, 1870-11-07
NEW BOOKS.

L! tnE fhia new and elaborate edition OF ! il
B!ackstuno's Commentaries" JuAtice Coo y
,y Is, perhaps, the most tttng man in the 9
Jpted a,ales to whom could be entrusted 1
his ~u.k, ard though IA iurist and ~ Al
nthor he rauks among the highest and ablest .
rgal u, Lolsrs in the country, this sd.tioa Of /
blackstone il alone sufficient monument to t
reserve endnringiy his reputation Black
tot c, in the opening address Of his cele-
rated Commentaries, which have einco be-
,ome the Textbook OF the lAw in the Beit.-h
DomitMons and the United States, asserted
hat all acquaintance with tho law aud
.he constitution ought to he = Fundamental
paft OF the education Of all gentlemen.
:. Fur" said be, ~ think it au uadeu1.hla
position that . competent knowleage Of the
lxws ot that society in which We live, IL the
1rouer accomplishment, Ut every gentleman
aud scholar: highly useful, l had almost
said essential, part Of polite aud literal edu-
cstion." He then proceeds TO point out in d=-
tai! how Til general .knoa1edge Of ths Las il
conaulurity. It this we're true in England one
hundred years ago. how much more essential
Is it in shie country, where all clazses' and
grades Of society are affected in their rights.
liber,ier, sud properties by the lsT. aud w"ere
eacl. nzu If more or less Legislator aud An
adu.ias traitor OF the law. Nsckstoncs Com
,npt tarier III not mere book useful to the
profession only. Itiba history, poem. graph
ic dellneAtion Of tho powers md attributes OF
government, strong and well-deGuea re-
cital If the rights aud wrongs OF the public |
and Of i, dvidnaln, ard all this in atylo Of |
comp sition as charming and as interesting ~
the te.ays OF MncAulay+ What ShakspeA-s IL
to poetry, and Ruek1n to at, is Blackstone to |
The science OF tie law. 1nestlmabie to the
pr1fcssiu1s, ha IL no2e tho less valuAble. in.
etruet,ye, and gratifying TO tbs general resd-
sr. No echular. no u..u Of general ro4diag or
information, nt> teacher OF others, no student
ri any other ,raslch of ecisuce, can be said to
have road what u eraensial to well-informad
mfn until he has read Blackstone, an learned
the history OF human lass, and Of the origin
and growth Of the countless ties and checks
| hY Which society is bound together, presers-
ing intact the personal privileges'an and liberties
! OF each II ite menbets-
U,on the osiglual structure Of these COM
| ul-ntalies have bt GU built up By subsequent
| editors various volumes ID which has been
attempted to mark and exhibit the growth
and change OF tie English Law, after the time
/ Of Blackstone. These English editions hare
from time to time been produced In this
we're given sneh Judicial snd statutory d,1er-
ences ss prevailed in this country, from the
| law as expoundel lu tho original text, OF in
the English uotes- In one case. Judge Tuck
| er. Of Virginia, produced an edition u Black
stone, III which the learned editor accompanied
the text With an elaborate conlmentar; on the
principles and provisions OF tho AulericAn
Constitution. That work was luplicate one.
It was blackstone upon the Erg-
lish Constitution aud laws; and Tucker upon
tue American Constitution. The value Of tue
work Vas, however, impaired because OF its
purpose to give TO the American Constitution
that extreme Interpretation which is known
in later days as tue Sovereignty OF the States,
and which impracticable theory eventu Ally re-
,nlte1 iu civii wss, Despite the great ability
| accepted. aud Las for many yeara been me-
giected by tlsa prufeaslon+
judge Cooley has now given US an edition
lIici, brihEs Blackstone down to the present
/ day. enriched with the Judicial experience
| What has lecn done IL, Il While avoiding the
| detait which might be useful to tho English
practitioner. but which would merely culnber
: tho pages for American use, the editor has
sought to Indicate the statutory changes sutsi'
n,ent maize in the English Inv since
I onr commentators time; and also IL
enable the American stndent to compare
tile Law Ct hia own couatty With the synton
I from which it was derived, a. modified BY tht
. | experiences OF another laud, enjosinE ire.
: ine,itntio,s Under circumstances aud with :
: -tat. ocie,y considerably differing froa
! oa, VII, a., ,.,. ..;.,
2 AT uble ts-ay unon tile study aud practice Q
: 'hr law, pli'=h will bo found to be most W
!, 1nirsble INSTRUCTION for thoee who go harti
y Y :,r-,me that license 10 practise IL tue final
| OF their study. The book has cost man
years of Industrious l.bor. and ought, we Re
ptat, to be in the h:rds q, aud be thorough
read l,y. rot only those preparing for til
legal profession, Lut by eyory man, belongin
to whatever profession OF occupation. VII
t,eti,es to be well informed, or to underntan
l. how. Why, and when laws arc established
= how and why governments are created an
'e ,aaintained. and tho great moral principle
fsn ~ {ha fo,I5,Infinrt nf ali inst IL Y
and ins,itulo1s. The work i, iu two volumes
=. and published by Callashxu i Cockroft, Ia
d publishers. 90 Dearborn street, Chicxgo.
"a LONDON LYRICS. Bs Frederick LockyeE: B"t
.r IN: Fielrs. osg'sI;s co. Chicago; "esttr
News Company 1870.
It "l.oudon Lyrica v IL the title Of votums c
ii ,oeus Of the street and society lifo Of LoE
& dun, The author modestly lays no claim Il
exalted poetical merit, and tho poems them
- erlyes can laldlv come urdcr the usual crit
T. cal examination bestowed upon poetry III
!. I.uckycr, unlike Mr.. nuahsnan, rarely trest
anxtliiu.; in u tliaactic way or gives la mus
e 4uy iicetls- to soar into the regions OF fanc,
4 seLsanent or r:sslon. His poems arc serae
ef ecciety and yet now aud then, hn introduce
nj | dash of mild rcrtinaent which relieves th
y -kctcl,ips ~ II many of the poams. For II
Il stance, be huiids 'Castls in the Air. ant
Il when it is built, he invites his "lady fsir"
III occupy it: i.
d lu suuh 4 lMrcft&k tenement!
Ut ttulh 70 aeirate 1uwer
EIi-t In euch a 6t:eZF tnwerT
4, Because. II FGH w.u 4 settle In II,
'e Twcre tullt for love In half minnie.
FL "whal's love: Why, love tor twu} q. best
1shly A Il, lfghIf1f Jest;
n A. <stf l0s fnc, K5 oad for threc.-
l visit you'd come and lest wirh me-"
er And again. as he musea over his tJcnny
n Cralie:E
II ~. Life pcor coil come woald Riadly be to1,ne
Fo, Al n,n>. us gtnsssep st1om cradle 10 cai1n
es F.o,a Il spoonful of pap 70 uaouthfnl OF t!ust
ee For lazy hour. when you won1l be ainlet
.s, and 1lIorehtless. the-o poems will prove vel
= after an absence Of years. where hc and p
". n'ela once .to; ped. and he finds the san
crscked rape af glass on which he ONT
IN scratched her name, IN the days when 1t 9,
cranted her ''to link two happy names
IN one" hut now '.temporA :nusautnr." I
='rolls down picsdiliy. among iss "vhirEt
aeF OF wheels and mnrrur Of trees" and III Il
Id vet right secs young love watching aud .
I'D love dreaming and in the bright Afternoon
seer fond pair canteE!ps along, while sn son
ri envy the erouse, and some covet the fitly
- &c follows tho ''Old dcverrmsct Clerk" wl
as' II silent 1sat} lear, with a curvc in his spin
ye to his ht me, where
ew e,r - joan meets HIN smiling. the young on
~ sl1 uts coming Is bliss to the hal, dozen "
~ The dcg and the cat have greeting 70 spare,
nj AID Pfill,s. ncat.hAn'te1. Is isying the Il
Aga,n be stsnlls through Pail Nall. and b
word for tho little ecamstrees. whom
"a used to meet tripping aloag to hsr work. v
-, ~ lG.s Lot experienced the following ''circu
~. ~. 1ni1atly befores
aie Where, mssS and moonlight aiding.
q Don Juars play the.t pFci1y pEanks
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