archaeology, and the story is told in a graphic BOOK NOTICES. manner, and illustrated by views which are now Rights, Remedies, and Practice at Law in published for the first time. " The Autobiography Equity and under the Codes. By John D. Lawof Joseph Jefferson " increases in interest, and is so entertainingly written that this gifted actor j son. Vol. III. Bancroft, Whitney, & Co., San seems fully entitled to as high a position as an Francisco, 1890. $ 6.00 net a volume. author as he has attained upon the stage. " Friend The third volume of this admirable series is at Olivia," by Amelia E. Barr. and " The Merry hand, and in it the second division of the work com Chanter," by Frank R. Stockton, are continued. mences and is finished. Personal Rights and Rem The history of " Abraham Lincoln " reaches the edies are treated of under the titles of Torts in tragic event which terminated that noble life, and General, Torts in Domestic Relations, Conspiracy, the story of the " Fourteenth of April " is told in Assault and Battery, False Arrest and Imprisonment, vivid terms. " The Crucial Test, " Present Day Malicious Prosecution. Negligence, and Slander and Papers," "Italian Old Masters," " Saneho Mi- Libel. The third division — Property Rights and tana," "The Nature and Method of Revelation," Remedies — begins and will be continued through are among the many good things which serve to the succeeding three volumes. In regard to this work we can only repeat what make up this most interesting number. we said in our January number. It is invaluable to the profession, and no lawyer can afford to be without it. The February Ati.antic contains so many good things that it is hard to single out any particular one for special notice. The article, however, A Treatise on the Wrongs called Slander which will probably excite the most comment and and Libel. By John Townshend. Fourth edi arouse the most discussion is Gen. Francis Walker's tion. Baker, Voorhis, & Co., New York, 1890. paper on " Mr. Bellamy and the new Nation Law sheep. $6.50 net. alist Party." Mrs. Deland's " Sidney " increases It is now over twelve years since the third edition in interest, and Dr. Holmes contributes another of his delightful papers " Over the Teacups." Old of this valuable work was given to the public, and age exists only in name for this honored author, this new edition will be cordially welcomed by the profession. In the present work the citations have and he wields his facile pen with all the charm and been increased by about eighteen hundred cases, and vigor of his earlier days. "The Behring Sea Ques 129 additional pages of text have been incorporated. tion " is discussed by Charles B. Elliott; and Mr. The chapter on Malicious Prosecution has been con K. Kaneko has an article on " An Outline of the siderably enlarged, and the presentation of this sub ject is now the fullest which has yet appeared. Japanese Constitution." " The Begum's Daugh Mr. Townshend is well known as one of the most ter " and " The Tragic Muse " are continued, and three or four short articles serve to make up a accomplished lawyers at the New York Bar, and his work is exhaustive, and has long been recognized most readable number. as a standard treatise on the law of Slander and Libel. The University commences its new year with a most attractive number. The illustrations are made a special feature, and include " The Cham pion Football Team," and a number of views, exterior and interior, of the University Club House in New York. There are also portraits of H. H. Anderson, Dr. George A. Peters, and Leonard W. Jerome. Filled as it is with all the latest college news and gossip, the University ought to find a host of readers among the grad uates and students of our great institutions of learning.

Void Execution, Judicial, and Prorate Sales. By A. C. Freeman. Third edition. Central Law Journal Company, St. Louis, 1890. Law sheep. $ 2.50. This little work has long been recognized as a standard authority upon the subject of which it treats, — namely, Void Judicial Sales. It is prepared in Mr. Freeman's usual thorough and exhaustive manner; and this new edition, revised, enlarged, and brought down to date, will undoubtedly meet with a cordial reception by the profession.