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Excerpt from The Law Magazine, or Quarterly Review of Jurisprudence, 1843, Vol. 29 In the chapter on costs, the author contents himself with stating the grounds on which they are granted or refused, and the means by which they are recovered, &c., and omits all mention of their probable amount. As a writer on principles, he was correct in making this omission; but as a practical guide, he would have conferred a greater benefit on his countrymen, had be furnished them with some data by which they might collect the average expense of prosecuting with effect a writ of error or an appeal. A gentleman, on taking his seat in the House of Commons, was overheard not long since indulging in the following soliloquy: I began life a rich man; I have stood three contests, and am at length suc cessful. Well, my fortune is still sufficient to qualify me for a member, and, thank God, my opponent has not got a shirt to his back. If the costs of proceedings in Courts of last resort had been stated in the Treatise before us, the public might have learnt, ' what is known to the profession, that in this free and enlightened country, it is not at the hustings only that fortunes may be lost. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.