Henry J. Coke: Tracks of a Rolling Stone

Henry J. Coke: Tracks of a Rolling Stone
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Tracks of a Rolling stone is a funny and personable autobiography by Henry J. Coke, who was alive during the death of King George IV. Excerpt: "I helped myself, unawed by the situation, and with my small fist clutching the bonbons, was passed on to Queen Adelaide. She kissed me, for form's sake, I thought; and I scuttled back to my mother. But here followed the shocking part of the infant terrible's adventure. Not quite sure of Her Majesty's identity—I had never heard there was a Queen—I naïvely asked my mother, in a very audible stage-whisper, 'Who is the old lady with—?"