The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton)

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Reminiscences Of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton), by Henry HawkinsBramptonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Reminiscences Of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton)Author: Henry Hawkins BramptonRelease Date: December 6, 2003 [EBook #10392]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SIR HENRY HAWKINS ***Produced by Eric Hutton, Juliet Sutherland, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.[Illustration: SIR HENRY HAWKINS AND "JACK." Photo by Elliot & Fry.]THEREMINISCENCESOFSIR HENRY HAWKINS(BARON BRAMPTON)EDITED BYRICHARD 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 haveventured to write, or allowed to be published, any reminiscences of mine, being very conscious that I could not offer to thepublic any words of my own that would be worth the time it would occupy to read them; but the whole merit of this volumeis due to my very old friend Richard Harris, K.C., who has already shown, by his skill and marvellously attractivecomposition in reproducing my efforts in the Tichborne case, what interest may be imparted to an otherwise very drysubject. In that work[A] he has done me ...