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Title: The Reminiscences Of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton)

Author: Henry Hawkins Brampton

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[Illustration: SIR HENRY HAWKINS AND "JACK." _Photo by Elliot & Fry_.]

THE

REMINISCENCES

OF

SIR HENRY HAWKINS

(BARON BRAMPTON)

EDITED BY

RICHARD HARRIS, K.C.

PREFACE.

As a preface I wish to say only a very few words--namely, that but for
the great pressure put upon me I should not have ventured to write,
or allowed to be published, any reminiscences of mine, being very
conscious that I could not offer to the public any words of my own
that would be worth the time it would occupy to read them; but the
whole merit of this volume is due to my very old friend Richard
Harris, K.C., who has already shown, by his skill and marvellously
attractive composition in reproducing my efforts in the Tichborne
case, what interest may be imparted to an otherwise very dry subject.
In that work[A] he has done me much more than justice, and for this I
thank him, with many good wishes for the success of this his new work,
and with many thanks to those of the public who may take and feel an
interest in such of my imperfect reminiscences as are here recorded.

BRAMPTON.

HARROGATE, _August 17, 1904_.

[Footnote A: "Illustrations in Advocacy" (fourth edition, Stevens and
Haynes).]

EDITOR'S PREFACE.

This volume is the outcome of many conversations with Lord Brampton
and of innumerable manuscript notes from his pen. I have endeavoured,
as far as possible, to present them to the public in such a manner
that, although chronological order has not been strictly adhered to,
it has been, nevertheless, considering the innumerable events of Lord
Brampton's career, carefully observed.

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