The Mixer

This is a collection of adventurous short stories, to which a connected interest is given by the personality of the hero. «The Mixer» is a particularly cool and resourceful scoundrel who works on the philanthropic principle of robbing only the thief and out-swindling the swindler. Each story describes some fresh exploit more daring and original than the last. The book contains the following stories: The Outwitting of Pony Nelson – The Great Geneva Sweepstake – A Speculation in Shares – The Bank That Did Not Fail – Mr. Limmerburg's Waterloo – A Close Call and Its Sequel – How a Famous Master Criminal Was Trapped – Mr. Sparkes, the Detective – The Submarine-Chaser Coup – A Strange Film Adventure – The Girl From Gibraltar – A Gambling Raid – The Silk Stockings – The Case Of Dolly De Mulle – The Seventy-Fourth Diamond – Cinema Teaching By Post – The Billiter Bank Smash – The Spanish Prisoner – The Crown Jewels – The Professor.