itution of the United States A brief Study of the Genesis, Formulation and Political Philosophy of the Constitution of the United States By James M. Beck, LL.D. Solicitor-General of the United States, Honorary Bencher of Gray's Inn With a Preface by The Earl of Balfour "Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he that keepeth the Law, happy is he.

He became a Bencher in 1795, and was made a Master in Chancery in 1815, through the influence of the Prince Regent.

"I was born," he tells us in that delightful sketch, "The Old Benchers of the Inner Temple," "and passed the first seven years of my life in the Temple.

I was dining with my brother benchers at the Middle Temple Hall, when a message was brought that a gentleman would like to see me "partickler" after dinner, if I could give him a few minutes.

" Find that the Students who are going to be "called within the Bar," have to be presented to the Benchers on one special evening, after dinner, in Hall.