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BOOKS PUBLIsHED AND IN PRESS nf
CHARLES G. LITTLE q JAMES bho"N'

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l VOI.UMEIX Will be published on the LIST oil
April. next, "The Statutes at Large and treaties
Of the United States OF America, volume IA,
comprising all the legislation Of tns I9ngLes.
the United States from 1916 TO 1901 inclusive
rovaI vo., about HOO pages. Price SS'oo' In
superior law binding r. c... :.
This volume is a continuation OF the Statutes at
Large in VOLS, published by authority Oh Con-
yress in 1856.
A COMPLETE sYNOPTICAL INDEX TO THE
United STATES STATUTES AT LARGE, in
Guiding those of the 3lst Congress- prepared under
an order of the Senate, and to be published agreea
bly, to resolve Of that honorable body Royal vo.
This Index will refer, under copous 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, so thai
the reader may see at a glance the whole law on
any single subject.
Units NATURAL ORDER, translatedinto English
by VIM. Strahan, LID, Advocate IN Doctols
Commons. Edited, from the second LONDON Eol
ton, by Hon. LUTHER 8, GUSHING, late one OF
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 Engilsh and Atnerieah
LAWYERS and which have exerted the most lnflu-
ence upon our jurisprudence, is DoMAr, "whose
work, entitled The tivii Lap in its Natural Or
dr." says Judge Story, preface to Baiiments,)
considering the age and the circumstances In
which il was written, is truly wonderful per-
formance His 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
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 tnen 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
r. L ~ L. ~nHA 10 nor
a part, or in which it ia recognised as body OF
written reason. Besides the general claims which
Abe work thus possesses to the attention OF the Anne
rcan lawyer Domat has peculiar interest 10 tnose
of the States whose legal institutions are derived
in part from those of France or Spain, and are thus
founded in the Roman law
i.hese reasons have induced belief on the part
Of the publishers that modern edition OF TINS cele
brated work would be acceptable to the profession,
and have led them to engage in republication OF
the English translation of i by Dr. strahan.
FROM HON. JUDGE EUsTIS, CHIEF JUSTICE
OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
BRooKLINE, Der. III, 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
send me. You viii have rendered great service
to the scence of law by the publication The form
III the English edition OF the translation was 100
large and inconvenient-and lts scarcity ana hlgh
price prevented its general use in this country The
present publication from ts form its style OF exc
snti,,n and moderate price, think, cannot fail in
rsmunerating you. The translation by Mr.. stra-
nan has been tested; it ia In the main correct out
will be improved under the revision of the editor,
Judge Cushing.
In searching for a solution of the apparently new
questions arising out of the various relations which
our advance in civilization ia creating, and In judg
inc of those reforms Of the 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 system
oh, frr tnrSo 10
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 ID
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 Caiifor-
nia 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
70 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
civil law library.
remain, gentlemen, very respectfully, your
0bedient servant, GEOkGE EUSIlS.
Messrs. LITTLE BaowN. r
FROM ALFRED HENNEN, ESQ, OF THE
NEW ORLEANS BAR.
BosroS, SEPT. 6, 1850.
Messrs LITTLE & Baows: Gentlemen-I am
much pleased to learn that you engaged in
ton of DOMAT ON CIVIL LAW. No work in
the English language, on the same subject is to be
compared with it, for the fullness and correctness
OF the doctrine conveyed throughout it.
Evorr, he m o publication, to the pre-
sent, it has received the appreciation of the most
learned men and lawyers in every country, and
very deservedly: The comPiiers 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
Domat should, and hope will be, found in the IL
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
1915. Second edition, with additional Notes and
References. 2 vols. Svo. Boston, 1885.
81 should omit doing justice to my own feelings,
as well to the cause Of truth, If were not to Sc
lect the decisions in Collisions and Mason's Re-
ports as specimens of pre-eminent merit. They
may fairly be placed upon level with the beat
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 (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 the First Circuit of the United
states, and follow in order after MIR. Galison's
Rcp,rts. The Decisions relate to great variety
OF subiects-C Constitutional, Admiralty, Pcrsonal,
aud Real Law, and Chancery, and are character
iczd by the profound learning, acutencss, and
thoroughness 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.
.'These volumes contain the decisions of Mr..
Justice Story and form continuation to the Sc
ries OF Gallison and Mason The decisions in the
present volumes relate particularly to questions OF
Equity and Admiralty, and are Of great practical
value"
S1ORY's REPORTS. Story (william W.