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asserts many things which are not to be found elsewhere and for 
which there is no authority but these pretended letters to a name- 
less correspondent. 
The tone throughout is inimical to Kaspar Hauser in a high 
degree, implying a thorough disbelief in the foundling’s story and 
a firm conviction that he was an impostor. He writes a great deal 
about the probability of Kaspar Hauser having wounded himself 
in Nuremberg, and implies that an attempted assassination was 
not believed in by the majority of the citizens. He speaks in the 
highest terms of Lord Stanhope, and praises without stint his noble 
generosity and disinterested benevolence. 
Hickel’s account of the journey into Hungary with Herr von 
Tucher and Kaspar Hauser is full of contemptuous criticism of 
the boy’s deceitful behaviour, and yet, Von Tucher declared, 
that during the whole time, Hickel never expressed by word or 
look the least doubt of Kaspar Hauser or of the importance of 
the undertaking, and Stanhope’s latest letters complained of 
Hickel’s obstinate belief in Feuerbach’s theory. 
Hickel’s conduct appears to have been false throughout. He 
said, in a legal examination recorded by Dr. Horlacher, March 
7, 1834: “Kaspar Hauser was a spoiled child, and had the 
faults of a child. For example, he lied like a child, and tried to 
excuse his faults by falsehood.” 
This testimony is very mild in comparison with the accusations 
found in the letters. Under the date of December 1, 1831, he 
speaks of Kaspar Hauser as being happily situated in Ansbach, 
going out walking every day, and riding and bathing twice a week, 
studying well, and preparing himself for the promised removal to 
London. 
But the truth is, that Kaspar Hauser was still in Nuremberg at 
that date. He was not given over to Lord Stanhope until Decem- 
ber 2 ; Herr von Tucher did not cease to be his guardian till 
December 7, and he was not placed in Meyer's care till Decem- 
ber 10, 1831. 
This is one of numerous errors and anachronisms which prove 
that the letters were put together at a later period and for a dis-