arrangement, a good index at the end, and a very much better index of statutes at the beginning, go far to remove the difficulty which the omission of the appendix might cause. We must repeat, that the book before us is well and carefully compiled."

From the LAW JOURNAL.

"Mr. Davis's work has grown with the growth of his subject. The original edition was a manual-a title as modest as that of the first County Court Statute, 'An Act for the more easy Recovery of Small Debts ;'- and now the fourth edition appears under the title, fully justified by the contents, of the Practice and Evidence in the County Courts. In one respect, however, the County Courts have succeeded in outstripping Mr. Davis; for, although he refers briefly to the fact that they now exercise a jurisdiction other than in actions at common law, it will be seen by the title that the work does not profess to deal with the practice and evidence of the Equity, Bankruptcy, Probate and Admiralty sides of this many-sided Court. The author has wisely abstained from attempting to comprehend all these diverse subjects, which, if included, might have made his book more complete in theory, but would have derogated from its practical usefulness, and has confined himself to that class of subjects which forms the staple of County Court litigation. Mr. Davis's work has stood almost as long a trial as the County Courts themselves. The chapters on Evidence, clearly and tersely written, will repay the perusal of every common law practitioner, whether in the County or the Superior Courts. The book is altogether thoroughly well turned out down to its ready-cut pages, for which innovation all persons, especially reviewers, will thank the publishers."

From the LAW TIMES.

"A new edition attests the continued confidence of the Profession in Mr. Davis as a guide to the Practice of the County Courts. From a humble beginning it has grown into a very ponderous volume, with all necessary forms for practice, and full instructions to the court and to the practitioner what is to be done, and how it is to be done, when a case comes before them.

"It was because these instructions were so full and accurate that Mr. Davis succeeded in so easily establishing his work as the Practice of the County Courts, and in maintaining the position he had won. All who have used it speak well of it. They say they can readily find what they want, and, better still, it contains the information they want, which cannot be said of all books of practice. A book of practice should assume that those who consult it require to be instructed upon the entire proceedings, from the first step to the close, and every form to be used, however familiar it may be thought, should be given in extenso, with minutest directions what the practitioner is to do, when to do it, and how to do it. This has been Mr. Davis's design in his Practice of the County Courts. There is another feature of this work. Besides the PRACTICE, it contains a complete treatise on EVIDENCE in the County Courts, after the manner of Selwyn's Nisi Prius. Thus, all that can be wanted in court is contained under one cover, greatly to the saving of time and temper in laborious search.

"It is undoubtedly the best book on the Practice of the County Courts."

From the LAW MAGAZINE.

"A text book which is well known in both branches of the Legal Profession. From a small beginning it has gradually grown into a bulky volume, and now contains an exhaustive exposition of the Law and Practice relating to the County Courts. The third part of this manual contains a valuable digest of the Law of Evidence as applicable to the procedure of the County Courts. In this particular it certainly excels all the other text books on the subject. The importance of this part of the work cannot be too highly estimated."

From the SOLICITORS' JOURNAL.

"This is a greatly enlarged edition of Davis's County Court Practice, a work well enough known to need no introduction to the legal public, or at any rate to that portion thereof which is concerned with proceedings in the County Courts. We can safely and heartily recommend the book for the perusal of all intending practitioners in any County Court."

PUBLISHED BY MESSRS. BUTTERWORTH.

Davis's Law of Registration and Elections.

One small 12mo. vol., 15s. cloth.

MANUAL OF THE LAW AND PRACTICE OF ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATION. Comprising all the Statutes, with Notes and Introduction, and a Supplement containing the Cases on Appeal down to 1869, the Rules relating to Election Petitions, and a complete Index to the whole Work. By JAMES EDWARD DAVIS, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, Author of "Manual of Practice and Evidence in the County Courts," &c.

"A work which, in our judgment, is the handiest and most useful of the manuals which the Reform Act of 1867 has brought into existence."-Law Magazine.

"We think this the best of the now numerous works on this subject. It has a great advantage in its arrangement over those which are merely new editions of works published before the recent legislation. To read through consecu

tively, in order to obtain a fair mastery of the whole subject, we have no hesitation in highly recommending this work."-Solicitors' Journal.

"No one comes forward with better credentials than Mr. Davis, and the book before us seems to possess the qualities essential to a guide to a discharge of their duties by the officials. The scheme of Mr. Davis's work is very simple."-Law Journal.

THE SUPPLEMENT may be had separately, price 38. sewed.

Davis's Law of Master and Servant.
12mo., 6s. cloth.

THE MASTER AND SERVANT ACT, 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 141), with an Introduction, copious Notes, Tables of Offences, and Forms of Proceedings, prepared expressly for this Work. By JAMES E. DAVIS, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, Stipendiary Magistrate, Sheffield.

Besides the Act and copious Notes, Introduction, and a variety of Forms of Summons, Orders, Convictions, Recognizances, &c., specially prepared for this Work, Tables have been framed classifying all the offences within the jurisdiction of Justices. It is hoped that this will be found useful, not only to Magistrates and their Clerks, but to the Legal Profession generally; for in consequence of the new Act not describing the offences, but merely referring to a schedule of seventeen former Acts, it is very difficult to say what cases are or are not within the purview of the new Act, The decisions of the Superior Courts, so far as they are applicable to the present law,

are also given.

Davis's Criminal Law Consolidation Acts.

12mo., 10s. cloth.

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., Barrister-at-Law.

LONDON:

BUTTERWORTHS, 7, FLEET STREET, Law Publishers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.

"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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