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and Of contents to toth and thus form complete
volume, ready for binding, Of sir hundred pages
In each volume the of the several courts will
be found arranged together, and in point of style
and typographical execution, this series will be
fully equal to the best reports of England or this
country.
tits designed to make this PERMANENT PULL
CATION, and thus establish series of English
! Law and Equity Reports, which shall, in all re-
spects, be far in advance of any other reprint OF
| English Reporis IN this country and which shall
| furnish to'tne American lawyer the decisions of
Westminster Hall, nearly ttpO years before thep
could othrpise BE- obtained and long before the pub
LEGATION of the contemporaneous decisions of most
| of our own tribunals.
| The price of this publication will be s 10 for
twelve numbers, payable in advance or for the six
volumes, handsomely AID uniformly bound in law
| sheep, s. IL.
! The parts will be sold separately, il desired, at
! 81 each
Single volume, bound, So %.
! Parts l. and H., stitched, or Vol. L. bound in law
sheep, containing reports of one hundred and
| eighty eight cases, now ready for delivery.
| The following among the opinions of this
work expressed on the publication Of the first num-
Letter from Hon. Willard Fillmore President of the
United States
WAsHINaToSy April Is 1851.
JAMES BRows, ESQ: My DEAR Sia-Some days
| since i received, by the hand of the Postmaster
General, the first number of the English Reports
y,
comprising every case reported in England; and |
now have your letter of the 9th instant, inquirng
my opinion OF the enterprise.
While pursuing my profession, l took deep in
terest in publications of this kind The able
judges who have adorned the judicial tribunals of
England, have shed lustre upon the Common
Law, and illumined its proioundest deptba. con-
slider no law library complete that does not contain
their principal reports in Law and Equity, and in
their Ecclesiastical Courts, and in Admiralty. For
some years had been in the habit of receiving
these in as condensed form. This condemnation
however, consisted, not in abbreviation of each
rsse but selection from the several cases. and |
was often annoyed by finding reference to cases
In the Dgests, which deemed very important,
wholly omitted in the "co,densed reports"
therefore hailed with great an effort which
was made some time since to repubsh the whole
II the English Reports entire can be republished
with despatch in this country at price 80 low as
to bring them within the reach Of the members of
the bar generally, conceive that it will confer a
great benefit upon the profession and the judiciary
and consequently upon the country at large. Know
ing your enterprise, anticipate your success and
can only express the hope that your reward may
servant. WILLARD FILLMORE
From He Neo York Literary JForid
Messrs. Little Brown, of Boston, whose Law
books, in point of typographical execution, vie
with the best similar issues of the English prcss
and in point Of value and importance are inferior
TO none IN this country, have just commenced the
publication of legal series, deserving the especial
attention Of the profession throughout the country
The basis of this series, of which the first num-
Der is before US, the Lar Journal Reports md
the JHist two Enllsh serials which communicate
To the British Bar, within few weeks after their
delivery, the prominent decisions of all the Courts
from the House of Lords To the Court of Bankrupt-
cy, and other tribunals of limited but practically
important jurisdiction. This excellent arrange.
ght be follow ed with great &c in this
country, for the purpose OF obyating the delay
which necessarily attends the issuing of the rcg1-
lar volumes Of reports of partc ular courts and
glad 10 sec the enterprise of our legal pub
lishcrs availing Themselves Of it, 10 introduce the
English Reports promptly and regularly 10 the pro-
fesson. The authority OF Westminster Hall has Loaf
nothing OF its sanction and the pcrma nenty high
character of the English judiciary gives 60 their
adjudications n continued weight and decisive in
huence with our courts. Hitherto the difficulty has
been that the reported cases there have grown old
before they could be quoted and applied here and
there was no way in which the current jurispru-
dcncc and authorizations OF the CAV In tho Enelish
courts could be made available by the American
bar except at great expense and by continual yiri-
lance. This difficulty Mossrs. Little & Browns
Reports will remove; the decided in the
Queens Bench, the Common Pleas, and the Er
cbequcr Chamber in January, will be ready for de-
livery here In April or May, long before adiudped
cases Of the same date In own courts appear in
The regular reports IN which they are perpctuatod
Nearly two years will thus be gained over the pre-
sent system, which requires delay until the large
volume of authorized reports IL published ON the
other side and has then been reprinted on this
decisions which IL gives those Of courts in banc
the deliberate judgments Of the bench and not the
less reliable decisions at Nisi Prius, which how
ever interesting IN many Instances, do not carry
with them tho same authority and force.
The Reports are edited by r. II. Bennett a nd
Chauncy Smith, esqs. Of the Boston bar and their
systematic arrangement, and the care with which
the notcs, index, &c, are prepared, evidence the
thorough manner in which the proposed series will
be carried out.
In this connection VIC take pleasure in advertng
10 Mcssrs Little and Browns other legal publica.
tons, among which are included many of the rnost
conspicuous and authoritative treaises of our iris
prudence Judge StOrys works, for ming n library
almost oil Themselves, and familiar for their high
value and extensive reputation To American read
in general, as well ma TO the legal profession
have all Issued from their press; az have also the
several works OF Professor Greenleaf Two very
valuable and extensive annual publications arc also
issued by them, the United States Digest and the
Statutes al Large the latter being the authorized
edition Of the Acts Of Congress, got up in much
better style, both for reference aud preservation
than under the old regime Of public printing at
| Washington, which included the annual statutes
and cent them forth to the world thin paper and
/ in bad type.
From me Ne,o York Evening Post.
Little & Brown, Of Boston, to whose enterprise
/ tho reading public has 40 often been indebted for
| the most valuable American aud foreign books
propose to publish, by subscription, new series OF
! the English Reports in Law and Equity. This &c.
rice will contain all tic authoritative decisions OF
lne Ol tuc tourt1 OF the frlvy
! Court the Queens Bench, the Ercbcqucr, Common
/ Pleas, &c.
The profession assured that this scres will be
! the most complete OF any reports now published
careful examination Of the Jtpisf and Lar Jour.
nal for series of years dscosos the fact that man
I important cases are here reported which are not
found in the contemporaneous reports Of Meeson &
/ Welsby, Manning, Granger Il Scott, Adolpbus A
Ellie, and other reporters; and the Lam yotrna
alone, during the first seven years Of it's existence
published over one thousand cases not then else
whore reported.
I As 20 tho character of the reports Of the "Iav
Journal" and "The Jurist," bot little need bc
said In England they are regarded of hi
authority, and are cited with appreciation aud
sptct IN the English courts, and by their most
] inent elementary wrters.
! They cited with confidence, and ms autho
rity, in the judicial opinions Of Judge Story, anc
| other eminent American Judges, and in the writ
! inps OF Greenieaf, Kent, Angel, Phllips, Gritty
and others; and, for accuracy, clearncss and brc
wty, are equal to any English reports now pub
| lished.
few copies OF both tbess per iodic ais have bee,