, Domat has peculiar interestin those
Of the States whose legal institutions are derived
in part from those OF France or Spain, and are thus
bunded in the Roman law.
These reasons have induced a belief on the part
of the publishers that modern edition Of this cee
brated work would be acceptable to the profession,
and have led them to engage in republication OF
the English TRANSLATION Of il by DR.. Strahan.
FROM HON. JUDGE EUsTIs, CHIEF JUSTICE
OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
BRooKLINE, Der. IL, 1850 y
GENTLEMEN: have examined the sheets of the
translation Of the admirable work of Domnt on the
Civil Law, which you have been kind enough to
send me. You will have rendered great service
10 the science of law by the publication. The form
OIL the English edition Of the translation was too
large and inconvenient-and its scarcity and high
price prevented its general use in this country The
present publication, from its form, Its style OF exc
cuiun, and moderate price, Think, cannot fail in
rsmunerating you. The translation by Mr.. Stra-
han has been tested it is in the main correct, but
will be improved under the revision of the editor,
Judge Cushing.
In searching for solution of the apparently new
questions arising out of the various relations which
our advance in civilization is creating, and injudg-
ing OF those reforms the law which are in progress
in different parts Of the United States hevaue OF
the civil law will be appreciated it comes to be
understood. II cannot be otherwise with system
of written which for centuries governed the
most wonderful social organization that the world
has ever witnessed, and which ia the real basis of
the Jurisprudence Of continental Europe. and of a
large portion of that of England and the United
States.
Il would bc quite useless for me to speak of the
merits Of the great work which your enterprise is
about to give to the American public. From the
isolated position which the civil law has been per-
United to occupy in England, few Of the standard
works concerning il have been translated into Eng
lish, and this want has not been supplied by the
original English treatises on that subject. have
no doubt that in Louisiana, in Texas, in Califor-
MIA and in the now Territories Of the u tied States
az well as in Lower Canada, there will be ready
demand Tor your publication. The profession
throughout the Union will readily lend their favor
to the undertaking.; and trust that your enter
from time to time, in the English language, such
other standard works as will form the basis of q
civil law library.
/ remain, gentlemen. very respectfully. your
Obedient servant, GEORGE EUSTIS.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN. 10 Ha
FROM ALFRED HENNEN, ESQ, OF THE
NEW ORLEANS BAR.
BosroN, SEPT. 6, 1850.
Messrs. LITTLE BnowN: Gcntlemen--I am
much pleased to learn that you are engaged in
publishing revised edition Of Strahans transla-
Ton Of DOMAT ON CIVIL LAW. No work in
the English language, the same subject, is to be
compared with IL for the fullness and correctness
OF the doctrine conveyed throughout it. iGgJa
From the time Of its publication, up to the pre-
sent, it has received the appreciation of the most
learned men and lawyers in every country, and
very deservcdly. The compilers of the Code Ma
poleon drew copiously from it for their work. Ma
poleon himself studied it most carefully in early
life which may account for the singular acuteness
and wisdom Of his observations and decisions, dur
ing the discussions on the adoption of his CODE
brary of every American lawyer.
Your obedient servant, ALFRED HENNEN.
REPORTS OF CASES argued and determined in
the Circuit Court of the United States for the first
circuit from 1912 to 1851, as follows: aPa
GALLISON'S REPORTS. Reports of Cases :
gued and determined in the Circuit Court Of the
United States, for the first Circuit, from 1912 to
1915. Second edition, with additional Notes and
References 2vols. Svo. Boston, 1885.
al should omit doing justice to my own feelings,
as we'll as to the cause OF truth, If Iwcre not TO Sc
Iect the decisions in Collisions and Mason's Re-
ports MS specimens Of pre-eminent merit. They
may fairly be placed upon level with the best
productions oftbe English Admiralty, for deep and
accurate learning, well as for the highest ability
and wisdom in DECISIONS Kent, 30; {2) 527.
MASON (William P.) REPORTS OF CASES
in the Circuit Court Of the United States for the