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Title: Historical Mysteries

Author: Andrew Lang

Release Date: June 25, 2006 [EBook #18679]

Language: English

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HISTORICAL MYSTERIES

BY

ANDREW LANG

WITH A FRONTISPIECE

_SECOND EDITION_

LONDON
SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE
1905

[All rights reserved]

[Illustration: William Smith 1754 Pinx. Mac Ardell. Mezzo.

Elizabeth Canning.

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 15 Waterloo Place, S.W.]

PREFACE

These Essays, which appeared, with two exceptions, in _The Cornhill
Magazine_, 1904, have been revised, and some alterations, corrections,
and additions have been made in them. 'Queen Oglethorpe,' in which
Miss Alice Shield collaborated, doing most of the research, is
reprinted by the courteous permission of the editor, from _Blackwood's
Magazine_. A note on 'The End of Jeanne de la Motte,' has been added
as a sequel to 'The Cardinal's Necklace:' it appeared in _The Morning
Post_, the Editor kindly granting leave to republish.

The author wishes to acknowledge the able assistance of Miss E.M.
Thompson, who made researches for him in the British Museum and at the
Record Office.

CONTENTS

PAGE

I. THE CASE OF ELIZABETH CANNING 1

II. THE MURDER OF ESCOVEDO 32

III. THE CAMPDEN MYSTERY 55

IV. THE CASE OF ALLAN BRECK 75

V. THE CARDINAL'S NECKLACE 99

VI. THE MYSTERY OF KASPAR HAUSER: THE CHILD OF EUROPE 118

VII. THE GOWRIE CONSPIRACY 143

VIII. THE STRANGE CASE OF DANIEL DUNGLAS HOME 170

IX. THE CASE OF CAPTAIN GREEN 193

X. QUEEN OGLETHORPE (_in collaboration with Miss
Alice Shield_)