Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-10
REGENT PUBLICATIONS.

1 Professor Robinson sE Elementary Layv.''
 1 We are pleased to see that Professor W. c. Robinson's new work on elementary law has received a cordial welcome from the pro- ! fession and the hearty commendation of the ! legal press. Written, as 1t was, by teacher
 of long experience in the training of students
 for the bar, and who fully understands their
 needs, it was to be expected that this book
 would be substantial improvement upon any now in use. After careful examination we can say, without hesitation, that the high ] expectations raised have been fulfilled, both
 as regards tho plan of the work and the man. ! ner of Its execution.
 The plan adopted by the author is a new ! one. While the book contains statement
 of all the leading rules and principles of law, 1 both civil and criminal, these are so arranged
 in paragraphs-followed by directions as to I the collateral reading of the student-that ! the work performs not only the functions of ! a law book, but also those of law teacher and careful student using it as a guide might thus, without the aid of any other in- ! structor, pursue his studies exhaustively 1 through all the branches of the law. So ! successfully is this plan carried out that the ! work might appropriately be called E'pooket 1 law school"
 l In his statements or tho rules and princi- pies of the law, the author has exhibited the } same solicituds for tho thorough training of ! the student. The language used in construct ! ing the definitions has evidently been select ! ed with great care, and the utmost attention has been given to make each definition exact ! and complete. No space is occupied by | needless illustrations or by repetitions of the ! same idea, but each separate legal thought is ! made to stand by itself, in the very words in ! which the student is expected to apprehend ! and retain it. This method of presenting ! them insures to the careful student an accu- ! rate knowledge of the precise limits of every | legal principle but offers no premium to the ! idle and careless reader.
 With these merits, we predict for this E work an extensive recognition by the legal profession and especially by educators in the \ law. The latter will find in it manual for ! the closest forms of recitation work and also ! basis for ext-nded lectures on the various | topics of the law. For students without ! teachers it will be an invaluable guide as well < as text book and all lawyers interested in the development or legal science Will be grRt- ! flied to sec in it s successful attempt at the | csdifcation of the common law
 7He Nsao Eneglaaader for November con- \ tains number of very interesting articles. ! Perhaps the most interesting is that of Rev. 1 0. S. Walker, entitled "Emerson's Relation | to Christ and Christianity" Edwin D. Mead answers the question, 'Why Did the Pill grim Fathers Come to New England ?'' Other articles are: Provision and Method ! of Salvation," by Rev. l.. O. Brastov ''Hiokok's Mental Science" by Professor c.
 E. Garman; "A Chapter in the Religious ! History of Italy," by Rev. J. B. Chase ] Professor Bowne's Metaphysics" by J. P. ! Gordy; "Non Competitive Economies, by ! Professor J. B. Clark. A number of valu- ! able books are noticed.