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STEVENS AND SONS,

(LATE STEVENS AND NORTON),
119, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON, W.C.

- JULY, 1876.

Prideaux's Precedents in Conveyancing.-With Dissertations on its Law and Practice. Eighth Edition. PRIDEAUX, late Professor of Real and Personal Property to the Inns By FREDERICK of Court, and JOHN WHITCOMBE, Esqrs., Barristers-at-Law. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. Price 31. 10s. cloth.

We really can hardly imagine a conveyancer being required to prepare any instrument which he will not find sketched out in the work under notice cordially recommend the book to both branches of the profession. It is cheaper and more We can portable than Mr. Davidson's valuable work, and we believe quite as useful."-Law Journal. Williams' Law and Practice in Bankruptcy, comprising the

Bankruptcy Act, the Debtors' Act, and the Bankruptcy Repeal and Insolvent Court Act, of 1869, and the Rules and Forms made under those Acts. Second Edition. By ROLAND VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Esq., of Lincoln's-Inn, Barrister-at-Law and WALTER VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Esq., of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. Assisted by FRANCIS HALLETT HARDCASTLE, Esq., of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. 8vo. pp. 770. 1876. Price 28s. cloth.

"In this edition the cases which have been decided since the passing of the Bankruptcy Act, 1869, have been arranged in juxta-position with the sections upon which they have been decided, and the authors have attempted to work into the notes all the cases on the new Act. Those cases which have been decided since the present edition has been in the press, the authors have, as far as they have been able, introduced into the index with a reference to the report, instead of a reference to a page o: the book."-Extract from Preface to Second Edition.

Fitzgerald's Public Health Act, 1875.-The Law relating to Public Health and Local Government, as contained in the Public Health Act, 1875. With Introduction and Notes showing all the Alterations in the Existing Law; with references to all the Cases decided on Sections of Former Acts, which are re-enacted in this Act. By GERALD A. R. FITZGERALD, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. Royal 8vo. 1876. Price 18s. cloth.

"Mr. G. A. R. Fitzgerald was employed by the Government in the preparation of the Act of 1875, and is therefore specially well fitted to comment upon its provisions, and discuss the judicial decisions which have been engrafted on the older statutes incorporated in it."-Pall Mall Gazette, April 3, 1876.

Pollock's Principles of Contract at Law and in Equity; being

a treatise on the General Principles relating to the Validity of Agreements, with a special view to the comparison of Law and Equity; and with references to the Indian Contract Act, and occasionally to American and Foreign Law. By FREDERICK POLLOCK, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. 8vo. 1876. Price £1 4s. cloth.

"It is remarkable not only for conciseness and lucidity of exposition, but also for the excellence of its arrangement. Mr. Pollock's book covers a larger field than any previous treatise upon Contract."-Pall Mall Gazette, March 3, 1876.

"We do not see that this modeof dealing with law can be improved upon principles of equity are read in with what used to be common law principles; and we have, the therefore, in this one volume the law relating to Contracts as administered by the Supreme Court of Judicature under the Judicature Acts."--Law Times, February 12, 1876.

"There is no part of the work that does not please us by the freshness of the style and the ingenuity of the treatment. The author may be congratulated on having achieved a marked success."-Solicitors' Journal, April 8, 1876. Dart's Vendors and Purchasers.-A Treatise on the Law and By

Practice relating to Vendors and Purchasers of Real Estate.
J. HENRY DART, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, one of
the Six Conveyancing Counsel of the High Court of Chancery,
Fifth Edition. By the AUTHOR and WILLIAM BARBER, of
Lincoln's Inn, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. 1876.
Price £3 13s. 6d. cloth.

STEVENS AND SONS, 119, CHANCERY LANE, W.C.

Rogers' Law and Practice of Elections and Registration. Twelfth Edition. By E. S. P. WOLFERSTAN, Esq., Barrister-atLaw. 12mo. 1876. Price 30s. cloth.

Scott's Costs under the Judicature Acts 1873 and 1875 5 ; containing the "Additional Rules" and Scale of Costs, together WITH PRECEDENTS OF TAXED BILLS. By JOHN SCOTT, Esq., Barristerat-Law. Royal 12mo. 1876. Price 5s. 6d. cloth.

Wharton's Law Lexicon, or Dictionary of Jurisprudence, explaining the Technical Words and Phrases employed by the several Departments of English Law, including the various legal terms used in Commercial Business; with an Explanatory as well as Literal Translation of the Latin Maxims contained in the Writings of the Ancient and Modern Commentators. Sixth Edition. Revised in accordance with the Judicature Acts, by J. SHIRESS WILL, of the Middle Temple, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. Super-royal 8vo.

21. 2s. cloth.

1876. Price

There is no one volume which can be more judiciously recommended to the student and practitioner. Though by no means a substitute for a good law library, it is an invaluable index and clue to one."Daily News, February 16th, 1876.

"We have simply to notice that the same ability and accuracy mark the present Edition which were conspicuous in its predecessor. Mr. Will has done all that was rendered necessary by the Judicature Acts, in the shape of incorporation and elimination. and has brought the Statute Law down to the date of publication."-Law Times, March 4th, 1876.

Greenwood's Manual of Conveyancing.-A Manual of the

Practice of Conveyancing, showing the present Practice relating to the daily routine of Conveyancing in Solicitors' Offices. To which are added Concise Common Forms and Precedents in Conveyancing, Conditions of Sale, Conveyances, and all other Assurances in constant use. Fourth Edition. By H. N. CAPEL, Esq., B.A., LL.B., Solicitor. 8vo. 1876. Price 15s. cloth.

"The information under these heads is just of that ordinary practical kind which is learned from experience, and is not to be gathered from treatises.

"A careful study of these pages would probably arm a diligent clerk with as Luch useful knowledge as he might otherwise take years of desultory questioning and observing to acquire."-Solicitor's Journal.

Wood's Law of Trade Marks; including the Merchandise Marks Act, 1872, and the Trade Marks Registration Act, 1875, with the Rules thereunder and Practical Directions for obtaining Registration; with Notes, Full Tables of Cases, and Index. By J. BIGLAND WOOD, LL.D., of the Inner Temple, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. 12mo. 1876. Price 5s. cloth.

Browne's (G.) Principles and Practice of the Court for Divorce, &c. Third Edition. By GEORGE BROWNE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. 8vo. 1876. Price 17. 4s. cloth.

Addison on Wrongs and their Remedies; Being a Treatise on the Law of Torts. Fourth Edition. By F. S. P. WOLFERSTAN, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. Royal 8vo. 1873. Price 17. 18s. cloth. Addison on Contracts.--Being a Treatise on the Law of Contracts. By C. G. ADDISON, Esq., Author of the "Law of Torts." Seventh Edition. By L. W. CAVE, one of Her Majesty's Counsel, Recorder of Lincoln. Royal 8vo. 1875. Price 17. 18s. cloth.

Braithwaite's Oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature.-A Manual for the use of Commissioners to Administer Oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature in England. Part I. containing practical information respecting their Appointment, Designation, Jurisdiction, and Powers; Part II. comprising a collection of officially recognised Forms of Jurats and Oaths, with Explanatory Observations. By T. W. BRAITHWAITE, of the Record and Writ Clerks' Office (Author of "Oaths in Chancery," &c.). Fcap. 1876. Price 4s. 6d. cloth.

"The work will, we doubt not, become the recognized guide of Commissioners to administer Oaths."-Solicitors' Journal, May 6, 1876.

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(EDITOR OF FEARNE'S CONTINGENT REMAINDERS AND EXECUTORY DEVISES, AND
MITFORD'S CHANCERY PLEADINGS; AUTHOR OF A COMPENDIUM OF THE
LAW OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY, A MANUAL OF

EQUITY, AND A MANUAL OF BANKRUPTCY;

AND ONE OF THE CONSOLIDATORS OF THE CHANCERY ORDERS.)

Seventh Edition,

WITH NOTICES OF THE JUDICATURE ACTS.

LONDON:

STEVENS AND SONS, 119, CHANCERY LANE,
Jato Publishers and Booksellers.

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