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/ " VOLUME TX. Will be published ON the lst Of
April, psa; The Statutes at Large and Treaties ~
comprising all the legislation OF the Congress Of
the United States from 1916 to 1851 inclusive;
royal vo, about HOO pages. Price $3.50, in
This volume is a Continuation Of the Statutes at
Large in 8 vols, published by authority OF Con-
gress In 1856.
| "A COMPLETE sYNOPTICAL INDEX TO THE
UNITED STATES STATUTES AT LARGE, in
an order of the Senate and to be published agreea
bly, to q resolve of that honorable body. Royal vo
This Index will refer, under copious titles, to
each law, and every joint and Senate and House
resolve, public or private, which has been passed
or adopted under the Federal Constitution, 30 that
the reader may see at glance the whole law on
any single subject. Sassr ,st
JUSTPUBLISHED, DOMAT (M.) CIVILIAN
INITS NATURAL ORDER. transiatedintoE English
by VIM. Strahan, LID, Advocate in Doctors
Commons. Edited, from the second London Ed
ton, by Hon. LUTHER 8. CUSHING, late one Of
the Judgesin the Court of Common Pleas now Lee.
turer on Civil and Parliamentary Law in Harvard
University. In vols. Royal Svo.
Among the writer's ON the Roman Law whose
works are best known TO English and American
lawyers, and which have exerted the most infiu-
ence upon our jurisprudence, Ia DoMAr, "whose
work, entitled Tine tiUii Laso in it, Natural Or
DER" says Judge Story, preface to BaiLments,)
considering the age and the circumstances In
Torrance. iHis method is excellent, and his mat
! ter clear, exact, and comprehensive" ~
The object Of the author, in this learned produc-
ton, was TO disembarrass those Of the principles
Dor, syuh Of
eral interest and application, from the technicali-
| ties of the system, and, by presenting them in o
natural and scientific method, to render them more
ineligible, and their attainment moro useful and
agreeable; and, though the work was particularly
intended for and adapted to the French jurispru-
dcnce of the age it is not less applicable to every
system Of law, Of which the Roman code 10 either
part, or in which ii is recognised as body of
1 written reason. Besides the general claims which
The work thus possesses to the attention Of the Ame
r.can lawyer, Domnt has peculiar interestin those
of the States whose legal institutions derived
in part from those of France Spain, and thus
| bunded in the Roman law.
These reasons have induced belief on the part
of the publishers that modern edition Of this cele-
brhted work would be acceptable to the profession,
| and have led them to engage in republication OF
the English translation of by DR.. Strahan.
FROM HON. JUDGE EUsTIs, CHIEF JUSTICE
"a OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. 4t
/ tstt ~ f.f ~ BaooxLISE, Ger. IL, 1850.
GENTLEMEN: Ihave examined the sheets of tho
translation Of the admirable work Of Domat on the
! Civil Law, which you have been kind enough to
send me. You will have rendered great service
To the science Of law by the publication The form
oI the English edition Of the translation was too
large and inconvenient-and its scarcity and high
price prevented its general in this country. The
present publication, from its form, its style of
cuton, and moderate price, Think, cannot fail in
remunerating you. The translation by Mr. Stra-
han has been tested il ia 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 in udg-
ing of those reforms law which in progress
in different parts Of the United States, the value OF
the civil law will be appreciated asst comes TO be
understood. It cannot be otherwise with system
Of written which for centuries governed the
most wonderful social organization that the world
has 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. f,tJG8Hst t4t1 eE94e 80
! II would be quite useless for me to speak Of the
merits Of the great work which your enterprise 10
| about to give to the American public. From the
isolated position which the civil law has been per-
nitted to occupy in England, few of the standard
works concerning it have been translated into Eng
iish, and this want has not been supplied BY the
| original English treatses that subject Ihave
no doubt that in Louisiana, in Texas, in Calfor-
MIA and in the new Territories Of the tied States,
as well as in Lower Canada, there will DO ready
| demand for your publication. The profession
throughout the Union will readily lend their favor
| TO the undertaking; and trust that your enter
| prisng house will find its interest in publishing,
from time to time, in the English language, such
other standard works az will form the basis Of a
| civil law library.
isman gentlemen vefy 66sspsstf Er Eeur
! Messrs LITTLE BRowN.
FROM ALFRED HENNEN, ESQ.,, OF THE
! NEW ORLEANS BAR.
/ BosToN, SEPT. 6, 1850.
Messrs LITTLE & BRowN: GentlemenI am
! much pleased to learn that you engaged in
publishing revised edition of Strahan's transla-
| ton of DOMAT ON CIVIL LAW. No work in
the English language on the same subject, is to be
compared with II, for the fulness and correctness
Of the doctrine conveyed throughout it.
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 dcservcdly. The compilers Of the Code Ma
polcon 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.
Domat should, and hope will be, found in the Ii.
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:
GALLISON'S REPORTS. Reports of Cases ar
gued and determined in the Circuit Court of the
United States, for the first Circuit, from 1912 to
| 1910. second eulIlOn, Win MOVES dnO
| References. vols. Svo. Boston, 1895.
81 should omit doing justice to my own feelings,
as we'll to the cause of truth, If were not to
| lect the decisions in Collisions and Mason's Re-
ports as specimens of pre-e eminent merit. They
| may fairly be placed upon level with the best
productions of the English Admiralty, for deep and
accurate learning, well for the highest ability
and wisdom in decision."-3 Kent, 20; (2) SGT.
| MASON (william P.) REPORTS OF CASES
in tho Circuit Court of the United States for the
| First Circuit, from 1916 to 1880. vols. Svo.
"These Reports comprise the Decisions of Mr..
Justice Story the First Circuit of the United
states, and follow in order after Mr.. Collisions
Reports. The Decisions relate to great variety
! OF MISREPRESENTATION, Admiralty, Personal,
and Real Law, and Chancery, and are character
iczd by the profound learning, acuteness, and
thoroughness Of research, which such eminent
Il ATS Of their author They will bear a favorable
comparison, in point of learning and practical
utility, with the best volumes of the English Re-
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