Historical Mysteries by Andrew Lang
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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
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[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