Strange clues, or, Chronicles of a city detective

Short stories Bound in illustrated paper-covered boards Copital! -- A harvest mystery -- The square-toed bluchers -- Little Liz's locket -- A cracksman's ruse -- A waif of the gutter -- A silver-plated button -- Bonnie Bell, the machinist -- Spirit rappers -- Unclaimed money -- Larks! -- The blood-stone ring -- The wife-killer -- Self executioners -- Aileen O'Reilly's task -- Needle Nip's strange record -- A spider's web -- An unburied burglar -- Caught in a grey coat -- The cam'-staned door step -- The missing tools -- An old score -- An expensive prescription -- Dead beat, an incident of the bank failure -- A splutter of ink -- A woman's love -- Born to crime -- A house with crimson blinds -- The diamond-ringed apprentice -- The umbrella mender's quest Topp, C.W. Victorian yellowbacks & paperbacks, 1849-1905 Electronic reproduction digitized The online edition of this book in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by the Emory University Digital Library Publications Program