Edgar Vine Hall

PREFACE

CHAPTER I THE ROMANCE OF WILLS

CHAPTER II WILLS NOT FULFILLED

CHAPTER III DR. JOHNSON'S WILL

CHAPTER IV DEATH-BED DISPOSITIONS

CHAPTER V WILLS BY WORD OF MOUTH

CHAPTER VI THE POLYCODICILLIC WILL

CHAPTER VII EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PIETY

CHAPTER VIII THE DEAD HAND

CHAPTER IX WILLS OF FANCY AND OF FANTASY

CHAPTER X STRIFE

CHAPTER XI LOVE AND GRATITUDE

CHAPTER XII THE SERVANT PROBLEM

CHAPTER XIII ANIMALS AND PETS

CHAPTER XIV THE WAY OF ALL FLESH

CHAPTER XV BURIALS AND FUNERALS

CHAPTER XVI WILLS AND GHOSTS

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS

(1908)

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In Preparation

SPIRITUAL TESTAMENTS

OR

PRAYERS AND PREFACES FROM
WILLS, &c.

THE
ROMANCE OF WILLS
AND TESTAMENTS

BY
EDGAR VINE HALL

T. FISHER UNWIN
LONDON: ADELPHI TERRACE
LEIPSIC: INSELSTRASSE 20

1912

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