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croft, was given to the public in 1889. William O. Stoddard contributed “ Rutherford B. Hayes,” "James A. Garfield," and "Chester A. Arthur," to the " Lives of the Presidents Series," and Oliver Dyer wrote "Great Senators of the United States Forty Years ago." James Nelson Burnes, Late Representative from Missouri," was from the pen of E. W. De Knight. To literary biography belong “The Correspondence of John Lothrop Motley," edited by George W. Curtis, in two volumes; "Emerson in Concord," a memoir by E. W. Emerson, intended for the "Social Circle"; "A Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe," compiled by her son Charles Edward Stowe, and approved by herself, Sept. 30, 1889, as "the true story of my life"; and "The LifeWork of the Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin,"" somewhat superfluous effort by Florine Thayer McCray. Louisa May Alcott, her Life, Letters, and Journals," by Ednah D. Cheney, was welcomed in many households. Lucy Larcom wrote A New England Girlhood outlined from Memory." Glimpses of Fifty Years," by Frances E. Willard was "The Autobiography of an American Woman." "Letters, Poems, and Selected Prose Writings of David Gray," edited with a memoir by J. N. Larned, tell the story of a poet and journalist of Buffalo, N. Y., who must not be confounded with the Scottish poet David Gray. From John Bigelow we have "Emanuel Swedenborg"; from Elliot Graeme, "Beethoven"; and from Charles De Kay, "The Life and Work of Antoine Louis Barye, Sculptor." "Edwin Forrest, the Actor and the Man," was by Gabriel Harrison, and Audubon's Adventures, or Life in the Woods," was written by B. K. Pierce for young readers. "Memories of Fifty Years," by J. Lester Wallack, was published with an introduction by Lawrence Hutton. "Recollections of Mississippi and the Mississippians" were recorded by Reuben Davis. Works of a general character were: "Famous Men of Science," by Sarah K. Bolton, and Laura C. Holloway's "The Woman's Story, as told by Twenty American Women." "A Woman's War Record" was from the pen of Septima M. Collis, and "Extracts from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759-1807," were edited by H. D. Biddle. "Haliburton, the Man and the Writer," was by F. B. Crofton. "Jonathan Edwards," by Alexander V. G. Allen, was the first of "American Religious Leaders," Wilbur Fisk" following, by George Prentice. "A Servant of the King," by Anna Warner, was the first title of "Incidents in the Life of the Rev. George Ainslie." J. A. Roche furnished a "Life of John Price Durbin," the famous Kentucky revivalist, and Rufus M. Jones Eli and Sibyl Jones," the story of the missionary Friends. "Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler," with reminiscences by his daughter, Rosetta B. Hastings, deals with incidents of early Kansas history, while the "Diary of Philip Hone," edited with an introduction by Bayard Tuckerman, is that of a public-spirited New York citizen of the last generation. J. J. McGovern wrote the "Life of Right Rev. John McMullen, D. D.," and Hosea Ballou," by Oscar F. Safford," Asa Turner," by G. F. Magoun, and "Life and Services of J. D. Philbrick," by various writers, may be classed together, with "The Sunday-School Man of the South, Rev. J.

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McCullagh," by his son, Rev. Joseph H. McCullagh. "A Professional Biography of Moncure Robinson, Civil Engineer," was written by R. B. Osborne. "Great Leaders, Historic Portraits from the Great Historians," compiled by George T. Ferris; "Great Captains," the theme of six lectures by Col. T. A. Dodge, U. S. A.; “The Conquerors of the World," by G. T. Bettany; "Living Leaders of the World," ninety-nine biographies by Gen. Lew Wallace, James Parton, Mrs. Frank Leslie, Hon. S. S. Cox, and others; and "The Heroes of the Crusades," by Amanda M. Douglas, belong to general biography, the list being fitly closed by the “Everyday Biography" of Amelia J. Calver, arranged as a book of reference for each day of the year. A feature that developed to an amazing extent in 1889 was the compilation of genealogies of American families, among which may be mentioned "The Lindsays of America," by Margaret Isabella Lindsay: "John Lee of Agawam (Ipswich) Mass., 1634-1671, and his Descendants of the name of Lee," compiled by William Lee; "A Genealogy of the Van Voorhees Family in America," by Elias W. Van Voorhis; "Ancestry of ThirtyThree Rhode Islanders" (born in the Eighteenth Century), by John Osborne Austin; "Historic Families of Kentucky," First Series, by T. Marshall Green; "Weeks Genealogy, Leonard Weeks of Greenland, N. H., and Descendants, 16391888," by Rev. Jacob Chapman; and "Fillow, Philo, and Philleo Genealogy, a Record of the Descendants of John Fillow of Norwalk, Conn., a Huguenot Refugee from France," by D. H. Van Hoosear. The Story of an Old Farm," by Andrew D. Mellick, Jr., described "Life in New Jersey in the Eighteenth Century," with a genealogical appendix. The largest and most complete biographical work ever undertaken in this country, "Appleton's Dictionary of American Biography" (six volumes, royal 8vo), was completed early in 1889.

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Poetry. From Thomas Bailey Aldrich we had " Wyndham Towers," an English story in blank verse, and from Susan Coolidge (Sarah C. Woolsey) "A Few More Verses." In the Garden of Dreams" was a collection of lyrics and sonnets by Louise Chandler Moulton. Cup of Youth, and other Poems," by S. Weir Mitchell, possessed merit, as did "In the Woods and Elsewhere," by Dr. Thomas Hill. The Afternoon Landscape," by Thomas W. Higginson, was the title of poems and translations. Will Carleton published a volume of " City Legends," and James Whitcomb Riley "Pipes o' Pan at Zekesbury." Legend Laymone" was a narrative by Mrs. M. B. M. Toland. H. S. Fisher wrote " Ölden Times, or Pennsylvania Rural Life Some Fifty Years Ago," and Madison J. Cawein "Accolon of Gaul and other Poems." "Lake Lyrics," by W. W. Campbell came from Canada, as did "Madeleine and other Poems," by James McCarroll. "The Wooing of Grandmother Grey" was told by Kate Tannatt Woods; and a Christmas souvenir was "The Yule Log." by Celia Thaxter, illustrated by Elizabeth B. Humphrey. Collections of the poems of the late Edward Rowland Sill were made in two dainty volumes. Other noteworthy books include: "Christmas Carillons," by Annie Chambers-Ketchum; "The Children and other Poems," by Charles M. Dick

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inson; "Bluebird Notes," by Ira Billman; "Poems," by J. A. Egerton: "The Rose of Flame," by Anne Reeve Aldrich; " Mother Carey's Chickens," by Wilbur Larremore; and "Poems," by Carlotta Perry. "In Realms of Gold," by James B. Kenyon, whose "Out of the Shadows" has won high praise, passed to a second edition. "Idyls of the Golden Shore," by H. Maxwell, refer to California; Walter Learned wrote "Between Times"; W. A. Rice, "Through Broken Reeds"; and Caroline May, "Lays of Memory and Affection." Rebel Rhymes were by Elizabeth J. Hereford; The Masque of Death," by George L. Hildreth; and Harriet McE. Kimball put forth a volume of "Poems." "Sacred Idyls was a metrical version of Solomon's Song, by James Strong; the author of "Thine Forever," furnished "In the Presence"; and "Reliques of the Christ," by Denis Wortman were above the average of religious verse. To drama of the lightest type belong "To-night at Eight," comedies and comediettas by Fanny Aymer Mathews; "The Mouse Trap and other Farces," by William D. Howells; Early Vows" and "On Guard," by C. Townsend; and "The New Pandora," by Harriet H. Robinson. Elizabeth Porter Gould selected "Gems from Walt Whitman," D. B. Duffield "Stray Leaves of Life." "Musical Movements" was an anonymous selection of prose and verse, and "Curiosities of Matrimony" an odd compilation by W. Odlin. Popular verse for elocution was J. C. Harvey's "Lines and Rhymes." An unusually good anthology was presented by George Cary Eggleston in "American War Ballads and Lyrics."

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Criticism and General Literature.-Under this heading come Essays," by Henry T. King, and "Essays, Religious, Social, and Political," by David A. Wasson. Days out of Doors," by Dr. Charles C. Abbott, recorded a naturalist's rambles about home. George H. Ellwanger told The Garden's Story" in a new and attractive way. Horace Lunt gave us "Across Lots," and Bradford Torrey "A Rambler's Lease." "Indoor Studies," was a new departure by John Burroughs from the realm of nature into that of man. "Stray Leaves of Literature," was the title of thirteen essays by Frederick Saunders, author of "Salad for the Solitary." From Donald G. Mitchell we had" English Lands, Letters, and Kings," and "French Traits," by W. C. Brownell, was an essay in comparative criticism. From A. S. Hill came five papers on "Our English," and "The Jew in English Fiction," was the subject of a course of lectures by Rabbi David Philipson. Henry Van Dyke wrote on "The Poetry of Tennyson"; T. Davidson, "Prolegomena to In Memoriam ""; and W. J. Alexander" An Introduction to the Poetry of Robert Browning." Hiram Corson wrote also "An Introduction to the Study of Shakespeare," and "The True Story of Hamlet and Ophelia" was a new interpretation with a striking theory evolved by Fredericka B. Gilchrist. "Scottish Poets in America was a collection of sketches by J. D. Ross, and Ivan Panin furnished "Lectures on Russian Literature." "Principles and Practice," a series of brief essays by H. C. Trumbull, filled six small volumes. W. Dixey explained “The Trade of Authorship." Charles W. IIut

son prepared "A History of French Literature,” and a revised and enlarged edition was also made of the "Manual of Historical Literature," of Charles K. Adams. To the literature of folklore belong" Korean Tales," by H. N. Allen, Foreign Secretary of Legation for Korea; “Pawnee Hero Stories," by G. B. Grinnell; "The Tree of Mythology," by C. De B. Mills; and " Legends and Myths of Hawaii," by his Majesty King Kalakaua, edited by R. M. Daggett, late United States minister at the islands. Selections of value were: "Character and Comment," from the novels of William D. Howells, by Minnie Macoun; "Half-Hours with the Best Humorous Authors," by C. Morris; and "The World's Best Books" in the opinion of Frank Parsons and F. E. and Richardson Crawford. Huntingdon Smith compiled a "Century of American Literature";

The Ideals of the Republic," or "Great Words from Great Americans," appeared without the name of the arranger; and "Two Thousand and Ten Choice Quotations in Prose and Poetry were put together by T. W. Handford. "Anonyms, a Dictionary of Revealed Authorship," by William Cushing, supplemented the first and second series of "Initials and Pseudonyms," by that author. Anna L. Ward edited a valuable "Dictionary of Quotations in Prose from American and Foreign Authors," and "Fact, Fancy, and Fable" was compiled by Henry F. Reddall. William J. Rolfe edited "Select Poems of Wordsworth," with notes, and "Fairy Tales in Prose and Verse." "The Scientific Papers of Asa Gray" were published in two volumes, as selected and arranged by Charles S. Sargent, and "The Complete Works of Rowland G. Hazard were edited in four volumes by Caroline Hazard. Two volumes were issued of the "Century Dictionary," edited by William Dwight Whitney.

Political, Social, and Moral Science.-To politics belong: "The State, Elements of Historical and Practical Politics," by Woodrow Wilson; "Essays on Government," by A. Lawrence Lowell; "The Political Problem," by Albert Stickney, dealing with our present methods of election; a study of "The Australian Ballot System as embodied in the Legislation of Various Countries," by J. H. Wigmore; and "Politics as a Duty and a Career," by Moorfield Storey. "An Appeal to Pharaoh," anonymous, was a proposed “radical solution of the negro problem" by deportation. Philip A. Bruce treated of "The Plantation Negro as a Freeman," and J. R. Brackett of "The Negro in Maryland," and "Pleas for Progress," by Atticus G. Haygood, discussed, with other topics, the needs of the negro. Edwin Sutherland foretold "The Destiny of America, the Inevitable Political Union of the United States and Canada," and proceedings of the Scotch-Irish Congress at Columbia, May 8-11, 1889, were published under the title of "The Scotch-Irish in America." E. S. Wheeler wrote on "Prohibition"; G. Iles, on The Liquor Question in Politics": J. N. Stearns, "The Constitutional Prohibitionist"; and "The Political Prohibitionist for 1889" was a handbook for the aggressive temperance people of the United States. In connection with the subject may be mentioned "Alcohol Inside and Out," by Elisha Chenery, M. D. 66 The National Sunday Law," by Alonzo T. Jones, was an argu

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presented by Howard Crosby. Aryans, Semites, and Jews," by Lorenzo Burge, was a companion volume to Preglacial Man and the Aryan Race." Aryan Sun Myths," anonymous, was an attempt to explain all religions, and "New Light from Old Eclipses," by W. M. Page, corrected, it was claimed, errors of chronology and harmonized the four gospels. E. W. Rice wrote a "People's Commentary on the Gospel according to St. Luke," and A. C. Kendrick A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews." "Studies in St. Luke's Gospel" were made by Charles S. Robinson, who published also "From Samuel to Solomon." A. N. Brooks and D. B. Ford were joint authors of a "Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans." E. I. Erret prepared. "Evenings with the Bible." Ross C. Houghton was the author of "John the Baptist, the Forerunner of our Lord," and J. N. Fradenburgh of "Old Heroes, the Hittites of the Bible." "Famous Women of the Old Testament" was by Morton B. Wharton, and "Studies in the Four Gospels for Young People," by Rev. Jesse L. Hurlbut. "Word-Studies in the New Testament," Vol. II, was a scholarly and important contribution by Marvin R. Vincent, and "Notes on Difficult Passages in the New Testament" were provided by Elias Riggs, while J. W. McGarvey made "Class Notes on Sacred History." Sermons and general works of a religious order were: "The Dignity of Man," by Bishop S. S. Harris, of Michigan; "Sermons by the Late E. R. Welles"; "Signs of Promise," by Rev. Lyman Abbott; "The Man of Galilee," by Atticus G. Haygood; "The Immanent God, and other Sermons," by Abraham W. Jackson; "The Kingdom of the Unselfish," J. L. Peck; "Living Questions," by W. Hathaway; "Christian Thought," sixth series, edited by Charles F. Deems; 66 Supreme Things in their Practical Relations," by E. F. Burr; "Diabology," the Bishop Paddock lectures of 1889, by E. H. Jewett; Christian Manliness," by J. R. Thompson; Belief," by G. L. Chaney; "Salvation," by O. Cone; "Why am I a Friend?" by J. J. Cornell; "Christ in the Life," by W. S. Woodbridge; Revelation," by I. M. Atwood; Christ and his Teachings," a second volume from the sermons of the late A. G. Mercer; "Believing and Doing," sermons by L. H. Reid; "Prophetic Lights" and "Fathers of the Catholic Church," by E. J. Waggoner; "Future Probation examined," by W. Delos Love; "Christian Doctrine," by Jonathan Weaver; "The Physiology of the Soul," by J. H. Wythe; " Recognition after Death," by J. A. Hodge; "The Sacramental Teaching of the Lord's Prayer," by E. A. Larrabee; Emmanuel, the Story of the Messiah," by W. F. Cooley; "Modern Miracles," by Leila Thompson, with preface by Alexander McLaren;

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"The Perfection of Man by Charity," by Francis H. R. Buckler; "Unto the Uttermost," by J. M. Campbell; "Behold the Lamb of God," by H. R. Withers; and "Guide-Marks for Young Churchmen," by Bishop R. H. Wilmer, of Alabama. J. H. Hurlbut wrote "The Lesson Commentary on the International Sunday-School Lessons" for 1890, and "Sermons" on the same were published by the "Monday Club." John H. Vincent was author of "The Church-School and the Sunday-School Normal Guide." Annie Darling wrote "A Message for the King's Daughters," and "Seed-Thoughts for Workers in his Name." "Sunshine for Dark Hours" was compiled for invalids by Charles F. Deems, "Ad Lucem" by Mary Lloyd, for the distressed, and "Polished Stones and Sharpened Arrows," by C. W. Bibb, for the struggling. "Sermon Stuff," by S. D. McConnell, was a collection of skeleton sermons. E. Hungerford prepared "The American Book of Church Services," and G. T. Shinn "King's Handbook of Notable Episcopal Churches in the United States." R. F. Weidner published Vol. II of the "Theological Encyclopædia." A. C. Thompson's "Foreign Missions" and J. Liggins's "Great Value and Success of Foreign Missions" were the leading works on this subject, and Nora Marks gave "Facts about the Salvation Army." R. V. Foster wrote A Brief Introduction to the Study of Theology"; K. S. Kedney, "Christian Doctrine harmonized and its Rationality vindicated"; D. B. Purinton, "Christian Theism"; and "Theism" was the latest of "Studies in Theology" by Bishop R. S. Foster. J. C. F. Grumbine treated of An Old Religion," and J. T. Sunderland of "The Liberal Christian Ministry." "Elsmere Elsewhere,' by "a disciple of James Freeman Clarke," was from the pen of Judge B. F. Burnham. "Beacon Lights of the Reformation," by Robert F. Sample, was a collection of lectures on the life and times of Wycliffe, Savonarola, and Luther, and "Lectures on the Augsburg Confession on. the Holman Foundation," delivered during twenty years, were also published in a large volume. Carroll Cutler wrote "The Beginnings of Ethics"; J. A. Hall, "Glimpses of Great Fields"; and W. M. Salter, “Ethical Religion." Agnosticism and other Essays," by Edgar Fawcett, were provided with a prologue by Robert G. Ingersoll.

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Jurisprudence.-Vol. XXV of the "Statutes at Large of the United States "covers the period from December, 1887, to March, 1889, and was issued from the Government Printing-Office. From the same source came also Vol. II of "Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission " and the" First Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States" to that body for the year ending June 30, 1888. Notes on the Revised Statutes of the United States and the Subsequent Legislation of Congress" were published by J. M. Gould and G. F. Tucker. "Constitutional History of the United States, as seen in the Development of American Law" was the title given to a course of lectures before the Political Science Association of the University of Michigan by Thomas M. Cooley, Henry Hitchcock, and others, and "American Constitutional Law was treated in two volumes by J. I. C. Hare. A fifth edition

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of J. F. Dillon's "Removal of Causes from State Courts to Federal Courts" was revised and enlarged and adapted to the act of March 3, 1887. "The Border Land of Federal and State Decisions," by G. W. Pepper, was the Sharswood prize essay for 1889 in the Department of Law of the Pennsylvania University. O. P. Shiras compiled "Equity Practice in the United States Circuit Courts." "The Commentaries on American Law" of James Kent were edited in a revised edition with notes by W. M. Lacey, and American notes were also made by H. M. Rumsey on W. S. Shirley's "Selections of Leading Cases in the Criminal Law" and Herbert Stephens's "Law relating to Actions brought for Malicious Prosecution." Overton Howard set forth "The Life of the Law," or its universal principles. J. D. Lawson published Vols. I and II of "Rights, Remedies, and Practise at Law," to be completed in seven volumes, and D. H. Leahy wrote the "American Law Primer." "Blackstone's Elements of Law" were arranged by Ulric Blickensderfer with analytical charts, tables, and legal definitions. The Statute of Limitations and Adverse Possession" was treated by H. F. Buswell. "The Law of Arrest on Criminal Charges," by J. G. Hawley, and a "Treatise on Criminal Procedure," by Stewart Rapaljé, were supplemented by a "Brief on the Modes of proving the Facts most frequently in Issue, or collaterally in Question, on the Trial of Civil and Criminal Cases," by Austin Abbot, and a "Brief for the Trial of Criminal Cases," by that author and W. C. Beecher. "Privileged Communications as a Branch of Legal Evidence was by J. F. Hageman. G. E. Harris wrote a "Treatise on the Law of Subrogation"; Beach C. Fisk, Jr., “A Manual of the Law of Wills "; and James L. Bishop, "A Supplement to the Treatise on Insolvent Debtors." Christopher G. Tiederman was author of " A Treatise on the Law of Commercial Paper," and the "Principles of Commercial Law" were laid down for students by R. H. Thornton. J. G. Woerner wrote "A Treatise on the American Law of Administration," and Simon G. Croswell "A Treatise on the Law Relating to Executors and Administrators." "Commentaries on the Non-Contract Law" were from the pen of Joel P. Bishop, and "The General Principles of the Law of Contracts" were put into the form of rules for students by Reuben M. Benjamin. W. A. Keener published Vol. II of "A Selection of Cases on the Law of QuasiContracts." Corporations were treated by W. W. Cook, W. W. Smith wrote "A Treatise on Private Corporations," and James Parsons made "An Exposition of the Principles of Partnership." Four volumes of "Leading Cases in the Law of Real Property as decided in the American Courts' were published by G. Sharswood and H. Budd, and "Select Cases and Other Authorities on the Law of Property," by J. C. Gray. Joseph W. Errant wrote " The Law relating to Mercantile Agencies"; F. R. Mechem, A Treatise on the Law of Agency"; F. S. Wait, "A Treatise on Fraudulent Conveyances and Creditors' Bills"; and Precedents Legal and Commercial" were by E. K. Olmstead and C. Putzel. C. H. Wiltsie wrote "A Treatise on the Law and Practice of foreclosing Mortgages," and H. A. Hart and L. K. Rhodybeck “Pointers,

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a Brief Digest of Debt, Interest, Usury, Mortgage, and Foreclosure." "Assessors and Collectors" was by G. W. Cothran. To insurance belong: "A Digest of Insurance Cases," by J. A. Finch; "The Laws of Insurance," by J. B. Porter and W. F. Craies, edited with notes and American cases by H. Darrach, and "A History of Insurance in Philadelphia for Two Centuries," by J. A. Fowler. Patent law was extensively treated. Osborne & Co. published "Patent Law"; Merritt B. Hill," The Laws of the United States relating to Patents and Trade Marks"; Hector T. Fenton, "The Law of Patents for Designs, etc."; and W. Lowery," Decisions on the Law of Patents for Inventions rendered by the United States Supreme Court," making Vols. VII, VIII, X, and XI of Brodix's " American and English Patent Cases." "An Experienced and Successful Inventor," anonymous, prepared an "Inventor's Manual." "Manual of Laws relating to Pensions" was also anonymous. "Decisions relating to Public Lands" of the Department of the Interior and General Land Office were edited by S. V. Proudfit, and the "Mining Reports" of R. S. Morrison reached Vol. XV. “A Plain Treatise on the Law of Marriage and Divorce was drawn up by E. A. Hayes and G. W. Austin. Lelia J. Robinson compiled for popular use "The Law of Husband and Wife." J. B. Conkling, under the name of " Marriage and Divorce," presented an abstract of the latest divorce laws of all the States, and G. A. Endlich and L. Richards set forth "The Rights and Liabilities of Married Women in Pennsylvania." "The Powers and Duties of Police Officers" were stated by R. H. Vickers, and "Burial Law" by J. H. Corwin. "Road Legislation for the American State," was by J. W. Jenks. H. A. Gaston prepared "The People's Encyclopædia of Law," and" The American and English Cyclopædia of Law," compiled under editorial supervision of J. H. Merrill, reached Vol. X. American State Reports," edited by A. C. Freeman, reached its ninth volume; "American and English Corporation Cases," Vol. XXV; and " American and English Railroad Cases," Vol. XXXVII. Vols. XXIX and XXX of Myer's "Federal Decisions" appeared, completing the work. "National Bank Cases," by Irving Browne, contained decisions of the United States Supreme Court relating to national banks between 1881 and 1889. I. F. Paul's "United States Digest" reached Vol. XIX, and "The Complete Digest" covered July to December, 1888. "American Criminal Reports" of J. Gibbons reached Vol. VII, and in addition to the yearly reports of the States and Territories, numerous publications having reference to local legal procedure and practice were issued. W. F. Wernse & Co. published a “United States Real Estate and Law Directory," and the fourth annual issue was made of "Story's Legal Digest and Directory of Lawyers.”