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OUR CELEBRATED SERIES OF 
DETECTIVE TALES AND ADVENTURES 
The Diary of a Detective Police Officer. This batch 
of Stories was also written by the famous London Detective “ Watbks,” 
and have had an immense sale. It is wonderful to read about the tricks, 
disguises and stratagems this shrewd officer employed to accomplish his ex¬ 
traordinary arrests, and to bring a lot of cunning rogues to justice. Some¬ 
times “ Waters ” got into what is called “ a tight place," and was glad to 
escape with his life ; but he generally managed to “nab” his prey before 
they found out who he was. This splendid book embraces twenty very in¬ 
teresting tales, written under the following titles : One Night in a Gam¬ 
ing-House ; Guilty or Not Guilty; X. Y. Z.; The Widow; The Twins; 
The Pursuit; Legal Metamorphoses; The Revenge; Mary Kingsford; 
Flint J ohnson; The Monomaniac; The Partner; The Conspiracy; Mark 
Stretton ; The Dramatic Author; The Two Widows ; Mrs. Witherton ; The 
Orphans; Helen Forsyth ; The Stolen Letter, a Lawyer’s Story. Large 
octavo. Price..— 75 ets. 
Leaves from the Note-Book of a New York 
Detective; or, The Private Record of J. B. Some of these are extraor¬ 
dinary stories, and all of them well told. The book has the interest of a 
single story, with the advantage, to the reader of being able to stop at the 
close of each part without annoyance. Of the relative merits of each tale 
it is difficult to speak, since they are so diverse in character. There is 
something very exciting about these stories ; the reader partakes of the 
hopes and fears of the Detective as his prospect of success waxes or wanes, 
and enjoys a glow of satisfaction at his ultimate triumph. Some of the 
situations the Detective gets into are very perilous, for it is no joke to be in 
the clutches of a forger, counterfeiter, burglar or murderer, made desperate 
by the certainty of being punished if secured and delivered to the ministers 
of justice. Large octavo. Price.. 75 cts. 
Strange Stories of a Detective; or, Curiosities of 
Crime, There is something very thrilling and fascinating about these 
stories; and the immense sale this collection is having is an evidence of its 
popularity with the reading public. However startling the incidents may 
be, there is no improbability about them. Indeed, the book bears internal 
evidence of being a transcript of personal experience, or based on it; and 
many of the cases will be recognized by readers familiar with the annals of 
the police. They are all pictures of the time, and well painted at that. 
Large octavo. Price.... 75 cts. 
The Experiences of a French Detective. This is a 
collection of very startling stories, showing how a shrewd French Detective 
outwitted a lot of cunning French criminals. The adventures of the officer 
are very thrilling. The disguises and tricks he adopted to entrap the 
scamps he had to catch, and the hair-breadth escapes he made from dan¬ 
gerous situations, together with his ultimate success, furnish matter for a 
continued narrative that is dramatic in the extreme, and show that “ Truth 
is stranger than Fiction.” Large octavo. Price.. 75 cts. 
Autobiography of a London Detective. Tins series 
of powerful Tales is by “ Watehs,” who was a famous London Detective 
officer, and the book produced a great sensation when first published in 
England, the sale exceeding 100,000 copies. This work embraces seventeen 
Stories, all founded upon the facts that occurred in the eventful experience 
of this celebrated Officer. No person who loves exciting reading should 
fail to get this interesting book. Large octavo. Price. 75 cts. 
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