VII. AN EPISODE AT HERTFORD QUARTER SESSIONS VIII. A DANGEROUS SITUATION--A CASE OF FORGETFULNESS IX. THE ONLY "RACER" I EVER OWNED--SAM LINTON, THE DOG-FINDER X. WHY I GAVE OVER CARD-PLAYING XI. "CODD'S PUZZLE" XII. GRAHAM, THE POLITE JUDGE XIII. GLORIOUS OLD DAYS--THE HON. BOB GRIMSTON, AND MANY OTHERS--CHICKEN-HAZARD XIV. PETER RYLAND--THE REV. MR. FAKER AND THE WELSH WILL XV. TATTERSALL'S--BARON MARTIN, HARRY HILL, AND THE OLD FOX IN THE YARD XVI. ARISING OUT OF THE "ORSINI AFFAIR" XVII. APPOINTED QUEEN'S COUNSEL--A SERIOUS ILLNESS--SAM LEWIS XVIII. THE PRIZE--FIGHT ON FRIMLEY COMMON XIX. SAM WARREN, THE AUTHOR OF "TEN THOUSAND A YEAR" XX. THE BRIGHTON CARD-SHARPING CASE XXI. THE KNEBWORTH THEATRICAL ENTERTAINMENTS--SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON--CHARLES DICKENS, CHARLES MATHEWS, MACREADY, DOUGLAS JERROLD XXII. CROCKFORD'S--"HOOKS AND EYES"--DOUGLAS JERROLD XXIII. ALDERSON, TOMKINS, AND A FREE COUNTRY--A PROBLEM IN HUMAN NATURE XXIV. CHARLES MATHEWS--A HARVEST FESTIVAL AT THE VILLAGE CHURCH XXV. COMPENSATION--NICE CALCULATIONS IN OLD DAYS--EXPERTS--LLOYD AND I XXVI. ELECTION PETITIONS XXVII. MY CANDIDATURE FOR BARNSTAPLE XXVIII. THE TICHBORNE CASE XXIX. A VISIT TO SHEFFIELD--MRS. HAILSTONE'S DANISH BOARHOUND XXX. AN EXPERT IN HANDWRITING--"DO YOU KNOW JOE BROWN?" XXXI. APPOINTED A JUDGE--MY FIRST TRIAL FOR MURDER XXXII. ON THE MIDLAND CIRCUIT XXXIII. JACK XXXIV. TWO TRAGEDIES XXXV. THE ST. NEOTS CASE XXXVI. A NIGHT AT NOTTINGHAM XXXVII. HOW I MET AN INCORRIGIBLE PUNSTER XXXVIII. THE TILNEY STREET OUTRAGE--"ARE YOU NOT GOING TO PUT ON THE BLACK CAP, MY LORD?" XXXIX. SEVERAL SCENES XL. DR. LAMSON--A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY--A WILL CASE XLI. MR.J.L. TOOLE ON THE BENCH XLII. A FULL MEMBER OF THE JOCKEY CLUB XLIII. THE LITTLE MOUSE AND THE PRISONER--THE BRUTALITY OF OUR OLD LAWS XLIV. THE LAST OF LORD CAMPBELL--WINE AND WATER--SIR THOMAS WILDE XLV. HOW I CROSS-EXAMINED PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON XLVI. THE NEW LAW ALLOWING THE ACCUSED TO GIVE EVIDENCE--THE CASE OF DR. WALLACE, THE LAST I TRIED ON CIRCUIT XLVII. A FAREWELL MEMORY OF JACK XLVIII. OLD TURF FRIENDS XLIX. LEAVING THE BENCH--LORD BRAMPTON L. SENTENCES LI. CARDINAL MANNING--"OUR CHAPEL" APPENDIX THE REMINISCENCES OF SIR HENRY HAWKINS. (NOW LORD BRAMPTON.) * * * * * CHAPTER I. AT BEDFORD SCHOOL. My father was a solicitor at Hitchin, and much esteemed in the county of Hertford. He was also agent for many of the county families, with whom he was in friendly intercourse. My mother was the daughter of the respected Clerk of the Peace for Bedfordshire, a position of good influence, which might be, and is occasionally, of great assistance to a young man commencing his career at the Bar. To me it was of no importance whatever.