New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-05

-. 81, ,,o subject and no name, even OF less |
oo,o,ueuous note which student vi h'er"ouuo "''
49, ant 90 seek is omitted from the catalogue similar
n,s,or ia r,ode in chapter on Tennyson ana MS
- nari1s which closes the volume We are nc
i,,tod with no work of the same design when pre-
SCENTS less cause for complaint, or more suos'anuai
rrounds for approval The amount or INFORMATION "hoH
q has so deity packed away In Its wel-arrahged COM
nartcnts is truly remarkable, the abundance IL no,
more striking han the neatness of expression and the
rgrod t,s,o which mark the workmanship In respect
70 accuracy of statement the work presents favorable
contrast 10 the soveny and needless manner IN winch
so many popular books of reference have been cohpe
cursorv examination has detected but few lnadVert
ences and those usually OF an unimporant character
More space should certainly been devoted to Marian
Evans Miss Mulock should not have been called Muloo"'
nor the name of Lord Lytelton been given as LS''o"
I'M law ~ Gyo Kay Brother, Philadelphia
In This dnpartment of authorship scarcely any
tonic has been SO frequently and ably treated by element
rv writer's MS the Law of Contracts. Gritty, Ad soh,
Story Parsons are all great names in the profession "
their works deserveGly popular, yet we tAlA i
this subject useful book may st be written. NloSt III"
textbooks excepting perhaps, the treatisesoi 'o ~
Story are mere compilations OF reported cases.
into charters with here and there comparison OF COM
cnt tcrod away in foot note ana they serve simply
tho usos of digest The discussion Of the principles IN
deriving tho cases TO have formed no part Vt VIZ
scheme II law be founded In justice, decisions sIoVi
he guided by principles rather than precedehts' anu 'no
fuucon OF tho writer of books should be TO ceoo
those nrncplrs to Illustrate them by decleu cases. nN
dcduce from the latter maxims ard rules for apphco
IN other cases 1t is asserted OF our jurisprudence ''
in almost every question authority can he cl'9" 70 sp
mort either side This state Of confusion anu
is doubtless owing, in part, TO the Gre"O h'i"oi u
bunals which administer justice. ltis' per'p5' loI'''
lilo tot These should frequently entertain diverse views
mon the Same state OF facts but it Is also theresut o! re-
,rdno Inv merely science of precednts inc evils
arising from couil ting decisions might, In some degree
he corrected Il textbooks were written upon plan
which should comprehend the discussion Of prlrcipes
Criticised by the standard We have Indicated MI Hi
uards work is defective compared. however, with INC
current trcatises on the kindred subjects, Wi
be found of great the profession ana onGht TO IN
crease the reputation Of the author OF Inc LAW OF
Torts" regularity of the book is that greater prcm
ncnce is given TO the recent than TO the earlier
ones Considering tho notifications which the law OF
contracts has within very late years undergone TINS Is
an nportant feature In the citations which We nave
voreJ the cases TO be stated WITH great clear
moss and accuracy, WitstanGinG hc enforced DroFy'
The arraneeu mt chapters is logical the sectlohs
not too comprehensive. and the tides appropriate so
that glance at the able OF contents or tho copous III
| dex renders access TO any topic easy.