"A work of great value and learning." Legal Observer, v. 17, p. 330.

"The only complete treatise on this head of law. It may be affirmed of these Commentaries, that an attentive perusal of them will supply the student with the fullest and most perfect information on every question which can arise on the Law of Bailments." Law Review, (London,) v. 3, 374, 375.

Commentaries on the Law of Agency, as a Branch of Commercial and Maritime Jurisprudence, with occasional Illustrations from the Civil and Foreign Law. 3d ed. 8vo. Boston, 1846.

"Mr. Justice Story, in his valuable treatise, has supplied every deficiency, and left nothing to be desired by the practitioner or student. The whole work is

marked with that ample and redundant learning and vigorous good sense, which have given his previous writings so high an authority both in England and America." Jurist, (American,) v. 22, p. 479, Jan. 1840.

"It is not necessary that we should recommend this work to the profession, but we earnestly commend it to the especial attention of those readers who are engaged in mercantile pursuits." Law Reporter, Nov. 1839, v. 2, p. 219.

"The powerful assistance which Mr. Justice Story has already given in the study of several departments of Law and Jurisprudence, is a sufficient reason for drawing the attention of our readers to his new publication; but an additional motive, were any needed, would be supplied by the spirit in which all his publications are conceived. He has entered . . . philosophically into the subject, has traced principles with persevering scrutiny; and without losing sight of the wants of a practical lawyer, has produced a treatise in which the student may ascertain the elements and principles on which the entire doctrine is founded." Law Magazine, (London) v. 23, p. 1, Feb. 1840.

"The principal work on the English and American Law of Agency, is Story's Commentaries, &c." Mittermaier Privatrecht, b. vii. § 551, note 1. (ed. 1843.)

Commentaries on the Law of Partnership, as a Branch of Commercial and Maritime Jurisprudence, with occasional Illustrations from the Civil and Foreign Law. 8vo. 2d edition. Boston, 1846.

"The two last [Collyer on Partnership, and Story on Partnership] are works of great merit, and the latter preeminently so, and they have stated fully the principles and distinctions, and given the learning and cases which belong to the subject." Kent's Comm. v. 3, 68.

"Partnerships form the subject of the last treatise, which contains a truly luminous exposition of a subject noted for its intricacy, and the subtlety of the rules upon which the system depends." Warren's Law Studies, p. 760, 2d ed.

Commentaries on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Foreign and Inland, as administered in England and America. 8vo. 2d edition. Boston, 1847.

Commentaries on the Law of Promissory Notes, and Guaranties of Notes and Checks on Banks and Bankers, with occasional Illustra

tions from the Commercial Law of the Nations of Continental Europe. 2d edition. 8vo. Boston, 1847.

"Mr. Justice Story, in his treatise on Bills of Exchange, has enriched his work with copious citations and illustrations, drawn from Heineccius, as well as from other continental civilians, and it is undoubtedly the most elaborate and complete treatise extant on the elementary principles of the subject. . . It is full and methodical, and executed with his masterly ability." Kent's Comm. v. 3, 127, 128.

"The present work [on Bills] though not so large as Mr. Chitty's, contains all the essential doctrines on the subject, carefully arranged, and established on their proper principles. In the treatise before us, as in all that have preceded it from the same source, the author has constantly aimed to present the principles of the law. But the work has the additional practical value derived from the collection and proper arrangement of the authorities bearing on the subject." North American Review, v. 56, p. 503, April, 1843.

"To the present work [on Bills] belongs the same praise which has been accorded alike by the jurists of our own country, and of foreign countries, to the other treatises of the author. It is learned, philosophical, clear, and complete. The most important cases on the subject are collected, and the principles on which they stand carefully examined and defined.

"They [Judge Story's treatises] differ from recent English juridical works in the scientific manner in which the subject is opened, in the order which is observed, in the development of principles by the light of reason, as well as authority, and generally in explaining the rationale of the law." Law Reporter, (March, 1843,) v. 5, p. 519. •

"This work has been considered, both in the United States, England, and Germany, as one of the most important which have appeared on this subject. Mr. Story has explained in a manner clear and precise, the developments which have taken place in the law of bills of exchange, and on every point he has given distinct principles drawn from the nature of life and the necessities of trade. His eminently practical tact has enabled him to lay his finger upon the essential points." Revue Etrangère, second series, v. 2, App. p. 47.

Circuit Court of the
With additional Notes

Gallison's Reports. Reports of Cases in the
United States for the First Circuit. 2d ed.
and References. By John Gallison. 2 vols. 8vo. Boston, 1845.
Mason's Reports. Reports of Cases in the Circuit Court of the United

States for the First Circuit, from 1816 to 1830. By William P.
Mason. 5 vols. 8vo. Boston, 1819–31.

Sumner's Reports. Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the First Circuit. By Charles Sumner. 3 vols. 8vo. Boston, 1836-40.

Story's Reports. Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the First Circuit. By W. W. Story. 3 vols. 8vo. Boston, 1842-47.

These volumes contain all the decisions of Mr. Justice Story on his Circuit. The decisions relate particularly to questions of Equity and Admiralty, and are of great practical value.

"It will, I believe, also be found that he has left as great a number of judgments behind him, which will remain to future ages prominent landmarks of the law, as any judge that ever sat on the Bench in this country or in England." Judge Ware's Reply to the Resolutions of the Bar of Maine.

"The decisions of Mr. Justice Story are eagerly sought for throughout the country, and nothing we can say will add to the high estimation in which they are held. Mr. Sumner is favorably known as a learned and accurate reporter, by the two previous volumes of his Reports." Laro Reporter, vol. 3, p. 303.

"The law of the previous ages of British Jurisprudence was revised and reëstablished in that of Coke and Hale; beyond which it is almost superfluous to seek for authorities in the common law. The decisions of that day were again reviewed, after the lapse of a century, and reaffirmed with the modifications of modern usage, in the classic age of Mansfield. Scarcely a decree in Chancery needs now to be cited, prior to those of that accomplished Chancellor, Lord Hardwicke. But all these and others down to our times have been reviewed, in the judgments of Mr. Justice Story, by the lights reflected from the body of the Roman law, and the labors of its ablest commentators, and recoined, so to speak, with additional purity and fineness, and with the impression of his own master mind." Professor Greenleaf's Eulogy.

[Admiralty judgments.] "Justly admired by all cultivators of the Law of Nations.” Extract from a letter of Sir James Mackintosh to Hon. Edward Everett, June 3, 1824, "The attention of the student, the advocate, and the judge, to whatever country they belong, will be well rewarded if it be bestowed on the judgments delivered by Mr. Justice Story. These judgments exhibit great and anxious research, extensive learning, and singular felicity in illustrating the application of the law of England, or of the law of the States, by the most judicious references to the civil law, and to the jurisprudence of the different States of Europe. He never fails to satisfy the reader ... that he has exhausted all the ample resources that his own mind could supply, and all that could be acquired by the most patient and laborious investigation." Law Review, (London,) v. 3, p. 372.

"Admirable specimens of judicial statement and reasoning." London Quarterly Review, Dec. 1840.

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