Mirror of Literature,  12 (1828), 425–31.

Memoirs of Vidocq. The French Thief-Taker

Anon

Genre:

Introduction; Extract, Reminiscences

Subjects:

Engineering

People mentioned:

John L McAdam


    The introduction discusses the attractions of books involving 'hair-breadth escapes', and observes: 'People with macadamized minds, and their histories [...] are mere nonentities, and food for the trunk-maker' (426).



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