Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-31
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

LEGAL REcREATloNs A series often interesting
and instructive volumes; 81 so each; l6mo,
Summer Whitney & Co., San Francisco.
The ten volumes that comprise this in
valuable set of books should find place
not only upon the librarys shelf of the
lawyer, but of all general readers who de-
light in the romantic witty and mysteri-
Gus, as related to civil and criminal law,
and who does not take pleasure i'll these.
No profession, no branch of literature, no
following has developed so much OF the
romantic as the law. The most fervid
fancy cannot produce fiction that will at all
compare with the wonderful realities that
have been developed in legal proceedings.
Nor has wit had broader field than that
found at the bar. The volumes before us
afford a limitiess area for the skill of the
dramatist, and unbounded opportunity for
the novelist.
The series, now complete includes
Brownies Humorous Phases of the Law"
1t was first issued in 1882 but the present
is revised and enlarged edition. 1t treats
of the animal kingdom in Court, the law
of necessaries, law of Sunday, idiocy of
married women, newspaper law, nuisance,
negligence, etc.
"Pagets Judicial Puzzles, gathered from
State trials, embraces the story of Elizabeth
Canning, the Campden wonder, the Annes-
ley case story of Ezra Fenning, Spencer
Cowper's case, and the celebrated Colds
borough Casa narrative of marvel that
was originally written for Blackwood's
Magazine" by Samuel Warren, the most
skilled law novelist who has made an I'M
press upon the history of fiction.
Lyrics of the Law" are songs and verses
pertinent to the law and the legal profess
sion, selected by " ]. Greenbag Croke." 1t
IG f11l Of hrr
with rhyming wit.
The Law of the Road y concerns the
wrongs and rights of a traveller, and is by
K. Y. Rogers, Jr. 1t is filled with charm
ing anecdotes illustrative of curious phases
of the law, both English and American.
Withal, there is large collection of cases
embraced in the little volume interpretive
of the law for travellers. Aside from its
amusing character, therefore, it has legal
value as a brief book.
I" The Law of the Hotel - is a treatment
by r. V. Rogers, Jr., of the wrongs and
rights of host and guest, and is a compan-
ion volume to that last mentioned, the
treatment being the same as to style. and
the text fully as interesting and valuable.
" Curiosities and Oddities of the Law
Reporters" is by Franklin Fiske Heard.
1t is collection of brief paragraphs, very
few exceeding the bounds OF a single page
and the majority being less than half a
page in extent. Its title fully CONVEYS the
idea OF the character of the matter the book
contains.
Poems of the Law are collected bv ]
GreenbaS Croke. This volume is more pre-
tentious than Lyrics of the Law" The
two principal poems have amused and in
structed two generations of lawyers and
their clients in England and America, but
ny tn
print. The poems, some of which are
illustrated, are seven in number The
chief are The Conveyancer's Guide" and
The Pleader's Guide" Each is supple
mented by eopious notes of explanation
and citation.
The Judicial Interpretation of Common
Words and Phrases" is by Irving Browne.
Less humorous but more valuable than
any OF the other volumes is this on inter
pretations of common words and phrases
The topics treated are exceedingly numer-
Gus, and the words and phrases defined are
too extended to be enumerated here.
The Curiosities and Law of Wills is
by John Proffatt. There is no subject of
the law, outside of criminal records, more
prolific of strange situations and entangle-
ments, and few subjects that have had
broader treatment by Judges and common
tators. The volume treats of the origin and
history of wills, written wills, forms and
requisites of wills, testamentary capacity
legacies, limits to testamentary disposition,
revocation of wills, wills as affected by
donieile and construction of wills. OF all
the series 1t is the only one that is of almost
unbroken soberness. The work is suffi-
ciently extended and thorough to be en-
titled 10 rank as brief-book of reference
for leading cases.
THE BOYS AND GIRLS PLISY, being part of
Pliny's Natural History edited for boys and
girls. B. John s. White, Ii. D. New York