James VI and the Gowrie Mystery
by Andrew Lang
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Chapters (592)
- JAMES VI and THE GOWRIE MYSTERY
- INTRODUCTION
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- I. THE MYSTERY AND THE EVIDENCE
- II. THE SLAUGHTER OF THE RUTHVENS
- III. THE KING’S OWN NARRATIVE
- IV. THE KING’S NARRATIVE—II. THE MAN IN THE TURRET
- V. HENDERSON’S NARRATIVE
- VI. THE STRANGE CASE OF MR. ROBERT OLIPHANT
- VII. THE CONTEMPORARY RUTHVEN VINDICATION
- VIII. THE THEORY OF AN ACCIDENTAL BRAWL
- IX. CONTEMPORARY CLERICAL CRITICISM
- X. POPULAR CRITICISM OF THE DAY
- XI. THE KING AND THE RUTHVENS
- XII. LOGAN OF RESTALRIG
- XIII. THE SECRETS OF SPROT
- XIV. THE LAIRD AND THE NOTARY
- XV. THE FINAL CONFESSIONS OF THE NOTARY
- XVI. WHAT IS LETTER IV?
- XVII. INFERENCES AS TO THE CASKET LETTERS
- APPENDICES
- APPENDIX A. THE FRONTISPIECE
- APPENDIX B: THE CONTEMPORARY RUTHVEN VINDICATION
- APPENDIX C. FIVE LETTERS FORGED BY SPROT, AS FROM LOGAN
- INDEX
- Footnotes:
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