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

INDEX

Footnotes:

The Gowrie Coat of Arms. In the ‘Workman’ MS.

JAMES VI
and
THE GOWRIE MYSTERY

by
ANDREW LANG

with gowrie’s coat of arms in colour, 2 photogravure portraits
and other illustrations

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1902

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