The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-31
ENGLISH LAW AND EQUITY REPORTS.
To the Legal Profession

THE 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 Doiumes, and the issue OF Sc
parate parts will be discontinued. II is found that
the second part of each volume follows 30 rapidly
after the fret, 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 at the same exceed
ingly low rate OF So per volume to permanent sub
scrbers.
The profession need not be reminded that this 10
tho only series Of Reports, either in England in
this country, which attempts to contain ALL the
decisions of ALL the English courts. In IT, series
every reported case Except nsi prius decsions) is
ment, and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication Of the English cases.
II may be proper -lso 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 it is believed that for
PaoMPTNEss, ACCURACY, cLEARNEss, and DREvITy--
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
Croits Us. Beale Is Eng Rep, 4OS,) Dhere The com
parafioe accuracy Of the LaU Journal Reports, and
The contemporaaeous reports of Manning 8. Gran
ger, as to The true plendings in former case,
directly nUolued. In that case, Jerpis The Chit jus
ticeV The Common Pleas, oJssrued IN is clear that
the plea IN Sison Us. Kidman, as reported in Man.
Grang SO, IS not correct. The plea, as il is
ported in the Laio Journal Reports, just as my bro
uier Maule suppose" In addition 10 the foregoing
points OF superiority in these Reports, they will
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
nal; in Clark and Finnelly's Reports in the House
Of Lords; K. F. Moore's Reports in the Privy
Council; the Reports OF Simons, Hare, Beavan, De
Gex and Small, and Macnaghten and Gordon, i'm
he urts af ia Ma
ming. Granger and Scott, and Welsby, 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
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 dgested
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 an
nexed recommendations.
BosToN, February, 1852.
Letters of Recommendation received from Judges of
the United States Supreme Court
WAsHINGToN, January 81, 1852.
GENTLEMEN: My engagements here have not
permitted me to examine particularly your repub-
LEGATION Of the English Reports in Law and Equity.
But, far have been able to look into them,
they appear to be correctly and we'll executed
promptness of the volumes already out, and at the
price mentioned, they will be great convenience
the Bench and the Bar, and fail attract
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
them.
am, with much respect, your obedient servant,
r. b. TANEY.
Messrs LITTLE & BRowN.
WAsHIsGToN. January 10, 1852.
Messrs LITTLE & BsowN: In the prompt repub
lication of the English Reports in Law aud
Equity" you tender to. the profession most i'm
portant service The first volume Of these Reports
includes cases decided in the House of Lords,
Privy Council Courts Of Equity and Common Law,
from and after Mchaelmas Term 1850; also,
Grown Cases Reserved, and Cases in the Eccle-
siastcal 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 press, are executed in most sub.
stantal manner and do credit to the enterprise of
the publishers. ] became subscriber for them IA
coon they were found with the booksellers in the
West, and am convinced, that from THEIR CHEAP
NESS AND EXTENT o. 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.