Ancient Curious and Famous Wills (1911)

<p>This collection of wills will be enjoyed by the layman the lawyer and the scholar as a reflection of the individual cited and of their times. All sorts of wills from the sublime to the absurd are included such as the will of a pig clauses in wills concerning slaves the wills that established the Nobel Prize and the Rhodes scholarship and many more.</p><p>This fascinating volume contains the text of wills that are “ancient”: Confucius’ will Solon’s introduction of wills to the ancient Greeks; wills that are “curious”: a will that attempts to bequeath property to the devil bequests to pets; and wills of the “famous”: well-known authors (Rabelais Dickens etc.) European royalty (Napoleon Mary Queen of Scots etc.) and U.S. presidents (George Washington Thomas Jefferson etc.). Well-indexed by subject and name.</p><p> </p>