Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, by DAVID HOFFMAN, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of Maryland.

JOHN D. ΤΟΥ, PRINTER.

TO THE HONOURABLE

JOSEPH STORY, LL. D.

ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND

CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT.

DEAR SIR:

IN dedicating this work to you, I make the spontaneous though inconsiderable offering, of a grateful heart, for the many services which your distinguished labours in legal science have conferred on me, in common with all who have noted the progress of philosophical jurisprudence in our country.

It has often been remarked, that every subject has its peculiar science; and no one better knows the fact than yourself; as also, that the art of study may be greatly assisted, by imparting to it the portion of philosophy which really belongs to it. The life of