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the sheriff and his deputies; but Mrs. Bradwell's thoughts follow the teapot into its proper sphere, and she adds, " and Mrs. Beveridge, upon the receipt and use of the beautiful teaset."

It is hard, sometimes, not to smile at a little air of dogmatism which pervades the periodical; but this, if not strictly legal or logical, is, at any rate, charmingly feminine.

After all is said, however, this undertaking of our sister Bradwell, if we may so venture to call her, shows no mean ability; and, above all, it shows good, hard, honest, useful work. We admire her pluck, and we wish her all success.

She has begun at the right end; and we commend her example to those Eastern women who so volubly proclaim that they are the equals of men : let them prove it, as their Western sister has done; let them turn to, and show that they, too, can do a man's work.

Bellewe's Cases temp. Ric. II. "Les Ans du Roy Richard le Second collect' ensembl' hors de les Abridgments de Statham, Fitzherbert et Brooke per RICHARD BELLEWE de Lincolns Inne. 1585." Reprinted by Stevens & Haynes, London.

No series of the Reports in the English courts of common law is perfect without a copy of this curious little book, the original edition of which is so rare as to be hardly known to most of the profession, except by the law catalogues; and those who are interested in legal history and antiquities will thank the publishers for making it accessible to them in the present attractive form, through the law libraries at least, even if the subscription price of three guineas should deter them from buying copies for themselves.

But its language and abbreviations are so unfamiliar at this day, that inaccuracies in printing much impair its value; and we regret to be obliged to say, that the statement in the announcement of the proposed publication, that "the utmost care will be used to insure the correctness of the text," is not borne out by the annexed specimen of the title and one other page.

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Upon the first sight of this titlepage, we were much puzzled by the words immediately following the name of the book, "Quelq. un table a cannexe." Quelque is the same word as in modern French, meaning "some" or "any," and in this place is quite meaningless. Upon referring to the original edition, the word proved to be Ovesq." Ovesque is an old form of "avec," " with;" and the line in question is simply "With a table annexed to it." This mistake of Q for O can hardly have been accidental, for it is repeated on the last line of the other specimen page, and is the less excusable, because another like form of the same word, "ove,' occurs twice upon that page. The use of u and v, interchangeably, increases the importance of accuracy in the other letters. Besides other minor errors, we find also "bâs" for “bñs," "biens" or "goods;" and

non allocat," without the mark of abbreviation over the last letter, to indicate non allocatur; and Belknap, C.J., in equal disregard of the Bible and the Latin Grammar, is made to say, Si hic non esset malefactor non tradidissemus CUM tibi. The word in the original edition, as in Fitz. Ab. Hostler, 7, from which the case is taken, is plainly eum. John xviii. 30.

We hasten to call attention to these errors, in the hope that it may not be too

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late to secure a careful revision of the text by a competent editor, such as the English bar has recently furnished to the Year Books of Edward I. in Mr. Horwood, and to the Treatise of Britton in Mr. Nichols.

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The American Law Register. For September, October, and November.
The Legal Intelligencer. Philadelphia.

The Pittsburgh Legal Journal.

The Internal Revenue Record and Customs Journal. New York.

The Bankrupt Register. New York.

The Chicago Legal News.

The New York Daily Transcript.

The Law Times. London.

The Solicitor's Journal and Reporter. London.

The Canada Law Journal.

Montreal.

The Local Courts and Municipal Gazette. Toronto.

The Canada Law Journal. Toronto.

In the American Law Review for last April, we expressed a hope that "the inventive ingenuity of our Canadian brethren would enable them to find different titles for their two law periodicals." This desirable end has not yet been accomplished. The two periodicals seem disposed to stickle for the style of "The Canada Law Journal," to the confusion and annoyance of their subscribers.

"Delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi."

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A LIST OF LAW BOOKS PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA SINCE OCTOBER 1, 1868.

Abbott's Digest of the Reports of the United States Courts and of the Acts of Congress. Vol. 3. Royal 8vo, sheep, $7.50. Diossy & Co., New York. Barbour's New York Supreme Court Reports. Vol. 50. 8vo, sheep, $5.50. W. C.

Little, Albany.

Benjamin on the Law of Sale of Personal Property. Royal 8vo, cloth, 24s. Sweet, London.

Brightly's Digest of the Decisions of the Federal Courts from the Organization of the Government to the Present Time. Royal 8vo, sheep, $10.00. Kay & Brother, Philadelphia.

Browne's Treatise on the Principles and Practice of the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes. Second edition. 12mo, cloth, 16s. Sweet, London. Bullen & Lake's Precedents of Pleadings. Third edition. 8vo, cloth, 31s. 6d. Ste

vens & Sons, London.

Bump's Law and Practice of Bankruptcy. 8vo, half sheep, $2.50. Baker, Voorhis, & Co., New York.

Bush's Kentucky Reports. Vols. 1 and 2. 8vo, sheep, $12.00. S. I. M. Major, Frankfort.

Cabinet Lawyer. 24th edition, with Supplement. 12mo, cloth, 10s. 6d. Longman & Co., London.

California Reports. Vol. 32. (Tuttle.) 8vo, sheep, $16.50. Sumner Whitney, San Francisco.

California Reports. Vol. 33. (Hale.) 8vo, sheep, $15.00. Sumner Whitney, San Francisco.

Cooley's Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations which rest upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union. 8vo, sheep, $7.50. Little, Brown, & Co., Boston.

Colby's Criminal Law and Practice of the State of New York, with Precedents. 2
vols., 8vo, sheep, $15.00. W. C. Little, Albany.
Coldwell's Tennessee Supreme Court Reports. Vol. 4. 8vo, sheep, $10.00. S. C.
Mercer, Nashville.

Vol. 1.

8vo, sheep,

Davies's Manual of the Law of Registration and Elections. Cloth, 12s. London.
Edmonds's Reports of Select Cases in the Courts of New York.
$6.50. Diossy & Co., New York.
Finlason on Repression of Riot and Rebellion. 8vo, cloth, 4s. Chapman & Hall,
London.

Florida Reports. Vols. 10, 11, and Index. 3 vols. 8vo, sheep, $17.00. Dyke & Carlisle, Tallahassee.

Hagans's West Virginia Reports. Vols. 1 and 2. 8vo, sheep, $14.00. Morgan & Hoffman, Morgantown.

Heiskell's Tennessee Digest of Reports. Vol. 1. 8vo, sheep, $12.00. Bulletin Publishing Co., Memphis.

Houck's Treatise on the Law of Navigable Rivers. 8vo, sheep, $3.50. Little, Brown, & Co., Boston.

Howard's Practice Reports. Vol. 35. 8vo, sheep, $4.50. W. Gould & Son, Albany. Hurlstone & Coltman's Exchequer Reports. Vol. 3. 8vo, sheep, $4.00. T. & J. W.

Johnson, Philadelphia.

Illinois Reports. Vol. 40. (Freeman.) 8vo, sheep, $5.50. Leake's Elements of the Law of Contracts. 8vo, cloth, 22s. don.

E. B. Myers, Chicago.
Stevens & Sons, Lon-

Maine's Ancient Law. Third edition. 8vo, cloth, 12s. John Murray, London. Massachusetts Reports. Vol. 97. (Brown, Vol. 1.) 8vo, sheep, $5.50. Hurd & Houghton, New York.

Mississippi Reports. Vol. 41. (Reynolds.) 8vo, sheep, $7.50. Banks Brothers, New York.

Missouri Supreme Court Reports. Vols. 40 & 41. (Whittelsey, Vol. 9 & 10.) 8vo, sheep, $5.50 each. G. Knapp & Co., St. Louis.

Nevada Reports.

Francisco.

Vol. 3.

(Helm.) Svo, sheep, $15.00. Towne & Bacon, San

Nott & Huntingdon's Court of Claims Reports. Vol. 3. 8vo, sheep, $6.00. W. H. & O. H. Morrison, Washington.

Oliver's Practical Manual of Shipping Law. Second edition. Crown 8vo, 5s. Foster, London.

Robertson's. New York Superior Court Reports. Vol. 3. 8vo, sheep, $7.00. W. C. Little, Albany.

Saunders' Bankruptcy Practice under the Law of the United States of 1867, with Amendatory Act of 1868, &c. 8vo, sheep, $3.00. Diossy & Co., New York. Scott and Jarnagin's Treatise upon the Law of Telegraphs. 8vo, sheep, $6.00. Little, Brown, & Co., Boston.

Simmons' Digest of Wisconsin Reports to 1868. 8vo, sheep, $7.50. W. Gould & Son, Albany.

Smith on the Law of Contracts. Fifth edition. By Malcolm. 8vo, cloth, 16s.

Stevens & Sons, London.

Stewart's Law of Scotland as to Fishing. 8vo, cloth, 10s. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh.

Thompson's Practical Treatise on the Law of Highways. 8vo, sheep, $4.50. W. C. Little, Albany.

Vermont Reports. Vol. 40. (Veazie, Vol. 5.) 8vo, sheep, $5.00. Tuttle & Co., Rutland.

Wharton's Criminal Law. Vol. 3. 8vo, sheep, $7.50. Kay & Brother, Philadelphia.

Williams and Bruce's Jurisdiction of the High Court of Admiralty. 8vo, cloth, 21s. Maxwell & Son, London.

Williams's Principles of the Law of Real Property. Eighth edition. 8vo, cloth, 21s. Sweet, London.

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SUMMARY OF EVENTS.

UNITED STATES.

UNITED STATES vs. JEFFERSON DAVIS.-The Circuit Court of the United States at Richmond, Va., Chief Justice Chase and Judge Underwood sitting, has lately heard and considered the bearing of the third section of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, upon the proceedings against Jefferson Davis for treason. The question was raised in the following manner. Mr. O'Conor, of New York, and Mr. Ould, of Richmond, counsel for Davis, filed a motion to quash the indictment, accompanied by an affidavit to the effect that Davis, previously to the late Rebellion, had held the office of member of Congress, and, as such, had taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States; and, as reasons for the motion, assigned that the effect of the third section of the amendment was to prohibit the infliction of any penalty against persons in that predicament, except that of disqualification for office named in the section.

This section is as follows: "No person shall be a senator or representative in Congress, or elector of President or Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who-having previously taken an oath as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States-shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each house, remove such disability."

Mr. Dana, of Massachusetts, Governor Wells, of Virginia, and Mr. Beach (United States Attorney), appeared for the Government. Mr. Dana objected, that there was no foundation for the motion, as there was no averment in the indictment that Mr. Davis had held an office or taken an oath named in the amendment, and that the want of such averment could not be supplied by affidavit, the facts alleged in the affidavit being traversable. The only regular mode would be for the defendant to plead the facts specially. The court sustained this view. Mr. Dana said, that, as these facts were notorious, and the plea, with its subsequent proceedings, would cause delay, he thought it becoming in the Government to assist an immediate decision of a question preliminary in its nature, and of a high constitutional character. The affidavit was then withdrawn by the defendant's counsel, and a paper filed by the United States Attorney, to the effect that, for the purposes of hearing this motion, the court might consider the fact

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