Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-10-06
WHOLE NO. 1862

We csn find nothing in it to indicate lack
OF thas judicial calm SO necessary in the
historian. One chapter, the thirty-fifth. is
eeSoted 70 Education and Science It
was wise decision 10 put this mart
oI our progressive record into a compact
l"rIh' instead OF reciting it contemporaries
ously With other historical events The
e0ueatonal sad scientific advances of our
! country is as essential TO true knowledee
oI lhe American people and system as in
any other portion of our history. 1t will
II once strike the examiner OF this volume
tnat IN the effort to facilitate the study of
lhs textbook a happy method wss lit
| upon. We cannot here go into detailed ex-
planation of that method, bus in brief il
may De said to consist of suggestive pre-
| pAraIGry notes, OF inseriected Explanations
| ana oetalls, OF models for scheme Of re-
view a; the end of each chapter, arranged
aiter tabular style, that at a glance like
| an ohJeSt lesson, presents the subject
treated An admirable feature is that pro.
| vldlng notes of explanation of words and
terms nesding it. These-are eronped at the the
Aeau OF each chapter, and alphabetically
| arranged; 80, too, at the close of the his
| tory, we hed an appendix referring to para
| graphs anc explaining words and terms.
30 also The pronunciation Of words is given
clearly. and these Illustrations " are
grouped anG arranged i'll the appendix.
I|o OF the chapters are devoted TO. q
history OF California. There are thirty
three maps, six of which are double
page: The are sixty-fou= engravines
cut by Messrs. Mexican, Halnes 6s Smith,
and excellent examples of the art. The
| typography of t&e work is unexeeptiona-
ole rejecting credit upon SUPERINTENDENT
oung, of the Stete Printing Department.
an ana the force Under his administration.
The paper Is clear white and of high
quality, the type clean and bold, and The
I" reliefs of heads and sub-heads strong
and resttul. The work is excellentlY bound
stitched not TOO finely, and with a view 20
thorough service. The back is of leather.
with muslin aud bosEd covers The S, aIe
Board of Education proves by this one
book, if no other had been issued, the en-
tire capacity of the State 10 issue as goeda
book as any private firm can do, and at
prises far below those usually charged
Thus, this history sells at 20 cents in Sacra-
mento, retailing at so cents, whereas school
histories have uniformly retailed in this
State at 81 25.
From the Bancroft-Whitney Company,
San Francisco, We have received the fret
volume of a new series entitled THE
State Reports" The work is by 4. C. Free.
man, the weil-known original editor of the
American Decisions" and associate ed
ALoI VI lIat lHHdluaDle series. sale DnDES
before US, as we have said, is the initial
number of series that, Judging from the
first volume, will be of the highest value to
the bar of the country We have given
the handsomely-gotten-up work such ex-
animation as time afforded, aud it was not
much limited, and feel justified in COM
mending II so far as 10 quote with frank
concurrence from the outline of the scheme
OF the originators of the series, which saws:
The plan which it is proposed to pursue in
this series of reports may be considered with
respect, first, to the reporting, and second, TO
the matter to be reported. In the reporting, an
effort will be made: l. To educe from each
opinion all the legal priJ ciples therein as
serted as necessary grounds of the decis-
ion and to formulate those principles into
syldbi as clear and terse as possible; 2 To state
those fact which, though not disclosed by the
Court are necessary to enable the reader the
better to comprehend the opinion, and to deter
mine whether any portion thereof was unneces-
sary to the decision OF the cause g. To embodv
IN cross-references, at the close of the opinion
citations of parallel and analogous cases re-
ported in the present series or in the American
Reports or the American Decisions d. To write
full and accurate notes to such cases as involve
topics which, either from their novelty or i'm
portance, are thought worthy OF especial con-
slderation. The matter to be reported will con-
sist of opinions of the Courts of last resort in
the several States, selected because of their
general value to the legal profession ineyery
part of the United States. Decisions which in
volve local or statutory questions will not be re-
ported, except when those questions are blended
with others too important to be excluded. II
that event, no point of the opinion will be
omitted. 1t is true, this may occasionally re-
suit in the publication of matter of local value
only; but this evil will be more than compen-
sated by the obvious advantages OF u complete
report. Persons seeing case cited as reported
in the original as well as in this ries will nat
urally and rightully expect that either citation
may be safely cited in support of the same pro-
positions. Furthermore, an opinion from which
something is known to be omitted is always
viewed with suspicion which seriously impairs
its force as an authority. Doubts will s. rely
arise whether the part omitted may not limit or
enlarge that which is inserted, or may not show
that the portion published is a mere extra
judicial opinion, not entitled to the rank and
credit of matter necessarily decided While
as has been indicated, decisions involving statu-
tory questions will rarely be reported, yet when
reported, if the statute is not sufficiently dis
closed in the opinion of the Court the clauses
under consideration Will be set forth, either
substantially or in full in the statement of
facts. By this means, the decision can be
clearly understood by persons not having access
piled and conceded the force of authority in
every State having similar statutes.
The first volume is of 973 pages. It takes
up cases of general value and authority
subsequent to those contained in the
American Decisions and the American
Report" decided IN the C1ur s~of last re-
sort of the several States. Tue volume
covers 13 volumes of State reports from
California Connec lieut., Delaware, Florida,
Kansas, Maine Marylan Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and New
York. There are to be six volumes year
furnished for S24. 1t is evident that Mr..
Freeman is devoting to the work the same
care and discriminating judgment that gave
such authoritative value to the results of
his la6ors upon the American Decisions