A collection of 12 essays on historical mysteries.

This book is annotated with a rare extensive biographical sketch of the author, Andrew Lang, written by Sir Edmund Gosse, CB, a contemporary poet and writer.

Contents:

I - The Case Of Elizabeth Canning

Ii - The Murder Of Escovedo

Iii - The Campden Mystery

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