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BY

T H O M A S   W A T E R S,
AN INSPECTOR OF THE LONDON DETECTIVE CORPS.


BOSTON:
THAYER AND ELDRIDGE,
114 & 116 WASHINGTON STREET.
1860.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by
WENTWORTH AND COMPANY,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District ofMassachusetts.

PREFACE.

THE tales included in this volume possess a remarkable degree ofliterary merit, which renders no apology necessary for their appearancebefore the public at this time. The Detective Policeman is in somerespects peculiar to England—one of the developments of the lasttwenty-five years. He differs as much from the informer and spy of thecontinent of Europe as the modern Protective Policeman does from theold-fashioned Watchman. His occupation is of the most exciting anddangerous character, calling into requisition patient endurance andskilful diplomacy. In ferreting out the legitimate objects of justice,his record is full of “hair-breadth ’scapes,” which lend a strong odorof the romantic to his life.

We think that the reader, after having perused the following pages, willunite with us in the remark, that the true stories contained thereinhave never been equalled for thrilling interest by any productions ofmodern fiction.

CONTENTS.