The publishers announce in their advertisement that "the object of this series is not merely to give a number of unconnected narratives of men in American political life, but to produce books which shall, when taken together, indicate the lines of political thought and development in American history-books embodying in compact form the result of extensive study of the many and diverse influences which have combined to shape the political history of our country." The series thus far numbers eleven volumes, as follows: John Quincy Adams, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, by John T. Morse, Jr.; Alexander Hamilton, Daniel Webster, by Henry Cabot Lodge; John C. Calhoun, by H. von Holst; Andrew Jackson, by W. G. Sumner; John Randolph, by Henry Adams; James Monroe, by Daniel C. Gilman; Albert Gallatin, by John Austin Stevens; James Madison, by Syndney Howard Gay. Marshall, by A. B. Magruder. Clay, by Carl Schurz; and Van Buren, by William Dorsheimer, are announced as in preparation. The selection of subjects thus far is judicious; indeed, almost inevitable, unless perhaps the biography of Gallatin might have been spared, and it is a little doubtful whether Randolph was a "statesman." In respect to the treatment we can speak with almost unqualified praise. These are by no means biographies in the hackneyed sense, but rather studies by competent scholars and critics of the career of these distinguished men, written with a great deal of insight and impartiality. The reader will find these the first American biographies not tinged by heroworship. We have been most forcibly struck by the calmness of their style and the severity of their judgments. This is particularly noticeable in Mr. Lodge's sketches of Webster and Hamilton. A friendly warmth and exaggeration might well be pardoned in respect to these two brilliant men, but Mr. Lodge is not for a moment betrayed from the coolness of the judge into the panegyric of the advocate. He deals most honestly with Webster's great faults, and has the courage to rate his legal acquirements at their true worth. The sketches of Randolph and Jackson are among the most readable and vigorous. Nearly all American statesmen have been lawyers. There are still a great many contingent statesmen in the ranks of the lawyers. To all lawyers the biographies of statesmen are of the greatest value and interest, and we do not know of any other source of information about these great men at once so concise, so trustworthy and so entertaining as the present se ries. Nearly all of the series have passed more than one edition, some of them as many as six or seven. They deserve this marked success, and we cordially recommend them to the legal profession. The books are handsomely printed, and are of convenient size-16 mo. COURT OF APPEALS DECISIONS. THE HE following decisions were handed down Friday, Dec. 19, 1884: Judgments affirmed with costs-Charles F. Nichols, respondent, v. Weed Sewing Machine Co., appellant; Thomas Eames, appellant, v. City of Brooklyn, respondent; John Food, appellant, v. James Dooley, respondent; Victory Webb, etc., Manufacturing Co., appellant, v. John B. Foord and another, respondents; Same v. H. W. Beecher; William H. Popham, respondent, v. Twenty-third Street R. Co., appellant; Union Dime Savings Institution, respondent, v. Thomas L. Sanford, appellant.-Motion to put on preferred calendar denied with costs-Carl F. W. Busch and another v. Mary Busch.-Motion to revive action granted without costs-Cyrus H. McCormick, respondent, v. Pennsylvania Central R. Co., appellant. Ordered, that a calendar be made for a term of this court to be held at the Capitol, in the city of Albany, on Monday, the 19th day of January, 1885, on which shall be placed only those cases in which the returns and notices of argument, with proof of service, shall have been filed with the clerk of this court on or before Wednesday, the 31st day of December, 1884. named Corset has tried to kill himself by cutting his throat. That certainly is the appropriate way for a man of that name to kill himself.Example of French wit brought out by the new di vorce law: Husband and wife present themselves before the divorce court. "What do you want, madame?" "Divorce from that wretch." "And you, sir?" "Divorce from that vixen." "The decree is refused; there is no incompatibility of temper. You both seem to be perfectly agreed. Call the next case." -Where the money had gone: "As I was coming home from the lawyer's to-day I noticed the most beautiful sealskin sacque. It cost only $300." "Why did'nt you buy it, my dear?" "I was just coming away from the lawyer's," I said. "Oh!"-Graphic. GENERAL INDEX. Page. ABSTRACTS OF RECENT DECISIONS (see .......... 519 380 460 459 40 460 320 379 240 379 379 300 379 460 380 380 379 100 400 379 380 20 26 Bacon, Mr., not Cato. Bush v. Lathrop, case of States. Citizenship of children of aliens born in the United 378 459 Code of Civil Procedure Correction of point made in article on presumption of; survivorship Kind words for the journal. Superseding judgment for mandamus. by F. J. Parmenter..... Abstracts of decisions......19, 59, 119, 180, 239, 280, 818, 319 Abbott, Mr. Austin, on proposal to relieve Federal VOL. 30. 120 480 340 19 82 62 Anglo-American law, some leading principles 101 annoyance in court by continued hammering or arguments, importance of being oral "Auld Ash Tree, The," poem by Thomas Davidson, 141 261 81 Barristers and attorneys, separation of; ludicrous 64 Beach, William A., death and character of. "Bench and Bar of Chicago, The," biographical Bosworth, Judge, fitting commemoration of his 302 101 321 66 reference to paper by, on lawyer's morals' ing papers.. 401 161 American, meeting of, at Saratoga; address by 161 501 of New York State, prize of $250 to be awarded 142 his fees.. 181 262 341 122 62 121 322 302 Bradley, Mr Justice, address before University of 341 261 281 Choate, Rufus, Neilson's memories of. citations generally made by judges in New York, 261 221 161 CURRENT TOPICS-Continued. Page. 502 civil service examination;Washington unable to pass 162 codification, various objections to a commercial 101 481 English Law Magazine and Review on unofficial 481 441 "The evils of, toast responded to at American 181 report of committee of New York Bar Associa- 1 extract from Gov. Hoadley's address on; incident 141 102 241 Kentucky Bar Association, action of, on 62 remarks of London Law Times..... 101 concertinas, playing of, or any musical instruments 241 English criticism of his eloquence.... 181 99 Folger, Charles James, obituary and personal esti- mate of his literary traits. on. Dickens, reference to by Chief Justice Elliott.. 161 divorce act, new French, remarks in regard to, by 222 Drummond, Judge, anecdotes reported of. 61 denial of anecdotes of self.. 101 41 resignation of; insufficient compensation.. eating, right of; case of Scalchi criticised 142 441 execution, stay of, pending appeal, refusal of, by 122 expert testimony of artists as to obscenity of pho- 282 401 141 501 502 402 Federal Supreme Court, proposal to relieve, by cut- ment of.. 181 Field, David Dudley, resolution introduced by, at collection of his speeches, arguments and papers, 141 342 262 81 81 441 342 301 201 342 CURRENT TOPICS-Continued. Page. Fowler, Robert Ludlow, answer to Mr. Carter's ob- 322 261 381 index, best form of, is reproduction of head-notes 462 441 Henry, Judge, remarks on disadvantages of contin- 241 Hoadley, Governor, address before Yale Law School 141 Huddleston, Baron, charge of, in case of "Mignon- 441 "hugging" a serious offense among English barris- 502 261 Illinois reports little cited, considering her wealth 382 81 81 381 construction of an, merely reproducing state- 141 indictment of newspapers for mistaken opinion on their Latin and their grammar of county courts in England and Wales hereafter (Eng.) keeping up with business of courts, Law 421 infant, bicycle may be necessary for.. international copyright and doctrine of trade-mark, 281 41 Jackson, Chief Justice, of Georgia, "fiue writing" by, 301 2 three in Mignonette" case, no difficulty in pro- .... citing cases largely from their own States, in New fault of, in having reported sexual cases at citing reporter's names, Central Law Journal on, 382 retirement of; salary of; Attorney-General judicial despotism, Judge Davis 261 421 on.... Kennedy, Mr., not disbarred as asserted in Legal 242 kissing, amusing cases; not legal" consideration; law, influence of; extract from address before Uni- 261 401 502 upon.... 342 Law Times, Eng., Court of Appeals behind on appeals. 21 to.... 421 lawyer's morals, reference to paper on, by Theodore, 369 exceptions to Mr. Theodore Bacon's reported as- 122 financial success of; American Law Record on... 38 341 361 memoranda only, of decisions, published at express Memorandum upon proposed civil code, by Mr. John ston's charge cannibal case, no difficulty in pronouncing mur- cannibals, commutation of sentence of.. municipal debts; proposal to decrease valuation of mushrooms decided by magistrates of Rugby (Eng.), musical instruments, playing of, prohibited by local newspapers, indictment of, for mistaken opinion on obscene photographs, sale of; opinion of artistic Poland, Judge, bill to regulate commercial paper, Post-office Protection Act, English.. "Prevention of Defective and Slipshod Legislation,' Mansfield, Lord, allusion to, by Judge Pierrepont, in Meigs, William M., on abolishing the right of appeal. 42 vertiser punishment, theory of, by Prof. Wayland. reporting at length of rape cases, Central Law Jour- reports, cited under reporter instead of State... ing sexual cases. Ohio Reports, contract for publishing. Parker, Mr. Courtlandt, President American Bar necessity of dividing address by, into two install- 161 ments... erences to some curiosities of legislation... 221 80 221 361 pension, of judges, disagreement with opinion of 481 Pierrepont, Judge, remarks of, commemorative of 402 2 221 382 221 Simon Sterne's paper on 161 paper read before American Bar Association by 142 121 421 401 382 322 ONN 382 302 401 101 ENGLAND (see Recent English Decisions). 119 401 FINANCIAL LAW. Abstracts of decisions.. 58, 139 282 ... 159 60 21 520 HAMILTON, WM. H., on restrictive covenants in INFANTS, recently held in England, that ivory and IOWA Supreme Court Abstract (see Recent American INSURANCE LAW. Abstracts of decisions....58, 199 See Index-Digest. 286 100 221 60 Legal romance, a, or the Swinfen cases.... ... 245 45 264 100 182 265 MARYLAND Court of Appeals Abstract (see Recent American Decisions). 458 Neilson's memories of Rufus Choate. 404 Old cases reviewed, the case of the nine members.. 344 384 The true story of Ophelia, or the death of Miss 505 204 Parker, Courtlandt, conclusion of his address before 26 245 Presumption of intent, the, John D. Lawson on.. 45 of payment, the, John D. Lawson on..... 84, 103, 124 MASSACHUSETTS Supreme Judicial Court Ab- MICHIGAN Supreme Court Abstract (see Recent Remedies for defective quality on executory contracts Swinfen cases, the, a legal romance.. Surrogates' citations, service of, J. C. Levi on.... Throop, Montgomery H., on women and the legal True story of Ophelia, the 21 MISSOURI Supreme Court Abstract (see Recent 464 505 Women and the legal profession, Montgomery H. 464 NEBRASKA Supreme Court Abstract (see Recent NEVADA Supreme Court Abstract (see Recent Ameri- NEW JERSEY Court of Chancery (see Recent Amer- 8 4 ican Decisions). Court of Errors and Appeals Abstract (see Recent 284 202 Supreme Court Abstract (see Recent American De- 484 484 MILLER, J. B., on Mr. Fowler's pamphlet............ 180 American Decisions). NEW YORK Court of Appeals Abstract (see Recent Court of Appeals Decisions handed down (June 27), OHIO Supreme Court Com. (see Recent American De- OREGON Supreme Court Abstract (see Recent Ameri- "" Oreg."...... ... 223 244 162 Kansas Supreme Court.... 16, 156, 238, 298, 355, 453, 515 113, 219, 294, 355 Rhode Island Supreme Court 177 .38, 57, 137, 317 cases..... 159 41 WEDDING, CHARLES L., on the lawyer and 264 corporate profits... 339 140 WEST VIRGINIA Supreme Court Abstract (see Re- cent American Decisions). WHITTEMORE, E. S., on legislative regulation of 8 444 YE LITIGANTS OF IRELAND, song by John Rea.. 380 |
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