In 8vo., Second Edition, price 215., cloth, A TREATISE ON THE LAW OF DAMAGES. COMPRISING THEIR MEASURE, THE MODE IN WHICH THEY ARE ASSESSED AND REVIEWED, The Practice of Granting New Trials, and the Law of Set-off. BY JOHN D. MAYNE, SECOND EDITION, BY LUMLEY SMITH, of the "Few modern text-books have a higher authority than Mayne on Damages. An argument is seldom heard in the courts upon a question of the measure of damages without the work being referred to; and there are several points upon which there was, at the date of the first edition (1856), either an absence or a conflict of authority, and upon which the views advanced by the author have since been held to be law by the courts. . . . . It is fortunate for the reputation of the work that so good an editor has been found for it as Mr. Lumley Smith. The additions to the text of the former edition are distinguished by brackets. Mr. Lumley Smith's work has been well done, and the new cases are skilfully incorporated. Probably there is no other one subject upon which the cases reported as well as unreported so frequently present the same difficulty of extracting from complicated statements of fact, special in their character and not likely to occur again, the legal principles involved in the decision, so as to be available for guidance in other cases. It is exactly this difficulty which makes the subject one upon which a good text-book such as the present is peculiarly valuable."-Solicitors' Journal. .... "We are glad that this useful work fell into the hands of so capable an editor as Mr. Lumley Smith. It is always a great advantage gained when an editor has had practical experience of the subject with which he deals, and it is a positive gain to the law when busy lawyers can find time to do well the work which is so apt to fall into the hands of those who have little learning and less practice. The law relating to damages is a branch of our jurisprudence peculiarly practical in its nature and highly important to suitors and the profession; it is, moreover, surrounded by difficulties which require a clear explanation before they become intelligible to the ordinary mind. "The concluding chapter (c. 19) is very important, and we should like to make copious extracts from it. It deals with the 'powers of the court or judge in regard to damages.' We recommend it to the attention of our readers, as indeed we do the entire work, which is excellently executed, with an entire freedom from verbosity, and a good index."-Law Times. Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. "In the year 1856 Mr. John D. Mayne, a gentleman of the bar, now enjoying a very extensive practice in the Indian Empire, published a treatise on the Law of Damages. Mr. Mayne conferred a great boon on the profession by his labours, and for sixteen years his book has been regarded with high respect in Westminster Hall. In the ordinary course of things such a lapse of time, from the natural accretion of precedents, would have created a demand for a new edition, but in the particular department of law investigated by Mr. Mayne there has been an extraordinary development of principles, exhibited in numerous cases, upon which the judges have expended a large amount of time, industry, and learning. Consequently, the publication of a new edition is not premature. On the contrary, it was high time that the profession should be supplied with a treatise condensing and arranging the matter brought into existence by the contested cases of that period. It is perfectly intelligible that Mr. Mayne's absence from England and the toil of his professional career have prevented him from undertaking this duty himself. But the performance of it has fallen on a deputy, whose success in the discharge thereof might fairly have been anticipated, and who in the result has, we think, not disappointed the reasonable expectations formed concerning him. "Mr. Lumley Smith has evidently been actuated by a modest desire not to despoil the original author of well-earned fame. He has, as far as possible, retained the primary form of the book, and has distinguished what Mr. Mayne wrote from what he himself has written, by enclosing all the later matter in brackets, adding a brief separate chapter on the assessment of damages in the Court of Chancery under Lord Cairns's Act, 21 & 22 Vict. c. 27. He has also cited many Scotch and Irish cases, and the leading American decisions of recent date. "One word with regard to the book itself will not be out of place. It is well printed, in an excellent form, and of a convenient size-no small considerations in a text-book, which, from the nature of its contents, is useful rather for reference than for study. Good looks in a book set off its intrinsic merits, just as an imposing appearance adds to the dignity and influence of a judge."-Law Journal. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. BUCHANAN (J.), Reports of Cases decided in the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope. Vols. I., II., & III. 1868-70. Royal 8vo. Vol. IV., parts i. to iii. 1873. 635. 155. MENZIES' (W.), Reports of Cases decided in the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope. Vol. I. and Vol. II., parts i. to iv. Vol. III., parts i. to iv. In 12m0., price 10s. 6d., £5. 42s. SELECT THESES on the LAWS of HOLLAND and ZEELAND. Being a Commentary of Hugo Grotius' Introduction to Dutch Jurisprudence, and intended to supply certain defects therein, and to determine some of the more celebrated Controversies on the Law of Holland. By DIONYSIUS GODEFRIDUS VAN DER KEESEL, Advocate, and Professor of the Civil and Modern Laws in the University of Leyden. Translated from the original Latin by C. A. LORENZ, of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law. Second Edition, with a Biographical Notice of the Author by Professor J. DE WAL, of Leyden. THE NEW JUDICATURE ACTS. In preparation, in one volume, 8vo., THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE ACT, 1873, The Supreme Court of Judicature Act Amendment Act, with the rules and orders thereon. Edited, with Copious Notes and a full Index, by WILLIAM DOWNES GRIFFITH, of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law, late Her Majesty's Attorney-General for the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. In the Press, in one volume, 8vo. HALL'S ESSAY ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CROWN AND THE PRIVILEGES OF THE SUBJECT In the Sea Shores of the Realm. First Published in 1830; now Reprinted with extensive Annotations, and references to the Decided Cases and later Authorities to the Present Time, with Forms in use by the Board of Trade in dealing with Crown Property. By RICHARD LOVELAND LOVELAND, of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. TOGETHER WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING I.-LORD CHIEF JUSTICE HALE'S "De Jure Maris." II. The Case of DICKENS v. SHAW. III.—MR. SERJEANT MEREWETHER'S Speech in the Court of Chancery, Dec. 8, 1849, upon the Claim of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to the Sea Shore, and the Soil and Bed of Tidal Harbours and Navigable Rivers; the Nature and Extent of the Claim, and its effect upon such Property. (Reprinted by the kind permission of H. A. MEREWETHER, Esq., Q.C.) MERCANTILE LAW. In one volume, demy 8vo., 1866, price 10s. 6d., cloth, PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF STOPPAGE IN TRANSITU, RETENTION, AND DELIVERY. BY JOHN HOUSTON, of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law. "We have no hesitation in saying, that we think Mr. Houston's book will be a very useful accession to the library of either the merchant or the lawyer." -Solicitors' Journal. "We have, indeed, met with few works which so successfully surmount the difficulties in the way of this arduous undertaking as the one before us; for the language is well chosen, it is exhaustive of the law, and is systematised with great method."American Law Review. In 8vo., price 10s. 6d., cloth lettered, A REPORT OF THE CASE OF THE QUEEN v. GURNEY AND OTHERS. In the Court of Queen's Bench before the Lord Chief Justice COCKBURN. With an Introduction, containing a History of the Case, and an Examination of the Cases at Law and Equity applicable to it; or Illustrating THE DOCTRINE OF COMMERCIAL FRAUD. By W. F. FINLASON, Barrister-at-Law. In medium 8vo., 1871, price 10s., cloth, SALAMAN ON LIQUIDATION & COMPOSITION WITH CREDITORS. A Practical Treatise on Liquidation by Arrangement and Composition with Creditors, under the Bankruptcy Act, 1869, comprising the Practice of the Office for the Registration of Arrangement Proceedings, as to Receivers, Injunctions, Meetings, Forms, Bills of Costs, Sections of the Acts, the Rules of 1870, and the New Rules of 1871, with Index. By JOSEPH SEYMOUR SALAMAN, Solicitor. 12mo., 1866, price 10s. 6d., cloth, A TREATISE ON THE GAME LAWS OF ENGLAND & WALES: Including Introduction, Statutes, Explanatory Notes, Cases, and Index. By JOHN LOCKE, M.P., Q.C., Recorder of Brighton. The Fifth Edition, in which are introduced the GAME LAWS of SCOTLAND and IRELAND. By GILMORE EVANS, of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. In royal 8vo., 1867, price 10s. 6d., cloth, THE PRACTICE OF EQUITY BY WAY OF REVIVOR & SUPPLEMENT. With Forms of Orders and Appendix of Bills. By LOFTUS LEIGH PEMBERTON, of the Chancery Registrar's Office. "Mr. Pemberton has, with great care, brought together and classified all these conflicting cases, and has, as far as may be, deduced principles which THE will probably be applied to future cases."-Solicitors' Journal. In 8vo., 1873, price 5s., cloth, LAW OF PRIORITY. A Concise View of the Law relating to Priority of Incumbrances and of other Rights in Property. By W. G. ROBINSON, M. A., Barrister-at-Law. "Mr. Robinson's book may be recommended to the advanced student, and will furnish the practi tioner with a useful supplement to larger and more complete works."-Solicitors' Journal. ELECTION LAW. In crown 8vo., 1874, price 145., cloth lettered, A MANUAL OF THE PRACTICE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS Throughout Great Britain and Ireland. COMPRISING THE DUTIES OF RETURNING OFFICERS AND THEIR DEPUTIES, TOWN CLERKS, AGENTS, POLL-CLERKS, &c., AND THE Law of Election Expenses, Corrupt Practices, & Illegal payments. WITH AN APPENDIX OF STATUTES AND AN INDEX. BY HENRY JEFFREYS BUSHBY, Esq., One of the Metropolitan Police Magistrates, sometime Recorder of Colchester. FOURTH EDITION, Adapted to and embodying the recent changes in the Law, including the Ballot Act, the Instructions to Returning Officers in England and Scotland issued by the Home Office, and the whole of the Statute Law relating to the subject. Edited by HENRY HARDCASTLE, OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW. We "We have just received at a very opportune moment the new edition of this useful work. need only say that those who have to do with elections will find Bushby's Manual' replete with information and trustworthy, and that Mr. Hardcastle has incorporated all the recent changes of the law."-Law Journal. "As far as we can judge, Mr. Hardcastle, who is known as one of the joint editors of O'Malley a handy manual, we can recommend the work A Companion Volume to the above, in crown 8vo., price 8s. cloth, lettered, THE LAW AND PRACTICE OF ELECTION PETITIONS, With an Appendix containing the Parliamentary Elections Act, 1868, the General Rules for the Trial of Election Petitions in England, Scotland, and Ireland, Forms of Petitions, &c. By HENRY HARDCASTLE, of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. Now ready, Volume I., price 30s., and Volume II., Parts I., II., and III., price 9s., REPORTS OF THE DECISIONS OF THE JUDGES FOR THE TRIAL OF ELECTION PETITIONS IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND. PURSUANT TO THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, 1868. BY EDWARD LOUGHLIN O'MALLEY AND HENRY HARDCASTLE, BARRISTERS-AT-LAW. Stevens and Haynes' Series of Reprints of the Early Reporters. SOME RARE LAW BOOKS. [From "THE ALBANY LAW JOURNAL."] "Law books are not generally things of beauty. There is nothing particularly gratifying to the esthetic department of the human organism in the conventional typography and sheep-skin. Some of our publishers give considerable attention to the mechanical execution of their books, and deserve and receive a good degree of credit therefor. But, after all, their labours seldom please the eye. In most marked contrast to even the very best of our books, are a series of law books that have been recently issued by Messrs. STEVENS & HAYNES, of London. They are reprints of some of the scarcest of the Old English Reports, and in their mechanical execution would delight the heart of Aldus Manutius, Thuanus, or any other admirer of elegant editions. The black letter type of the originals is faithfully reproduced, the curious old-style spelling and interchange of letters have been closely followed, while the rich antique calf covers are, no doubt, superior to anything that served to encase the original Reports. These editions have been carefully prepared, and some of the volumes have been enriched with notes added in MS. to some copy of the original by its learned owner generations ago. "This enterprise of Messrs. STEVENS & HAYNES is a matter of universal interest, and appeals to every lover of elegant books. The works which they have reproduced are those which were the scarcest, and for copies of which the most exorbitant prices were demanded. The following is a brief description of the matter of these volumes." BELLEWE'S CASES, T. RICHARD II. In 8vo., price 31. 35., bound in calf antique, LES ANS DU ROY RICHARD LE SECOND. Collect' ensembl' hors les abridgments de Statham, Fitzherbert, et Brooke. "No public library in the world, where English law finds a place, should be without a copy of this edition of Bellewe."-Canada Law Journal. "We have here a fac-simile edition of Bellewe, and it is really the most beautiful and admirable reprint that has appeared at any time. It is a perfect gem of antique printing, and forms a most interesting monument of our early legal history. It belongs to the same class of works as the Year Book of Edward I. and other similar works which have been printed in our own time under the auspices of the Master of the Rolls; but is far superior to any of them, and is in this respect Per 1585. Reprinted from the Original highly creditable to the spirit and enterprise of private publishers. The work is an important link in our legal history; there are no year books of the reign of Richard II., and Bellewe supplied the only substitute by carefully extracting and collecting all the cases he could find, and he did it in the most convenient form-that of alphabetical arrangement in the order of subjects, so that the work is a digest as well as a book of law reports. It is in fact a collection of cases of the reign of Richard II., arranged according to their subjects in alphabetical order. It is, therefore, one of the most intelligible and interesting legal memorials of the Middle Ages."-Law Times. CUNNINGHAM'S REPORTS. In 8vo., price 37. 35., calf antique, CUNNINGHAM'S (T.) Reports in K. B., 7 to 10 Geo. II. ; to which is prefixed a Proposal for rendering the Laws of England clear and certain, humbly offered to the Consideration of both Houses of Parliament. Third Edition, with numerous Corrections. By THOMAS TOWNSEND BUCKNILL, Barrister-at-Law. "The instructive chapter which precedes the cases, entitled 'A proposal for rendering the Laws of England clear and certain,' gives the volume a degree of peculiar interest, independent of the value of many of the reported cases. That chapter begins with words which ought, for the information of every people, to be printed in letters of gold. They are as follows: Nothing conduces more to the peace and prosperity of every nation than good laws and the due execution of them.' The history of the civil law is then rapidly traced. Next a history is given of English Reporters, beginning with the reporters of the Year Books from I Edw. III. to 12 Hen. VIII.-being near 200 years-and afterwards to the time of the author."-Canada Law Journal. |