Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-11-27
NOTICES OF THE PRESS.

NOTICES OF THE PRESS.
ATREArIsE ON BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PRoMIsSoRY
NOTES. By Isaac Edwards, Counsellor at Law. Banks,
The materials of this work being based on the decisions
of our own courts, does not come into competition with
any English work on the subject; nor can 1t be deemed 4
rival Of anything which has yet appeared i'll this country.
The object has been 10 ascertain the law and state II in
brief terms, with such illustrations rs seemed calculated
to dcv. lope and explain the reason on which 1t is founded.
Estimating the Importance OF the subject with reference to
the amount of property Rfoat In the shape Of bills and notes,
there never has been a time when II called for greater &C.
curacy and discrimination than now. or invited the attcn.
ton Of merchants and professional men with equal ur.
gency.-N y. Journal Of Commerce Oct. -, 1851.
ATsEAr,sE ON BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PRoM,ssoRY
NOTES. by Isaac Edwards, Counsellor at Law. New
York-Banks. Gould & Co.
As the latest decision is deemed the highest authority
in legnl matters. the latest treatise or digest oil cares on
any branch of the Inv must be of the greatest vnlue to
practitioners. provided, Of course, that 1t be faithfully
compiled and judiciously arranged. These requirements
being met hy the volume before us, we may justly recon-
mend Mr.. Edwards treatise 10 the gentleman Of the bar.
It is pre.cninently an American law book, Incorporating
the substance OF nearly two Thousand American decisions
with the principles Of law regarding negotiable paper es.
tablshed by the adjudication, OF the English Courts, and
setting forth in notes the Statutes of the State in which
the commercial law 10 NOT adopted: By way OF appendix
a translation is given of that part Of the Commercial Code
Of France relating to bills of exchange and promissoiry
notes. The index 10 very minute, and will enable the
reader to find in a moment what the law 10 on any point
of the subject. The work 10 primarily adapted to the use
of lawyers, but It will be scarcely less useful to mer'
chants and ba~nkers.-lN er York Commercial Adrutis1,
Oc. ~, 1891.
A TREATISE on BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PRoaIssokY
NorKs. By Isaac t dwards, svo. PIP. 773. Banks. Gould
& Co.
The public is already in possession Of several reatises
vu this ,ubiect. By Bailey, Gritty, Story and others; but
as new decisions are constantly made, there 10 room for
essential improvements On the treatises already publish.
ed. One peculiarly of Dir. Edwards book seems to be
giving greater prominence than former treatises to the
decisions of American Courts, which on this subject, al.
ready outnumber those oil the English reports. and having
reference to many poirts bot TOUCHED upon In the Eng
lish books. :,
Nor il Il merely to the law as exhibited In the ~adjudged
cases that Mr.. Edwards confines himself With a view to
give his book a greater PRACTICAL utility he has embodied
In il the sta ute provisions Of the various States, which.
from the difficulty of getting access TO i complete series OF
the statutes OF the State, will prove a great convenience.
Not only is a collection Of State statutes not to be looked
for in any private library, there arc only two or three
public Libraries in this country which contain %nuything at
sl complete. Our New York Law Library is ~retched.
" deicien: on this score.
The bulk TO which the law on the subject Of negotiable
paper mas expanded itself. is apparent from the size Of
this work, which, without any undue prolixity, extends
itself to near eight hundred pages. The las, chapter
2 yes that title OF the commercial code of France which
relates to exchange and psomissory no,es-iN. y. Th
bunc. Nov S-c6uf.