LEGAL TALENT IN CLASS OF '94

Kent Knowlton, Esq., of the class of 1894, and now a member of the Boston Bar, is the editor of the revised edition of an important legal treatise, Bigelow on Fraudulent Conveyances, recently published by Little, Brown & Co. of Boston. The literary qualification of Mr. Knowlton for editorial work would be assumed by all persons who remember the distinction he achieved in his English studies while an undergraduate, but his selection for this special task was a pleasing recognition of his professional attainments by one of the most eminent legal scholars of our generation, his own instructor in the Law School of Boston University, Dr. Melville Madison Bigelow.

The editor's preface to this volume, his summary of recent legislation on the subject of Fraudulent Conveyances, and his notes, all give evidence of the scholarly quality of his work and are marked by logical order, lucidity of expression, and grace of style which, unhappily, often is wanting in legal text books. It is to be hoped that Mr. Knowlton may undertake some larger work in the field of legal literature for which his talent and training so well fit him.

It is noteworthy that the class of 1894 contains an exceptionally large number of lawyers who already have won distinction in their profession. It includes among others, in addition to Mr. Knowlton: John E. Allen, ex-judge of probate of Cheshire county, N. H.; Sherman E. Burroughs, who has held numerous important positions in the state of New Hampshire, and was a candidate for nomination to Congress in his district in 1910; Henry H. Hurd of Claremont, who several times has been a member of the legislature of New Hampshire, and a member of the house judiciary committee; Dwight Hall of Dover, now mayor of that city; William H. Lyon of Boston, who has been of counsel of the Shaw estate,and the valedictorian of the class, Mat B. Jones, who is the office attorney of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company.