an ordinary man, the remarkable progress then made might
have gone for nought; but with Judge Bennett at its head, the Boston Law
School has continually justified the hopes and wishes of its founders.
This result could only have been brought about by the patient
supervision, watchful energy, and valuable experience, which are clearly
set forth in the rare character of its Dean.

In the fall of 1879 the corps of lecturers was increased by the name of
Truman H. Kimpton, lecturer on the Constitution of the United States;
and three special instructors were appointed to assist the
lecturers,--Messrs. Wayland E. Benjamin, George R. Swasey, and John E.
Wetherbee; and in 1880 the list of instructors was further increased by
Austin V. Fletcher. In 1881 Benjamin R. Curtis took his father's place
as lecturer on the Jurisdiction and Practice of the United States
Courts. John Lathrop came to lecture on Corporations, and Francis L.
Wellman was added to the corps of instructors. In 1883 Edward J. Phelps
began to lecture on Constitutional law, and continued his connection
with the school till his departure to England, as United States Minister
at the Court of St. James.

The year 1883 also marked the retirement from the school of Hon. Henry
W. Paine, who for eleven years had filled the chair of Lecturer on Real
Property. "So thoroughly was he master of his subject, difficult and
intricate as it confessedly is, that in not a single instance, except
during the lectures of the last year, did he take a note or scrap of
memoranda into the class-room."[A]

In 1884, owing to the receipt of several large legacies, the University
was enabled to provide new quarters for the Law School. A large and
well-built house, No. 10 Ashburton place, was purchased by the
corporation, and was at once remodelled in accordance with a careful
plan which one of the best architects in the city had devised. This
house was formerly the residence of the late Mr. Augustus H. Fiske, the
well-known lawyer, who died many years ago. Mr. Fiske was a remarkable
man. His practice was very extensive throughout Suffolk and Middlesex
counties, and he is said to have been in the habit of entering more
cases at the terms of the courts than any other lawyer of his day. He
made it a point to reach his office before seven o'clock in the morning,
and he generally remained there till late in the evening. The
consequence was that he broke down rather early in life, and died in his