Trower's Prevalence of Equity. Just published, 8vo. 5s. cloth. A MANUAL OF THE PREVALENCE OF EQUITY under Section 25 of the Judicature Act, 1873, amended by the Judicature Act, 1875. By CHARLES FRANCIS TROWER, Esq., M.A., of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law, late Fellow of Exeter College, and Vinerian Law Scholar, Oxford; Author of "The Law of Debtor and Creditor," "The Law of the Building of Churches and Divisions of Parishes," &c. "We congratulate Mr. Trower on having produced a concise yet comprehensive treatise on the Prevalence of Equity under the 25th section of the Judicature Act, which cannot fail to prove of great service alike to the student and to practitioners of the common law branch of the profession, who, under the recent legislation, find themselves called upon, probably for the first time, to study and apply in practice the equitable principles which now prevail.'”—Law Magazine, February, 1877. "As a sketch, suggesting to those who are in a measure already acquainted with the doctrines of equity, the effect which may be expected to result from recent legislation, the book is likely to prove of value. The amount of information contained in a compressed form within its pages is very considerable, and on the whole it appears to be accurate. The work has been carefully revised and is well and clearly printed."-Law Times. "The propositions are fairly worked out and substantiated by references. The author hopes that his pages may be useful to the common law branch of the profession, which now finds itself called upon to apply the principles of equity to practice. Mr. Trower's manual may save them some hunting in text-books of equity."-Law Journal. Fawcett's Law of Landlord and Tenant. 8vo. 148. cloth. A COMPENDIUM of the LAW of LANDLORD and TENANT. By WILLIAM MITCHELL FAWCETT, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. "It never wanders from the point, and being intended not for students of the law, but for lessors and lessees and their immediate advisers, wisely avoids historical disquisitions, and uses language as untechnical as the subject admits. It may safely be assumed to contain information on all the ordinary questions which either contracting party may require to be answered."-Law Journal. "The author has succeeded in compressing the whole of his subject within the reasonable compass of 373 pages. It may roughly be said of Mr. Fawcett's work, that it is statutory throughout, in accordance with the predominant character of the law at the present day; and Mr. Fawcett takes advantage of this characteristic of modern law to impart to his compendium a degree of authenticity which greatly enhances its value as a convenient medium of reference, for he has stated the law in the very words of the authorities. We have discovered plain utility to be the aim and end of Mr. Fawcett's treatise."-Law Magazine. "The amount of information compressed into the book is very large. The plan of the book is extremely good, and the arrangement adopted has enabled the author to put together in one place the whole law on any particular branch of the subject, and to avoid repetitions. Thus not only is it easy to find what the author has to say on any particular point, but when we have found a reference to it in one place, we may be satisfied that we have found all the book contains upon the point. In this respect, though probably from its smaller size it must contain less information than Woodfall, it will be found far more convenient for ordinary use than that treatise.”—Solicitors' Journal. "He contents himself with a plain statement of the existing law, prudently omitting all matters of merely historical interest and topics collateral to the special subjects. Above all, it has been his purpose to state the law in the language of the authorities, presenting the principles enunciated in the very words of the judges. Another excellent feature is a concise summary of the effect of each enactment in the marginal notes. It will be seen from this that the book is thoroughly practical, and, as such, will doubtless find a favorable reception from the profession."-Law Times. Bund's Law of Salmon Fisheries, corrected to 1876. Post 8vo. 168. cloth. THE LAW RELATING TO THE SALMON FISHERIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES, as amended by the Salmon Fishery Act, 1873, incorporating the Bye-laws, Statutes and Cases to November, 1876. By J. W. WILLIS BUND, M.A., LL.B., of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, ViceChairman Severn Fishery Board. The Supplement, embodying the Legislation, Bye-laws and Cases to November, 1876, may be had separately. Price 18. sewed. "I would wish in this place to express my approval of 'Bund's Law of Salmon Fisheries in England and Wales, with Statutes and Cases.' This work will afford great assistance to those engaged in administering the law, while it affords valuable information on the theory and practice of salmon legislation in general."-From the Thirteenth Annual Report of Inspector Buckland on Salmon Fisheries, 1874. "Mr. Willis Bund, the draftsman of the new act, has published an important treatise on the whole of the Salmon Fishery Acts, which has already been accepted as a complete exposition of those statutes."-From the Thirteenth Annual Report of Inspector Walpole on Salmon Fisheries, 1874. "Doubtless all the law will be found between his covers, and we have not been able to detect any erroneous statements. We can recommend the book as a disquisition, it is conscientiously executed."-Law Times. "Mr. Bund, whose name is so well known to all who take interest in our Salmon fisheries, has lost no time since the passing of the Act of 1873 in bringing out his work on Salmon fishery law. That the book, so far as England and Wales are concerned, is a very complete and exhaustive one, no one who knows Mr. Bund's clearness and power of appli cation will doubt. Mr. Bund has done the work excellently well, and nothing further in this way can be desired.". The Field. "This terse and useful summary gives not merely the Salmon Fishery Act of 1873, but the state of the law as left repealed and unaffected by that act, with statutes and cases arising from them. The whole subject is treated exhaustively, and in a manner most satisfactory." Standard. "There is happily a good and ample index at the end of the volume. By means of this we have tested the author on various difficult points, and we have always found his opinion sound, and his explanations clear and lucid. This volume must of necessity become a handbook to salmon-fishers in general, and especially to boards of conservators, who will thereby be much assisted in the formation of the new boards of conservators, under the act of 1873; also the operation of the Acts of 1861 and 1865, as amended by the Act of 1873."-Land and Water. "The author of the work before us has done much to supply the shortcomings of legislation. He has brought to the subject not only a comprehensive knowledge of this branch of the law, but a practical acquaintance with its administration, and the result is a book of considerable merit."-Public Opinion. Folkard on Slander and Libel.-4th Edition. Just published, one thick volume, royal 8vo. 45s. cloth. THE LAW OF SLANDER AND LIBEL (founded on Starkie's Treatise), including the Pleading and Evidence, Civil and Criminal, adapted to the present Procedure: also Malicious Prosecutions and Contempt of Court. By HENRY C. FOLKARD, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. Fourth Edition. "The fourth edition of this wellknown work on Slander and Libel, to which circumstances have prevented our according an earlier notice in these pages, reflects great credit upon the learned author, by the evidence which it exhibits of laborious carefulness and discriminating judgment, together with their resultant lucidity, accuracy and comprehensiveness. There is a full table of cases, and the index appears to be copious and well executed."-Law Magazine, August, 1877. "No one can say that Mr. Folkard has failed in the full discharge of his onerous duty, and we are sure that he will earn, as he will obtain, the gratitude of the profession."-Law Journal. "We recommend Mr. Folkard's work to the attention of the profession and the public. It is, as now edited, very valuable."-Law Times. "The result is a valuable addition to the lawyer's library, which for many years has been much needed."-Justice of the Peace. "It has been most laboriously executed."-Solicitors' Journal. Higgins's Digest of Patent Cases. 8vo. 21s. cloth, 25s. calf. A DIGEST OF THE REPORTED CASES relating to the Law and Practice of LETTERS PATENT FOR INVENTIONS, decided from the passing of the Statute of Monopolies to the present time. By CLEMENT HIGGINS, M.A., F.C.S., of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. "Mr. Higgins's work will be useful as a work of reference. Upwards of 700 cases are digested: and, besides a table of contents, there is a full index to the subject-matter; and that index, which greatly enhances the value of the book, must have cost the author much time, labour and thought."-Law Journal. This is essentially,' says Mr. Higgins in his preface, a book of reference.' It remains to be added whether the compilation is reliable and exhaustive. It is only fair to say that we think it is; and we will add, that the arrangement of subjectmatter (chronological under each heading, the date, and double or even treble references being appended to every decision), and the neat and carefully executed index (which is decidedly above the average) are such as no reader of essentially a book of reference' could quarrel with."-Solicitors' Journal. "On the whole Mr. Higgins's work has been well accomplished. It has ably fulfilled its object by supplying a reliable and authentic summary of the reported patent law cases decided in English courts of law and equity, while presenting a complete history of legal doctrine on the points of law and practice relating to its subject."-Irish Law Times. "Mr. Higgins has, with wonderful and accurate research, produced a work which is much needed, since we have no collection of patent cases which does not terminate years ago. We consider, too, if an inventor furnishes himself with this Digest and a little treatise on the law of patents, he will be able to be as much his own patent lawyer as it is safe to be."-Scientific and Literary Review. 'Mr. Higgins's object has been to supply a reliable and exhaustive sum mary of the reported patent cases decided in English courts of law and equity, and this object he appears to have attained. The classification is excellent, being, as Mr. Higgins very truly remarks, that which naturally suggests itself from the practical working of patent law rights. The lucid style in which Mr. Higgins has written his Digest will not fail to recommend it to all who may consult his book; and the very copious index, together with the table of cases, will render the work especially valuable to professional men."-Mining Journal. The appearance of Mr. Higgins's Digest is exceedingly opportune. The plan of the work is definite and simple. We consider that Mr. Higgins, in the production of this work, has met a long felt demand. Not merely the legal profession and patent agents, but patentees, actual or intending inventors, manufacturers and their scientific advisers will find the Digest an invaluable book of reference."-Chemical News. "The arrangement and condensation of the main principles and facts of the cases here digested render the work invaluable in the way of reference."Standard. "The work constitutes a step in the right direction, and is likely to prove of much service as a guide, a by no means immaterial point in its favour being that it includes a number of comparatively recent cases."-Engineer. "From these decisions the state of the law upon any point connected with patents may be deduced. In fine, we must pronounce the book as invaluable to all whom it may concern."-Quarterly Journal of Science. Coote's Admiralty Practice.-2nd Edition. 8vo. 16s. cloth. THE PRACTICE of the HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY OF ENGLAND: also the Practice of the Judicial Committee of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council in Admiralty Appeals, with Forms and Bills of Costs. By HENRY CHARLES COOTE, F.S.A., one of the Examiners of the High Court of Admiralty, Author of "The Practice of the Court of Probate," &c. Second Edition, almost entirely re-written, with a Supplement giving the County Courts Jurisdiction and Practice in Admiralty, the Act of 1868, Rules, Orders, &c. This work contains every Common Form in use by the Practitioner in Admiralty, as well as every description of Bill of Costs in that Court, a feature possessed by no other work on the Practice in Admiralty. Shelford's Companies.-2nd Edit. By Pitcairn & Latham. 8vo. 21s. cloth. SHELFORD'S LAW OF JOINT STOCK COMPANIES; containing a Digest of the Case Law on that Subject; the Companies Acts, 1862, 1867, and other Acts relating to Joint Stock Companies; the Orders made under those Acts to regulate Proceedings in the Court of Chancery and County Courts, and Notes of all Cases interpreting the above Acts and Orders. Second Edition, much enlarged, and bringing the Statutes and Cases down to the date of publication. By DAVID PITCAIRN, M.A., Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law; and FRANCIS LAW LATHAM, B.A., Oxon, of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law, Author of "A Treatise on the Law of Window Lights." "We may at once state that, in our opinion, the merits of the work are very great, and we confidently expect that it be at least for the present the standard manual of joint stock company law. That great learning and research have been expended by Mr. Pitcairn no one can doubt who reads only a few pages of the book; the result of each case which has any bearing upon the subject under discussion is very lucidly and accurately stated. We heartily congratulate him on the appearance of this work, for which we anticipate a great success. There is hardly any portion of the law at the present day so important as that which relates to joint stock companies, and that this work will be the standard authority on the subject we have not the shadow of a doubt.-"Law Journal. "After a careful examination of this work we are bound to say that we know of no other which surpasses it in two allimportant attributes of a law book: first, a clear conception on the part of the author of what he intends to do and how he intends to treat his subject; and, secondly, a consistent, laborious and intelligent adherence to his proposed order and method. All decisions are noted and epitomised in their proper places, the practice-decisions in the notes to Acts and Rules, and the remainder in the in troductory account or digest. In the digest Mr. Pitcairn goes into everything with original research, and nothing seems to escape him. It is enough for us that Mr. Pitcairn's performance is able and exhaustive. Nothing is omitted, and everything is noted at the proper place. In conclusion, we have great pleasure in recommending this edition to the practitioner. Whoever possesses it, and keeps it noted up, will be armed on all parts and points of the law of joint stock companies."-Solicitors' Journal. "Although nominally a second edition of Mr. Shelford's treatise, it is in reality an original work, the form and arrangement adopted by Mr. Shelford have been changed and, we think, improved by Mr. Pitcairn. A full and accurate index also adds to the value of the work, the merits of which we can have no doubt, will be fully recognized by the profession." — Law Magazine. "This book has always been the rade mecum on company law, and will, apparently, long continue to occupy that position. It is perhaps even more useful to the legal practitioner than to the man of business, but still it is the best source of information to which the latter can go." Financier and Money Market Review. Mr. Justice Lush's Common Law Practice. Two vols. 8vo. 468. cloth. LUSH'S PRACTICE OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS OF COMMON LAW AT WESTMINSTER, in Actions and Proceedings over which they have a Common Jurisdiction: with Introductory Treatises respecting Parties to Actions; Attornies and Town Agents, their Qualifications, Rights, Duties, Privileges and Disabilities; the Mode of Suing, whether in Person or by Attorney in Formâ Pauperis, &c. &c. &c.; and an Appendix, containing the Authorized Tables of Costs and Fees, Forms of Proceedings and Writs of Execution. Third Edition. By JOSEPH DIXON, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. с Drewry's Forms of Claims & Defences in Chancery. Just published, post 8vo. 9s. cloth. FORMS OF CLAIMS AND DEFENCES IN THE COURTS OF THE CHANCERY DIVISION of the HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE. With Notes containing an Outline of the Law relating to each of the subjects treated, and an Appendix of Forms of Endorsement on the Writ of Summons. By C. STEWART DREWRY, of the Inner Temple, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, Author of a Treatise on Injunctions and of Reports of Cases in Equity, temp. Kindersley, V.-C., and other works. "Mr. Drewry has attempted to supply the defect of the Schedule to the Judicature Act of 1875, and he has proceeded in his work in the safest and most satisfactory manner. The forms thus introduced are concise and cannot fail to be very useful and welcome."- Law Magazine. "Mr. Drewry's plan of taking the facts for the forms from reported cases and adapting them to the new rules of pleading, seems the best that can be adopted. The forms we have looked at seem to be fairly correct."-Solicitors' Journal. "The draftsman of the present day cannot but need the aid of a work thus compiled, however experienced in the niceties of the past system, and trusting to its guidance benefit in time and labour saved; while to the younger members of the profession especially we cordially recommend the work."-Irish Law Times. "The work is one likely to prove useful to the practitioner."-Justice of the Peace. "On the whole, we can thoroughly recommend it to our readers."-Law Examination Journal. De Colyar's Law of Guarantees. 8vo. 14s. cloth. A TREATISE ON THE LAW OF GUARANTEES AND OF PRINCIPAL AND SURETY. BY HENRY A. DE COLYAR, of the Middle Temple, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. "Mr. Colyar's work contains internal evidence that he is quite at home with his subject. His book has the great merit of thoroughness. Hence its present value, and hence we venture to predict will be its enduring reputation." -Law Times. "The whole work displays great care in its production; it is clear in its statements of the law, and the result of the many authorities collected is stated with an intelligent appreciation of the subject in hand."-Justice of the Peace. Hamel's Customs Laws, 1876. Just published, post 8vo. 6s.; demy 8vo. 8s. 6d. cloth. THE LAWS OF THE CUSTOMS, consolidated by direction of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury. With Practical Notes and References throughout; an Appendix, containing various Statutory Provisions incidental to the Customs; the Customs Tariff Act; and a copious Index. BY FELIX JOHN HAMEL, Esq., Solicitor for Her Majesty's Customs. "Mr. Hamel, Solicitor for Her Majesty's Customs, has produced a very useful 'pocket volume' edition of The Customs Laws and Tariff Act, 1876, for which his official position affords him unique facilities, and which ought to be in the hands of all who have an interest in our maritime commerce."-Law Magazine, February, 1877. "By issuing this handy edition of the Customs Laws Consolidation Act of last session, Mr. Hamel has conferred a A benefit on a very large class of the public, and has completed the work which that act was intended to accomplish. copious Index is added, referring to the sections of the Consolidation Act. We must add a word of praise of the convenient form of the work, and of the excellent type adopted.". Solicitors' Journal. "The work is in all respects most skilfully executed, and amply deserves public favour.”—Irish Lawˆ Times. |