Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_Gubb

Release date is 2009-08-17

The hard-boiled egg -- The pet -- The eagle's claws -- The oubliette -- The un-burglars -- The two-cent stamp -- The chicken -- The dragon's eye -- The progressive murder -- The missing Mr. Master -- Waffles and mustard -- The anonymous wiggle -- The half of a thousand -- Dietz's 7462 Bessie John -- Henry -- Buried bones -- Philo Gubb's greatest case.

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"Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective" by Ellis Parker Butler is a collection of humorous detective stories first published in 1913. The work follows Philo Gubb, a small-town paperhanger who learns detective work through correspondence courses and fancies himself a "deteckative." Unlike traditional brilliant sleuths, Gubb bumbles through cases with elaborate disguises that fool no one, theories that constantly shift, and solutions that arrive almost by accident. His murder of the English language and persistent good nature create comedic situations as he attempts to emulate his idol, Sherlock Holmes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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