Bruce, Harry

Corporate navigator : the life of Frank Manning Covert / Harry Bruce ; foreword by Peter C. Newman.  Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 1995. ix, 294 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, ports. ; 24

Johnston, Justin

James Robinson Johnston : the life, death, and legacy of Nova Scotia's first black lawyer / Justin Johnston.  Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2005. xvii, 85 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Girard, Philip

Patriot jurist : Beamish Murdoch of Halifax, 1800-1875 / by Philip V. Girard.  Halifax : The Author, 1998. x, 349 pages ; 29 cm.

Cahill, Barry

The colored barrister : the short life and tragic death of James Robinson Johnston 1876-1915 1992. pages 336-379.

Yorke, Lois K.

The Madonna of the legal profession / Lois K. Kernaghan.  1991. ppages 26-27.