while the defence in criminal trials find more encouragement in Ray, the prosecution must have Browne. This edition, though printed in a city where a quarter of a century ago there were but four houses, will not, in its typographical appearance, do discredit to the learned author, and we trust he may derive a handsome income from the sale of it in this country.

3. SMITH'S COLLECTION COMPENDIUM.-Compiled for the use of Lawyers and Business Men generally, containing a New and Original System for the Collection of Claims at all points in the United States, Canada, etc., upon stipulated rates of percentages, without the aid or intervention of a third party; a Digest of the Laws of every state pertaining to Collections, together with the Court Calendars, and instructions for proving and forwarding Claims for Collection; a Digest of the Bankrupt, Patent, Trade-Mark and Copyright Laws, together with the Banking Laws of the United States, and a reliable List of Banks and Bankers. For the year ending September 1, 1875. E. A. SMITH, Author and Compiler. pp. 600. St. Louis: Riverside

Printing House. 1875. Price, postage prepaid, $6.00. Want of space, as well as of time for thorough examination, prevents us from saying more than that the plan and purposes of this work are novel and attractive; and if it shall prove practicable, it will become exceedingly valuable, not only to the legal profession, but to the mercantile community at large.

We would thank publishers who send us books for review, to acquaint us with the net prices of them.