New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-22
NEW I,AW-BOOKS.

NEW LAW-BOOKS.
The iLEAENTS OF MERCANTILE LAW. BY THk'
9PDlLus PARSONS LII. ~, Dane Professor OF Lsw ia
s.Id d, I.iMs,'ry sVo, PIP GIL Little Brown To-
bas been the intention Of Prof ssor Parsons since
LIS acceptance of oice in the Cambridge La " ScR'ol
10 prepare series Of text books on Commercal Law
conapipg COO pleie but popular digest Of the pnnct
PIES Of that brsrch Of Jurisprudence Iu pursuance
Of Il is psn the Proft ssor has .re.dv published aa
elaborate work on tie Law Of Contra ~. which. We
believe, hes been univ. rsaIy welcomed as a vaIn.-
bic gft both to the legal profession and to business
men IN ger ersl. The present volume is a cowiou+
ton Of the original design although somewha, mooi-
fed in lite character. 1t iaeDoed t, present full
eid accurate summary OF conmeicall.S, in = form
suitable for cesy refrence and no, Of to large size
to acc cJmpsly the Ia Syer ciicut bu. It'll con-
tauirg ad. quate statement OF toe decisions the
various qu. s,o wb'c, arc likely to occar in ord.
lazy practice The work i, c,nsu u ted on the same
iudicious plan the Law Of Contracts rne tex,
gives Consecutive aDd lucid exposition OF the prnc
pies that kevt been established rs law the t"pic
o, der oissps-i 'n-furnlshug specimsa of di.cuc
trta.ntni which, witk the classical 'tyle and apt IL
lusir.r,ops Of the wrer s lot without the sttr.cton
OF good rar at We writing. Exceptions, limitations,
aLo cideLtal comb cuts are 10 all Cases toroSn intp
the Iores. which a's, present careful selection OF
leach css.s srrarged rs 10 furnish the practi
tol CT wh ample materials f. the prepar ifion Of his
brief The succession OF topics is in . natural and
celvcnient o,dsr First the parties to mercsn-
tile COZ racs the doctrine Of Assept and Agreensst
is then dscuss.d; next toll rvs the Inv If Cons,tef-
ttiob;" ano then the dIfferebt kinds OF contracts
ueuey mace by mel in trode are tr ated ia series
o. chapters. The law of s. ppiog aud Of Insurance
eoi cuots the volume Mot Of there 'opcs, Is OBJ
yaus, are of NO less nterest to members OF tho m'r-
csltiIc conmunty than to lawyers and 1t would Do
o e't at nistake to insgint that TIE vounc u more
especial suited az the legal library than T. the c'l-
lection OF bochs of reference for the counting roorn
EveIy II on who is in the bsbt cf m,kng imp ,rtsat
contiucts VIII fno q valuable guide 10 the clear
tluridston which it gives Of most Of the legal qnes'
tiers that cccu, 10 the common routine OF business,
and u,sy ofeD save himself much emb nrassGcnt and
il rconvtniepce by familiarity with its pages Tne IN
d,x we may observe does not al~ays afford safi'
cielt clue to the contrbts OF the volume Taus ia
uuutspt section oo the Law Of Plac. exhibit.
no The obi, ion OF several swiLent authorities on
oelcatc point Of LAWS 10 b. found pp 81, IS, u
which ,ht index makes no reference uadsr ths spprJ-
plate title.
A SELECTION OF LEADING CASES OF CRIMINAL
LAW WITH KoTEs ny EDMUND HASTINGS sEksErr
ndFR.SkLis FrsKE WARD. Vol svo., Pr. 6ld Tue
The method Of stating legal priuciplrs By 'elec
tion If important legal with clucdatoy b-t<s
bas been ed with g,cst advantage in certain branches
| Of the law The value OF Surhs L+atiug Cn-es aud
| of bare und Wellaces Am.ri 40 Loading Cases Is
generally Acknowledged BY the bar. Toose wo'k-,
however ore coIfDed to Of civil pfoc-durr, and
III. p,e.ent volume attempts the first ~ppl cation
,he plan to rbe criminal law In p rparog the volume
tie authors haze made of the rep rts OF several
English caaes uih which the ofofeSson iu this
", ore not ID usy iunliar although large propo-
ton consists Of iii,s before American coarts some Of
wb,ch bsvc alta ned LO sDa degree OF celebrity.
The peat Boston CO spiracy case. Commonwealth v
Easisp is pivep at length, involving the de,r ion Of
sev.rnl interesting points. Commonwealth v Efzur
Wright bas some important rulir gs the law Of lioel
The tx, cutin OF the work evinces y cmpe'ent
Lpowl.dse of authortes and colsids rAbe sl ia the
iIustiation OF prirciplss ....
REPORTS or pi CIsI3As N GaIM'NAL l. CASES, IN
| AsAsA PARXER, LID. Vol H., avo pp ITO 0alhs,
Gould l. Go.
| Aua bu the cases reported in this Volume, ". fud
| that Of The Ptoplev Sprsgue. presenting remark
able H., tsDcc Of n'opomsnia exhibited in Stealing
etc,et;pp the sboes Of wou.D; the Tburr0n murder
cose in 1iogs County de:eno.o the ground OF ir
sonlty; the case OF H.Dn.tta Robinson conviaed ot
u,d.r at Troy; and the famous csss OF T"yn,c"
with several others growing out of the Prohioi org
Liquor Law.
The Il jrty third volume OF the FngsA Reprts ~
or and qn,sy, coutaiprg 2 csaes adjadia.d darins
the yeaie 1856, IL i,.u-" by L"tr, Brown 81 co.