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| delivery, were commenced number OF years
| since, and have met with the universal approba-
ton OF the legal profession. Their high cost now
ever, has hitherto prevented their general circu-
| laon III this country, and their merits are as yet
| but little known among US.
| The subscribers propose to rcpublish these re-
ports in iu! az fast as they appear IN England ana
can be received here. They will contain reports
OF cases decided in the House OF Lords, the Prvy
Council, the several Courts OF Equity the Court OF
Queens Bench, the Court of Common Pleas, the
| Court Of Exchequer and Exchequer Chamber, the
Ecclesiastical! and Admiralty Courts the Court OF
Bankruptcy including also the Election cases, the
Crown Cases Reserved, and the Railway and Canal
Cases.
These reports will be published in numbers or
larts commencing with the decisions of Michael
mas (Novcnber) term, 1886, and will be carefully
edited by member OF the bar, VITA notes ana re-
icrences 10 analogous American decisions.
Each number will consist OF over three hundred
pages closely printed octave On the best paper, and
IN clear, fair type, and will contain table OF cases
and "a full table OF contents, thus forming COM
plele volume by itself, as well part OF an en-
tire series. Every alternate or second number will
be paged consecutively from the number imme-
dately preceding, and vii! contain table OF cases
and of contents to both and thus form complete
volume, ready .or binding, opccr sirhandrsd pages
la each volume the cases Of the several courts will
be found ged together, and, in point OF style
ard typographical execution, his series will be
fully equal to the best reports of England or this
country.
It's designed to make this PERMANENT ruBLI-
chTIoN, and thus establish series Of English
Law and Equity Reports, which shall, in all re-
srccis bc far IL advance OF any other reprint OF
English REPORTS IL CHS country. and which shall
furnish to inc American lawyer the decisions OF
Westminster Hall, nearly t,oo gears before they
could otherwise b. obtained, and long before the pub
hcation of The contemporaneous decisions OF most
Of our own tribunals.
The price OF this publication Will be go for
rrruhprs payablp in advance pr " thu, ri
volumes. handsomely and uniformly bound IN law
sheep, Sl2.
The parts will be sold separately, il desired, at
: each.
Singic volume, bound, 81 25.
Parts l. and H., stitched, or Vol. l., bound III law
sheen, containing reports OF hundred and
eighty eight cases. now ready for delivery
The following are among the opinions OF THE
york expressed OH the publication OF the fret mum
DER:
Letter from Hon 1Hlara Fillmore President Of The
United States.
WAsmNGToS, Apr! Is 1851.
JAMES BaowH, ESQ: My DEAR SIa--Somo DAYS
since received, by the hand OF the Postmaster
General, the first number OF the English Reports,
which you propose to repubhsh In this country,
comprising every case reported in England; and
now have your letter Of the 9Th instant, inquring
my opinion of the enterprise.
While pursuing my profession, took deep in
tercst in publications of this kind. The able
judges who have adorned the Judicial tribunals Of
England have shed ustre upon the Common
Law, and illumined its profoundest depths. | con-
cider law library complete that does not contain
their principal reports in Law and Equity, and in
their Ecclesiastica Courts, and in Admiralty. For
some years had been in the habit OF receiving
these in - condensed" form This condemnation,
however consisted not in abbrcviatiun OF each
raae but . selection from the several ca5es and
was often annoyed by finding reference to cases
in the Digcsts, which deemed very important
wholly omitted in the condensed reports"
therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
vas made some uinc aimee 10 repus!lEh the whole
If thc en- 4lish Reports entire, can be rcpubished
with despatch IN this country AZ price 50 low "a
20 bring them within the reach OF the members OF
tbe bar generally, conceive that II viii confer
great benefit upon the profession and the rciciary,
and consequently upon hccOuntry AT large. Know
ing your enterprise, anticipate your success, and
lean only express the hope that your reward may
saryant. WILLARD FILLMORE.
From H.s Ne,r York LiieTarg Iforid.
Mcssrs. Little * Brown, OF Boston, whose law
looks in point Of typographical execution, vie
With IN, hest stnilar issues Of the English prcss,
and in point OF value and importance are interior
to r,,cc In THE country, have just commenced the
publication ola legal series deserving the ospecla!
attention of TIC profession throughout the country
The basis OF the series, OF which the first NUM-
Ter ia before %, arc tic Lac Journal Reports and
the HURST two English serials which communicate
10 tho British Bar within few weeks after their
delivery the prominent decaions oi all the cdsrts,
from the House OF Iords to the Court OF bankrupt
cy md other tribunals Of limited but practically
important Jurisdiction. Tins excellent arrange
nrut mi be followed with great adyantagein TINS
country, for the purpose of obyiating the delay
obicn necessarily attends the issuing VI the regu-
lar yolun1s u reports OF particular courts and
We are clad ~ sca the enterprise Of our legal pub
lisb.rs ayniling themseises 1iit, 20 introduce the
English Reports promptly and regglerlyto the pro-
fession. The authority OF Westminster tall "a. lost
pathinr Of he sanction and the permanently high
character Of the English judiciary gives ~ their
rdiudicatioas a continued weight and decisive in
auence with our co--ts Hitherto the diihcuty has
been that the reported Cs5cs there have grown Old
lcfyrr they could be quoted aua applied mere, and
there was no way i'm which The currrai ,urispru-
drncc and adjudicatiOns Of the day IN tho Eneisk
courts could be made available BY the American
bar except 90 great expense and ~ continual 'igi-
lance. This uidcuity hcssrB. Little Browne
Reports will remove; the cases decided ~ the
Oueon's Bench, tine Common Pleas, anu The TX
.heoucr Chamber ia January, Will be ready Tor de-
livery here IN April or hay, long before adludgcd
cascs ni tuc same date in our Own courts appear m
thr regular reports la which they porpctuaCd.
Nearly two years viii thus be gained over the pre-
cent " stem, which requires delay until the large
volume vi authorized reports u published on the
other eide aud has then been reprinted on this.
on. advantage % the present series 10, that the
dcions which IL riycs ar those Of courts in bOftc
uc deliberate judgments Of tho Dench, aud not the
icss reliable decisions at NiS Prius, which, how
ever interesting 10 many instance, DO not carry
! with tacm lac samc authority and force
The Reports are edited by r. II Bennett and
Claurry smith, csqs., Of the Boston bar and their
| svstcuii.. l.rlngrfneut and the care with which
! The uotrs index &c., a., prepared, evidence the
! thorough manner Ia which the proposed s-rlss vi!
! be carried out
| Ia the connection VIC take pleasure la aivcrtiut
| TO Mcasrs Littc aud Browne other legal pulilca
tions among which arc included many Of The moe
CONSPICUOUS and authoritative trcatiges Of our uris
prudence Judge StOry's works, for ming library
lr1gst oi themselves, aud familiar Tor their higt
yal,,r and extensive reputation % American read
ery in grucsll rs well TO the legal profession
have al issued ir,-l their prcs7; a. have al5O th
| seycral works. 81 Professor tfreenieai Two vcry
valuable and extensive annual pdidl8.isg- rro ais'
| ,,su,d by them, th, Lyiied Siqffs Digfsf aud ~,
4 Cfaifes at large the latter being the authorize
rdit.... u he Acis Of Congress, got up in puci
letter style all. for reference aud preservation
! than under the odd Bgjue Of public printing a
! Washington, which included the annual statutes
and sent them forth 10 the world thin paper an,
IN TAD type.
r,oa, the Ncr York ErnHg Post.
a Isa,c & Brown, Of Boston, to whose cnierpris
tho r.aainQ public has AZ often been indebted 70
the MOST ,a!labe American and foreign books
propose to publish, y luiscripiion, ne" series o
the Enriish R,porp ia Law aAd Equity. This se
res will contain all thc authoritative Geeisions q