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BOOKS PUBLIsHED AND IN PRESS BY
CHARLES c. LITTLE q JAMES BROWN,

JUSTrUBLISHED, DOMAT (d.) CIVIL Law
1NfTS NATURAL ORDER, translated into English
by VIM. Strahan, LID, Advocate in Doctors
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 writer's on the Roman Law whose
works are best known to English and American
lawyers, and which have exerted the most influ-
ence upon our Jurisprudence, is DoMAr, "whOsc
dr. says Judge Story, preface to Bailments,)
considering the age and the circumstances in
which it was written, is truly wonderful per
formance- His method ia 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
and provisions ofthe 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 more useful and
agreeable; and, though Che work was particularly
intended for and adapted to the French jurispru-
dcnce of the age, it s not less applicable to every
system Of law, Of which the Roman code ia either
a part or in which it is recognised as body of
written reason. Besides the general claims which
she work thus possesses to the attention Of the Ame
rscan lawyer Domat has peculiar interest in those
of the States whose legal Institutions derived
In part from those of France or Spain and are thus
bounded in the Roman law.
These reasons have induced belief on the part
Of the publishers that modern edition of this cele-
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, CHIEF JUSTICE
OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
BRooKLINE, Der. IL, 1850.
GEsrLEMEN: ! have examined the sheets of the
translation of the admirable work of Domat on the
Civil Law, which you have been kind enough to
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 exc
cuion 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,
In searching for a solution Of the apparently new
questions arising out of the various relations which
advance in civilization is creating, and in judg
ing Of those reforms of law which in progress
in different parts Of the United States, the value OF
the civil law will be appreciated as it comes to be
understood. 1t cannot be otherwise with a system
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.
It 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-
mitted 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 treatises on that subject. have
no doubt that in Louisiana, in Texas, in Califor-
MIA and in the Territories of the u tied States,
as well in Lower Canada, there will be ready
demand for your publication. The profession
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 as will form the basis of a
obedient servant, GEORGE EUSTfS.
Messrs. LITTLE * BRowN.
FROM ALFRED HENNEN, ESQ.,, OF THE
NEW ORLEANS BAR.
BosroN, SEPT. s, 1850.
Messrs. LITTLE 4 BRowN: Gcntemen-I am
much pleased to learn that you engaged in
publishing a 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 1t.
From the time Of its publication, up to the pre-
ssnt, it has received the appreciation of the most
learned men and lawyers in every country, and
very dcservedly. The compilcrs 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.
Domat should, and hope will be, found in the IL
brary Of every American lawyer
IouT oUSsulcHt bcINGnt, ALI NIL hE~-sNk-N
REPORTS OF CASES argued and determined in
the Circuit Court Of the United States for the first
circuit from 1912 to 1851, as follows:
GAtLISON'S REPORTS. Reports of Cases ar :
gued and determined in the Circuit Court of the
United States, for the first Circuit from 1912 to
)sl5. Second edition, with additional Notes and
References vols. Svo- Boston, 1885.
81 should omit doing justice to my own feelings
well to the of truth, If were not to
Iect the decisions in Collisions and Mason's Re-
ports as specimens Of pre-eminent merit. They
may faiely be placed upon 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, 90; (2) SCI.
MASON (william P.) REPORTS OF CASES
in the Circuit Court Of the United States for the
First Circuit, from 1916 to 1890. vols. Svo.
"These 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 character
iczd by the profound learning, acuteness, and
ttaits Of their author. They will bear favorable
comparison, in point Of learning and practica
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.
These volumes contain the decisions of MIR
Justice Story, and form a continuation to the Sc
RIGS of Gallison and Mason. The decisions in the
present volumes relate particularly to questions OF
Equity and Admiralty, and are of great practical
value"
sIORY'S REPORTS. Story civilian W.
Reports of Cases argued and determined in the
Circuit Court of the United States for the First Cir
cult. vols ovo.
''Thesc volumes form a continuation to the Sc
ries of Gallson, Mason, and Sumner. They con
tain the last opinion ever pronounced by Mr.. JUS
tice Story who died while the last opinion in the
third volume was yet undevered"
WOODBURY. (Chas. L. and MINOT George
Reports of Cases argued and determined in the
Circuit Court of the United States for the First Cir
cult Vols !. and ii.
"These volumes contain the Decisions of Hon
Levi Woodbury., appointed to succeed Mr.. Story
as Assistant Justice for the First District
Vol. iii. in press.
HOWARD'S SUPREME COURT REPORTS
Howard benjamin CO. Reports Of Cases argued
and adjudged in the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States Vols. 4, s, 8, 4, and s. s. 80 each
vol.
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