Many of the cases in this volume are interesting, but mainly so from their facts rather than from the novelty or difficulty of the questions of law involved. We think it proper to add that the reporting is in good hands, and, with the exception of what seems to us a too free publication of the arguments of counsel, the reporter's work is admirably done. Jurisprudence and its Relation to the Social Sciences. By DENIS CAULFEILD HERON, Q.C., Member of Parliament for the County of Tipperary. San Francisco: Sumner Whitney & Co. New York: Hurd & Houghton. Cambridge: Riverside Press. WHAT reason there can be for republishing the introduction to Mr. Heron's history as a separate hand-book of jurisprudence, we confess we cannot see. It is the least valuable part of a work, which, even in its historical portions, we never were able to value highly. The introduction may serve to edify but scarcely to instruct. It presents, with a not unpleasing rhetoric, a string of generalities about the nature and grounds of positive law and the general development of society, such as were in fashion in the time of Kent and Story, but which are now a little out of date. It may bring a very young student to realize that the study of law leads up to a good many pretty large subjects, but it will hardly tell him much worth knowing about any of them. The Equitable Relations of Buyer and Seller of Land under Contract and before Conveyance. Two lectures before the Law Academy of Philadelphia. By E. COPPÉE MITCHELL. Philadelphia: Rees, Welsh, & Co., Law Booksellers and Publishers. 1877. THESE lectures were obviously intended for students of Pennsylvania law, and they seem calculated to answer extremely well the purpose for which they were written. The author states, in a simple and logical manner, the general principles which govern contracts for the sale of land; and his style is such that students can have no difficulty in understanding his propositions. For more extended use, we should not consider the volume valuable. Much of the law which it discusses is peculiar to Pennsylvania. The authorities cited are almost entirely taken from the reports of that State. The practising lawyer would naturally prefer for daily use some work which treats the subject more fully, and with greater wealth of citation. Abridgment of Elementary Law. Embodying the General Principles, Rules, and Definitions of Law, together with the Common Maxims and Rules of Equity Jurisprudence, as stated in the Standard Commentaries of the leading English and American Authors. Embracing the subjects contained in a Regular Law Course - collected and arranged so as to be more easily acquired by Students, comprehended by Justices, and readily reviewed by young Practitioners. By M. E. DUNLAP, Counsellor-at-Law. Third Edition. St. Louis Soule, Thomas, & Wentworth. 1877. : WHEN we received this book, our eye fell upon the author's statement on the title-page, that it was arranged so as to be "readily reviewed by young practitioners," and we naturally placed it at once in the hands of a critic belonging to the prescribed class. The result of his examination, which we take pleasure in laying before our readers, will enable them to judge how far the work fulfils the author's promise. Our young friend says: "This invaluable compendium possesses many of the qualities of 'Liebig's Extract of Beef,' and in its condensed form is a most pleasing substitute for a good square legal meal. The compiling and printing of so much boiled-down law in a form suitable for the vest pocket is an achievement only excelled by the time-honored feat of writing the Constitution of the United States,' on a space covered by a dime, or of compressing a history of the universe on a sheet of note paper. We recommend this 'canned' law to those who prefer condensed milk to Jersey cream." New A Treatise on the Law relating to the office and duties of Notaries Public throughout the United States; with Forms of Affidavits, Acknowledgments, Conveyances, Depositions, Protests, and Legal Instruments. By JOHN PROFFATT, LL.B., author of "Curiosities and Law of Wills; ""A Treatise on Trial by Jury," &c. San Francisco: Sumner Whitney & Co. York: Hurd & Houghton. Cambridge: The Riverside Press. 1877. THE chief value of this book to others than notaries public lies in its compilation of the statutes of the several States relative to the execution and acknowledgment of deeds, and the taking of depositions. These we believe to be here accurately set forth, and we know of no other source where they can so readily be found. To notaries themselves, the text of the book will furnish interesting reading, and the citation of authorities to the several points discussed will assure them of the correctness of the writer's statements. With this book as a vade mecum, we should think that any man of ordinary education and capacity could make a serviceable notary public. The Texas Law Journal. Vol. I. No. I. S. D. WOOD, Editor and Proprietor. THIS new legal journal is intended to supply a want which has long been felt by the profession in Texas. It will make the decisions rendered by the courts of that State more easily and speedily accessible to the bar than at present, and will endeavor by copious notes of decisions in other States to keep the Texas lawyer fully informed of legal events as they occur. Judging from the number before us, we should think it likely to be very useful to the bar for which it is intended, and we wish it all success. The Journals of the Senate and the Assembly of the Eighth Session of the Legislature of the State of Nevada, 1877, with an appendix, in three volumes. A LIST OF LAW BOOKS PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA SINCE JULY, 1877. Angell, Joseph K. A Treatise on the Law of Watercourses. Seventh edition. Edited by J. C. Perkins. 8vo, sheep, $6.00. Little, Brown, & Co., Boston. Barton, R. T. The Practice in the Courts of Law in Civil Cases, founded on Robinson's Practice. 8vo, sheep, $6.00. J. W. Randolph & English, Richmond. Bump, O. F. The Law and Practice of Bankruptcy. 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The facts in this case, as they are stated in the opinion of the court, were briefly these: "The agent of the plaintiff, Dickson, delivered to the express company at Greensboro', N. C., fifty-two boxes of tobacco to be shipped to Columbia, S. C. The boxes were consigned to Trent & Rea at that place, and the delivery to the company for shipment was made by Trent, one of the said firm, who, at the time, informed the company that the tobacco was the property of the plaintiff. A written receipt was given by the company in the usual form. The boxes never left Greensboro', but were sold by Trent to one Mendenhall, without authority of the owner, and, by the order of Trent, were delivered to him by the company at Greensboro'." "If they believed from the evidence that the tobacco was, at the time of its delivery to the defendant, the property of the plaintiff, and that was known to the defendant or its agent, though by the receipt given for it Trent & Rea were the consignees thereof, and the defendant might lawfully deliver the said tobacco to the consignees at Columbia, S. C., the defendant was not authorized to deliver the same to the consignees, or either of them, or to any other person by the order of either of them, at Greensboro', N. C., the place of shipment, and such delivery at Greensboro', N. C., without the knowledge or consent of the plaintiff, would not discharge the defendant from liability therefor to the plaintiff.” To which charge of the court the defendant excepted. The Supreme Court holds that there was no error in the ruling excepted to. The court (Mr. Justice HUNT) says: "We are not called upon to question the proposition that a consignee of goods is for many purposes deemed to be the owner of them, and may maintain an action for their non-delivery. 1 Par. Ship. 269. In the case before us the proof was given, and the jury found that the goods did not belong to the consignees, but were the property of the shipper, and that this was known to the carrier. The question is, rather, where it is known that the goods are the property of the shipper, and have been shipped by him for delivery to the consignees as his agents at a distant place, can the carrier deliver the goods to such consignees or to their order at another place, or without starting them on their journey? We think the rule is, that where the consignor is known to the carrier to be the owner, the carrier must be understood to contract with him only, for his interest, upon such terms as he dictates in regard to the delivery, and that the consignees are to be regarded simply as agents selected by him to receive the goods at a place indicated." |