[9] They are in the possession of Mr. Walter Blaikie, who kindly lent them to me.
[10] Hachette, Paris, 1903. The author has made valuable additions and corrections.
[11] The Story of Kaspar Hauser from Authentic Records. Swan Sonnenschein & Co., London, 1892.
[12] Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, vol. vii. pp. 221-257.
[13] 'The True Discourse of the Late Treason,' State Papers, Scotland, Elizabeth, vol. lvi. No. 50.
[14] Burton, History of Scotland, v. 336.
[15] The story, with many new documents, is discussed at quite full length in the author's King James and the Gowrie Mystery, Longmans, 1902.
[16] I follow Incidents in My Life, Series i. ii., 1864, 1872. The Gift of Daniel Home, by Madame Douglas Home and other authorities.
[17] Home mentions this fact in a note, correcting an error of Sir David Brewster's, Incidents, ii. 48, Note 1. The Earl of Home about 1856 asked questions on the subject, and Home 'stated what my connection with the family was.' Dunglas is the second title in the family.
[18] The curious reader may consult my Cock Lane and Common Sense, and The Making of Religion, for examples of savage, mediæval, ancient Egyptian, and European cases.