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Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective by Ellis Parker Butler

Philo Gubb, not being content with his job as wallpaper-hanger, has higher aspirations: to become a detective, just like Sherlock Holmes. To that end, he enrolls in a correspondence course, where he gets lessons through the mail as well as the necessary disguises for a detective. Philo Gubb, not being really clever or intuitive, or even looking good in those disguises, gets involved in one case after the other - and sooner or later happens to stumble on and solve the crime... Each of these stories is a complete mystery unto itself so if you read just one, you will know it's beginning and the unorthodox methods by which Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective solves it using his woeful 'deteckative' (as he puts it) skills.

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    01 - The Hard-Boiled Egg

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    02 - The Pet

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    03 - The Eagles Claws

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  4. 14

    04 - The Oubliette

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  5. 13

    05 - The Un-Burglars

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  6. 12

    06 - The Two-Cent Stamp

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  7. 11

    07 - The Chicken

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  8. 10

    08 - The Dragon's Eye

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  9. 9

    09 - The Progressive Murder

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  10. 8

    10 - The Missing Mr. Master

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  11. 7

    11 - Waffles and Mustard

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  12. 6

    12 - The Anonymous Wiggle

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  13. 5

    13 - The Half of a Thousand

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  14. 4

    14 - Dietz’s 7462 Bessie John

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  15. 3

    15 - Henry

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  16. 2

    16 - Buried Bones

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  17. 1

    17 - Philo Gubb's Greatest Case

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Philo Gubb, not being content with his job as wallpaper-hanger, has higher aspirations: to become a detective, just like Sherlock Holmes. To that end, he enrolls in a correspondence course, where he gets lessons through the mail as well as the necessary disguises for a detective. Philo Gubb, not being really clever or intuitive, or even looking good in those disguises, gets involved in one case after the other - and sooner or later happens to stumble on and solve the crime... Each of these stories is a complete mystery unto itself so if you read just one, you will know it's beginning and the unorthodox methods by which Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective solves it using his woeful 'deteckative' (as he puts it) skills.

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