HENRY FROwde, m.a.

PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

LONDON, EDINBURGH

NEW YORK

THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE,' 'THE AMERICAN COMMONWEALTH,' ETC.
FORMERLY REGIUS PROFESSOR OF CIVIL LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY
OF OXFORD; HONORARY FELLOW OF ORIEL AND TRINITY
COLLEGES, CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF the
INSTITUTE OF FRANCE

IN TWO VOLUMES ·.

VOLUME I

OXFORD

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

CAMBRIDGE) WITH WHOM I HAD OFTEN DISCUSSED THE TOPICS THEY DEAL WITH, AND IN WHOM I HAD ADMIRED, DURING AN INTIMATE FRIENDSHIP OF NEARLY FORTY YEARS, A SUBTLE AND FERTILE MIND, A CHARACTER OF SINGULAR PURITY AND BEAUTY, AND AN UNFAILING LOVE OF TRUTH.

THEY ARE NOW DEDICATED TO HIS MEMORY.