“There is a large mass of information in this capital volume, and it is so pleasantly put that many will be tempted to study it. Mr. Andrews has done his work with great skill.”—London Quarterly Review.
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THE LAWYER in HISTORY, LITERATURE, AND HUMOUR,
Edited by WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S.
CONTENTS.
Introduction—Law Amongst Primitive Races—Ivo, Saint and Lawyer—Benefit of Clergy—Chaucer’s Man of Law—The Law in Shakespeare—Revels at the Inns of Court—The Law in Scott—Dickens’ Lawyers—Literary Lawyers—The Law in Rhyme—Fighting Lawyers—The Costume of the Law—Curious Circuit Customs—The Last Execution for Witchcraft—Curious Legal Facts, Customs, and Fictions—People in the Pillory—Amenities of the Bench and the Bar—Curiosities of the Witness Box—The Law and Laughter—Lawyers and Eloquence—Sealed and Delivered—A carefully compiled Index.
It will be gathered from the foregoing list of contents that the volume is one of unusual interest and value. The work may be read with pleasure and profit, and merits a place in the reference library.
PRESS OPINIONS
“A welcome addition to the lighter literature of the law.”—The Times.
“A considerable amount of historical and literary information.”—Daily News.