PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION. 



THE kind reception by the Legal Professions of a 

 law book I published not long ago, on a very dry 

 subject, allows me to hope that a little work on a 

 fascinating one will experience equal kindness from 

 the larger body to whom it is addressed. If the 

 suggestions in the following pages meet public 

 approval, I will feel happy to add such further 

 information as limited experience and persevering 

 experiment may enable me to offer. 



JOHN ADAIE. 



May, 1870. 



