CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
FAMILY HISTORY
PAGE
I.James Stephen, Writer on Imprisonment for Debt[1]
II.James Stephen, Master in Chancery[8]
III.Master Stephen's Children[25]
IV.The Venns[33]
V.James Stephen, Colonial Under-secretary[41]
CHAPTER II
EARLY LIFE
I.Childhood[66]
II.Eton[77]
III.King's College[86]
IV.Cambridge[91]
V.Reading for the Bar[114]
CHAPTER III
THE BAR AND JOURNALISM
I.Introductory[131]
II.First Years at the Bar[136]
III.The 'Saturday Review'[148]
IV.Education Commission and Recordership[165]
V.Progress at the Bar[173]
VI.Essays by a Barrister[177]
VII.Defence of Dr. Williams[184]
VIII.View of the Criminal Law[203]
IX.The 'Pall Mall Gazette'[212]
X.Governor Eyre[227]
XI.Indian Appointment[231]
CHAPTER IV
INDIA
I.Personal History[237]
II.Official Work in India[246]
III.Indian Impressions[282]
IV.Last Months in India[291]
CHAPTER V
LAST YEARS AT THE BAR
I.First Occupations in England[298]
II.Liberty, Equality, Fraternity[306]
III.Dundee Election[340]
IV.Codification in England[351]
V.The Metaphysical Society[358]
VI.The Criminal Code[375]
VII.Ecclesiastical Cases[381]
VIII.Correspondence With Lord Lytton[386]
IX.Appointment to a Judgeship[401]
Note on Residence in Ireland[405]
CHAPTER VI
JUDICIAL CAREER
I.History of Criminal Law[410]
II.Nuncomar and Impey[428]
III.Judicial Characteristics[437]
IV.Miscellaneous Occupations[450]
V.James Kenneth Stephen[468]
VI.Conclusion[477]
Bibliographical Note[483]
Index[487]

ILLUSTRATIONS

Portrait from a Drawing by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1863[Frontispiece]
" " Photograph by Bassano, 1886to face p. [410]

LIFE

OF

SIR JAMES FITZJAMES STEPHEN