The Trial of Patrick Mahon. With an introduction by Edgar Wallace. Cloth. Price, $3. Pp. 286, with illustrations. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928.
The Peltzer Case. By Gérard Harry. Cloth. Price, $3. Pp. 243, with illustrations. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928.
The Mysterious Murder of Maria Marten at Polstead, in Suffolk. (Reprinted from the Edition of 1828). By J. Curtis. Cloth. Price, $3. Pp. 300, with illustrations. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928.
In November, 1849, Professor Parkman of Harvard University called on Professor Webster of the chemistry department. Parkman was never seen again. In the trial of Webster many expert witnesses participated, among them Oliver Wendell Holmes. The finding of a set of false teeth in the laboratory furnace settled the case and sent Webster to the gallows. The record of the case prepared by Dilnot gives a day by day account of the proceedings with the