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CHARLES @. LITTLE q JAMES BROWN,

Of the United States OF America, volume lX,'
the United States from 1876 to 1851 inclusive;
ROYAL vo., about 100 pages. Price $3.50, In
superior law binding.
This volume is a continuation OF the Statutes at
Large in vols, published by authority of Con-
gress in lS45-6.
,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 a 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
adopted under the Federal Constitution, so that
the reader may see at q glance the whole law on
any single subject.
JUsTPUBLIsHED, DoMAT (NI. } 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 vols. Royal Svo.
Among the writers 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 The Cioil Lao IN its NatTal Or
der" says Judge Story. preface to Baiments,)
considering the age and the circumstances In
which it was written, ia truly wonderful per-
formance His method is excellent, and his mat
ter clear, exact, and comprehensive"
The object OF tho author, In this learned prOuuc-
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 a
natural and scientific method, to render them more
Ineligible, and their attainment moro usoful and
agreeable; and though the work was particularly
intended for and adapted to the French jurispru-
dcnce Of the age 1t is not less applicable to every
system of law, IF which the Roman code 10 either
part, or in which it is recognised as body Of
written reason. Besides the general claims which
the work thus to the attention OF the Anne
rcan lawyer, Domat has peculiar interest in those
of the States, whose legal institutions derived
in part from those of France Spain, and are thus
founded in the Roman law.
These reasons have induced belief on the part
of the publishers that modern edition Of this ccle
brated work would be acceptable to the profession,
and have led them to engage in republication Of
the English translation Of it by DIR. 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 viii 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 inconvenicnt-and its scarcity and high
price prevented its general use in this country The
present publication, from its form, its style Of
cution, and moderate price, Think, cannot fail in
remunerating you. The translation by Mr. Stra-
nan has been tested; 1t 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
advance in civilization is creating and in judy
ing of those reforms law which in progress
in different parts of the United States, the value Of
the civil law will be appreciated as 1t comes to be
Understood. II cannot be otherwise with system
of written reasons which for centuries governed the
most wonderful social organization that the world
has 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 ia
about to give to the American public. From the
isolated position which the civil law has been per-
mitted to occupy in England, few Of the standard
works concerning it have been translated into Eng
sh, 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 Territories Of the UL tied States.
well as in Lower Canada, there will be ready
demand for your publication. The profession
throughout the Union will readily lend their favor
10 the undertaking; and trust that your enter
prising house will find its interest in publishing,
from time to time, in the English language, such
other standard works as will form the basis OF
! remain, gentlemen, very respectfully IrI your
obedient servant, GEORGE EUSIlS.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN.
FROM ALFRED HENNEN, ESQ, OF THE
NEW ORLEANS BAR.
BosToN, SEPT. 6, 1850.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN: Gentlemen-I am
much pleased to learn that you are engaged in
publishing q 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 it, for the funess and correctness
the doctrine conveyed throughout it.
Erom 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
| :, ho Of tboC nJe
polcon drew copiously from it for their work. Ma
poleon himself studied it most carefully in early
life, which may account for the singular acucness
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 ddsrmined in
the Circuit Court of the United States for the first
circuit from 1872 TO 1851. as follows
GALLISON'S REPORTS. Reports of Cases
gued and determined in the Circuit Court of the
United States, for tho first Circuit, from 1912 to
1915. Second edition, with additional Notes and
| References. 2 vols. Svo Boston, 1895.
81 should omit doing justice to my own feelings,
as well as to the Of truth, if Iwere not to
| lect the decisions in Collisions and Mason's Re-
| ports 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 dccison."-3 Kent, 90; (2) 527.
| MASON civilian P.) REPORTS OF CASES
| in the 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 a great variety
of subjects-Co Admiralty, Personal,
and Real Law, and Chancery, and are character.
| iezd by the profound learning, acuteness, and
thoroug hness of research, which are 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 3 vols Svo.
s'These volumes contain the decisions of MIR.
| Justice Story, and form a continuation TO the Sc
| ries of Gallson and Mason. The decisions in the
present volumes relate particularly to questions Of
Equity and Admiralty, and are Of great practical
value"
STORY'S REPORTS Story (Willam W.
Reports of Cases argued and determined in the
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