Excerpt from On Circumstantial Evidence, Vol. 1 of 3 The old Chateau des Lauriers, now sunk into decay, was once the pride and glory of the city in Belgium near which it stood. It was the country seat of the Barons Van Lippen, and their children had been born and flou rished there for centuries past. It was sur rounded by a wood of chestnut, beech and elm trees - a dairy farm was attached to the estate - large lawns and flower gardens were laid out in front of it, and a noble avenue of a quarter of a mile in length led to its approach. The Chateau itself, a square white building, with innumerable shuttered win. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.