Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-06-22
NOTES OF NEW BOOKS.
A Volume That Will Interest the
Legal Profession.


BY this time score Of reviewers will
have given Mr.. Joseph A. Willard his
proper title AZ the Boswell Of the Mas.
sachusetts bar, for bis very readable
book, Halt a Century With Judges
aud Lawyers" In ls46 he began his
duties as q clerk Of the court Of Com
mon Pleas Of Suffolk county, and Is
now clerk Of the Superior court Of
Massachusetts,. Mr.. Willard surpasses
the famous biogrspher Of Dr. Johnson
10 several respects. He never descends
10 triylalities aud is never guilty of
toad yism or hero worship. He Is one
the best Of story tellers aud his per-
sonRl anecdotes about the great men
who have pTscticed under him in half
century will live In the histories aud
biographies Of the nation Tor centuries.
He relates his Tec0lleeiions Of Rufu-
Choate, Dsniel Webster, Wendell Pbil.
lips, aRd many great lighls of the pre-
slavery period, as well ~ the siillci.ms
u the bar aud bench Of the Oid Bay
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