Abstract

The Recorder of Birmingham

The article presents information on the book "The Recorder of Birmingham: A Memoir of Matthew Davenport-Hill; With Selections From His Correspondence," by his daughters, Rosamond and Florence Davenport-Hill. Memorial volumes by near relations constitute, as a rule, a class of literature by itself which has to be judged by special rules. The tendency of the authors of such books is always to print much that had far better remain in manuscript, and at the same time to leave out much that would really interest the public. Matthew Hill was born in 1792 and died in 1872, at the age of seventy-nine. Although not a famous lawyer, he was a man of remarkable abilities, and filled the judicial positions to which he was called with success.