Unknown to History

A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland

By

Charlotte M. Yonge

PREFACE.

In p. 58 of vol. ii. of the second edition of Miss Strickland's Life ofMary Queen of Scots, or p. 100, vol. v. of Burton's History ofScotland, will be found the report on which this tale is founded.

If circumstances regarding the Queen's captivity and Babington's plothave been found to be omitted, as well as many interesting personagesin the suite of the captive Queen, it must be remembered that the artof the story-teller makes it needful to curtail some of the incidentswhich would render the narrative too complicated to be interesting tothose who wish more for a view of noted characters in remarkablesituations, than for a minute and accurate sifting of facts andevidence.

C. M. YONGE.

February 27, 1882.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. THE LITTLE WAIF
CHAPTER II. EVIL TIDINGS
CHAPTER III. THE CAPTIVE
CHAPTER IV. THE OAK AND THE OAKEN HALL
CHAPTER V. THE HUCKSTERING WOMAN
CHAPTER VI. THE BEWITCHED WHISTLE
CHAPTER VII. THE BLAST OF THE WHISTLE
CHAPTER VIII. THE KEY OF THE CIPHER
CHAPTER IX. UNQUIET
CHAPTER X. THE LADY ARBELL
CHAPTER XI. QUEEN MARY'S PRESENCE CHAMBER
CHAPTER XII. A FURIOUS LETTER
CHAPTER XIII. BEADS AND BRACELETS
CHAPTER XIV. THE MONOGRAMS
CHAPTER XV. MOTHER AND CHILD
CHAPTER XVI. THE PEAK CAVERN
CHAPTER XVII. THE EBBING WELL
CHAPTER XVIII. CIS OR SISTER
CHAPTER XIX. THE CLASH OF SWORDS
CHAPTER XX. WINGFIELD MANOR
CHAPTER XXI. A TANGLE
CHAPTER XXII. TUTBURY
CHAPTER XXIII. THE LOVE TOKEN
CHAPTER XXIV. A LIONESS AT BAY
CHAPTER XXV. PAUL'S WALK
CHAPTER XXVI. IN THE WEB
CHAPTER XXVII. THE CASTLE WELL
CHAPTER XXVIII. HUNTING DOWN THE DEER
CHAPTER XXIX. THE SEARCH
CHAPTER XXX. TETE-A-TETE
CHAPTER XXXI. EVIDENCE
CHAPTER XXXII. WESTMINSTER HALL
CHAPTER XXXIII. ...