to a genuine
serpent.

It Tells how to make gold and silver from block tin. Also how to make
impressions from coins. Also how to imitate gold and silver.

It Tells of a simple and ingenious method for copying any kind of
drawing or picture. Also more wonderful still, how to print pictures
from the print itself.

It Tells how to perform the Davenport Brothers' "Spirit Mysteries," so
that any person can astonish an audience, as they have done. Also scores
of other wonderful things of which we have no room to mention.

OLD SECRETS AND NEW DISCOVERIES is worth $2.00 to any person; but it
will be mailed to any address on receipt of only 25 cents. Postage
stamps taken as payment for it the same as cash. Address

J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Box 767. 57 ROSE STREET, NEW YORK.

[Transcriber's Note: The following typographical errors in the original
text have been corrected.

In Chapter I, a missing period has been added to the sentence "Criminals
as a rule are fond of race betting."

In Chapter II, a missing period has been added to the sentence, "The
rogues had struck a lead and so had the two sharp-eyed detectives who
were playing such a neat game." A missing quotation mark has been added
to the sentence, "It's a good thing, sis, to locate a rogue."

In Chapter IV, in the sentence "He knows how to take advantabge of the
slightest incident when he is playing a game," the word "advantabge" has
been corrected.

In Chapter VI, in the sentence "He is a terrror," the word "terrror" has
been corrected.

In Chapter VII, an illegible smudge at the beginning of the sentence
"moment the beautiful lady meditated and then said:" has been corrected
to "A". In the sentence "I will arrrange with you to go to your home,"
the word "arrrange" has been corrected. In the sentence "He learned from
her that she had met a lady at the typewriting school where Miss Lamb
was a substitute teacher, and Miss Lamb had really referrred the lady to
our hero upon gaining her confidence, and having learned that she had
need of a detective in a very delicate affair, the nature of which had
not been revealed to Miss Lamb," the word "referrred" has been
corrected. A colon has been added at the end of the sentence "There came
a look of relief to the Italian girl's face as she said in a less sharp
tone".

In Chapter VIII, an extraneous period has been removed from the sentence
"And what was your conclusion?." In the sentence "I know you