, 1870-08-23
defy competition with the mot aouEiuhing
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IOuHt6 OF Nov 1ofk, Boston AIdf'hklAdeiDltA. !
4 4 city 80 closely devoted to comrnorcinl
,usinesa, 1t would only b naturat<o expect =
low erovtl, in esthotio matters, bu, in this
.ase, that growth has kept proportiolato step
nth the other. The taste for litcrauze has
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:. e'' IN ma,'a.. 49, Sobbett Tor libel; and
4sanu ~ cu".a. t!uuAo Also for libel, Tbs pres~
ot ~! 20 ~ Of = sesies Of four volumes,
oas ~ .no nen completed. will contain ali OF the
49,, .rrnYnon.s at every nature ever u,alo by
Ter1 Erline. The compiler has ptefaced
a,ch sneech with m admirable summary OF
the facts in ths case, which serves rs Aes to
the better understanding Of the arguments.
In instances where it becessaes necessary he
has .leo made extracts from the pleadinGs
aud testimony. bat not 1t the sacrifice OF con-
cisenc+s -ad bresitS. In the Inst volume, q
few>-f the Parliamentary speeches viii be
asserted. Tor the purpose OF illustrating the
points Or difference in etyle and dtcuon be-
tween these and Ills legal arguments. The
original text has IN no case been altered, but,
uhere obscnte or needing elucidation by ref
etence, concise foot~notes have been appended.
1u preparing the work, the compiler ackno~l-
edges his sources OF information to haEe
been drawn from the incomplete edition of
Ridgway, the State Trials, the Term Reports,
Law and Lawyers, CAupbeMs Lives Of the
Lord Chancellors, Iwiss' Life Of Eldon. Ros-
coes Eminent Lawyers, the Edinburgh He
u7etc, and the deHfte"'ans .-Ho9az'"e. In ~
ranging md system atlxing the matter, and in
The prenarntion of uew matter. lie has exer-
e1"at a.na1,ant ,,a,a 800 .u;3 = t1,a 49,,
ing volumes compare in point Of merit with
this. the finished work viii be one not only Of
which Mr. High himself nay be proud, but
Hlich will reflect credit upon tho city a. lit
erass centre.
1tiss source of necu1iar p,ide that tha
vorls ..ot tia ereatett advocate. "A veil a.
the f1,st forensic orator who ore. appea,e{i in
,nr aca y shon,d haze first been p;rcn tn ,ho
world IN cb;c.co. These .nacches coyer !,
,.,.t r,,iatr ~ tor;c. .nd d;sn,.v mn onlv !.
roftv olocrenca md . modal in adrocacr for
,ha i.u,er bnt fer+;1;tv ~ cen;1. and ).
be,ntv NJ rtrle which cannot bnt delight tho
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,,,;ntpr an, ,,;n..r hxv, lift nothing tn he
.,e.i,a5 IN tho a1cs1lcnca NJ material and
t..,a ~ o-ec,,t;on hJeasr, c,.l,rh,n 4
f.ass:<ot. in ths ;sara ,t tl,a.a 1ag,l clas.;cs
b.r. conferred :. ,enn;pa faror ,,non tho b,r
~ ch;c,ro .u,,;r1, hv tha v.v il mt the .,r,t
t;r,o .his o,t.r,,,a;,c ,.v f;rr, ,,,s dona The
IL, -o.1 sorrica va ab.11 u,it v;t1, aopc
;,nn.tiance tha rnb,,cat;on of thc Remainder
~ IN vn,rn,e,
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H,Ir ", ne.'cIse W,th "amernns my 1itustrs,,nn
hy Kicker. New York: Macmillan i 70.
chicago: $. e. GHRah Co. lbso
One Of tho most dehghsinl oooka issued
this season II, "1bs reputation OF m old
l'caF 1rcc. 1t Ii htefats leaf ont OF ha'
turo. The CID pear tree. ike "ords~ostas
yellow primrose, had been TO the writer only
an old pear tree, and nothing moro; bus one
day 10 went out, and, reclining under the pcs1
tree, he saw everything with microscopic
esee. The grass became vast lawn. clothed
in green velvet, with gold and silver enamel
The old trees waved in tho bzeeze long limbs