First published in 2001 by Mercat Press James Thin, 53 South Bridge, Edinburgh EHI IYS
http://www.mercatpress.com
Stories first published in 1861 in Curiosities of Crime in Edinburgh and
The Sliding Scale of Life
Foreword Quintin Jardine, 2001
ISBN 184183 0313

Contents

Memoir of Mr James M’Levy

1. The Blue-Bells of Scotland
2. The Broker’s Secret
3. The Dead Child’s Leg
4. A Want Spoils Perfection
5. The Breathing
6. The Child-Strippers
7. The White Coffin
8. The Cobbler’s Knife
9. The Cock and Trumpet
10. The Widow’s Last Shilling
11. The Happy Land
12. The Wrong Shop
13. The Letter
14. The Monkey-Jacket
15. The Coal-Bunker
16. The Mustard Blister
17. The Pleasure Party
18. The Tobacco Glutton
19. The Whiskers
20. The Club Newspaper
21. The Laugh