“The work of an accurate scholar and pleasant writer.”—Scottish Leader.
“Full of pleasant entertainment for any reader who is fond of wandering in the by-ways of literature.”—Scotsman.
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Personal Adventures of a Detective.
Pages from the Note-Books of Lieut. A. Carmichael, Glasgow Detective Department.
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