THE JAMES WILSON MEMORIAL. B. A. Konkle PAGE I WILLIAM MORRIS MEREDITH. Richard Lewis Ashhurst... 201 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS LANGDELL. William Schofield 273 PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR DRAWING WILLS. John THE COURTS OF PENNSYLVANIA PRIOR TO 1701. Will- 465 529 BOOK REVIEWS AND CURRENT LEGAL PERIODICALS. BURTON ALVA KONKLE, Secretary of the James Wilson Memorial Committee. No. I. The courtesy of the AMERICAN LAW REGISTER in consenting to the issue of this Wilson number as a part of the official Memorial Program is warmly appreciated by the committee, and the secretary heartily responds to the request of the Register for a brief account of the event and its origin, which will receive fuller treatment in the Memorial Proceedings volume soon to be issued by the committee. One cannot long delve in the original records of events that have happened within the historic territory of Pennsylvania, before he begins to see the shadows that could only be cast by towering figures, and that was my own experience in regard to James Wilson, nearly a decade ago, as it was in regard to at least two other personages of striking stature, George Bryan and David Lloyd. It happened to be my duty, as well as desire, to some time present these characters more fully to his |