Hardback. US Reprint. Previously published (at intervals) in the 'Edinburgh Journal'. Contents : Part I The March Assize; Part II The Northern Circuit; Part III The Contested Marriage; Part IV The Mother and Son; Part V "The Writ of Habeas Corpus"; Part VI Esther Mason; Part VII The Marriage Settlement; Part VIII The Second Marriage; Part IX Circumstantial Evidence; Part X "The Accommodation Bill"; Part XI The Refugee. Plus The Doom of English Wills From Dickens' "Household Words" (203pp-240pp). With double Frontis.+ tissue-guard. 240pp. 12mo. h/back. Blind stamped maroon cloth covers, with decorative gilt sp. and title. Lightly browned edges, a small brown 'spot' mk. which doesn't affect the text has seeped through several of the latter pp., sl. wear to head of sl. sunned sp. QQ. A Vg. copy with protective film. Scarce.