Excerpt from An Essay on the Law of Bailments The affection of the English public for the name of Sir william J ones has consecrated the following Essay to immortality; and, as the principles of a classical and refined taste must for ever remain the same, time cannot impair the estimation of its various excellencies. It ought, however, to have been intitled differently: it is, properly, an essay on the principle of the bailee's legal responsibility; but the law of bailments comprises the whole circle of cases and decisions which have arisen peculiarly from the contracts of this species. To supply the other portions of the law is the principal object of the notes and appendix. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.