ANCIENT, CURIOUS AND FAMOUS

WILLS

"A truce to jesting; let me have a confessor to confess me, and a notary to make my will.”

CURIOUS AND FAMOUS

WILLS

BY

VIRGIL M. HARRIS

MEMBER OF THE SAINT LOUIS BAR, LECTURER ON WILLS IN THE
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LAW, TRUST OFFICER
OF THE MERCANTILE TRUST COMPANY OF SAINT LOUIS,
MISSOURI, AND Author of "THE TRUST COMPANY
OF TO-DAY," ETC.

"The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,
And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave,

Await alike the inevitable hour:

The paths of glory lead but to the grave."

BOSTON

LITTLE BROWN, AND COMPANY

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