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New Zealand Mail, Issue 866, 5 October 1888, Page 10

New and fascinating Feature. approaching publication OF INSPECTOR MEIKLEJOHN’S DETEGTIVE EXPERIENCES. FEW callings in life have been so largely drawn upon by the Novelist and Dramatist as that of the Detective. Many writers, particularly of the French -School, have found their special avocation in the production of Detective Stories, the entire scope of which is confined to the discovery of the perpetrators of outrages upon society.This has led more recently to the production of so called biographies of notorious criminals, describing in glowing colours the lives and adventures of thieves and murderers. The influence of such publications has not always been found beneficial to the morals of society. Lnred by the brilliance thrown around the doioga of some well known character, some have admired and even emulated deeds desoribed with suoh relish, aud have had bitter cause to regret. Now, a glance at the note-book of a Chief Detective has a deterrent eflect upon individuals disposed towards criminality. The career of the evil-doer cannot appear attractive when described from a • thief-taker’s ’ standpoint. The criminal ceases to be a hero. Justice calls for vengeance upon him, and the detective figures as the agent by which society attains its ends. And it is in the ingenuity with which the clue of identification is followed, the unrelenting character of the quest, the tricks and turns of the pursued, the Bkill and ingenuity of the pursuer, the close of the struggle—perchance after a hand-to-hand encounter—that the great interest in works of this character consists. INSPECTOR MEIKLEJOHN’S Detective Experiences Commence publication in our Columns ON FRIDAY NEXT, OCTOBER 12th. These Deteofcive Experiences refer mainly to sensational crimes and stupendous frauds, the reports of which electrified the whole country some fifteen or twenty years ago, and in investigating which Meiklejohn took the leading part. As one of the heads of Scotland Yard, Meiklejohn had an unusually varied and exciting career, and in following liis, at times, desperate calling, he has travelled from end to end of Great Britain, and has also had commissions on the Continent, America, and Australia—all of which find a modest, but none the less thrilling, record at his own hands. The Episodes covered by Inspector Meiklejohn in the course of his forthcoming 4 Experiences 1 will include the following : The Great Wimbledou Burglary The Countess of Ellesmere’s Shawl Forgeries on West End Bankers and Tradesmen The 4 Count ’ and the 4 Valet ’ Brandy Robbericß Horse Stealing Pursuit of a Forger to Melbourne Funeral at Sea la Western Australia From Melbourne to London with a Prisoner Colonial Life Approaching Old England 4 Chelsea George ’ and 4 Portico ’ Robberies Garrotte Robbery with Violence Mistaken Identity Burglary at Lord George Paget’s Attempted Burglary at Clapham GarroUing Guarding Royalty Coin Robbery Kleptomania . Burglary at the Belgian Legation Forgeries on Army Agents Portico Robberies at Hammersmith Thieves’ Dens and Criminal Resorts Through the Slums with a Prince The Opium Smokers of London Gutter Children The Fatal Bundle Diamond Robbery in Bond-street Robbery at Lady Maraden’s Mansions Apprehending a Man in Church Escape of a Prisoner Another Diamond Robbery Coiners and Smashers Loan Office Swindles The Resources of Civilisation A New Comrade in Crime A Leap Overboard Christmas in Bantry A Holiday in Ireland An Irish Stew The Sights of Dublin, &e., &c. FOR INSPECTOR MEIKLEJOHN’S DETECTIVE EXPERIENCES see the NEW ZEALAND MAIL, COMMENCING NEXT FRIDAY.