Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-04-21
FREDERICKSBURG BUSINESS IT RICHMOND

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,..vc-v Southern Convention vhioA Sei 'e-''
i..ld ;o- The ~, dozen years 'he people ct 'h"a'o.'
.nve h.s, ,arrl..y .r'c we'd jo i ."n'He S~oaiieT-.
,,t,;-l;o,. nop---. The, ire every c.sa: .eo1m
.,.na.IIo,. u tlc.c CorvsE;:er-, Was aoi lceitt.
from the :so. thai, uriii recently, there wee 10 large
.:n;,s,in: houses Z; lie South. SAGA IS Il" .ooscg -
cas-. Ia 10 branch OF useiui enterprise ia: R'yh'
,noni sdvanced more rapidly wi;hini au last 70 years
than in lHo Publishing business. ADoLrHrs MORRIS
J. ". RANDOLPH and GkoRGE Nj WEST, ;fres 81
tho many enterp-i.ing booksellers OF this city, nav"
recently published most valuable and uselu1 oooA1 i"
nearly all 1.-THE branches OF science and literature i"
brilliant and entertaining rove!, for lns'ahee' u %.
GEORGE TUCKER, published BY WEST IN Tue "'S'
attractive style OF Typography and bi""'"s' ''' De'
with great SUCCESS, ana the irsi ec''o"' e 'e"'' >
already exhausted. OF the wonderful success VI
{. ;h,os, on. If MoRRIs' publications, :'he reeo'"e
yr,~J Of mi, country AMI Of Europe are 100 wen
,r,rs for US 70 more than refer TO 1t. The various
;n,,o,,ant historical, scientific and agricultural "oFHs
r,blished by RANpoLrh have placed MIN III 'ne
frou; rank Of American publishers, aud his co!iec'oh
Of rare and valuable booka, is incGmpai"o'y 'ue oes'
in The Southern States, extending over a WIDE anu
varied field Of literature. Although not a puoiishibg
bouse. tho elegant establishment Of MIR. JAMES
| W~oopuousE, is one OF the most attractive leSo''' i"
| the CITY, where one Of the finest ana ihoSl 'a'uaoe
collection OF English aud American WORKS. wan
which we ere familiar, can always be tolHu.
Onr attention has recently been directed especially,
however. 70 the number O; exceedingly valuable Ia"
hooks which have been aud ara bsing published IN
this CITY. The principal law publisher in this city Is
Mr.. MoR.,s. And several Of the works to which We
-.ssr arc npo,estiousbiy he best which have ever
appea,ed in this country, upon the subjects OF which
they treat.
F;rst in the list 10 this celebrated work OF Judge
JoYy TAYLoE LoNax, on EXECUTORS AND ADMIN
I,rEAroKs,",h the fret edition ofwhich,in consequence
of its vrest ability, was soon exhausted, and the work
has been out Of print for many years. a new anu
enlarged edition Of this work will be published in a few
dave By Mr. NORRIS, which will be characterized ny
tina, extensive research end oiesr elucioatlon of primer
pies which mark all the productions ot It's eminent
author. Having retired from the bench aniid Inc re-
,.ye,s az tho whole profession, and the State asrios
sustained an ir-epsrabie lUss il his retirement, Judge
I.oa.x has devoted the whole Of HE time TO the pre-
marathon of the present edition Of bic work on "E1kcu'
| TORS AND ApMlHlol IA tpNS'
"a to say that hs labors have not been confined u
Virginia authorities. His book contsius every decision
Of the least applicability and importance whether Eng
fish or American, and viii prove useful to the eench
and bar Of every State in the Union, as it will TO the
Virginia lawyer. The lorg experience OF Juaee IL"
MAX, his well known accuracy, and his co''ceuea
talthfuluess in discEsrging every da;y and LABOR
| which he undertakes vi! II nder this WORK inalspeI'
sable 10 every gentleman Of the legal profession.
Another important publication OF Mr.. MORRIS II
Professor LucIaT MISok's edition OF tbs virginia
R-ports. The cost and number of these reports render
their possession by professioua! men of moderate
means almost impossible. Hence for some years past
several of the most distinguished iuriSts OF the Uni
ted States have been engaged in ab!!dsins the voln'
minous reports Of The United States and STATE Courts.
This, a. every lawyer Is aware, car oe done without
diminishing in the slightest degree the value OF the
reports. Thus, Justice Curtis Of the Suprela. Court
OF the United STATE. has recently abridged and con-
densed the Reports of thu Suprene Court, and tie
Attorney General, the Chief Justice Of the United
States. and many emiaeut jariss. have stated tina;
the condensed edition is more valuable than
the orginel edition. Professor MIsoR has COM
;nenceu q WOTh slulI!sI " iLot VI oS"NS SS'H- .
aud JUDGES ALLEN, DANIEL, MoScuRE, LEE and
SANUELs, of the Court OF Appeals, have compared
the edition Of Mr.. MiSoK With the more extended re-
pos;s, aud declare that i will be OF great Utility to
the profession and "bops that il will receive the
patronage Of the public" The fret volume OF the
series will BE- published i'll few days, aud includes all
the decisions of the Supreme Court Of Appeals OF
Virginia, aud Of the Supreme Court OF Chan
Gerry, reported il he jour volune, OF Hen.
iog and Munford's Reports, with uores aud
references 80 all suhs.quent statutes snd de
cisions appended 10 each chse, aier!ns' cen
tirmiug or modifying it, drawn from tho ne"
Code os Virginia, nad The Reports down 10
n: 4 the III Rtpor Tst Which siIl b S embraced n If. Iii
nor's edition, and sold by the publisher for thirty or
forty dollars, cos; at the present price OF the Firglnt"
Reports one hundred and twenty.seven dollars. lie
profession viii, from this brief statement, at once ap'
precis,e the value Of Mr.. Minors edition Of Tho Re-
ports.
Another most valuable work which Mr.. Morris
has in press. is the second and last volume OF Ma
Mers' Digest of the laws Of Virginia, q work which
promises 10 be of rs nuch value 20 the profession as
wac the celebrated Digest Of Tate, which was the
yade mecum of every Virginia lawyer. until the Code
of 1879 was adopted. We shall hereafter notice at
length Or. Mathews second volume.
MI. SANDS, whose books sr= always valuable :"
The profession, has in preparation . book Of "Prac'
teal Forms designed as q companion to the pro-
fessional man in the common lazy Courts and Courts
Of Probate in Virgins.
This volume will supply ;he legal profession,
Clerks, Sherihs, aud others, with the forms Of Plead
ings, lincluding tbs Declarations, Pleas, Dsmurrers,
60, &c.,) Entries, Executors, Returns, Bonds, &c,
occurring in the practice before these cour,s. The
Practical Notes will set forth, In brief compass, the
more Important decisions ana ststutes on questions
Of practice connected with the use Of the Forms.
We shall return hereafter to the suhiect Of book
publishing iu Virginia, 20 show the peopls of the
South The great and increasing business which is
growing up in our city for the supply of the Southern
States with valuable works Of every description.