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• Francis Bacon: His Career and His Thought (Arensberg lectures series 2; Los Angeles: University of Southern California Press, c1962), by F. H. Anderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of the life of Sir Samuel Romilly (J. Murray, 1840), by Samuel Romilly (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of notable Middle Templars, with brief biographical notices. (Printed [by Butterworth and Co.] for the Honourable society of the Middle Temple, 1902), by John Hutchinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life and times of Henry, Lord Brougham (Harper, 1871), by Lord Brougham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Eminent British lawyers. (Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830), by Henry Roscoe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of eminent British lawyers (Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green :, 1830), by Henry Roscoe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Short studies of great lawyers (Albany Law Journal, 1878), by Irving Browne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Personal remembrances of Sir Frederick Pollock, second Baronet, sometime Queen's remembrancer. (Macmillan, 1887), by Frederick Pollock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Record of service of solicitors and articled clerks with His Majesty's forces, 1914-1919. (Solicitors' War Memorial Fund?], 1920), by Solicitors' War Memorial Fund (page images at HathiTrust)
• Later leaves, being the further reminiscences of Montagu Williams, Q.C. (Macmillan and Co., 1891), by Montagu Stephen Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of eminent serjeants-at-law of the English bar (W.H. Allen, 1869), by Humphrey W. Woolrych (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of Edward Vaughan Kenealy, LL. D. (John Long, 1908), by Edward Vaughan Kenealy and Arabella Kenealy (page images at HathiTrust)
• The lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, baron Guilford, lord keeper of the great seal, under King Charles II and King James II : The Hon. Sir Dudley North, commissioner of the customs, and afterwards of the Treasury, to King Charles II : And the Hon. and Rev. Dr. John North, master of Trinity college, Cambridge, and clerk of the closet to King Charles II (H. Colburn, 1826), by Roger North, Henry Colburn, and Henry Roscoe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Selections from the writings of the late J. Sydney Taylor, : with a brief sketch of his life. (C. Gilpin, 1843), by J. Sydney Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biographical history of Sir Wm. Blackstone (Printed for the author and sold by J. Bew, in Pater. Noster-Row, 1782), by D. Douglas (page images at HathiTrust)
• A lawyer's life on two continents (R.G. Badger, 1919), by Wallis Nash (page images at HathiTrust)
• Law and lawyers, or, Sketches and illustrations of legal history and biography. (Carey & Hart, 1841), by Archer Polson and James Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some experiences of a barrister's life (R. Bentley & son, 1898), by William Ballantine (page images at HathiTrust)
• The bench and the bar (F.B. Rothman, 1985), by James Grant (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Life of Romilly (J. Murray, 1842), by Samuel Romilly, George Wallis Haven, and Charles Doe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Law and lawyers : a sketch book of legal biography, gossip, and anecdote (G. Routledge, 1858), by Archer Polson and James Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recollections of the public career and private life of the late John Adolphus, the eminent barrister and historian : with extracts from his diaries (T. Cautley Newby, 1871), by Emily Henderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lord Brougham considered as a lawyer ([s.n.], 1868), by John Harvard Ellis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Later leaves : being the further reminiscences of Montagu Williams, Q.C. (Macmillan, 1893), by Montagu Stephen Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Leaves of a life : being the reminiscences of Montagu Williams. (Houghton, Mifflin, 1890), by Montagu Williams, George Henry Lamson, and Percy Lefroy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Learned in the law, or, Examples and encouragements from the lives of eminent lawyers (S.W. Partridge, 1882), by W. H. Davenport Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life sketches of eminent lawyers, American, English and Canadian to which is added thoughts, facts and facetiae (Lawyers' International Pub. Co., 1895), by G. J. Clark (page images at HathiTrust)
• Later leaves : being the further reminiscences of Montagu Williams, Q.C. (Macmillan, 1891), by Montagu Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of the Right Honourable Francis North Baron of Guilford, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, under King Charles II. and King James II. : Wherein are inserted the characters of Sir Matthew Hale, Sir George Jeffries, Sir Leoline Jenkins, Sidney Godolphin, and others, the most eminent lawyers and statesmen of that time (Printed for John Whiston, 1742), by Roger North and Montagu North (page images at HathiTrust)
• Later leaves : being the further reminiscences ofMontagu Williams, Q.C. (Macmillan, 1891), by Montagu Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some experiences of a barrister's life (R. Bentley & Son, 1882), by William Ballantine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some experiences of a barrister's life (W.S. Hein, 1972), by William Ballantine (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Mr Hayward's letters (J. Murray, 1886), by A. Hayward and Henry E. Carlisle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some experiences of a barrister's life (R. Bentley, 1882), by William Ballantine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diary of John Manningham: Of the Middle Temple, and of Bradbourne, Kent, Barrister‑at‑Law, 1602-1603, by John Manningham, ed. by John Bruce (Gutenberg ebook)
• The grandeur of the law, or, An exact collection of the nobility and gentry of this kingdom whose honors and estates have by some of their ancestors been acquired or considerably augmented by the practice of the law or offices and dignities relating thereunto the name of such ancestor, together with the time in which he flourished, the society in which he was a member, and to what degree in the law he arrived being perticularly [sic] expressed / by H.P. (London : Printed for Arthur Jones ..., 1684), by H. P. (Henry Philipps) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• A Book About Lawyers, by John Cordy Jeaffreson (Gutenberg ebook)

• The unequalled collection of engraved portraits belonging to Hon. James T. Mitchell ... embracing the lord chancellors and chief justices of Great Britain, eminent English lawyers, kings and queens of Great Britain, English princes and princesses, and members of royal families, mostly engraved in mezzotinto, to be sold ... February 26 ... and ... February 27, 1908 ... (Press of W. F. Fell company, 1908), by James T. Mitchell (page images at HathiTrust)

• Autobiographic memoirs (Macmillan and co., limited, 1911), by Frederic Harrison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ramblings of a rolling stone (T. Fisher Unwin, 1924), by Gerald Philip Stevens (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diary, reminiscences, and correspondence of Henry Crabb Robinson ... (Houghton, Mifflin, & co., 1898), by Henry Crabb Robinson and Thomas Sadler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Autobiographic memoirs (AMS Press, 1977), by Frederic Harrison (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper: Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father, by William Cooper (Gutenberg ebook)

• Biographical sketch of David Milne Home, LL. D., F.R.S.E., F.G.S., etc. (D. Douglas, 1891), by G. M. H. (Grace Milne Home) (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Chronicles of an Old Inn: or, A Few Words About Gray's Inn (London: Chapman and Hall, 1887), by Andrée Hope
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• The story of the Inns of court (The Houghton Mifflin company, 1924), by D. Plunket Barton, Francis Watt, and Charles Benham (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Middle Temple bench book: being a register of benchers of the Middle Temple from the earliest records to the present time, with historical introduction (London, Printed at the Chiswick press and pub. by order of the Masters of the bench, 1912), by England) Middle Temple (London and Arthur Robert Ingpen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bench and bar; a complete digest of the wit, humor, asperities, and amenities of the law. (Harper & Brothers, 1867), by L. J. Bigelow (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Victorian chancellors (Smith, Elder, & co., 1906), by J. B. Atlay (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A Philadelphia lawyer in the London courts (Holt, 1912), by Thomas Leaming (page images at HathiTrust)
• Strictures on the lives and characters of the most eminent lawyers of the present day: (G. Kearsley, 1790), by Leman Thomas Rede and Edward Wynne (page images at HathiTrust)
• The profession of an accountant : characteristics, etiquette, registration, recognition and some notes on the legal profession (with appendices) (Gee & Co., 1925), by Albert Crew (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pleasantries of English courts and lawyers : a book about lawyers (J. Cockcroft, 1876), by John Cordy Jeaffreson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recollections of bar and bench (Longmans, Green & Co.;, 1915), by Richard Everard Webster Alverstone (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Legal peers of England (E. Spettigue, 1843), by Edward Foss (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of eminent British lawyers. (Carey & Hart, 1841), by Henry Roscoe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Black books. (Lincoln's Inn, 1897), by England) Lincoln's Inn (London, Ronald Roxburgh, W. Paley Baildon, and J. Douglas Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Students admitted to the Inner Temple. 1547-1660. (Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, 1878), by England) Inner Temple (London and William Henry Cooke (page images at HathiTrust)
• The story of the Inns of court as told (The Houghton Mifflin company, 1924), by D. Plunket Barton, Francis Watt, and Charles Benham (page images at HathiTrust)
• A book about lawyers (Hurst and Blackett, 1867), by John Cordy Jeaffreson (page images at HathiTrust)
• A book about lawyers. (New York, G. W. Carleton & co.; [etc., etc.], 1867), by John Cordy Jeaffreson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorials of the early lives and doings of great lawyers. (T. Nelson and sons, 1866), by C. L. Brightwell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of the Right Honourable Francis North, Baron of Guilford, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, under King Charles II. and King James II. wherein are inserted the characters of Sir Matthew Hale, Sir George Jeffries, Sir Leoline Jenkins, Sidney Godolphin, and others, the most eminent lawyers and statesmen of that time. (J. Whiston, 1742), by Roger North (page images at HathiTrust)
• Forty years at the criminal bar; experiences and impressions (T.F. Unwin ltd., 1916), by Edmund Desanges Purcell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The bench and bar of England (W. Blackwood, 1919), by J. Andrew Strahan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Law and lawyers; or, Sketches and illustrations of legal history and biography. (Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1840), by Archer Polson and James Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Concerning solicitors, by one them. (London, Chatto & Windus, 1920), by Augustine Birrell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Students admitted to the Inner Temple, 1571-1625. (F. Cartwright, Printer, 1868), by England) Inner Temple (London and William Henry Cooke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook of the Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom. Part I. Historical and general. Part II. Charters, acts, bye-laws, regulations, &c. (Pub. by authority of the Council of the Incorporated Law Society, 1898), by Law Society (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The bench and bar of England (W. Blackwood and Sons, 1919), by J. Andrew Strahan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bench and bar : a complete digest of the wit, humor, asperities, and amenities of the law (Harper & brothers, 1871), by L. J. Bigelow (page images at HathiTrust)
• Men and books famous in the law (The Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Co., 1921), by Frederick C. Hicks (page images at HathiTrust)
• The bench and the bar. (H. Colburn, 1837), by James Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jottings of an old solicitor (Dutton, 1906), by John Hollams (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A Philadelphia lawyer in the London courts (H. Holt, 1911), by Thomas Leaming (page images at HathiTrust)
• L. L. L. Catalogue of engravings of some distinguished British jurists and a few other noted men (The Argus company, printers, 1907), by Anna Fenn Parker Pruyn and Francis Lee Dewey Goodrich (page images at HathiTrust)
• Legal masterpieces : specimens of argumentation and exposition (Callaghan and Co., 1903), by Van Vechten Veeder (page images at HathiTrust)
• A short history of solicitors (Reeves & Turner, 1896), by Edmund B. V. Christian (page images at HathiTrust)
• The lawyer, his character and rule of holy life : after the manner of George Herbert's Country parson (W. Pickering, 1842), by Edward O'Brien (page images at HathiTrust)
• Law and lawyers, or, Sketches and illustrations of legal history and biography. (Carey & Hart, 1841), by Archer Polson and James Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
• The biographical history of Sir William Blackstone, late one of the justices of both benches ... and A catalogue of Sir William Blackstone's work, manuscript, as well as printed. With a Nomenclature of Westminster-Hall. The whole illustrated with notes, observations, and references. Also, a preface and index to each part (The author, 1782), by David H. Douglas and Henry N. Ess (page images at HathiTrust)
• A book about lawyers. (Hurst and Blackett, 1867), by John Cordy Jeaffreson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Criticisms upon the bar (Printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1819), by John Payne Collier, Henry N. Ess, and George Game Day (page images at HathiTrust)
• The bench and the bar (E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1839), by James Grant and H. Sessions (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old benchers of the Inner Temple (Clarendon press, 1927), by Charles Lamb and F. D. MacKinnon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jottings of an old solicitor (J. Murray, 1906), by John Hollams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Masters of the bench of the hon. Society of the Inner Temple, 1450-1883, and masters of the Temple, 1540-1883 (Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, limited], 1883), by England) Inner Temple (London (page images at HathiTrust)
• Law and laughter (T.N. Foulis, 1914), by George A. Morton and D. Macleod Malloch (page images at HathiTrust)
• The records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn ... (Lincoln's Inn :, 1896), by England) Lincoln's Inn (London and W. Paley Baildon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Coif, Order of (The Boston Book Co., 1897), by Alexander Pulling (page images at HathiTrust)
• The legal profession : viewed in the light of its past history, its present state, and projected law reforms (W. Ridgway, 1873), by William Thomas Charley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Animadversions upon the present laws of England; or, An essay to render them more useful and less expensive to all His Majesty's subjects. To which is added, a proposal for regulating the practice, and reducing the numbers of attornies, sollicitors, &c., with a supplement, humbly submitted to the serious consideration of both houses of Parliament (Printed for M. Cooper, 1750) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Practice and usage in the solicitor's profession (The Law society, 1909), by Law Society (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The records of the Society of Gentlemen Practisers in the Courts of Law and Equity called the Law Society (Pub. by the Incorporated Law Society, 1897), by Society of Gentlemen Practisers in the Courts of Law and Equity (Great Britain), Cecil Newson Smith, and Incorporated Law Society (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le barreau anglais. Discours prononcé (Alliance typographique, M.J. Poot et compagnie, 1873), by Maurice van Meenen and Conférence du Jeune barreau de Bruxelles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Attorneys and solicitors, The law of (W. H. Bond [etc], 1854), by Alexander Pulling (page images at HathiTrust)
• A letter to a member of Parliament : with some few remarks on the act made for the better regulation of attornies and sollicitors, &c. : together with animadversions on the grievances the subjects of England, especially the poor, labour under, with regard to the great fees paid by them when prosecuting for their debts and dues : and a method humbly proposed, how the poor may have the benefit of the laws at a cheaper rate : to which is annexed, A table of ecclesiastical fees (Printed for T. Warner, and sold by I. Leake, 1730), by Thomas Andrews (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speeches delivered at a banquet given by members of the bench and bar of England, to representatives of the bench and bar of the United States of America. July 27th, 1900 (Printed by Hicks, Wilkinson & Sears, 1900) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Law and lawyers : a sketch book of legal biography, gossip, and anecdote (G. Routledge, 1858), by Archer Polson and James Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
• The lawyer, his character and rule of holy life: after the manner of George Herbert's Country parson. (Carey and Hart, 1843), by Edward O'Brien (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of former members. (Printed for the Club [by Hazell, Watson and Viney, ld.], 1895), by London Institute and John Savill Vaizey (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Handbook of the Law society. (Published by authority of the Council of the Law Society, 1905), by Law Society (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The organisation of the profession. Local law societies. (Printed by Solicitors' law stationery society, limited, 1922), by Samuel Foster Butcher (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The moral, social, and professional duties of attorneys and solicitors (Harper & Bros., 1861), by Samuel Warren (page images at HathiTrust)
• The modern lawsuit some of its steps : a message to the profession (Carswell, 1915), by Barrister of Osgoode Hall (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Barrister-at-law : an essay on the legal position of counsel in England (William Clowes and Sons, 1905), by James Robert Vernam Marchant (page images at HathiTrust)
• The English bar. Address delivered at the thirtieth annual meeting of the New York state bar association, held at the city of Albany, N.Y., on the 15th and 16th of January, 1907 ... ([n.p., 1907), by Joseph Hodges Choate (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Renaissance lawyers ([Evanston, Ill., 1916), by John Maxcy Zane (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jottings of an old solicitor (J. Murray, 1906), by John Hollams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Edwin Wilkins Field : a memorial sketch (Macmillan and Co., 1872), by Thomas Sadler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Inns of Court calendar; a record of the members of the English bar, their Inns of Court ... With lists of the judges and officers of the Supreme Court of Judicature, the metropolitan, county, and other local courts, etc. (Butterworths, 1877), by Charles Shaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• The moral, social, and professional duties of attorneys and solicitors (F.B. Rothman & Co., 1991), by Samuel Warren (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Law and laughter (Phillips, 1910), by George A. Morton and D. Macleod Malloch (page images at HathiTrust)
• A practical guide to the bar. (H. Cox, 1904), by T. Bateman Napier and Richard M. Stephenson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reminiscences of Charles Butler : with 1. An essay on the mystical devotions of Catholics and Protestants, 2. A correspondence between the late Dr. Parr and Mr. Butler, 3. And, considerations on the present proceedings for the reform on the English courts of equity, on a charge brought against conveyancers, solicitors, and attornies, and on Mr. Humphrey's "Observations on the actual state of real property in England." (Wells and Lilly, 1827), by Charles Butler and Samuel Parr (page images at HathiTrust)
• The law and lawyers laid open : in twelve visions. To which is added, plain truth, in three dialogues, between Truman, Skinall, Dryboots, three attorneys, and Season, a bencher. (printed for T. Woodman ... and J. Chrichley, 1737), by J. A. Purves (page images at HathiTrust)
• The progress and practice of a modern attorney : exhibiting the conduct of thousands towards millions, to which are added, the different stages of a law suit, and attendant costs, with instructions to both creditors and debtors; together with select cases of individuals who have suffered from the chicane of pettyfogging attornies, and the oppression which flows from the present law practice, concluding with advice to young tradesmen. (Printed for the author, A. Grant, 1794), by A. Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Order of the Coif (William Clowes & Sons, 1884), by Alexander Pulling and Order of the Coif (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The portrait gallery of eminent lawyers. (Shea & Jenner, 1880), by Hamilton Wright Mabie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life sketches of eminent lawyers, American, English and Canadian, to which is added thoughts, facts and facetiæ ... (Lawyers' international publishing co., 1895), by Gilbert J. Clark (page images at HathiTrust)
• The advocate : his training, practice, rights and duties (J. Crockford, 1852), by Edward W. Cox (page images at HathiTrust)
• Illustrations in advocacy : including two breaches of promise of marriage : analysis of Sir Henry Hawkins' speech in the Tichborne prosecution for perjury : his cross-examination of "Old Bogle" as to the tattoo marks : analysis of Cicero's defence of Roscius for murder : County Court entertainments, a humble address to our future judges, &c., &c. (Waterlow Bros. & Layton, 1884), by Richard Harris, George Elliott, and Henry Hawkins Brampton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook of the incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom : Part I, Historical and general ; Part II, Charters, acts, bye-laws, regulations, &c. (Council of the incorporated Law Society, 1898), by Law Society (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Victorian chancellors (Little, Brown, 1906), by J. B. Atlay (page images at HathiTrust)
• Address ... delivered at the thirty-eighth provincial meeting of the Law society, held at Liverpool, 4th and 5th October 1920. (Printed by the Central stationary and printing co., 1920), by Charles Henry Morton and Law Society (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Partnership between solicitors; a collection of precedents (Sweet & Maxwell (etc., etc.), 1894), by Willers de Saussure Fowke, James Fitzpatrick, and Edward B. Henderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to the legal profession, the London LL.B., and to students' law books, with suggested courses of reading. (London, 1922), by Sweet & Maxwell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Address (Solicitors' law stationery society, 1922), by Arthur Copson Peake and Law Society (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Guide to the legal profession, the London LL.B., and to students' law books, with suggested courses of reading. (London, 1920), by Sweet & Maxwell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Address by ... ([London], 1921), by John James Dumville Botterell and Law Society (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Introduction to Anglo-American law. Covering briefly legal philosophy, legal history, legal biography, legal bibliography. ([Indiana University], 1926), by Hugh Evander Willis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chronicles of an Old Inn; Or, A Few Words about Gray's Inn, by Andrée Hope (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Philadelphia Lawyer in the London Courts, by Thomas Leaming (Gutenberg ebook)

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