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INTRODUCTORY. OLD KING BRADY TELLS WHY HE WROTE THE BOOK.
HOW TO BE A DETECTIVE
By OLD KING BRADY
(The World Known Detective).
In which he lays down some valuableand sensible rules for beginners,and also relates some adventuresand experiencesof well knowndetectives.
New York:
FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher,
24 Union Square.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year1902, by
FRANK TOUSEY,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington,D. C.
HOW TO BE A DETECTIVE
By OLD KING BRADY.
INTRODUCTORY.
OLD KING BRADY TELLS WHY HE WROTE THE BOOK.
Some of my friends will no doubt wonder why I shouldleave the beaten track and contrary to the course I havealways adopted of furnishing notes to my friend, the NewYork detective, write a book myself.
The fact of the matter is the number of boys who love toread my adventures has grown to be so numerous—it isaway up in the hundreds of thousands Mr. Tousey tells me—thattheir wishes have got to be respected.
For several years they have been asking for instructionsfrom me which will transform them from school-boys intofull-fledged detectives, as though touched by a magician’swand.
The idea of such a thing!
But there are many who would like to become detectivesif they could, and are willing to take time to learn the business,which, believe me, has to be learned like everything else.
Of course there may be some “smart Alecks” who have[4]picked up the business—doubtless there are—but like extrasmart people in other lines they do not often make it a success.
Therefore I say that