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sation with the literary editor of the New York Tribune, compressed into a single expressive word, one which, it has been said, is not to be mentioned to ears polite. The hate, the bitterness, and the gloom, all tend to one point.

The allegations respecting the usurpations and corruptions of Congress do not appear to be any stronger than those found in an article upon "Civil Service Reform," contained in the last number of the North American Review.

If your leisure does not serve to prepare a critical notice, which shall express your views respecting the different topics discussed, will you do me the favor to print this letter, which will serve to give your readers a better notion of my views on the subject? Very respectfully yours,

CAMBRIDGE, Oct. 23, 1869.

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JOEL PARKER.

[We gladly give room to the above letter of Judge Parker. We do not profess to give critical reviews of all the books and pamphlets that are sent us, but we endeavor to give our readers an idea of their most striking characteristics. And, on reflection," we still think that we selected the most striking characteristic of Judge Parker's lectures. The learned writer supposes that we disagree with him; on the contrary, we distinctly stated that we did agree with some of his theories, and that the lectures were “salutary and instructive." But the substance of what Judge Parker says in them has been said before, more or less well, in the political and social controversies that have raged during the past few years, and are still raging, and therefore what he said, whether we agreed or disagreed with it, did not so much impress us; but what we did find interesting, intensely interesting, was the spirit which pervaded the lectures. For it proved how unmistakable is the difference between sham and real feeling, between the sputtering blaze to which the politician of the period has accustomed us, and the sæva indignatio of the veteran judge who in earlier days held his own so stoutly in Kittredge v. Emerson. - EDS. AM. LAW REV.]

The Law Reports. Digest of Cases decided in the House of Lords, Privy Council, and the Superior Courts of Common Law and Equity and in the Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Courts, and the Courts for Probate, Divorce, and Matrimonial Causes, and for Crown Cases Reserved. From the Commencement of Michaelmas Term, 1865, to the End of the Sittings after Trinity Term, 1868. London: Printed for the Council of Law Reporting. 1869.

THE Council of Law Reporting have increased the debt under which the profession already is to them by the publication of this elaborate digest of the Decisions of the English courts during a period of three years. It comprises the cases included in the following volumes of the Law Reports, which are indicated by the usual abbreviations: 1-3 Ch.; 1-6 Eq.; 1–3 Q. B; 1–3 C. P.; 1–3 Ex. ; 1–3 H. L. ; 1 P. C. (and Part 1 of vol. 2) ; 1 A. & E. (and Part 1 of vol. 2) ; 1 C. C. (3 parts); 1 P. & D. (3 parts) ; 1 H. L. Sc. (3 parts). In all 23 volumes and 11 parts. The cases are arranged under somewhat different headings than are usual in American Digests, but a full system of cross-references makes the contents easily accessible.

The United States Bankrupt Law, approved March 2, 1867 (Amended July 27, 1868), with a full Index. New York: Baker, Voorhis, & Company. 1869. ONE of the numerous reprints of the Bankrupt Law.

The Law Magazine and Law Review, a Quarterly Journal of Jurisprudence, for November, 1869. London: Butterworths.

THIS number has less matter interesting to cis-Atlantic readers than is usual. A short paper on Naturalization and Allegiance is perhaps the most so.

The Western Jurist. For August and October.

IN the latter number is a good article of Punitive Damages.

The American Law Register. For September, October, and November.

IN the November number is an article on Carriers by Water.

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CONTAINS articles on "Shall we punish murder?" and "Lord Thurlow; " also Book Reviews and a Summary.

The American Law Times. For September, October, and November. 1869. The Internal Revenue Record and Customs Journal. New York.

The Bankrupt Register. New York.

The Legal Gazette. Philadelphia.

The Legal Intelligencer. Philadelphia.

The Pittsburgh Legal Journal.

The Chicago Legal News.

WE have received the first volume of this enterprising and excellent paper, comprising the numbers from October, 1868, to October, 1869, substantially bound, and furnished with an index, which much increases its value for refer

ence.

The Daily Law Transcript. Baltimore.

The New York Daily Law Transcript.

The Canada Law Journal. Toronto.

The Lower Canada Jurist. Collection de Décisions du Bas Canada. July and August.

The Law Times. London.

The Solicitors' Journal and Reporter. London.

Too late for notice in this number, we have received Illinois Reports, Vols. 45 & 46; Indiana Reports, Vol. 30; reprints of Hughes', Sneed's, and Hardin's (Kentucky) Reports; The Proceedings in the matter of the Bench and Bar of North Carolina; The trial of Dr. Paul Schoeppe, and Mr. Bemis' pamphlet on Mr. Reverdy Johnson.

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A LIST OF LAW BOOKS PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA SINCE OCT. 1869.

Abbotts' New York Practice Reports. Vol. 6. 8vo, sheep, $5. Diossy & Co., New York.

Abbotts' Treatise on the United States Courts and their Practice. Vol. 1. Royal 8vo, sheep, $7.50. Diossy & Co., New York.

Addison on Wrongs and their Remedies, being a Treatise on the Law of Torts. Third edition. By Wolferstan. 8vo, cloth, 38s. Stevens & Sons, London.

Addison on the Law of Contracts. Sixth edition. By Cave. 8vo, cloth, 38s. Stevens & Sons, London.

American Law Review. Vol. 3. 8vo, sheep, $6.00. Little, Brown, & Co., Boston. Bellewe's Cases Temp. Richard II. Small 4to, calf, 63s. Stevens & Haynes,

London.

Bennett & Heard's Selection of Leading Cases in Criminal Law. Second edition. 2 vols., 8vo, sheep. $15.00. Little, Brown, & Co., Boston.

Blackwell's Practical Treatise on the Power to sell Land for the Non-payment of Taxes. Third edition, revised and enlarged. 8vo, sheep, $7.50. Little, Brown, & Co., Boston.

Brightly's Digest of the Laws of the United States. Vol. 2, 1857-1869. Royal 8vo, sheep. Kay & Brother, Philadelphia.

Bump's Law and Practice of Bankruptcy. Second edition. 8vo, sheep. Baker, Voorhis, & Co., New York.

Burn's Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer. Thirtieth edition, 5 thick vols., 8vo, cloth, £7 78. H. Sweet, Maxwell & Son, London.

Crary's New York Practice. Third edition. 3 vols., 8vo, sheep, $15.00. W. C. Little & Co., Albany.

Daniel on the Law and Practice of Attachment. 8vo, sheep, $4.00. Lynchburg, Va. Digest of Cases. Law Reports, 1866-1868. 8vo. London.

Forsyth's Cases and Opinions on Constitutional Law. Royal 8vo, cloth, 30s. Stevens & Haynes, London.

Georgia Reports. Vol. 38. By N. J. Hammond. 8vo, sheep, $7.00. J. W. Burke & Co., Macon.

Hardin's Reports (Kentucky).

1805-1808. Second edition. 8vo, sheep, $7.50.

Robert Clarke & Co., Cincinnati.

Howard's New York Practice Reports. Vol. 37. 8vo, sheep, $4.50. William Gould & Son, Albany.

Hughes' Reports (Kentucky). 1785-1801. Second edition. 8vo, sheep, $8.00. Robert Clarke & Co., Cincinnati.

Illinois Reports. Vols. 44, 45, & 46. By N. L. Freeman. 8vo, sheep, $5.50. E. B. Myers & Co., Chicago.

Indiana Reports. Vol. 30. By J. B. Black. 8vo, sheep, $5.50. Douglass & Conner, Indianapolis.

Iowa Reports. Vol. 25. By E. H. Stiles. 8vo, sheep, $5.00. Ottumwa.
Law's Copyright and Patent Laws. Third edition. 12mo., half sheep, $2.50. Baker,
Voorhis, & Co., New York.

McPherson's Political Manual for 1869. Including a Classified Summary of the Im

portant Executive, Legislative, Judicial, Political, Military, and General Facts of the Period, from July, 1868, to July, 1869. 8vo, cloth, $1.00. Philp & Solomons, Washington.

North Carolina Reports. Vol. 63. By S. F. Phillips. 8vo, sheep, $7.50. Raleigh. Pennsylvania State Reports. Vol. 58. By P. F. Smith. 8vo, sheep, $4.50. Kay & Brother, Philadelphia.

Powell on the Law of Evidence. 12mo, cloth, 16s. London.

Reeves' History of the English Law. By Finlason. 3 vols., 8vo., cloth, $18.00., half calf, $24.00. London.

Shelford's Law of Railways. New edition.

2 vols., 8vo, sheep, $25.00. Butter

worths, London, and Little, Brown, & Co., Boston.

Sneed's Printed Decisions, (Kentucky). 1801-1805. Second edition. 8vo, sheep, $6.50. Robert Clarke & Co., Cincinnati.

Statutes; a Collection of the Public General Statutes, passed in 32d and 33d years of

Queen Victoria. 1867-9. Royal 8vo, boards, 11s. 6d. Eyre & Spottiswood, London.

Taylor's Treatise on the American Law of Landlord and Tenant. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. 8vo, sheep, $7.50. Little, Brown, & Co., Boston.

Vermont Reports. Vol. 41. By W. G. Veazey. 8vo, sheep, $4.50. J. & J. M. Poland, Montpelier.

SUMMARY OF EVENTS.

UNITED STATES.

NEW APPOINTMENTS.

The following nominations have been sent into the Senate by the President: at the time of writing this Mr. Stanton has been confirmed, the others have not.

Associate Justices of the Supreme Court.

EBENEZER ROCKWOOD HOAR, of Massachusetts.
EDWIN M. STANTON, of Pennsylvania.

Circuit Judges.

1st Circuit. GEORGE F. SHEPLEY, of Maine.

2d Circuit. LEWIS B. WOODRUFF, of New York.
3d Circuit. WILLIAM MCKENNAN, of Pennsylvania.
4th Circuit. GEORGE H. PEARCE, of Maryland.

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8th Circuit. JOHN F. DILLON, of Iowa.

9th Circuit. LORENZO SAWYER, of California.

Mr. Stanton takes the place of Judge Grier who retires at the age of seventyfour from the Bench to which he was appointed in 1846. The late date at which his resignation and the appointments to the Supreme Court and the Circuit Courts have taken place, prevents us from commenting on them as we would wish.

The confirmation of Judge Hoar, and of the Circuit Judges, seems to hang fire. The appointments, as a whole, are excellent, some of them probably the very best that could be made; we trust the President will stand by them, and if the Bench is to be kept as the reward of political partisanship or personal truckling, let the responsibility of it rest on the Senate and not on him.

SUPREME COURT.-Several highly important decisions have recently been rendered by the court. We regret that the small limits into which the Summary has to be compressed prevents our noticing more of them at length.

CHASE, C. J. Thorington v. Smyth. This is a bill in equity for the enforcement of a vendor's lien. It is not denied that Smyth and Hartley purchased

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