AUTHOR OF “DOROTHY OSBORNE’S LETTERS,” “JUDGMENTS IN VACATION,”
“THE SCARLET HERRING,” “KATAWAMPUS: ITS TREATMENT
AND CURE,” “BUTTER SCOTIA,” ETC.

LONDON

SMITH, ELDER & CO., 15, WATERLOO PLACE

1912

[All rights reserved]

To

My Partner, Comrade and Wife

This Volume is dedicated

CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
I.FAREWELL MANCHESTER[1]
II.HOME[10]
III.STUDENT DAYS[32]
IV.CALLED TO THE BAR[49]
V.EARLY MEMORIES OF MANCHESTER[65]
VI.QUARTER SESSIONS[84]
VII.THE SENTENCE OF DEATH[105]
VIII.JUDGES OF YESTERDAY[125]
IX.FIRST BRIEFS[147]
X.ALARUMS AND EXCURSIONS[163]
XI.THE COMPLEAT CITIZEN[179]
XII.THAT REMINDS ME[199]
XIII.THE PEARK[219]
XIV.OVERTIME[238]
XV.PHARISEES AND PUBLICANS[257]
XVI.THE MANCHESTER STAGE[278]
XVII.QUOTATIONS FROM QUAY STREET[293]
XVIII.DEALING IN FUTURES[311]
INDEX[317]