J. U. BAUDRY

M. Désiré Girouard, Montréal.

MonTREAL, 18 Janvier, 1860.

Mon Cxer MonsteuR,

J'ai lu avec beaucoup de satisfaction votre Essai sur les Lettres de Change et les Billets Promissoires,

Je suis heureux d’observer que vous avez su co-ordonner avec

beaucoup de succès la doctrine des auteurs avec la jurisprudence,

qui s’est formée progressivement depuis plusieurs années en Bas- Canada.

Vous avez fait ressortir avec beaucoup d'avantage pour le public les traits les plus saillants de notre législation actuelle sur cette partie importante du droit commercial.

La partie historique est traitée de la manière la plus lucide et indique, de votre part, une connaissance approfondie de l’histoire du droit et de la jurisprudence.

J'ai l'honneur d’être, Monsieur, Votre obéissant serviteur,

P. KR. LAFRENAYE, B. C, L.

M. Désiré Girouard, Montréal.

MonTRear, November, 1859.

Dear Se,

I have read the manuscript of your Essay on Notes and Bills and have much pleasure in expressing the high opinion I have formed of its merits. The want of a work of the kind, exhibiting in an orderly and comprehensive form, the present state of our law on this subject, has long been felt : and your little treatise, supplying this want, forms a valuable manual, which should be in the hands of every student and man of business,

I am, Dear Sir, Yours very truly,

J. 3. C. ABBOTT, B. C. L.

Dean of the Faculty of Law, McGill College.

D. Girouard, Esquire, Montreal.

MonTREAL, 21st November, 1859.

Dzan Sn,

I have perused with much satisfaction your Treatise on Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes. I regard it as a work deserving the attention of those engaged in the study and practice of the law, but more particularly of such wo from the nature of their commercial pursuits, are more immediately interested in its publication. The collection of numerous cases decided by our Courts, many of which are not reported, bearing upon important questions of commercial law, gives to the work a value which commercial men will not fail to acknowledge. The review you have made of che law of France, Engiand, tho United States and our Statute law, coupled with the decisins you have collected together of the Courts of Upper and Lower Canada, is evidence of the labor and research you have bestowed in the compilation of the work, and affords a bright promise for your future career in the profession of the Law.

| Ï remain, Dear Sir, Your very obedient servant,