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Detectives of Europe and America, or Life in the Secret Service

McWatters, George S., ed. Detectives of Europe and America, or Life in the Secret Service. Hartford: J. B. Burr and Hyde, 1879.
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Full title: "Detectives of Europe and America, or Life in the Secret Service: A Selection of Celebrated Cases in Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, Poland, Egypt, and America. A Revelation of Struggles and Triumphs of the most Renowned Detectives on the Globe for the Past Twenty-Five Years. Profusely Illustrated."

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McWatters, George author

McWatters edits this collection of detective stories, which includes a number of his own tales in addition to those of detectives from Europe.

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McWatters, George

Pages 23-70 contain a shortened version of the biography of McWatters found in Knots Untied by "a well known literary gentleman of New York." The remainder of the work contains a number of stories by McWatters about his exploits in addition to those from various European detectives.