The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton‪)‬

The Apocryphal stories are always told of celebrated men and of no one more than of Sir Henry Hawkins during his career on the Bench and at the Bar but I venture to say that there is no doubtful story in this volume and further that there is not one which has ever been told exactly in the same form before. Good stories like good coin, lose by circulation. If there should be one or two in these reminiscences which have lost their image and superscription by much handling i hope that the recasting which they have undergone will give them not only the brightness of the original mint, but a wider circulation than they have ever known.