The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-15

To the Legal Profession.


To the Legal Profession.
FNiIE FIRST YEAR of the publication Of the
a English Reports IN Lao and Equity closes
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
be published only IN uolumes, and the issue OF Sc
parate parts will be discontinued. 1t is found that
the second part Of each volume follows rapidly
after the first, that the advantages of publishing
by parts are unimportant. Each volume will here
after appear once in two months, in the same eizc
and style heretofore, and ut the same exceed
ingy low rate Of $ per volume to permanent SUBJ
scribcrs-
The profession need not be reminded that this 10
the only series Of Reports, either in England in
this country, which attempts to contain ALL the
decisions Of ALL the English courts In this series
every reported case Except nisi prius decisons) is
given in FULL, without condemnation or abridg-
mcnt, and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication Of the English cases.
Ii may be proper also to state that in England
there are regular reporters, authorized by law,
as in this country but that each series of Reports
is there conducted solely private enterprise,
by private reporters. And it is believed that for
PRomPrNEss, ACCURACY, CLEARNEss, and BREvITY-
the essential requisites In any Reports-the Law
Journal, and the Jurst Series, surpassed by
any rival series in England, and they have often
Crofts Us. Bealc, % Eng. Rep, 4O8, Dhere the
paratiue accuracy Of the Lato Journal Reports, and
the contsmporassOus reports Of Manning + Gran
ger, as TO the true pleadings in Former case,
directly involued. In that case, Jeyufs the Chief jus
tics Of the Common Pleas Observed: IN Is clear that
the plea IN Sison vs. Kidman az reported in Man.
& Grang $40, IS not correct The plea, as IL isre
ported in the La,p Journal Reports, just my bro
Mer Maule suPposes." In addition to the foregoing
points of superiority in these Reports, they viii
be found to contain many valuable cases not
elsewhere reported, while NO CASE IN ANY other
other series will be omitted in this Arrangements
have been made whereby this series will contain
all the reported cases in the Jurst and Law Jour
of Lords; E. F. Moore's Reports in the Privy
Council; the Reports of Smons, Hare, Bcavan, De
Gex and Small, and Macnaghten and Gordon, in
the Courts OF Equity; Adolphus and Ellis, Man
ming, Granger and Scott, and Welsby, Hurlstonc
and Gordon, in the Common Law Courts; also the
Criminal Reports of Denison, Temple and New,
and E. w. Cox; the Admiralty Reports of Robin
son, and the Ecclesiastical Reports of Robertson
a combination of legal reports entirely unequaled
In any country.
Additional value will also be given to this series
in the annual volumes of the United States Digest.
The first six volumes will be contained in Vol. v.
Of the Annual Digest, now in press.
We also beg leave to refer the reader to the
nexed recommendations.
BosToN, February, 1852.
Letters Of Recommendation receiDed from Judges Of
the United States Supreme Court.
WAsHINGToN, January 81, 1852.
GENTLEhEN: My engagements here have not
permitted me to examine particularly your repub-
LEGATION Of the English Reports in Law and Equity.
But, far l have been able to look into them,
tney appear 10 De correctly ana well executed.
And if 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 attral.
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
them.
am, with much respect, your obedent servant,
X. b. TANEY.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN.
WAsHINGroN, January l9, 1852
Messrs. LITTLE BRowS: In the prompt repub
LEGATION Of the English Reports in Law and
Equity" you tender to the profession most i'm
portant service. The first volume Of these Reports
includes decided in the House of Lords
Privy Council, Courts of Equity and Common Law,
from and after Michaelmas Term, 1850; also
Grown Cases Reserved, and Cases in the Ecce-
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-
coed from your prees, are executed in n most sub
stantial manner and do credit to the enterprise Of
the publishers, / became a subscriber for them az
soon they found with the booksellers in the
West, and am convinced, that from THEIR CHEAP
MISS AND EXTENT OF MATTER, THEY MUST SUPER
sKDK, AT LEAST IN THIS COUNTRY, ALL OTHER Enc
LIsH REPORTS OF LATE DECISIONS.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
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