Holmes–Pollock Letters
The Correspondence of Mr Justice Holmes and Sir Frederick Pollock, 1874–1932, Two Volumes in One, Second Edition
Oliver Wendell Holmes author Frederick Pollack author Mark DeWolfe Howe editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Published:31st Jan '61
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This fine collection is accompanied by an essay by Sir John Pollock that skillfully places the writers' ideas in the perspective of recent experience. A crucial document for lawyers, the letters are also delightful reading.
[Taking in] questions of philosophy, history and literature, touching—often wittily—on hundreds of famous personages and appealing, I should think, to anyone interested in the play of two first-rate minds…these volumes recall to us something forgotten these days: the charm…of scholarship when it is the easy tool of men who are more than scholars. -- Clifton Fadiman * The New Yorker *
It is tempting to compare the two Homers—to distinguish the finer edge and more consummate scholarship of Pollock’s mind from the larger humanity and the more travelled experience of the mind of Holmes… The editing by Professor Howe is admirable; and a full and careful index makes browsing easy and profitable. * The Manchester Guardian *
ISBN: 9780674405509
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 1279g
686 pages
2nd edition