Historical Mysteries

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Andrew Lang. Historical Mysteries

Historical Mysteries

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THE CASE OF ELIZABETH CANNING

II

THE MURDER OF ESCOVEDO

III

THE CAMPDEN MYSTERY

I

II

IV

THE CASE OF ALLAN BRECK

V

THE CARDINAL'S NECKLACE

VI

THE MYSTERY OF KASPAR HAUSER: THE CHILD OF EUROPE

VII

THE GOWRIE CONSPIRACY

VIII

THE STRANGE CASE OF DANIEL DUNGLAS HOME

IX

THE CASE OF CAPTAIN GREEN

X

QUEEN OGLETHORPE

XI

THE CHEVALIER D'ÉON

XII

SAINT-GERMAIN THE DEATHLESS

XIII

THE MYSTERY OF THE KIRKS

XIV

THE END OF JEANNE DE LA MOTTE

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Andrew Lang

Published by Good Press, 2019

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In some other cases witnesses were very stupid—could not tell in what month Christmas fell. One witness, an old woman, made an error, confusing January 16 with January 23. A document on which she relied gave the later date.

If witnesses on either side were a year out in their reckoning, the discrepancies would be accountable; but Pratt, for example, could not forget when he left Enfield for Cheshunt, and Farmer Smith and Mrs. Howard could be under no such confusion of memory. It may be prejudice, but I rather prefer the Enfield evidence in some ways, as did Mr. Paget. In others, the Dorset evidence seems better.

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