In order to avoid an interruption of the narrative which a footnote must always cause, the editorial comments have been placed in the bibliography at the end of each monograph, to which those who differ from the author are requested to refer. Although the addition of the lists of authorities has robbed the book of due proportion, the fact that the useful adage “when found make a note of” has been observed will, it is hoped, cause the loss to be balanced by the gain.

The author wishes to acknowledge his obligations to Mr John Arthur for his kindness in verifying references in the British Museum; to Mr Isaac Edwards of Bolton for similar help; to the editors of the Henley Advertiser, the Carlisle Journal, and the Tiverton Gazette for access to the files of their newspapers; to the rectors of Henley, Feltham, Mottram, St Sepulchre’s, Holborn, and St Martin’s, Ludgate, for permission to consult the church register; to Mr Richard Greenup of Caldbeck for information concerning the Beauty of Buttermere; and to Mrs Bleackley for the list of Wynne Ryland’s engravings.

CONTENTS

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[The Love Philtre.] The Case of Mary Blandy, 1751-17521
[A Bibliography of the Blandy Case]35
[The Unfortunate Brothers.] The Case of Robert and Daniel Perreau and Margaret Caroline Rudd, 1775-177639
[A Bibliography of the Perreau Case]70
[The King’s Engraver.] The Case of William Wynne Ryland, 178374
[A Bibliography of the Ryland Case]107
[A List of William Wynne Ryland’s Engravings]110
[A Sop to Cerberus.] The Case of Governor Wall, 1782-1802112
[A Bibliography of the Wall Case]144
[The Keswick Impostor.] The Case of John Hadfield, 1802-1803146
[A Bibliography of the Hadfield Case]175
[A Famous Forgery.] The Case of Henry Fauntleroy, 1824—
[Part I. The Criminal and his Crime]178
[Part II. Some Details of the Forgeries]207
[Fauntleroy and the Newspapers]220
[Notes on the Fauntleroy Case]224
[Index]227

ILLUSTRATIONS

1.[The Execution of the Idle Apprentice at Tyburn, by Hogarth]FrontispiecePAGE
2.[Mary Blandy. Mezzotint by T. Ryley after L. Wilson]to face1
3.[The Divinity School, Oxford, where Miss Blandy was tried]”23
4.[The Execution of Miss Blandy. From an engraving by John Cole]35
5.[Messrs Robert and Daniel Perreau in the Dock]to face39
6.[Margaret Caroline Rudd. Line engraving by G. Sibelius after D. Dodd]”47
7.[Mrs Margaret Rudd in the Dock. Drawn and engraved by G. Bartolozzi]”61
8.[William Wynne Ryland. Drawn and engraved by P. Falconet]”74
9.[His Majesty King George III. Line engraving by W. W. Ryland after Allan Ramsay]”84
10.[Charles Rogers. Mezzotint by W. W. Ryland after Sir Joshua Reynolds]”87
11.[General Stanwix’s Daughter. Stipple engraving by W. W. Ryland after Angelica Kauffman (an example of the famous ‘red-chalk’ manner)]”90
12.[Angelica Kauffman. Stipple engraving by T. Burke after Sir Joshua Reynolds]”110
13.[Governor Wall. An etching by J. Chapman]”112
14.[John Hadfield. Etched by J. Chapman]”146
15.[The Beauty of Buttermere. Coloured engraving after John Smith]”152
16.[Mary of Buttermere. Stipple engraving by Mackenzie from a drawing by W. M. Bennet]”158
17.[Mary of Buttermere. Etched by James Gillray]”173
18.[Henry Fauntleroy. From a sketch by “A. V.”]”178
19.[James Harmer. Line engraving by T. Wright from a drawing by A. Wivell]”192
20.[Fauntleroy’s Trial at the Old Bailey. By W. Read]”195
21.[Catnach’s Broadside of Fauntleroy’s Execution]”204

F. Wilson Pinxt. T. Riley Fecit.

Miss Blandy

Now confined in Oxford Gaol on Suspicion of Poisoning her Father.