The republic., 1852-06-28
ENGLISH LAW AND EQUITY REPORTS.
TO the Legal Profession.

'IHE flkST YEAK of the publication of the
EhgiiSh Reports an Law and Equity closes
With the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
be published only ia c0lumss, and the of Sc
parate parts will be discontinued. II is found that
tae second part OF each volume follows SO rapidly
after the first, that the advantages of publishing
by parts are uniInportant. Each volume will here
after appear once in two months, in the same size
ana style as heretofore, and at the same exceed
ihsiy low rate oI " per volume to permanent sub
scribers.
The profession need not be reminded that this is
me only series OF Reports, either in England in
this country, which attempts to contain ALL the
decisions OF ALL the Englsh courts. In IL is series
every reported case Except nisi prius decsions is
given in FULL, without condensation abridg
accurate republication of the English cases.
II may be proper slso to state, that in England
there are no regular reporters, authorized by law,
as in this country, but that each series of Reports
10 there conducted solely as private enterprise,
py private reporters. And it is believed that for
paomPTNEss, ACCURACY, cLEARNEss, and BREvITY--
the essential requisites in any Repors--the Law
Journal, and the Jurist Seres not surpassed by
any rival series in England, and they have often
been found more correct. See the late Of
Croits Us Beale, Is Eng. Rep, 406, phers the
parGf'rs accuracy Of Me LdiD Journal Rfporfs and
fas contempoyaneous reports Of Manning S Gram
ger, as to the true pieadings in a former case ,cas
directly inUolUed In hatcdse Jeyuis, the Chief JUS
lice Of the Common Pleas, obserusd: .sH is clear that
tte plea ~ Sison vs. kidman, reported in Man.
Grang. $40, is not correct. The plea, as IL is re-
ported in Tie LaU Journal Reports is just my bro
her Mduie suPposes" In addition to tho foregoing
points OF superiority in these Reports, they will
be found to contain many valuable not
elsewhere reported, while NO CASE ANY other
other series will be omitted in this. Arrangements
all the reported cases in the Juris and Law Jour-
nal; in Clark and Finnely's Reports in the House
Of Lords; f. F. Moore's Reports in the Privy
Council; the Reports Of Simons, Hare, Beavan, De
Gex and Small, and Macnaghten and Gordon. i'm
the Courts OF Equity; Adophus and Ellis, Man
ming Cvfngcr apd Scott and We}sby. Hurlstone
Criminal Reports Of Denison, Temple and New,
and E. w Cox; the Admiralty Reports of Robin
son, and the Ecclesiastical Reports of Robertson
combination of legal reports entirely unequalled
in any country.
Additional value will also be given to this series
from the fact that, hereafter, they will be dgested
in the annual volumes of the United States Digest
The first six volumes will be contained in Vol w.
Of the Annual Digest, now in press.
We also beg leave to refer the reader to the an
nexed recommendations.
BosToN, February, 1852.
Letters Of Recommendation ,eceiced from Judges of
the United States Supreme Court.
WAsHINcToN, January 27. 1852.
GENTLEMEN: My engagements here have not
permitted me to examine particularly your repub-
licalion Of the English Reports in Law and Equity.
But as far as have been able to look into them,
they appear to be correctly and well executed.
And il they continue to be republished with the
promptness of the volumes already out, and at the
price mentioned, they will be great convenience
to the Bench and the Bar and cannot fail to attracl
their attention take pleasure in recommending
them.
am, with much respect, your obedient servant,
X. B. TANEY
Messrs. LITTLE BRowN.
WAsHINGroN, January l9, 1852.
Messrs. ElTrLE & BRowN In the prompt repub
lication of the "English Reports in Law and
Equity" you tender to the profession a most i'm
portant service. The fret volume of these Reports
includes cases decided in the House of Lords,
Pnvy Council, Courts Of Equity and Common Law
from and after Michaclnas Term, 1850; also
Grown Gases Reserved and Cases in the Eccle-
siastical and Admiralty Courts." And the second.
third fourth and fifth volumes, which you have re-
published. include the decided in the above
courts in 1851.
These Reports, like all other works which pro-
ceed from your press, are executed in a most sub
stanta manner, and do credit to the enterprise of
the publishers. | became a subscriber for them as
soon as they were found with the booksellers in the
w est, and am convinced, that from THEIR CHEAP
NESS AND EXTENT OF MATTER, THEY MUST SUPER
sEDE, AT LEAST IN THIS COUNTRY, ALL OTHER Eng
LIsH REPORTS OF LATE DEcIsIoNs.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN MCLEAN.