A Book About Lawyers by John Cordy Jeaffreson is an entertaining and discursive history of the legal profession, chiefly in England, told through anecdote, biography, and social observation. Jeaffreson, a prolific Victorian author, gathers a wealth of stories about judges, barristers, and the customs of the law over the centuries.
The book ranges over the manners, dress, wit, and foibles of lawyers, their habits at the Inns of Court, their dealings with clients, and their place in society. Written in a genial and gossipy style, it aims to amuse while preserving curious details of legal history and tradition. For readers interested in the law, social history, or simply a good store of anecdotes, the work offers a colourful portrait of the bench and bar in earlier times.