Between September of 1838 and May of 1839, a series of nine numbered detective stories was published in Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine. The series was titled “Unpublished Passages in the Life of Vidocq, the French Minister of Police” and was signed with the initials J.M.B. This series of stories was originally published in London in The Olio, London in 1832.

Click here to redirect to “Marie Laurent” (No. I) published in September 1838.

Click here to redirect to “Doctor D’Arsac” (No. II) published in October 1838.

Click here to redirect to “The Seducer” (No. III) published in November 1838.

Click here to redirect to “The Bill of Exchange” (No. IV) published in December 1838. 

Click here to redirect to “The Strange Discovery” (No. V) published in January 1839.

Click here to redirect to “The Gambler’s Death” (No. VI) published in February 1839.

Click here to redirect to “Pierre Louvois” (No. VII) published in March 1839.

Click here to redirect to “Jean Monette” (No. VIII) published in April 1839.

Click here to redirect to “The Conscript’s Revenge” (No. IX) published in May 1839.