The general interest aroused by the communications of An American Jurist while the series was in the course of publication in the New York Times during the month of January is the warrant for their reproduction in book form.
It should be said here that the title, "An American Jurist," was not of the author's choosing. As the communications were published anonymously, it was necessary to indicate in some manner the quality and the authority of the writer and they were described in the Times as coming from the pen of An American Jurist, an ascription of authority which, while appropriate and accurate, the author's modesty might have disclaimed.
March, 1918.