Sound decision respecting prize cases.

His views and rulings respecting confiscation of persons and property in time of war.

Personal characteristics and legal acumen.

Weight and influence of the Supreme Court of the United States.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME XI.

[Surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown.]

After the painting by Ch. Ed. Armand Dumaresq

[Puritans Going to Church]

After the painting by G. H. Boughton