The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-03-24
BOOKS PuBLIsHED AND IN PRESS BY
CHARLES G. LITTLE & JAMES BROWN,


/ CHARLES @. LITTLE q JAM NJ nnOWN,
BOSTON.
vrNITEp STATES STATUTES AT LARGE,
u VOLUMEIX. Will be published on the LIST Of
| April next 1.-THE Statutes at Large and Treaties
Of the United States Of America, Volume TX"
comprising all the Legislation Of the Congress OF
the United States from 1916 to 1851 inclusive
royal s vo., about 100 pages Price $3.50, in
superior law binding.
This volume is continuation OF the Statutes at
Large in 8 vols, published by authority of Con-
gross in 1886.
,ACOMPLETE SYNOPTICAL INDEX TO THE
UNITED STATES STATUTES AT LARGE, in
GLIDING those of the 3lst Congress, prepared under
order of the Senate, and to be published agreea-
bly, to resolve Of that honorable body. Royal vo
This Index will refer, under copious titles, 10
each law, and every joint and Senate and House
resolve, public private, which has been passed
adopted under the Federal Constitution 30 that
the reader may see ut glance the whole law on
any single subject.
JUSTPUBLISHED, DOMAT (M. } CIVIL LAW
| IN ITS NATURAL ORDER, translatcdinto English
| by VIM. Strahan, LID, Advocate in Doctors
| ton, by Hon. LUTHER s. CUSHING, late one OF
the udges in the Court of Common Pleas; now Lee,
| turer on Civil and Parliamentary Law in Harvard
University. In 2 vols Royal Syo.
Among the writer's on the Roman Law whose
| works are best known to English and American
lawyers, and which have exerted the most iniu-
ence upon our jurisPrudence Is DON'T w. WHOSE @
| DER" says Judge Story, preface to Bailments,)
oconsidcring the age and the circumstances in
| which it was written, is truly wonderful per-
/ formancc. His method is excellent and his mat
| ter clear exact, and comprehensive"
The object of tho author, in this learned produc-
/ ton was to disembarrass those Of the principles
and provisions Of the Roman law, which are OF gen.
eral interest and application, from the technical
| 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 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 is either
| a part, in which it is recognised as body OF
written reason. Besides the general claims which
the work thus possesses to the attention Of the Amc
rcan lawyer, Domat has peculiar interest in those
of the States whose legal institutions are derived
in part from those of France Spain, and thus
| founded in the Roman law.
These reasons have induced belief on the part
Of the publishers that modern edition of this celo
brated work would be acceptable to the profession
| and have led them to engage in republication of
the English translation Of it by Dr. strahan.
FROM HON. JUDGE EUsTIs, CHEF JUSTICE
OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
BRooKLINE, Der. IL, 1850
GENTLEMEN: have examined the sheets of the
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
of the English edition Of the translation was too
large and inconvenient-and its scarcity and high
price prevented it's general in this country The
present publication, from its form, its style Of
cution, and moderate price, Think, cannot fail in
sempnerating you The translation , by Mr. st ira
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 judg
ing Of those reforms the law which in progress
in different parts of the United States, the value OF
the civil law will be appreciated it comes to be
rudprst0od IL capnot he otherwise with ay6tern
of written which for centuries governed the
most wonderful social organization that the world
has ever witnessed and which is the real basis OF
the Jurisprudence Of continental Europe. and of a
| large portion of that Of England and the United
States.
1t would be 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-
mittcd to occupy in England. few of the standard
works concerning it have been translated into Eng
lish and this want has not been supplied by the
original English treatscs on that subject. l have
no doubt that in Louisiana, in Texas, in Califor-
MIA, and in the Territories of the United States
as well as in Lower Canada, there will be ready
demand for your publication. The profession
throughout the Union will readily lend their favor
to the undertaking; and trust that your enter
prsing house will find its interest in publishing.
from time to time, in the English language, such
other standard works will form the basis Of q
civil law library.
] remain, gentlemen, very respectfully, your
obcdicnt servant, GEORGE EUSTIS.
Mcssrs LITTLE & BROWN
FROM ALFRED HENNEN ESQ.,, OF THE
NEW ORLEANS BAR
BosroN, SEPT. 6, 1850.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN: Gentlcmen--I am
much pleased to learn that you are engaged in
publishing revised edition of Strahan's transla-
ton of DOMAT ON CIVIL LAW. No work in
the English language, on the snnc subject, is to be
compared with it, for the fullness and correctness
1.-THE doctrine conveyed throughout it..
From the time of its publication, up TO the pre-
cent, it has received the appreciation of the most
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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 the adoption of his code
Domat should, and hope will be, found in the IL
brary of every American lawyer.
Your obcdent 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 mr.
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. 2 vols. Svo. Boston, 1885,
al should omit doing justice to my own feelings,
we'll as to the of truth, if were not to
lect the decisions in Collisions and Mason's Re-
ports as specimens OF pre- eminent merit. They
may fairly be placed upon a level with the best
productions of the English Admiralty, for deep and
accurate learning, well as for the highest ability
and wisdom in decision ''-3 Kent, 20; (2) 527.
MASON (Wiam P.) REPORTS OF CASES
in the Circuit Court of the United States for the
First Circuit, from 1916 to 1880. s vols. Svo.
"Thcse Reports comprise the Decisions of Mr.
Justice Story on the First Circuit of the United
States, and follow in order after Mr. Collisions
Reports. The Decisions relate to great variety
of Observation-Disclosures Admiralty, Personal
and Real Law, and Chancery, and are character
iezd by the profound learning, acutencss, and
| tnOrOuQbncS5 OF research, which such eminent
traits Of their author They will bear favorable
comparison in point of learning and practical
utility, with the best volumes of the English Re-
ports"
SUMMERS REPORTS. Sumner CHARLES. }
Reports of Cases argued and determined in the
Circuit Court of the United States for the First Cir
cult. vols Svo
"Thcse volumes contain the decisions of Mr.
Justice Story, and form continuation to the &C.
ries of Galson and Mason. The decisions in the
present volumes relate particularly to questions of
Equity and Admiralty, and are of great practical
value"