It is announced that a statue of William Blackstone, whose famous "Commentaries on the Laws of England" is still a standard legal work, is to be erected in London.
Blackstore was born in London in 1728, and the statue is the gift of America. whose laws have been founded on his "Commentaries." The design and execution of the statue have been entrusted to Mr. Paul W.. Bartlett, the well-known Americar. sculptor, who is now engaged upon the work in his Paris studio, The statue is to be in bronze; and, in-eloding the "base of. plinth,-will be sight fect in height, the figure Blackstone being life size.
So far no decision has been geachod in regard to the site of the statue, which it is hoped will be publicly unveiled next July, when the conference of American, Canadian, and English lawyers' will be held in London.
The American Committee responsible for the scheme comprises all the living ex-Presidents of the American Bar Association, with the Chief Justice of the United States, Mr. Wiliam Howard "Taft, airman,
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