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I. AT BEDFORD SCHOOL
II. IN MY UNCLE'S OFFICE
III. SECOND YEAR—THESIGER AND PLATT—MY FIRST BRIEF
IV. AT THE OLD BAILEY IN THE OLD TIMES
V. MR. JUSTICE MAULE
VI. AN INCIDENT ON THE ROAD TO NEWMARKET
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"
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