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Title: The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I.
A Judge of the High Court of Justice

Author: Sir Leslie Stephen

Release Date: May 28, 2009 [eBook #28980]

Language: English

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SIR JAMES FITZJAMES STEPHEN

[Illustration: _Walker & Boutalls Ph. Sc._

J F Stephen

_From a drawing by G. F. Watts. R. A. 1863._]

London. Published by Smith Elder & C^o. 15 Waterloo Place.

THE LIFE OF SIR JAMES FITZJAMES STEPHEN, BART., K.C.S.I.

A Judge of the High Court of Justice

by his brother

LESLIE STEPHEN

With Two Portraits

London
Smith, Elder, & Co., 15 Waterloo Place
1895

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PREFACE

In writing the following pages I have felt very strongly one
disqualification for my task. The life of my brother, Sir J. F. STEPHEN,
was chiefly devoted to work which requ