Alexander Montgomerie Bell

In this chair he distinguished himself by the thoroughness and clearness of his expositions of the law of conveyancing, and by the mastery which he showed over some of the more difficult departments, ignorance of which had been a fruitful source of litigation.

Combining much research and thoughtful study with the practical administration of conveyancing, he came to be regarded as facile princeps in the department.

In a minute entered on his death in the records of the Society of Writers to the Signet, he was spoken of as one "who by his talents, assiduity, and great practical knowledge was well qualified to discharge the important duties devolved upon him [as a professor], and who was deservedly esteemed by all to whom he was personally known."

He is buried with his family in the south-east section of the original part of Grange Cemetery in south Edinburgh.

According to the Journal of Jurisprudence (August 1867), the book "is by far the most trustworthy and useful guide in the ordinary business of the lawyer's office which has yet been produced".