Reprint of the original, first published in 1858. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

First Published in 1993. Not intended as a new biography of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes or as a critical study of his legal philosophy, this book’s intention is to help fill a gap in the studies of Holmes. Without denying the power with which Holmes reacted against intellectual traditions of the nineteenth century, the author hopes to show that natural law and transcendentalist philosophy formed important vital sources of his mature legal theory.

Includes "Vol. I, 90 heliotypes, 33 views and 57 portraits from photographs. Vol. II, 50 heliotypes from photographs of views. James R. Osgood and Company, Boston produced the heliotypes. ..."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 53.