Traced and Tracked
or
Memoirs of a City Detective.
by James McGovan
OR
Memoirs of a City Detective.
AUTHOR OF “BROUGHT TO BAY,” “HUNTED DOWN,” AND“STRANGE CLUES.”
JOHN MENZIES & COMPANY
LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO.
OR,
EXPERIENCES OF A CITY DETECTIVE.
THIRTEENTHEDITION.
OR,
RECOLLECTIONS OF A CITY DETECTIVE.
ELEVENTHEDITION.
OR,
CHRONICLES OF A CITY DETECTIVE.
NINTHEDITION.
The above are uniform in size andprice with “TRACEDAND TRACKED,” and the four worksform the complete set of McGovan’s DetectiveExperiences.
KINBRAE, NEWPORT, FIFE
IS INSCRIBED, IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF HISLOVING-KINDNESS DURING A CRITICALILLNESS OF THE AUTHOR.
PREFACE.
The gratifying success of my former experiences—25,000copies having already been sold, and the demand steadilycontinuing—has induced me to put forth another volume. Indoing so, I have again to thank numerous correspondents, aswell as the reviewers of the public press, for their warmexpressions of appreciation and approval. I have also tonotice a graceful compliment from Berlin, in the translation ofmy works into German, by H. Ernst Duby; and anotherfrom Geneva, in the translation of a selection of my sketchesinto French, by the Countess Agènor de Gasparin.
A severe and unexpected attack of hæmorrhage of the lungshas prevented me revising about a third of the present volume.I trust, therefore, that any trifling slips or errors will beexcused on that account.
In conclusion, I would remind readers and reviewers of thewords