viewing the corrections suggested in their notes,* has lessened the responsibility, while it has much enhanced the value of the labors of the present Editor, whose best acknowledgments are due, for the alacrity with which that service was rendered to himself, and to the profession. The great length and varied character of the annotations of Mr. Coventry, entirely precluded the request of a similar favor from him; although his sanction to the alterations and additions made in his portion of the work, would have been very desirable. The Editor has retained the notes, which he published anonymously in his former edition in 1831, and has inserted many others, with three additional chapters, on the Law of Inheritance, on the Statutes of Distribution, and on the Law of Execu *Those of Mr. Morley terminate at page 59, those of Mr. Coote at page 122. † Commencing at page 133, and terminating at 447 in this edition. tors and Administrators, as it more immediately relates to the chattels real of a deceased trustee. The Editor is also responsible for the principal part of the chapter on féme coverte; in which are discussed the leading distinctions, that have lately engaged the attention of the Courts of Equity, on the subjects of restraint on alienation and separate use. On account of the recent changes in the law, many alterations, in the text of Mr. Watkins, have become unavoidable; particularly in the chapters on Dower, Devise, Fines, and Recoveries: but those alterations, as well as all others in this edition, are carefully distinguished by brackets. Notices of the statutes relating to the law of real property, including those of the last session, have been introduced. Much attention has been devoted to the correction of the former references; and about two hundred additional authorities have been cited. The Editor dismisses the volume in the hope that he has in |