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Excerpt from The Antiquary, Vol. 13: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past; January June, 1886 The district round Westminster Hall and Westminster Hall itself are rich in the grandest historical associations; and in con nection with this district a very great deal of pamphlet-writing has been from time to time performed, which gives us a view of the less dignified portion of the doings at West minster. Of crowns and coronets, robes of ermine and ceremonial offices, we shall hear nothing, but of a much more real life which underlay all this. The lawyers, rightly or wrongly, have been the subject of much antagonistic treatment, and in the satires and invectives hurled against them, or in the de fences put forward in their behalf, we can discover many interesting glimpses of the past in London. It is not, Of course, proper to take all the narratives from these sources as absolutely true in all details, but under neath the extravagances lies the truth upon which the superstructure of satire has been reared; and it is for this truth, and for the amusement afforded by a perusal Of the whole information, that these articles, of which this is the first, are written. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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