ender his work as perfect as possible, and to
supply a reliable history of those which are entitled to rank as
_causes celebres_. The book must speak for itself. It is put forward
in the hope that, while it may serve to amuse the hasty reader in a
leisure hour, it may also be deemed worthy of a modest resting-place
in the libraries of those who like to watch the march of events, and
who have the prudent habit, when information is found, of preserving a
note of it.

CONTENTS

JACK CADE--THE PRETENDED MORTIMER,

LAMBERT SIMNEL--THE FALSE EARL OF WARWICK,

PERKIN WARBECK--THE SHAM DUKE OF YORK,

DON SEBASTIAN--THE LOST KING OF PORTUGAL,

JEMELJAN PUGATSCHEFF--THE SHAM PETER III.,

OTREFIEF--THE SHAM PRINCE DIMITRI,

PADRE OTTOMANO--THE SUPPOSED HEIR OF SULTAN
IBRAHIM,

MOHAMMED BEY--THE COUNTERFEIT VISCOUNT DE
CIGALA,

THE SELF-STYLED PRINCE OF MODENA,

JOSEPH--THE FALSE COUNT SOLAR,

JOHN LINDSAY CRAWFURD--CLAIMING TO BE EARL
OF CRAWFURD,

JOHN NICHOLS THOM--_ALIAS_ SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY,

JAMES ANNESLEY--CALLING HIMSELF EARL OF
ANGLESEA,

CAPTAIN HANS-FRANCIS HASTINGS--CLAIMING TO
BE EARL OF HUNTINGDON,

REBOK--THE COUNTERFEIT VOLDEMAR, ELECTOR
OF BRANDENBURG,

ARNOLD DU TILH--THE PRETENDED MARTIN
GUERRE,

PIERRE MEGE--THE FICTITIOUS DE CAILLE,

MICHAEL FEYDY--THE SHAM CLAUDE DE VERRE,

THE BANBURY PEERAGE CASE,

JAMES PERCY--THE SO-CALLED EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND,

THE DOUGLAS PEERAGE CASE,

ALEXANDER HUMPHREYS--THE PRETENDED EARL
OF STIRLING,

THE SO-CALLED HEIRS OF THE STUARTS,

JOHN HATFIELD--THE SHAM HONOURABLE ALEXANDER
HOPE,

HERVAGAULT--_SOI-DISANT_ LOUIS XVII. OF FRANCE,

MATURIN BRUNEAU--_SOI-DISANT_ LOUIS XVII. OF
FRANCE,

NAUeNDORFF--_SOI-DISANT_ LOUIS XVII. OF FRANCE,

AUGUSTUS MEVES--_SOI-DISANT_ LOUIS XVII. OF
FRANCE,

RICHEMONT--_SOI-DISANT_ LOUIS XVII. OF FRANCE,

THE REV. ELEAZAR WILLIAMS--_SOI-DISANT_ LOUIS
XVII. OF FRANCE,

THOMAS PROVIS CALLING HIMSELF SIR RICHARD
HUGH SMYTH,

LAVINIA JANNETTA HORTON RYVES--THE PRETENDED
PRINCESS OF CUMBERLAND,

WILLIAM GEORGE HOWARD--THE PRETENDED
EARL OF WICKLOW,

AMELIA RADCLIFFE--TH