The Reporters (book)  The Reporters is a book on the subject of law reporters, written by John William Wallace. In 1847, J. G. Marvin said of the second edition, revised, of this book:  In 1882, the New Jersey Law Journal said of the fourth edition, revised and enlarged, of this book:  In 1988, Bookman's Yearbook said that this book was "well worth using". Glanville Williams described this book as a "detailed monograph". The Harvard Law Review said, in relation to Year-Book bibliography, that this book discloses little that is valuable and its accuracy does not stand the test of verification.