About this Book

Holmes wrote more than than 2200 judicial opinions, as well as hundreds of reviews, essays, articles and speeches. This edition consists of three volumes of all of Holmes's non-judicial writings intended for publication or for an audience. Drawing from various sources, Novick concludes a project started in 1932, just before Holmes's death, in order to publish this comprehensive edition of Holmes's writing. Novick's efforts have produced this researched collection of works covering 76 years, from an essay written by Holmes as a Harvard sophomore in 1858 to a letter written shortly before Holmes's death in 1935.