A LIST OF LAW BOOKS PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA SINCE OCTOBER, 1877.

Alabama Reports. Vol. 53. (Jones.) 8vo, sheep, $6 50. Joel White, Montgomery. American Reports. Edited by Isaac Grant Thompson. Vol. 21. 8vo, sheep, $6.00. John D. Parsons, Jr., Albany.

Ames, John H. The Taxation of Personal Property. 12mo, paper, 50 cents. Mills & Co., Des Moines.

Arkansas Reports. Vol. 31. (Moore.) 8vo, sheep, $6.00. Adams & Blocher, Little Rock.

Arnould on the Law of Marine Insurance. By David Machlachlan. Fifth edition. 2 vols. Royal 8vo, cloth, 60s. Stevens & Sons, London.

Benjamin, J. P. A Treatise on the Law of Sale of Personal Property; with References to American Decisions, and to the French Code and Civil Law. Second American edition. By J. C. Perkins. 8vo, sheep, $7.50. Hurd & Houghton, New York.

Bennett, Edmund H. Fire Insurance Cases. Vol. V. 1865-75. 8vo, sheep, $7.50. Hurd & Houghton, New York.

Bigelow, Melville M.

The Law of Fraud, and the Procedure pertaining to the Redress thereof. 8vo, sheep, $6.00. Little, Brown, & Co., Boston. Blackstone, Sir William. Commentaries on the Laws of England. Abridged, with Notes and References to American Decisions; for the Use of American Students. By George Chase. 8vo, sheep, $5.00. Banks & Brothers, New York. Blumenstiel, Alexander. The Law and Practice in Bankruptcy. A Complete Treatise of the Law of Bankruptcy. 8vo, sheep, $7.50. Ward & Peloubet, New York.

Bump, O. F. Annotated Patent, Trade-Mark, and Copyright Laws. With Rules of Practice, Practical Forms, &c. 8vo, sheep, $6.00. Baker, Voorhis, & Co., New York.

Bump, Orlando F. Composition in Bankruptcy, with Forms. 8vo, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00. G. I. Jones & Co., St. Louis.

Burroughs, W. H. A Treatise on the Law of Taxation as imposed by the States and their Municipalities, or other Subdivisions, and as exercised by the Government of the United States, particularly in the Customs and Internal Revenue. 8vo, sheep, $7.50. Baker, Voorhis, & Co., New York.

Chambers, George F. A Digest of the Law relating to Common and Open Spaces, including Public Parks and Recreation Grounds. Royal 8vo, 6s. 6d., cloth. Stevens & Sons, London.

Coddington, Charles E. A Digest of the Law of Trade-Marks of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, and France. 8vo, sheep, $6.00. Ward & Peloubet, New York.

Davidson, Thomas F. A Table of the Cases Overruled, Doubted, Criticised, or Modified, found in the fifty-four volumes of Indiana Reports, and eight volumes of Blackford. 12mo, $2.00. Merrill, Hubbard, & Co., Indianapolis.

English Reports. Edited by N. C. Moak. Vol. 16. 8vo, sheep, $6.00. William Gould & Son, Albany.

Field, George W. A Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations. 8vo, sheep, $7.50. John D. Parsons, Jr., Albany.

Flood, John C. H. Elementary Treatise on the Law relating to Wills of Personal Property. 8vo, cloth, 30s. Maxwell, London.

Georgia Reports.

Macon.

Harston, E. F. B.

Vol. 57.

(Jackson.) 8vo, sheep, $7.00. J. W. Burke & Co.,

Practice, Pleading, and Evidence, in the Courts of the State of California in General Civil Suits and Proceedings. Royal 8vo, sheep, $10.00. A. L. Bancroft & Co., San Francisco.

Hilliard, Francis. American Law.

A Comprehensive Summary of the Law in its

Various Departments. Vol. 1. 8vo, sheep, $7.50. Ward & Peloubet, New
York.

Herman, Henry M. Treatise on Chattel Mortgages. 8vo, sheep, $7.50. Cockcroft & Co., New York.

8vo, sheep, $3.50. Springfield.
8vo, sheep, $3.50. Springfield.

Hoadly, George. A Lecture upon Roman Law Procedure. Royal 8vo, cloth. Robert Clarke & Co., Cincinnati. Illinois Reports. Vol. 73. (Freeman.) Illinois Reports. Vol. 81. (Freeman.) Joyce, William. Doctrine and Principles of the Law of Injunctions. 8vo, cloth, 30s. Stevens & Haynes, London. Kentucky Digest. A New Digest of the Decisions of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky, embracing all the Reported Cases from the Organization of the Court in 1792 to 1876. By Richard H. Stanton. 2 vols. Royal 8vo, sheep, $12.00. Robert Clarke & Co., Cincinnati.

Maine Reports. Vol. 66. (Pulsifer.) 8vo, sheep, $4.50. Dresser, McLellan, & Co., Portland.

Michael, W. H., & Will, J. S. The Law relating to Gas and Water. Second edition. 8vo, cloth, 25s. Butterworths, London.

Missouri Reports. St. Louis Court of Appeals. Vol. 1. (Berry.) 8vo, sheep, $6.00. Soule, Thomas, & Wentworth, St. Louis.

New Hampshire Reports. Vol. 57. (Hall.) 8vo, sheep, $4.25. Josiah B. Sanborn, Concord.

New York Reports. Howard's Practice Reports. Vol. 53. (Stover.) 8vo, sheep, $3.00. William Gould & Son, Albany.

New York Supreme Court Reports. Vol. 18. (Hun, Vol. 11.) 8vo, sheep, $2.75. Banks & Brothers, New York.

New York Surrogates' Courts Reports. (Redfield.) Vol. 2. 8vo, sheep, $6.00. Banks & Brothers, New York.

Ohio Reports. Vols. 28 & 29. (De Witt.) Each, 8vo, sheep, $2.75. Robert Clarke & Co., Cincinnati.

Paterson, W. Practical Statutes of the Session, 1877. 12mo, cloth, 8s. Law Times Office, London.

Pennsylvania Reports. Vol. 81. (Smith.) 8vo, sheep, $4.50. Kay & Brother,

Philadelphia.

Pope, H. M. R. Treatise on the Law and Practice of Lunacy. 8vo, cloth, 24s. Sweet, London.

Proffatt, John. A Treatise on the Law relating to the Office and Duties of Notaries Public throughout the United States. With Forms. 8vo, sheep, $5.00. Sumner Whitney & Co., San Francisco.

Smith, James Walter. A Handy Book on the Law of Master and Servant. 12mo, 1s. E. Wilson, London.

Smith, Thomas L. Elements of the Laws; or Outlines of the System of Civil and Criminal Laws in Force in the United States, and in the Several States of the Union. 12mo, cloth, $1.50. J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia.

South Carolina Reports.

Columbia.

Richardson. Vol. 6. 8vo, sheep, $5.00. R. L. Bryan,

Starling, M. H., & Constable, F. C. Indian Criminal Law and Procedure.

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edition. Royal 8vo, cloth, 42s. W. H. Allen, London. Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames. A Digest of the Law of Evidence. From the Third English edition, Revised, Corrected, and Enlarged, by the Author. With Notes and Additional Illustrations chiefly from American Cases. By John Wilder May. 12mo, sheep, $3.00. Little, Brown, & Co., Boston. Tennessee Chancery Reports. Cooper. Vol. 2. 8vo, sheep, $6.00. G. I. Jones &

Co., St. Louis.

Texas Reports. Vol. 46. (Terrell & Walker.) 8vo, sheep, $6.50. E. H. Cushing, Houston.

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Hughes. Vol. 2. 8vo,

United States Circuit Court Reports. Fourth Circuit. Hughes. Vol. 1. sheep, $7.50. W. H. & O. H. Morrison, Washington. United States Circuit Court Reports. Fourth Circuit. sheep, $7.50. W. H. & O. H. Morrison, Washington. Vermont Reports. Vol. 49. (Rowell.) 8vo, sheep, $5.00. J. & J. M. Poland, Mont

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Williams, Sir Edward Vaughan.

A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators. Sixth American edition. By J. C. Perkins. 3 vols. 8vo, $19.50. Kay & Brother, Philadelphia.

Williams, Joshua. Principles of the Law of Real Property. Twelfth edition. 8vo, cloth, 218. Sweet, London.

SUMMARY OF EVENTS.

UNITED STATES.

THE FISHERIES COMMISSION. By the treaty of 1818 between the United States and Great Britain (Art. I.), it was agreed that the inhabitants of the United States should have the right to take fish on certain coasts of British America, without reference to distance from the shores; while, as to all other coasts of British America, they were to be excluded from taking fish within three marine miles of the shore. The right to fish in all parts of the ocean, gulfs, and bays, outside of the three-mile line, was left unquestioned. The portions of the coasts to which the exclusion from the three-mile belt did not apply were the Magdalen Islands, the western, the northern, and a part of the southern coast of Newfoundland from the Rameau Islands to Cape Ray, and on from Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands, and all that part of the coast of Labrador from Mount Joly through the Straits of Belle Isle, northward indefinitely. From all other parts of the coasts of the British Dominions the inhabitants of the United States were excluded, to the extent of the three-mile limit. By the treaty of Washington, in 1871 (Art. XVIII.), all restriction as to the three-mile limit was removed. The result of this article, in addition to the treaty of 1818, was to yield to the inhabitants of the United States the right to take fish on all the British coasts of the Atlantic, without reference to distance from the shores.

Art. XIX. of the treaty of 1871 yielded to all British subjects a corresponding right to take fish off the Atlantic coasts of the United States north of the thirty-ninth parallel of latitude, without reference to distance from the shores.

This statement is sufficient to describe in general terms the most important provisions respecting the taking of fish which entered into the contest before the commissioners. The two articles contained reciprocal prohibitions against the taking of shell-fish, and the engaging in salmon, shad, and all other fisheries within rivers and mouths of rivers. They contained also reciprocal permissions of a limited character, to land, for the purpose of drying and curing of fish, in unoccupied places; but these provisions were treated as of no practical value, before the commission, in the present state of the fisheries.

Art. XIX. conceded to each nation the reciprocal right to import its fish and fish-oils into the ports of the other, free of duties. The period for the continuance of the operation of these provisions of the treaty was ten years, and further, until the expiration of two years after notice from either party of its desire to terminate the treaty, each party having a right to give that notice at any time after the expiration of the ten years.

In Art. XXII. it is stated that the British government asserts that what she has granted, under the fishing articles of the treaty, is of greater value than what she has received; that the United States does not admit this asser

tion; and that it is further agreed that commissioners be appointed to determine the amount of any compensation which, in their opinion, ought to be paid by the government of the United States. Under this article, the United States made no claim that the balance of advantage was with Great Britain. Consequently, it became practically a mere question of assessing the amount the United States should pay.

The tribunal consisted of M. Maurice Del Fosse, Belgian Minister at Washington; Sir Alexander T. Galt, named by Great Britain; and Ensign H. Kellogg, Esq., named by the United States. M. Del Fosse, who acted as president of the tribunal, was appointed by the Austrian Minister at London; but it is understood that the appointment was made in conformity with the expressed wish of both parties. The session of the tribunal was to be held at Halifax, N. S.; each nation to be represented by an agent, and the commissioners to appoint a secretary. At the first meeting of the tribunal, held June 15, 1877, the Hon. Dwight Foster, of Boston, appeared as agent for the United States; and Francis Clare Ford, Esq., of the British Diplomatic Service, as agent for Great Britain; and J. H. G. Bergne, Esq., of the British Foreign Office, was appointed secretary of the commission. The commissioners decided that each agent might be heard personally or by counsel: the British agent being entitled to five counsel, one from each maritime province of British America; and the agent of the United States, to an equal number, if he desired it. Subsequently, the Hon. Richard H. Dana, Jr., of Boston, and William H. Trescot, Esq., of Washington, appeared as counsel for the United States, and the following counsel for Great Britain: viz., Joseph Doutre, Esq., of Montreal; S. R. Thomson, Esq., of New Brunswick; The Hon. W. V. Whiteway, of Newfoundland; the Hon. Louis H. Davies, of Prince Edward Island; and R. L. Weatherbe, Esq., of Nova Scotia.

The business sessions of the commission began July 28, and ended Nov. 23, 1877. The first important document was the British case. This was followed by the answer in behalf of the United States, a reply on behalf of Great Britain, a printed brief for the United States, and a printed brief, in reply, by the British counsel. The British evidence was then put in; consisting of witnesses examined and cross-examined orally, affidavits ex parte, and a great variety of documents. This evidence occupied the tribunal nearly forty days.

The rules of procedure, without, in terms, requiring an opening before the putting in of evidence, assume that there will be an opening on each side, by fixing the time allowed for testimony from the time of the opening by the counsel. The British counsel made no opening. Before the close of the British evidence, the American counsel moved for such amendments of the rules as would require the British counsel to submit their views of the case, as respects the testimony and its bearings, before the United States counsel should be required to make their final argument. They contended that, as the British counsel made no opening, the United States counsel would be obliged to submit all they had to say, before hearing from the British counsel any thing beyond what might be called the pleadings; i. e., the British case and the reply, and the American answer. This motion was objected to by the counsel for Great Britain.

ruled the motion.

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The commissioners, Mr. Kellogg dissenting, over