This also has become a standard book. In 1836, he wrote another little
work--one upon Patent Law, explanatory, in a practical way, of a statute
which had just before been passed, and had effected important
alterations in that department of law. He told me that "he did not like
to throw a chance away," and this "might possibly get him some briefs in
Patent cases;" but I suspect that in this he was disappointed. In the
same year he and I occupied our long vacation in preparing together a
work entitled "Select Extracts from Blackstone's Commentaries, carefully
adapted to the use of schools and young persons." We both took great
pains with this book, and it has had a large sale: but for some
whimsical reason or other, he would not allow his name to appear, though
particular in retaining a share in the copyright.

Neglected and discouraged though he was, he continued to prosecute his
studies with patient energy, appearing to me scarcely ever to spend an
idle moment. He attended very frequently the Courts at Westminster, and
on returning to chambers would spend the rest of the day in reading the
constantly-accumulating Reports, and noting their more important
contents in his favourite text-books. He constantly sat up till a very
late, or rather early hour in the morning, and would frequently, on
awaking, lie reading in bed till noon, when he would rise and take a
sparing breakfast. I recollect calling upon him one gloomy day in
December, about the time of which I am writing, to ask him to accompany
me home to dinner, as he generally did once or twice a-week. He suffered
a martyrdom from tooth-ache; and on this occasion had passed a miserable
night from that cause, not having slept at all, and his swollen face
betokened the violence of the fit. He had, nevertheless, got up much
earlier than usual, to oblige one of his friends, for whom he had
promised to draw some very pressing and difficult pleadings, which he
was finishing as I entered. When he had despatched his clerk with them,