Triumphs of Detection

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Excerpt from Triumphs of Detection: A Book About DetectivesPerhaps that is the secret of the high place taken by Scotland Yard among the detective bureaux of the world. Practically all those who have examined the subject agree that theoretically Vienna has carried detective science to its most perfect point, yet London, so far as comparisons can be made, has the greater number of detective successes.Mr. Bucket is peculiarly British. If one examines the organisation of some Continental police forces, one begins to appreciate why he so rarely appears there.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.