The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-05-15
Recent Publications.

have taken charge of the Southern Law Re.
view, commencing new volume and series
with the April number, which has just been re-
ceiyed. This magazine is not mere digest of
decisions, but (what lis name imports) review
of books and subjects pertaining to the various
departments of legal science. The initial num-
Der of the new series contains an article upon
''Modern Theories of Government" by Hon.
VIM. f. Cooper; "The Legal Aspects of the
Louisiana Case" by that able jurist, Judge
Cooley of Michigan; an approving review by
Hon. Francis Willard of the opinion of Chief
Justice Waite in Pollard vs. Bailey, di'crimi-
mating between law and equity; the advance
sheets of one of the notes to Mr.. Bige!ow's
forthcoming volume of Leading Cases upon
Torts," relating to the Constructing and Di-
verting Surface and Subsurface of Water, in
which the subject is ably and deliberately dis
cussed, Iand many cases, recent and modern,
cited-but we see that the well-considered opin-
ion of our own court. per Virgin, j. in Oh ase
VS.. Silverstone, 81 Maine, 175, had not come to
the notice of Mr.. Bigelow when he wrote that
article. There is also an article upon the effect
of adoption upon Inheritance, some curious Sc
lections from the old text-writers and reporters
by f. +. Heard, esq, aud very interesting rem
iniscences of 1.-THE Bench and Bar of the South
and Southwest" by Hon. Henry S. Foote, the
we'll known Southern Senator and politician,
besides choice selections from foreign law mag
azines, able book reviews and notes, among the
latter being a letter of valuable advice to a
yonng lawyer, written by Rufus Choate to Col.
j. D. Waddel of Georgia when the latter was
commencing practice. This magazine is cheap
at its subscription price of five dollars year.
It is issued quarterly by Soule, Thomas q
Wentworth of ST. Louis The two first-named
gentlemen were formerly in Boston and are
well and favorably known to most of the book
buying lawyers of New England, as they have
latterly to those of the west and southwest.
ALICE BRAND. Romance of the Capital by A. G..
Riddle Esq. For sale by Bailey s. Noyes.
Mr. Riddle, the author of this work, is law
: yer in good professional position in Washing
ton, and has had good opportunities for seeing
much of the inside workings of Washington
life. He was a friend of Secretary Stanton,
and was in favor with Mr.. Sumner. He has
positive literary tastes, and has produced here,
notwithstanding many defects of construction,
q very readable novel. OF President Lincoln,
President johnson, Secretary Stanton, Detect
i've Baker, Mr.. Seward, Chief Justice Carter of
the District Supreme Court, Chief Justice
Chase andshis daughter, and many others, he
gives sprightly and characteristic sketches,
which give his book its principal value. 1t is
to be regretted, however, that where he under
takes to present characters drawn from life, he
should for any reason deviate from exact truth
in portraiture. Thus he makes a leading char
acter of the celebrated Mrs. Cobb, pardon brok-
cress, whose transactions with President
johnson in the obtaining of pardons were the
occasion of much scandalous discussion. But
he makes this person, under the name of Mrs.
CrUly, tasteful and brilliant woman, whereas
the genuine Mrs. Croy was coarse, ignorant
and brutal. 1t is observable, too, that Mr.. Rid
dies sympathies are entirely with Gov. Shop
herd and his administration of the affairs of
the District. He is satisfied with the fact that
under that administration, Washington has
been made metropolitan and magnificent and
does not seem to be impressed with the cor
ruption and profligate expenditure which have
aided in securing this result. On the whole,
and with all its defects and improbabilities,
the book is the work of man of ability and
experience, and may be commended to the at
tention of readers.
SPAIN AND THE SPANIARDs, by N. L. TLieblin.
Boston: Lee s. Shepard. From Loring, Short g.
Harmon.
The author is Spanish war correspondent of
the New York World, and while he indicates
that his letters might have been valuable and
reliable, his own summing up of the book may
ha FOL, IF
thing "nicely descriptive" of Spain and the
Spaniards, 1 find myself to have written a
series of dull recoections of Spain, and of still
duller essays on Spanish subjects" He as
cribes the decadencs of Spain to the expulsion
of the Moors by Phillip III, but it is very pos
sible that like some men, in the days of pros
perity she acquired expensive habits and could
not curtail when evil days came. Did not the
glorious reign of Solomon contribute more to
the decay of the Israelites than the sins of his
successors? As the narrative commences and
the reader is looking up the route on the map,
meets the name of Fontalabia and finds the
traveller entering Spain through the Roncesval-
les pass of the Pyrenees to seek the Carlists in
the mountains, he prepares for romance, but
the blast of Roland's horn
son Fontarabian echoes borne''
had never reused the authors dull soul, and he
discourses of clean shirts and boot cleaning and
the book closes with chapter on lying which
is his name for what the Spanards would call
fancy.
How TO MAKE LIVING. Suggestions upon the
art Of making saving, and using money. By
George Cary Eggleston, author of Chow to Edu-
cate Yourself" etc., etc. Cloth, 227 pp., price rs
cents. Ono of the Handy Books. New York:
G. P. Putnam's Sons, Portland: For sale by
Loring Short 81 Harmon.
Being a small volume and purporting to give
Information respecting pursuit which en-
crosses the greater part of our energies and af-
fords the great burden of our cares, we fell up
on the work with avidty. Having completed
It, we are at loss to ascertain that we know
more about making a living than before. We
manage to find employment for twelve or fif-
teen hours of the twenty-four and thus far do
not realize any additional results in better liv-
ing. or extra pocket money, or fine raiment or
deposits in the savings banks. Mr.. Eggleston
the author tells US we must spend less than we
earn-that the trouble with the country finan-
cally is, that we,are fast living people aud
have for the space of decade, been spending
more than we have earned. That is the trouble,
as the most of US knew before SHOW to make
Living" was given to the booksellers. The
book also advises the young man (married of
course; making living. is of no consequence to
other) to build house in the suburbs of the
town where he can buy several lots cheap,
which in time, by their appreciation, will pay
for the residence. He also tells his readers
that life insurance is not good Investment
another fact which most of rs have learne |.
His account of the paper money mania in
France and its application to our own case, is
a popular version of that folly which it would
be we'll for the nation if its paper-money con-
gressmen would study.
WARRINGToN's MANUAL. For sale by Loring,
Short s. Harmon; fine, cloth covers. rs cents,
This very valuable little work is prepared by
William S. Robinson Esq, who was twelve
years clerk of the Massachusetts House of Re-
representatives. and is intended for the informa-
ton of officers and members of all kinds of de-
Lucrative bodies in parliamentary law. The
work contains but ninety eight pages, yet it is
complete and outside of the large AMI cumber-
some works, is undoubtedly far in advance of