assist the most advanced student or professional mind, it is that large class of self-reliant, strenuous and democratic spirits who, from the fields, farms and workshops are pushing forward by their own sheer merit into positions of trust and confidence, and taking the helm in affairs political, social and industrial, that are chiefly to be benefited. We trust that the method herein presented of encouraging a knowledge of the laws and institutions of our advanced civilization will meet with the approval of the general public, and be a help and a benefit to those who desire this knowledge. CONTENTS. The Chief Difficulty of the Student.. Same Subject-This Difficulty Avoided. ... 2 3 4 5 6 .... L SELECTED CHAPTERS FROM BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES. Author's Introduction to the Study of Blackstone. . . . . . . . |