church in which he had been reared, and in which his father was for sixty years a devoted minister. He was succeeded by Hon. James E. Shepherd. Walter Clark.

BOOK NOTICES. The Law of Public Health .and Safety, and the Powers and Duties of Boards of Health. By Le Roy Parker, Vice-Dean of the Buffalo Law School, and Robert H. Worthington of the New York Bar. Matthew Bender, Albany. N. Y., 1892. Law sheep. $5.25 delivered. This is a timely book upon a most important subject. There is a real want for a work upon the law of public health and safety, to which the lawyer may refer for the law as it has been decided by the courts; in which the medical man may find his rights and duties set forth; in which municipal offi cers may find their authority, and the limitations on their authority for the enactment of public health ordinances and regulations; and where the health officers and members of boards of health may find such plain directions as will enable them to properly perform the delicate and responsible duties of their offices, and may ascertain the limitations upon their powers. The present treatise admirably supplies this want, and develops the subject from its foundation in the authority of the St.ite, under its police power, to enact laws for the preservation of the health and safety of the people, and for the prevention of dis ease : treating of the various methods by which that power may be exercised, directly by the State, or by delegation to inferior municipalities, by establishing boards of health and prescribing their powers and duties; and detailing those powers and duties; the mode in which they may lawfully be exercised, and the limitations upon them, together with the subjects upon which municipalities may legislate in the inter est of public health and safety, such as trades oc cupations, buildings, foods and drinks, traffic and transportation, the practice of medicine, vital statis tics, the disposal of the dead, quarantine, etc. Mr. Parker, having been president of the Michigan State Hoard of Health, is eminently well fitted to write upon this subject, and has evidently bestowed great care and discrimination in the preparation of the work. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence. By Al fred Swayne Taylor, M. D., F. R. S. Revised and edited by Thomas Stevenson. M. D., Lon

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don. Eleventh American, edited with citations and additions from the twelfth English edition, by Clark Bell, Esq. Lea Brothers & Co., Phila delphia, 1892. Law sheep. $5.50 net. Cloth. $4.50 net. This admirable work of Mr. Taylor's has long been recognized as a standard both in England and America. The present edition is an entire revision of all prior editions, and includes the excellent work with which Dr. Stevenson has enriched the twelfth English edition. Much new matter has been added by Mr. Bell, and many portions of the work have been amended, and some parts have been rewritten. In its present form the treatise is an improvement on previous editions. 0 The Law of By-Laws of Private Corpora tions. By Louis Boisot, Jr., of the Chicago Bar. The United States Corporation Bureau, Chicago, 1892. Cloth. $1.50. This is a very useful little work upon a subject of much importance, and one which has not been treated of by our law-writers, so far as we are aware. The legal construction and effect of the By-Laws of Pri vate Corporations have been passed upon in many cases, and these adjudications have been carefully col lected and considered by Mr. Boisot in this volume. For corporation officers and counsel the book will prove of real value and assistance. United States Circuit Courts of Appeals Re ports, containing the cases determined in all the circuits from the organization of the courts. Fully reported, with numerous annotations by members of the editorial staff of the " National Reporter System." Vol. I., with the Acts of Congress establishing the courts, and the Rules in all the courts, elaborately annotated. West Publishing Company. St. Paul, Minn., 1892. Law sheep. $3.00 net. Another series of reports was rendered inevitable by the formation of the Circuit Court of Appeals; and the West Publishing C mpany with commenda ble zeal are first in the fi Id with Vol. I., containing the decisions of these tribunals rendered since their organization. The decisions in this series are all submitted to the judges in proof for revision, and this series is therefore authoritative. The act estab lishing these courts is published in this volume, with elaborate annotations, and the court rules adopted in the different circuits are also given. The position of the West Publishing Company as publishers of the "National Reporter System " gives them exceptional