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Forensic Fables appeared first in the Law Journal and then in book form between 1926 and 1932. They were published anonymously, but their authorship was quickly guessed.
The literary style and the pictorial delineation were alike unmistakable. They were the work of Theo Mathew composed in his study on the ground floor at the back of 31 Cornwall Gardens. They show his wit in all its maturity
Preface... This volume is offered to the public with an apology; for its production violates an undertaking, given in the Preface, that Final Forensic Fables (1929) was to have no successor. The responsibility for this breach of faith must be shared between the author and the proprietors of the Law Journal who encouraged him to begin again.
As to Final Forensic Fables it may be mentioned that " The Experienced Judge, the Running Down Case, and the Law Relating to Contributory Negligence" has been referred to in the Court of Appeal (see Swadling v. Cooper, 46 T.L.R. at p. 74) ; and that the imaginary incidents of that Fable proved to be an accurate forecast of coming events (see Service v. Sundell, 46 T.L.R. 12, and Hargrove v. Burn, 46 T.L.R. 59).
Seven years have gone by since the first of the Fables was composed, and there is no danger that the above undertaking (now repeated) will again be broken. 'O'
