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sions to refer to it, and have never done so without pleasure and profit. Indeed, if we mistake not, it is the only complete American work upon this important branch of the law. We have various learned and valuable English books, which have been annotated by American editors; but they are not specially adapted to the needs of the American student and practising lawyer.

The first volume of this work was originally published in 1856, and the second in 1858. The present edition, which is the fourth, has been carefully revised, nearly a thousand new references to cases added, and very many changes in the text, of more or less importance, made. One is struck, in reading it, with the enthusiasm shown by the learned author in his professional studies and investigations, with his earnest desire to get to the bottom of the argument, the extent of his reading, and the clear and methodical arrangement of the text. Sometimes he shows a disposition to criticise our judges in a tone which does not quite comport with our sense of respect for the bench, and which fails, perhaps, to do them justice; as, for instance, where he says (note to Vol. I. § 65), speaking of the opinion of the United States Supreme Court, in the case Ex parte Milligan, 4 Wall. 2, "That our whole Supreme Court should, without reflection, and without looking into the authorities, have accepted this as the true language of the law, seems in the highest degree surprising. It shows, at least, that high position and acknowledged talent, and the responsibilities of official place, are not adequate to keep from error steps which are taken without looking and without thinking." (The italics are our own.) But we hasten to say that faults such as this, of which several illustrations are to be found elsewhere in the work before us, as well as in other publications of Mr. Bishop, are, after all, only minor blemishes, and ought not to stand in the way of a full and hearty recognition of the great services which Mr. Bishop has rendered the profession. And we think he may justly complain of some of the criticisms to which his books have been subjected, that they give to those unfamiliar with them the impression that his pages are pretty well filled with ill-natured flings at the courts, and ex cathedra criticisms upon their decisions.

Mr. Bishop complains in his preface that so little attention is paid by the profession generally, particularly in commercial cities, to the study of the Criminal Law. We have no doubt that the complaint is just; but it is easy to see the explanation. Lawyers, as a general rule, after completing their preparatory studies, are not disposed to investigate very fully a department of the law where they do not expect to practise; and they cannot readily bring themselves to make a business of criminal practice in the cities, where contact with most of the defendants and their witnesses is so disagreeable, not to say revolting. Hence it is, however, that when the rare occasions do arise in which the general practitioner goes into the criminal court, he particularly appreciates such a work as Mr. Bishop's, which is full and exact in its statement of principles, discussion of mooted questions, and reference to decided cases. The analytical index to the first volume and the general index to both volumes are most admirably and carefully prepared.

Delusion considered as a Test of Insanity. By I. RAY, M.D.

THIS extremely interesting essay is reprinted from the " American Journal of Medical Science" for July, 1868. Our brethren of the medical profession have

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done much of late to throw light on some of our most perplexing questions, and especially is our own profession indebted to Dr. Ray and Dr. Hammond. It cannot be that lawyers will deny themselves an acquaintance with these most valuable studies on insanity, which are constantly appearing from time to time in our medical journals. In the present essay, the discussion is necessarily so varied in treatment, and consists in so great part of analysis of particular cases, that we cannot here present even a summary of the views advocated. We can only say that it will well repay perusal.

Bleckley's Cited Cases. Table of Cases reported in the First Thirty-one Volumes of the Georgia Reports (1 Kelly to 31 Georgia), and afterwards cited in one or more of said volumes. To which is added a List of Cases Cited in the 34th and 35th Georgia Reports. Compiled by L. E. BLECKLEY, late Reporter of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Atlanta, Ga. Intelligencer Book and Job Office. 1868.

THIS is really a marvel of patient and laborious industry. We have already remarked its value in our notice of the 35th Georgia; but as it is published in a separate pamphlet, we take pleasure in drawing the attention of our readers especially to its merits. Every case in all the thirty-five volumes is noted in order, and references are given to every subsequent citation of the case. It cannot fail to be of great assistance to the profession in that State.

The Western Jurist. For June and September.

THE June number contains an interesting account of a jury trial in Germany, and a notice of the second volume of the Reports of the Supreme Court of the Sandwich Islands. Both these contributions are of great interest to the general student of law, and will well repay perusal.

The American Law Register. For June, July, and August.

WE commend the article in the August number on " Railway Management and Responsibility," as a timely and able discussion of a most important subject.

The Pittsburgh Legal Journal.

The Legal Intelligencer. Philadelphia.

The Internal Revenue Record and Customs Journal. New York.

The Weekly Bankrupt Register. New York.

The New York Daily Transcript.

The Canada Law Journal.

Toronto.

The Canada Law Journal. Montreal.

The Local Courts and Municipal Gazette. Toronto.

The Galaxy. New York. September, 1868.
The Overland Monthly. San Francisco. July, 1868.
The Congregational Review. Boston. September, 1868.

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The Law Bookseller. New York. Baker, Voorhis, & Co.

Containing many legal advertisements, with incidental matters of interest. The Law Magazine and Law Review; or, Quarterly Journal of Jurisprudence. For August, 1868. London: Butterworths.

The Law Times.

London.

The Solicitor's Journal and Reporter. London.

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

Abbott's Practice Reports. New Series. Vol. 3. 8vo, sheep, $5.00. Diossy & Co., New York.

Alabama Supreme Court Reports. Vol. 40. (Shepherd.) 8vo, sheep, $6.00. Barrett & Brown, Montgomery.

Angell on Highways. Second edition. By G. F. Choate. 8vo, sheep, $6.00. Little, Brown, & Co., Boston.

Bacon's Digest of Decisions in the Supreme Court of Georgia. Vols. 21 to 30, inclusive. 8vo, sheep, $8.00. T. W. Burke & Co., Macon.

Barnes's General Laws of the State of New York, Relating to Fire, Marine, Life, and
Casualty Insurance Companies. Third edition. 8vo, half sheep, $2.00.
Parsons, & Co., Albany.

Weed,

Benedict's United States District Court Reports. (Second Circuit.) Vol. 1, No. 1. 8vo, paper, $1.50. Baker, Voorhis, & Co., New York.

Benjamin's Law of Sale of Personal Property. Royal 8vo, cloth, 24s. London.
Benyon's Law of Life Assurance. 8vo, cloth, 30s. Layton, London.

Blatchford's United States Circuit Court Reports. Vol. 4. 8vo, sheep, $7.50. Baker,
Voorhis, & Co., New York.

Bump's Annotated Bankrupt Law. 8vo, $2.50. Baker, Voorhis & Co., New York.

Chitty's Precedents in Pleading. Part 2. Royal 8vo, cloth, 18s. Butterworths, London.

Coote's Practice of the High Court of Admiralty. Second edition. 8vo, cloth, 16s. Butterworths, London.

Cox's Law and Practice of Registration at Elections. Part 1. 7s. 6d. London. Crump's English Law of Sale and Pledge by Factors and Agents. 8vo, paper, 1s. Stevens & Son, London.

Georgia Supreme Court Reports. Vol. 35. (Bleckley.) 8vo, sheep, $6.00. Atlanta. Georgia Reports. Vol. 36. (Hammond.) 8vo, sheep, $7.50. T. W. Burke & Co., Macon.

Hittell's General Laws of the State of California, from 1850 to 1864, inclusive. Royal 8vo, sheep, $25.00. H. H. Bancroft, San Francisco.

Kerr's Treatise on the Law of Fraud and Mistake. 8vo, cloth, 16s. London. Littleton and Blatchley's Digest of Fire Insurance Decisions, Pronounced in the Courts of Great Britain and the United States. New edition to 1868. By Stephen G. Glarke. 8vo, sheep, $7.50. Baker, Voorhis, & Co., New York. Louisiana Supreme Court Reports. Vol. 19. (Hawkins.) 8vo, sheep, $15.00. B. Bloomfield & Co., New Orleans.

Macdonald's Handy Book of the Law Relative to Masters, Workmen, Servants, and Apprentices in all Trades and Occupations. 8vo, cloth, 8s. 6d. Mackenzie, London.

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May on Parliaments. Sixth edition. 8vo, cloth, 35s. Butterworths, London. Michigan Reports. (Jennison.) Vol. 16. 8vo, sheep, $5.50. Throop & Co., Detroit. Ohio State Reports. Vol. 17. (Critchfield.) 8vo, sheep, $5.50. Nevins & Myers, Columbus.

Oliver's Practical Manual of Shipping Law. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. Foster, London.

Opinions of the Attorneys General. Vol. 10. 8vo, sheep, $2.00. W. H. & O. H. Morrison, Washington.

Parsons's Treatise on the Law of Marine Insurance and General Average. 2 vols. 8vo, sheep, $15.00. Little, Brown, & Co., Boston.

Pennsylvania State Reports. (Smith.) Vol. 55. 8vo, sheep, $4.50. Kay & Brother, Philadelphia.

Phillips's Equity Reports of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. 8vo, sheep, $5.00. Nichols, Gorman, & Neatherly, Raleigh.

Phillips's Law Reports of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. 8vo, sheep, $7.50. Nichols, Gorman, & Neatherly, Raleigh.

Pollock's County Courts Practice. Sixth edition. 8vo, cloth, 32s. Sweet, London.

Rawlinson's Municipal Corporations Act. By Geary. 12mo, cloth, 24s. London. Richardson's South Carolina Equity Reports. Vol. 13. 8vo, sheep, $6.50. E. J.

Dawson & Co., Charleston.

Robertson's New York Superior Court Reports. Vol. 4. 8vo, sheep, $6.00. W. C. Little, Albany.

Roscoe's Digest of the Law of Evidence in Criminal Cases. Seventh edition. By Stephen. 8vo, cloth, 31s. 6d. Stevens & Sons, London.

Short & Jones's County Courts Acts, &c., 1868. 8vo, cloth, 31s. 6d. London. Smith's Manual of Equity Jurisprudence. Ninth edition. 12s. Stevens, London.

Storer and Heard on Criminal Abortion. 8vo, sheep, $2.50. Cloth, $2.25. Little, Brown, & Co., Boston.

Tiffany's (Joel) New York Court of Appeal Cases. Vol. 37. 8vo, sheep, $3.50. W. C. Little, Albany.

Townshend's Treatise on the Wrongs called Slander and Libel, and on their Remedies. 8vo, sheep, $6.50. Baker, Voorhis & Co., New York.

Tudor's Leading Cases in Mercantile and Maritime Law, with Notes. Second edition. Royal 8vo, cloth, 38s. Maxwell & Son, London.

Urlin's Manual of Law Relating to Office of Trustees. 12mo, cloth, 12s. London. Wallace's Supreme Court Reports. Vol. 6. 8vo, sheep, $6.00. W. H. & O. H. Morrison, Washington.

Washburn's Treatise on the American Law of Real Property. Third edition. 3 vols. 8vo, sheep, $22.50. Little, Brown, & Co., Boston.

West Virginia Supreme Court Reports. Vol. 2. (Hagan.) 8vo, sheep, $6.50. Morgan & Hoffman, Morgantown.

Wharton's American Criminal Law. Vol. 2. 8vo, sheep, $7.50. Kay & Brother, Philadelphia.

Williams's Law of Real Property, 8vo, cloth. Eighth edition. 21s. London. Wisconsin Supreme Court Reports. (Conover.) Vol. 21. 8vo, sheep, $5.00. Atwood & Rublee, Madison.

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