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litigant were involved and the facts could be made clearer by illustration, he would have large wall maps made showing the locus in quo, and these he
would use in his study of the case, as well as in his arguments before the court. Judge Dillon's literary work has not
been confined to writing opinions and briefs, but he has prepared many addres
ses which he delivered before bar asso
“The years of professional studies’ circuit journeyings, and judicial itiner ancies, whereof this book is in some measure the outcome, as well as the time
required for its preparation, have been taken from your society and companion ship. The only reparation possible is to lay these imperfect fruits upon your
ciations all over the country. He made a
lap. As to you indeed they justly belong. this formal dedication serves alike to
notable address at the dedication of the Free Public Library in Davenport, Iowa, in May, 1904. Among the subjects dresses of his bar are— association “The Inns and of Court other and ad—
grateful sense of obligation and affection
Westminster
memory of his wife is the “Memoirs and Memorial of Anna Price Dillon," which
accredit your title and to manifest my ate regard."
The most beautiful tribute to the Hall";
"Iowa's
Contri
bution to the Constitutional Jurispru dence of the United States"; "Early Iowa Lawyers and Judges"; "Chan cellor Kent: His Career and Labors";
was printed for private circulation Mrs. Dillon lost her life on the ill-fated La Bourgogne in July, 1898, and $00n
“Law
after Judge Dillon commenced the
Reports and Law Reporting"; “Amer ican Institutions and Laws"; “Com memoration Address on Chief Justice Marshall"; “Opening Address, First General Meeting New York County
collection of letters which his wife had written to friends and relations and
“Uncertainty in Our Laws";
Lawyers Association";
“Address of
Welcome at Banquet of New York County tham andLawyers His School Association"; of Jurisprudence"; “Ben
published them with a sketch of her life. Mrs. Dillon all her life had been active in works of charity and for the advancement of learning, and these and other incidents in her life are lovingly
commented on by Judge Dillon in the book.
“Our Law: Its Essential Nature, Eth
On “John Marshall Day," February 41
ical Foundations and Relations”; “Ben
1901, an address was delivered at Albany" New York, by Judge Dillon. His in terest in the celebration of the centennial
tham’s Influence in the Reforms of the Nineteenth Century." He was Storrs Professor at Yale University in 1891-92 and delivered a series of lectures to the students in the Law School. He afterwards published his lectures under the title of “The Laws and Jurisprudence of England and America." The work shows the scope of his study of the history and
literature of the law and his fine liter ary style. It is fitting to quote the dedicatory note in this book to his wife :
of the appointment of Chief Justice Marshall led him to undertake the W01’1‘ of collecting and editing the hundred3 of addresses that were delivered through out the United States on that day. This gating work iscomposed about sixteen of threehundred volumes, aggl'e' pages,
with an introduction. Judge Dillon's willingness to undertake any work which he thought would be of interest or value to the profession, notwithstand ing the sacrifice of his leisure time, is
