Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-10
Book Notices.

| book NOTICES.
CITATIONS TO THE CODE OF VIR-
GINA. BY William G. Ely, OF me
Richmond Bar. J. w. Randolph d CO..
Richmond, Va. 1895 Price, 80
The Virginia lawyer. engaged In active
practice, constantly uses the CODE OF VIZ
gfaia Qss0, Martins Index. volumes
and Converse's Index. Until the puplica-
ton OF Eby's Citations to the Code
he had no other recent books TO put MIN
| self into communication with the hu'hoir
| ties in his own State.
| This hook cites the decisions OF Viz
! gInia's courts OF last resort ON the
statutes. 1t is we'll gotten up, In the usuai
4 STYLE of a first-claas law-book, ana IS q
| credit TO the old and reliable publishing
house OF j. w. Randolph 50 Co The cita-
| lions are Of cases in the Supreme court
1 Of the United States, as we'll as Virginia's
court of last resort, wherever her statutes
| have been passed upon by that supreme,
| final tribunal As all of the law has not
| been codihed. the decisions cited are con-
| fined 10 questions on the construction
| of statutes, and the common-law decisions
are not given.
One of the most important statutes we
| have Is contained in section 500 or the
| Code of Virginia dss0. 1t provides when
| suit may be maintained on account or the
| death OF a person caused by the wrongful
| act OF another All of the decisions on
| that statute contained in the margin or
| the Code are carefully cited and well
| and correctly digested. Under that statute
representatives Of persons Killed by rail-
| roads and other corporations, or by pri-
| vate individuals, are given the right 10
| sue for damages for an amount not ex-
| ceeding $4,000 Code OF virginia, 1881, sec
| ton 1900
Under the present Constitution of the
| Empire State, adopted in 1891. there is no
| limit 10 the right of recovery except such
az the jury may impose. In the first case
tried under that Constitution the jury
awarded $4,000 damages. Our Virginia
statutes should be changed. and the jury
should not be trammelled in assessing
damages where a person has been killed
by the negligence OF railroad or other
corporation.
All of the decisions are not given on
all Of the statutes. and, perhaps, this
could not have been done, as IT would
have very largely increased the size OF
the work. So far as the book has been
examined the work appears to be well
don. II will save lawyers In active prac-
tice much time and labor. An immesie
amount of work has been put upon
It, and its size is such that II can be
readily referred TO- AS Virginia's court Oh
last resort is the oldest In the Union
such a book IL much needed by lawyers
and others having business with the
courts. The mode OF citing the decisions
is a most admirable one. and could not
well be improved upon.
THE TRAGEDY OF PUDD'NHEAD
WILSON, AND THE COMEDY OF
THESE EXTRAORDINARY TWINS.
BY Mark Twain Samuel J.. Clemens),
With Marginal Illustrations. Hartford,
Conn. American Publishing Company.
For sale by subscription only.
In this book Mark Twain deals largely
with slave-life on the Mississippi river.
The plot is based upon the fiction of
mulatto woman's substituting her own
infant boy for that OF her masters.
The story is told in Mark Twain's usual
vein, and some OF the passages are pa
thetic; others are humorous. and others
are only 80. So" as Theodore Tilton
would say.
The author has tried to be fair 10 the
shareholders Of the South. we believe.
but has not done them justice.
Pudd'nhead Wilson is a great charac-
ter. BY means of photographs Ohumb-
marks he conYicts the bogus baby now
grown mani OF murder. and at the
same time restores the true heir to his
rights, etc.
This story-double story, we might say
form, but is now booked" in excellent
style, with many unique illustrations.
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MA
GAZINE. January, 1896.
Contents: Rejected. Milton Bonner; A
Doubtful Kindness, r. II. Fife. Jr.; The
Waterfowl. f. d. Andrews; On the Via
duct, Joseph r. Long; A Lute-Song. MIL
ton Bronner: The Legend OF the St.
Bernard, Malcolm Taylor; The II le OF
Almarc. John Handy Hall; The C. sting
OF a Horoscope, Kenton Foster Murray;
When Daylight Dawns. NJ. r. Jones; The
General European War, Harold Stuart
Acheson; Ballade de Ma Chatelaine.
Pierce Bruins; Colonel Carver's Cotton,
W. II. Sergeant A New Verson, j. II.
H.; She's Coming. F.. ID. A.: How Did II
Happen? w. o. Slaughter; AS 1t Really
Was. r. II. F.; The Rivals. H.; On the
Change, NJ. T.; EDITORIAL Editors Easy
Chair; Editors Table; clippings.
BERRIS. By Katherine s. Mscquoid,
Author of "Appledore Farm" Miss
Eyon. OF Eyon Court" etc. New York,
United States Book Company.
This is a romance OF a beautiful. am
bilious. selfish, and almost soulless young
English woman She rises from acute
poverty to wealth and title. She mar
ries twice and neither. time happily Her
first husband was too good for her. Her
second husband was her match. In the
end we get sorry for Berris. The moral
OF the book is that selfshness, such as
Berriss. is Improbable, even to the per-
son who practices II.
THE FIRST OF THE ENGLISH. A
Novel. BY Archibald Clavering Gunter,
author OF mir. Barnes, OF New York"
etc. etc. New York: The Home Pub
fishing Company. east Fourteenth
street Price 30 cents.
"CHIMMIE FADDEN." MAJOR MAX. J
AND OTHER STORIES. BY Edward
w. Townsend. author OF "rhe Gates
Family Mystery" and other stories
New York: Lowell, Coryell & Co., 80 TO
3lS Sixth avenue
MADAME SANS-GENE. AN HISTORI-
CAL ROMANCE Founded on the Play
By Victorien Sardou. Translated from
the French by Louie X. Heller. New
York: Home Book Company, As Vesey
street
"BEHOLDING AS IN A GLASS" A
Novel BY Mrs. Virginia ID. Young
Boston: Arena Publishing Company, !
Corley Square. Price. so cents
UNCLE SANS" CABINS. A Story OF
American Life Looking Forward a
Century. New York: The Mascot Pub
fishing Company. 1895. Price 80 cents.
HIS EGYPTIAN WIFE. AN ANGLO
EGYPTIAN ROMANCE. BY Hilton
Fill. New York: Home Book Company,
Nacov CT Drfca N cop.s