The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-02-27

The Great Frcnch Writer intr oduced
Him to the World Of Ficton-The
Genius Of Foo and Gaboriau and
Conan Doye's Sherlock Holmes.
Most persons who read detective
stories, and most literary critics, too,
believe that this very popular form OF
fiction was invented by Edgar Allan
/ Poe. They point to his story Of The
Purloined Letter" as icing the first of
its Kind the first in which IS intro
duced the man of keen mind, Of close
reasoning and Of constructive imagi-
nation, Who is able to piece together
certain facts that are known and then
by brilliant deduction to pass from
them 10 other facts which are not
known, bHl the truth Of which he is
able 10 establish beyond Il Doubt
Poe himself had II mind precisely of
/ this character The mind OF II mathe-
matlcian, SUBTLE logical and capable
of searching analysis. lie once gave a
j remarkable Illustration Of what he
could do as an investigator Of mystic
rious crime \ Young shopgirl named
]
under circumstances which excited
great public interest ia New York.
The police were completely banled,
though they advanced Il theory which
was plausible in part Poe taking the
facts That We're admitted, wove them
I into a story, Che scene Of which he laid
! in Paris and which he called "The
/ If - Of Maria
what was known he pissed by deduc-
tive reasoning to what was quite I'M
known and worked ont Il solution to
the puzzle which no professional de
teciiNc iau pech apie TO eXllalh.
Years ait'rWard me confession OF
dying man AFFORDED proof mat roe
was fi&ilt ana tiat ne had reconstruct
ed a'cafa'el5 the "loie series OF
events witch Pu 10 'ii'. "tslt'' oi NiirN
hose'9.
MS r1'lli''r Nai'Ie "'iil''' ch,eilt nAea III
me P'l''n 'iilii 'i'', lo,i'ii e,i'' 'ii'S USE
vi ntlc Pi'''ee'' Ni'h lli'dEiil"tl'li WIS
VI si""' p" '''i W 10 i iii''''i VI i''''
!, y ''''os' ruin ''1at a. WIZ WAS
aeeriA NeiS'i J" f''ile'i literature, sot
tue S''IG''N'ioi' III the lne'iloi from
ft'''iifiS en- tdtii l'iS9as'9 III inc OH
eh'ai 'aie caiion Aa'iie' by toitaffe.
Ill tlliS pook Il YOUNG llla'i IS queSiiolea
ls 10 Nhelilet ne M" seen i stray doe
ANA morse 'iisi3 ial%ill= nave passed MN
Oh ms Journey, III reply ne aeSefipeS
very "'''"rateiF 'i'e PPea'l''rlties Oh
po'h 'louIh ne ll''d ilol seen them.
ne ii'u e''itte'o ms hli2A i'lsc from
opSerN 'tie ttttdia itidleatlois alehg
me way ='liss t4tes'e u 'tie Iootl'ilii'S
anu Hi'taa "tter slStls "tteh me ofdi-
nary pefso" N"lia 'ililef MOI nave no
'icea q =N"tifd lllNe heea 100 dllil 10
ail'lefStaila. Here Is f'ailA tae germ
oi me conception Willeh roc SO Dill
li"'i.iH eilpofa'ea III me Story ol Inc
uiioi'''a iet''l, WHERE we ma eN
h''i'eo iil'' z7it'i>iilN eoli 'fiist between
'''c ""'Ni''@ VI "Sua' lllihu anu Tue
'ch'eN''nen'S oi Il l''iiia Oh eNeep'iohal
lo"el "iia 'fHlhlils'
oe ee'''ral hs"re' the amateur De
't''iNe' N"S a. 'eiN"fu taosilt up anu
ei''oo'"'co WIN st'at erect by several
rreii'" Nr'tels' I'll whom the chiet was
'''iiliV 'id''olId" 'taootIau gave the
"ofi" 'ns c''ar"'ter ol W. ''eeoa III the
ieiii''i N'p'V nov III tildt halile. i.eeoa
- :" ~ c5s!o'.ii oe1eetINe' R''t ap'
p'''i' ia ''iit ',''h us " NOV zee i'eNl'e-
'''i'GV'' pu' III W li..'l'isc'''e "hti el-
',i'si''N'i' .'i''i o.'iiEe'i TO "ork our HIS
80 "S"'''st 'nc SeetV' oPl'osltion OF
'''' o''''ia 'ii''i' ''e,'"'' N'io ~ Jeai-
o"' VI Wv No""S oe"Nt'N' III 'ne
'.' "7'''',' - ''i' INTERESTING hSure
VI Wv, i'"' ''"I"o'ui dF''t'lN'' "'d va
ne s's=''.1=' ''.ii i'i''ls u lisht J.
i'''i'o 'i"',s'ai''tsi WHO stu''ies crime
',''" "h,N' NV VI 'lle i''''''ectual puz-
1',, "'','' 1t 's'N 1lill' anu "i'leh ne
'oiN - ny purely S'lei't''c u''toctioh'
;, ',' ' o'i''i ,''Ai5 III el'aeillS sherlock
'io''''VS 'i''A "'NiioH ietiS''l MS great
,r''',1"''''i''as " " LIKE DC nero,
'io.i'ies olNs al'''tt rom .ue oHiclai
po'0c "t'u Is 'oiiSuiteu ny 'nelll Wheh
''es 'tV N"o''S ~ loss Many oil
'ne ''''t''"eN III 'i'e iio'ii'eS eNeie OF
H'o'''S WE. .u@E'Slei pN Tue ihNeh=
','''' VI "' 'N' 1t Is oi'iA lair 10 say
.io. - IL a'S sone one s'ep iur,her
'n'n "i' "''S'uI' ioe ell'r'e''rs ara
''"s', az 'i''is. ih''N ar' ilNe eneSslhen
.'ii NV "o"iu 'iia eNtlte interest Only
'''"uSc VI 'ilP cei'l'ieNl'A OF inc prom
.'i' WIN " ''''h "'e i'laei' 10 soiNe'
10y IL 'iiira'''fS' on inc other hiind,
are Drawn with sympathy ana
snre"o H'Stsi' INTO human nature.