The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-01
ENGLISH LAW AND EQUITY REPORTS.
To the Legal Profsss,on.

THE FIRST YEAR of the publication of the
English Reports IN Ldo and Equity closes
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
be published only IN vo!umes and the issue Of Sc
parate parts will be discontinued. II 10 found that
the second part of each volume follows 80 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 size
and style as heretofore, and ut the same exceed
ingiy low rate OF 50 per volume to permanent sub
scribers.
The profession need not be reminded that this is
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 prus decisons) is
given in FULL, without condensation or abridg-
accurate republication of the English cases.
II may be proper slso to state, that in England
there no regular reporters, authorized by law,
in this country but that each series Of Reports
is there conducted solely as private enterprise,
by private reporters. And it ia believed that for
PRoMPrNEss, ACCURACY, CLEARNEss, and BREvITY-
the essential requisites in any Reports-the Law
Journal, and the Jurst Series, not surpassed by
any rival series in England, and they have often
been found more correct See the late case Of
Cros Us. Beale, Is Eng. Rep, 4OS, rhsre the com
pardf'Ue accuracy Of the LatD Journal Reports. and
the contemporaseous reports Of Manning T. Gran
ger, as to the true pieddings Former case,
directly invOlued. In that case, Jeyuis the Chief Jus
tics Of the Common Pleas, 0bseyucd at is clear that
The plea IN Sison us. Kidman, reported in Man.
& Grang. $40, is not correct. The plea, IL
ported in The Law Journal Reports, is just my bro
her Maule supp0ses." In addition to the foregoing
points Of superiority in these Reports, they will
be found to contain many valuable not
elsewhere reported, while ANY other
other series will be omitted in this Arrangements
have been made whereby this series will contain
all the reported in the Jurist and Law Jour
nal; in Clark and Fnnelly's Reports in the House
of Lords; e. F. Moores Reports in the Privy
Council; the Reports of Simons, Hare, Beavan, Dc
Gex and Small, and Macnaghten and Gordon, in
thn nDrfe NJ ry,yfyy tnht and RIan
ming, Granger and Scott, and Welsby, Hurlstone
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 unequalled
In any country.
Additional value will also be given to this series
from the fact that, hereafter, they will be dgescd
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 n
nexed recommendations.
BosToN, February, 1852.
Letters of Recommendation received from Judges of
the United States Supreme Court
WAsHINGroN, January q, 1852.
GENTLEMEN: My engagements here have not
permitted me to examine particularly your repub-
LEGATION of the English Reports in Law and Equity.
But, as far have been able to look into them,
they appear to be correctly and well executed.
promptness of the volumes already out, and at the
price mentioned, they will be great convenience
the Bench and the Bar and cannot fail to attract
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
them.
am, with much respect, your obcdient servant.
X. b. TANEY.
Messrs. LITTLE & Brown.
WAsHINGToN, January 10, 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 Niichaelmas Term. 1850; also,
Grown Cases 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 cases decided in the above
courts in 1851.
These Reports, like ell other works which pro-
coed from your press are executed in most sub
stantial manner, and do credit TO the enterprise of
the publishers. ! became a subscriber for them as
coon they found with the booksellers in the
West, and am convinced, that from THEIR CHEAP
NEss AND EXTENT o| MATTER, THEY MUST SUPER
sEDR, AT LEAST IN THIS COUNTRY, ALL OTHER Enc
LisH REPoRTs OF LATE DECIsIoSs
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN MCLEAN.