The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-07
ENGLISH Law AND EQUITY REPORTS.
To the Legal Profession.

VNHE FIRST YEAR of the publication Of the
i English Reports in LaU and Equity closes
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
be published only in uOlunss, and the issue Of
parate parts will be discontinued. II Is 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 us heretofore, and al the same exceed
ingly low rate OF 81 pervolume to permanent sub
scribers.
The profession need not be reminded that this ia
the only series of Reports, either in England in
this country, which attempts to contain ALL the
decisions of the English courts In Till series
every reported case Except nsi prius decsions) 10
given in FULL, without condensation or abridg-
inen, and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication of the English cases
1t may be proper also to state, that in England
there regular reporters, authorized by law,
in this country, but that each series Of Reports
il there conducted solcy as private enterprise,
by private reporters And it ia believed that for
rRomPTNEss, ACCURACY, cLEAnSEss and DREviTY-
the essential requisites in any Repors-thc 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
Crofts us. Beule, Is Eng Rep, 40s,) pheve the com
Parafioe accuracy Of the Lao Journal Reports. and
the contemporoseous reports Of Manning 8r Gran
ger, as 10 the true pleadings in Jbrmsr case
directly inDolpcd In Matca Jervfs. the Chief JUS
tice Of the Common Pleas observed: at is clear that
The plea in Sison Us. Kidman, reported in Man.
Grang. $40, Is not correct. Tie plea, IL is
ported in The Lap Journal Rrports is Just as my bro
| tter Mauie supposes" In addition to the foregoing
points Of superiority in these Reports, they will
| be found to contain many valuable not
elsewhere reported, while NO CASE IN AMY other
other series will be omitted in this Arrangements
have been made whereby this series will contain
all the reported in the Jurst and Law Jour
nal; in Clark and Finnelly's Reports in the House
Of Lords; T.. +. Moore's Reports in the Privy
| Council; the Reports of Simons, Hare, Beavan, De
Gex and Small, and Macnaghten and Gordon, in
| the Courts of Equity; Adolphus and Ellis, Man
| ming, Granger and Scott, and Weisby, Hurlstone
and Gordon, in the Common Law Courts; also the
Criminal Reports of Denison Temple and New.
and f. w. Cox; the Admiralty Reports OF Robin
con, and the Ecclesiastical Reports of Robertson
n combination of legal reports entirely unequaled
| in any country.
Additional value will also be given to this scries
from the fact that, hereafter, they will be digestcd
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 received from Judges of
the United States Supreme Court
WAsHISoToN, January q, 1852.
| GENTLEMEN: My engagements here have not
permitted me to examine particularly your repub-
iication Of the English Reports in Law and Equity.
But, 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
70 the Bench and the Bar and fail TO attract
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
| them.
! am, with much respect, your obedient servant,
X. b. TANEY.
! Messrs. LITTLE BRowN.
WAsHINoroN, January 49, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE BnowE: In the prompt rcpub
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 Michaelmas Term, 1850; also,
"Crown Cases Reserved, and Cases in the EccIe-
classical and Admiralty Courts" And the second.
third fourth and fifth volumes, which you have
published, include the decided in the above
courts in 1851.
I These Reports, like all other works which pro-
I coed from your press, executed in most cub
| sania manner, and do credit to the enterprise Of
the publishers. ! became subscriber for them as
they were found with the booksellers In the
West, and am convinced that from THEIR CHEAP
NESS AND EXTENT OF MATTER, THEY MUTT SUPER
sspK, AT LEAST In THIS COUNTRY, ALL OTHER ENG
LIsH REPORTS or LATK DECISIONS.
Very respectfully, your obedicnt servant,
JOHN MCLEAN.