Mysteries and Refinements of Modern Roguery
Subtitle: By a Private Detective.
Publisher: Irwin, Langley, & Co
Published: 1886
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 52
Copyright date: 1886
Notes: This is the only known edition of this work and it is extremely rare.
Table of contents: label: Part 1
title: Pickpockets: Who they are and what they are like; title: Their Social Habits; title: Wires and Stalls; title: Their methods of operating; title: Sensational and amusing incidents; title: Description of instruments used; title: Profits of the profession; title: How to outsmart pickpockets; label: Part 2
title: Traps for Strangers; title: Mysterious dental (?) rooms; title: A key to mysterious disappearances; title: The dark ways of street-sharpers; title: High class and ingenious roguery on a grand style; label: Part 3
title: Cipher writing