The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-04
ENGLISH LAW AND EQUITY REPORTS.


TIVE FIRST YEAR of the publication of the
Ehgitsh Reports IN Lau and Equity closes
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
be published only pOlttnnes, and the issue Of
parate parts will be discontinued IL ia found that
the second part Of each volume follows rapidly
AFTER the hrst, that the advantages OF publishing
by parts are unlmportant. Each volume will here
after appear once In two months, in the same size
and style as heretofore, and at the same exceed
!ngiy low rate OF 81 per volume to permanent sub
scribers.
The profession need not be reminded that this is
the only series OF Reports, either in Engand or in
this country, which attempts to contain ALL the
decisions of the English courts. In this series
every reported case Except nsi prius deosions) is
given In FULL, without condensation abridg-
ment, and the profession may rely upon having
accurate republication of the English cases.
IL may be proper cleo to state, that in England
there are no 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 1t is believed that for
PRoMPTNEss, ACCURACY, cLEARNEss, and BREviTy-
the essential requisites in any Reports 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 case Of
Croits us Beae, Go Eng Rep, 40S,) phere the
pdrahue accuracy Of the LdiO Journal REPORTS and
the c0ntemporaasous reports Of Manning u Gram
ger, as TO the true peadingS in former case,
directly inuoped In that case, JerUts the Chf Jus
ficeof the Common Pleas. obserued: "H is clear that
the plea IN Sson Us kidman, reported in 3 Man
GranR. SlO is not correct. The plea, as IL is re-
ported in the La,o Journal Reports, just asmy bro
ther NIGuie suppOses" In addition to the foregoing
points OF superiority in these Reports, they viii
be found to contain many valuable not
elsewhere reported, while NO ANY other
other serica 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 Finnelly'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, in
hal nf E<,,,,trv l,I. ~
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
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 digested
in the ann ual 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 received from Judges of
the United States Supreme Court.
WAsHINGroN, January 81, 1852.
GENTLEMEN: My engagements here have not
permitted me to examine particularly your repub-
licaion 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.
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 nttrac.
their attention. l take pleasure in recommending
them.
am, with much respect, your obedient servant,
r. b. TANEY.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN.
WAsHIHGToN, January l9, 1882
Messrs LITTLE & BRowN: In the prompt repub
LEGATION of the "English Reports in Law and
Equity" you tender to the profession a 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 Mchaelnas Term, 1885, 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 all other works which pro-
coed from your press, are executed in most sub
stantal 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
West, and am convinced, that from THEIR CHEAP
NEss AND EXTENT or 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.