1910 book by Bram Stoker
Famous Impostors is the last of four non-fiction books completed by Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula.[3] It features numerous historical impostors and hoaxes.
The first edition was published by the Sturgis & Walton Company of New York in November 1910.[2] The British edition was published by Sidgwick & Jackson of London, also dated 1910, but printed in the United States.[1] Newspaper and magazine coverage implies that it was published in January 1911.[4]
Contents
Dashed (—) annotations are by Wikipedia.
- Pretenders
- Practitioners of Magic
- The Wandering Jew
- John Law
- Witchcraft and Clairvoyance
- Arthur Orton (Tichborne claimant)
- Women as Men
- Hoaxes, Etc.
- Two London Hoaxes — includes the Berners Street hoax
- The Cat Hoax — a scam to buy cats brought to a certain address
- The Military Review — a false parade announced at 1812
- The Toll-Gate — a practical joke played by Charles Mayne Young for not paying a toll
- The Marriage Hoax — a marriage stopped by the false claim that the groom already had a wife and children
- Buried Treasure — a false treasure unearthed by a victim and a swindler, which gives his share to the victim in exchange for something of value
- Dean Swift's Hoax — an alleged letter written by a criminal about his accomplices and hideouts
- Hoaxed Burglars — thieves steal a secure box containing lead
- Bogus Sausages — sausages are discovered to be skins filled with bread
- The Moon Hoax
- Chevalier d'Eon
- The Bisley Boy — was Queen Elizabeth I of England a man?
References
- ^ a b Copyright page. Full view of the UK edition, London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1910 (original from University of Wisconsin–Madison). HathiTrust Digital Library.
- ^ a b Copyright page. Full view of the US edition, New York: Sturgis & Walton, 1910 (original from University of California–Berkeley). HathiTrust Digital Library.
- ^ "Bram Stoker". Bibliography with numerous front cover images and price data. Fantastic Fiction.
- ^ Famous Impostors title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
External links
- Famous Impostors at Project Gutenberg
- Famous Impostors public domain audiobook at LibriVox
- Famous Impostors at BramStoker.org Full PDF version of Famous Impostors.