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

"Detectives of Europe and America, or Life in the Secret Service." In Detectives of Europe and America, or Life in the Secret Service, edited by McWatters, George S.. 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

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.

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