Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-10-02

many years ego DIT EuWdfu SuSden
wrote for an English law journal series Of
ssFetters to Man of Property These
letters were written in an attractive and
popular style, and embraced such legal
subjects as would be Of the greatest interest
from town, who had often to act, from want
of advice. on his own judgment. The jour
nal in which they were published was
much sought for, both in England and in
this country. So we'll did they cover the
ground, and so popular did they become,
that they were subsequently collected and
published in the book. The book met with
an extensive circulation, and, after Sir Ed
ward became Lord Saint Leonard, was re-
written and new edition given to the
public called. ! think, "Lord Saint Leon
ar's Laws of Property which became still
more popular with the legal profession and
with business men.
A few years later Theophilus Parsons,
l.. l.. d of the Law School OF Harvard
University, then in the zenith of his power
as lawyer. commenced the preparation of
work on the Laws of Business mod
eled after Lord Saint Leonard's book The
work became exceedingly popular, and
thousands of the clearest headed business
men in the country pronounced it to be a
book they could not afford to get along
without. The author had. however, given
to it only such leisure as the duties of Dane
Professor left him, aud compiled it mainly
from the law books he had already made
for the profession. He determined there
fore at some future day to retire and make
a new edition of the work. To make the
book as useful as 1t might be, superhuous
matter was to be5efHminated, plain English
sentences were to take tie place Of techni-
cal terms, and many chapters of new topics
and very many more Forms inserted He
entered upon the contemplated new edition,
but became satisfied it would not suffice,
and that nothing would suffice but new
copyright, and under it q new book, which
should cover all the ground intelligent pur-
chasers had a right to expect a book of its
kind would occupy. This new book he has
now brought to perfection, retaining a part
Of the former title. but calling it an enlarg-
ed and improved edition to distinguish it
from the old.
This remarkable volume not only super
cedes the one modelled after Lord Saint
Leonard's. but is the only book of the kind
which has ever been endorsed by the Chief
Justice Of the United States, the Associate
Justices of the Supreme Court, and the
most eminent jurists and lawyers of the
country. 1t not only covers all those lega
questions which constantly arise in connec-
ton with property and the everyday trans
actions of the community, but each princi-
pie discussed is concisely drawn from the
most recent decisions of the courts.
AS to the Forms, they have been so larg-
ly multiplied as to embrace every legal in
strument in common use. The author we'll
says: "He must be bold lawyer who
would undertake to prefer Forms of his
own make to those which the courts and
common use have sanctioned" This Pro.
fessor Parsons has not done, but has en-
braced only those Forms which have stood
the test of judicial criticism and been sane
toned by courts of law. A critical exami-
nation of them satisfies the writer that
they comprise the most useful, and only
safe, collection of the kind he has ever seen.
The book is thus made as we'll indispensi-
BILE to the lawyer, the business man and
the FARMER, as W every man VINO buys, sells
or makcs bargains In nothing the author
has published has he labored more strenu-
ously to make his work satisfy the just re-
quirements and reasonable expectations of
thinking and prsctical men.
Who Theophilus Parsons is, is known to
every lawyer, as he is the learned author of
a number Of standard works which have
become classical in the profession. He was
long time on the bench as Chief Justice
of his native State, which position he re-
signed to accept the Professorship of Law
in Harvard University. In every position
in which he has acted, whether as lawyer,
judge, lecturer or writer, he has distinguish
ed himseli.-From Writer on Jurispru-
dence.
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