Testimony is like the shot of a long bow, which owes its efficacy to the force of the shooter; argument is like the shot of the cross bow, equally forcible whether discharged by a giant or a dwarf.-BOYLE. THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF BANKING BY HENRY DUNNING MACLEOD, M.A. LATE OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AND THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER AT-LAW HONORARY MEMBER OF THE JURIDICAL SOCIETY OF PALERMO AND OF THE SICILIAN CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE SOCIÉTÉ D'ÉCONOMIE POLITIQUE OF PARIS. AND OF NEW IMPRESSION. VOLUME I. LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON E.C 4 NEW YORK, TORONTO BOMBAY, CALCUTTA AND MADRAS 1923 463698 DEC 18 1938 TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR CHARLES BOWEN, D.C.L. ONE OF THE LORDS JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEAL IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE DEAR LORD JUSTICE BOWEN, It is with the greatest pleasure that I inscribe this Work with your Name, in acknowledgment of the many kindnesses I have received from you Most earnestly hoping that you may have a long career on the Bench which you so adorn Believe me to be, Yours most faithfully and truly, H. D. MACLEOD |