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ANCIENT, CURIOUS AND FAMOUS WILLS
“A truce to jesting; let me have a confessor to confess me, and a notary to make my will."
ANCIENT CURIOUS AND FAMOUS WILLS
BY VIRGIL M. HARRIS MEMBER OF THE SAINT LOUIS BAR, LECTURER ON WILLS IN THE SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LAW, TRUST OFFICER OF THE MERCANTILE TRUST COMPANY OF SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND AUTHOR OF “THE TRUST COMPANY OF TO-DAY,” ETC.
“The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.”
BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1911 Copyright, 1911, By Little, Brown, and Company. All rights reserved. Printed by C. H. Simonds &. Co. Boston, U. S. A. TO THE LATE HONORABLE JACOB KLEIN OF SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI WHOSE LONG AND USEFUL CAREER AT THE BAR AND WHOSE STERLING CHARACTER, LEARNING AND WISDOM ENTITLE HIS NAME TO A PLACE IN THE GALAXY OF GREAT AMERICAN LAWYERS THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED