The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25

OF the working men and working women.
The style Of the novel is interesting,
sympathetic and chaste.
General Henry NJ. Cist has nearly
ready the eleventh Annual Report OF
the Society Of the Army of the Cumber-
lane" being report of tire meeting held
in Washington City. The volume will
contain steel engraving of the Thomas
statue. Hon. Stanley Matthews address
at the unveiliug Of the statue; speeches
by distinguished officers in the great
tent on the White House Grounds, etc.
1t will be the most interesting report yet
published by this Society. Robert
Clarke & Co, will issue it in their usual
handsome style.
Mr.. II. G. r. Beecher's "Trip to Mex
ico," being notes of journey from Lake
Erie to Lake TezcIco and back, with an
appendix containing and being paper
about the ancient nations and races who
inhabited Mexico before and at the time
of the Spanish conquest, and the ancient
stone and other structures and ruins OF
ancient cities found there, has recently
been published in Toronto. The book
contains some beautiful Photographic
illustrations and is work of much in
tercst. The author is a barrister-at-law
and @. G. in Toronto.
Speaking of Prof. Baird's "History Of
the Rise of the Huguenots," the London
Bookseller says: American Literature
has, in recent years, shown itself strong
in the department of History. We feel
persuaded that, if Professor Baird sue
ceeds in carrying out his purpose Of mar
1rating the subsequent fortunes of the
French protestants, till their final recog-
milton by the public edict of liberation,
with the same well.digested learning,
and the same spirit of impartiality, his
History Of the Huguenots will secure to
its author permanent place in litera-
ture, in company of men like Bancroft,
Motley, and Prescott"
"Agnes Graham" a novel by Mrs.
Sarah A. Dorsey, is just issued by T. B.
Peterson h Brothers, author Of "Parola," !"
and several other novels, whose scenes
are laid in the South. "Agnes Graham"
is literary sensation more because of
the notoriety the gifted authoress ac-
quired by leaving her large fortune to
Jefferson Davis.
There seems to be growing tendency
in the legal profession, to rely more and
more on the authority of the courts,
rather than to study the principles Of
law involved in the preparation Of cases
for trial. Law writers are aware of tn S
fact, and for the purpose of making
their books popular with the mass Of the
profession, the case lawyers, or, perhaps
for lack of ability to handle the subject
philosophically, and to write real treat
Use; they too often make a more digest,
composed largely of references to the re-
ports. Hence we often find in a vol
ume that is compiled in few months
references are made to many thousand
decisions, more than the compiler could
possibly examine carefully in several
years. Therefore, l. is not strange that
we should find frequent inaccuracies in
these citations. A curious example is
found in Woods Treatise on the Law
of Master and Servant" published in
Albany, N. Y, page 576, where reference
is made to ''Keith VS.. Keir, Hayw
(Tenn.) g." No such case is reported ir
, Haywood's Tennessee Reports, and from
the light Mr.. Wood throws upon il, (
lawyer might we'll be puzzled to know
where to look for it, The case Of Lort
Keith VS.. William Keir, here referred to
, was decided far beyond the boundarie
of Tennessee, by the Court of Session il
: Scotland in 1872, and is reported il
Faculty Decisions of the Court o
s Session." of that year, page 679, foil
: volume published in Edinburg in 1919
t 1t is also reported in volume contain
f ing "Decisions of the Courts Of Englan
$ and Scotland on the Law of Liability il
}. Gases of Accidents and Negligence,
compiled by William Hay, publishe
d in Edinburgh in 1850. The query Is
f How could Mr.. Wood cite this Scotc
|. case as being reported in a volume c
l. Tennessee reports? 1t is one OF the cur
3 osities of law book making.