"Now for the Laws of England (if I shall speak my opinion of them "without partiality either to my profession or country), for the matter and "nature of them, I hold them wise, just and moderate laws: they give to God, "they give to Casar, they give to the subject what appertaineth. It is true "they are as mixt as our language, compounded of British, Saxon, Danish, "Norman customs. And surely as our language is thereby so much the richer, "so our laws are likewise by that mixture the more complete."-LORD BACON.

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THE NEW CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACTS, 1861; with an Introduction and practical Notes, illustrated by a copious reference to Cases decided by the Court of Criminal Appeal. Together with alphabetical Tables of Offences, as well those punishable upon Summary Conviction as upon Indictment, and including the Offences under the New Bankruptcy Act, so arranged as to present at one view the particular Offence, the Old or New Statute upon which it is founded, and the Limits of Punishment; and a full Index. By JAMES EDWARD DAVIS, Esq., Barristerat-Law.

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"This is, we believe, Mr. Davis's first essay on Criminal Law, but he has written an excellent work on The Practice of the County Courts,' and thus given proof of his capacity for any other task he might undertake. A Table of Crimes and Punishments is appended, and his index appears to have been framed with great care and labour." -Law Times.

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From the Law Times.

"That Mr. Serjeant Stephen has succeeded in maintaining the reputation of Blackstone as the hand-book of the Law Student, and establishing His edition as that which takes the place of the original, to the exclusion of a host of competitors for the same honour, is due in great part to his having caught the spirit of his master, and even something of his style, and thus prevented that abruptness of transition from one writer to the other which occurs many times in almost every page, and sometimes even in the same sentence. There is none of the stiffness that might be expected from this striated composition, and that is a merit which belongs only to Mr. Stephen, and which has secured for him the almost undisputed possession of the field. Even since the last edition many changes have been made, which are carefully noted, so that the new one presents an outline of the law of England precisely at this moment. It must be the first text book read by the Law Student, but we would recommend the Practitioner to refresh his memory by sometimes dipping into its pages if he has not leisure to read it through. He will be astonished to find how much information he will gather from it."

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"In our opinion the key to the Examination is that admirable work Stephen's Commentaries, and no Student ought to take his seat in the hall of the Incorporated Law Society, to undergo the ordeal with any hope of obtaining honours, or even a certificate to pass, until he was conscious he had mastered its contents. Some may consider this a bold dictum: but no one who is at all acquainted with the character of the education of a Law Student, the nature of the examination itself, extending over all the branches of the law, the number and massive description of the various works published, affecting those branches, will repudiate our statement, that a work which brings the whole mass of law in one clear and distinct focus of excellence, is the most valuable that could be placed in the hands of a Student. We are the more anxious to impress candidates with the solid benefits and advantages that can be derived from the study of Stephen's Commentaries, since we know that many articled clerks are deceived into the perusal of

other works compiled in a more or less imperfect manner, and bearing the name of Commentaries on Blackstone. Let them read Blackstone and all his Commentators from the first to the last, if they have time and appetite for such a task, but, on the completion of this undertaking, do not let them suppose that they have thereby become possessors of the contents of Stephen's Commentaries."

From the Solicitors' Journal.

"A fourth edition has appeared of Serjeant Stephen's Commentaries, prepared for the press by his son, Mr. James Stephen, the Professor of English Law and Jurisprudence at King's College, London. The character of the book. is so well known and its reputation so thoroughly established, that we have no further inquiry to make than whether each new edition brings down the law to the date of publication. Mr. Stephen is a very worthy editor of his father's work, and has evidently bestowed the greatest care and industry on fulfilling his task as perfectly as possible. The last edition appeared in 1853, and on turning to different parts of the new edition we find the acts of parliament and the chief cases of a later date noted up very accurately. Where Mr. Kerr, in his Blackstone, refers to two cases, Mr. Stephen refers to twenty. This is the great merit of Stephen's Commentaries. It not only arranges the subject clearly and connectedly, but it shows the Student how he may prosecute the inquiry for himself, and carry his knowledge beyond what can possibly be conveyed within the limits of a general treatise."

From the Law Chronicle.

"We cannot but repeat, that the New Commentaries of Mr. Serjeant Stephen deserve the reputation which they have gained; that the fourth edition appears to have been very carefully prepared, bringing the law down to the end of the last session of parliament; that it is a work which will be found useful not only to the law student, but to the practitioner; that the notes alone contain very much practical matter, the value of which is enhanced by the references to the recent statutes and reported decisions; and above all, that the work, which may be relied on for accuracy, contains an excellent summary of the law in its present state: a sure foundation on which the student may safely build."