The original books were published in 1861 and were so successful went to numerous reprints. They were then republished about every five years with new titles but exactly the same stories and no additional material. Many have been digitised and you can see them online. My text versions with footnotes explaining the Victorian words and terms are on this site.

• Curiosities of Crime During the Last 30 Years (1861) William Kay Publisher, National Library of Scotland. There are four editions.
• Curiosities of Crime or the Sliding Scale of Life (Third Edition, 1861) William Nimmo Publisher, Google Books
• Curiosities of Crime During the Last 30 Years Nimmo’s Popular Tales: a Series of Interesting and Amusing …, Volume 9 (1866)
• The Sliding Scale of Life Nimmo’s Popular Tales: a Series of Interesting and Amusing …, Volume 12 (1866), Google Books
• Romances of Crime, Disclosures of a Detective (1871) Cameron and Ferguson Publishers -Reprint of Curiosities of Crime During the Last 30 Years
• At War with Society or Tales of the Outcasts (1871) Cameron and Ferguson Publishers, Google Books – Reprint of The Sliding Scale of Life
• The Mysteries of the City or Under the Surface of Society (1885) Cameron and Ferguson Publishers
• At War with Society or Tales of Outcasts (2018) Digicat, Amazon – Reprint of The Sliding Scale of Life