WE found this notice in the November 1907 Cassell's Magazine, announcing the introduction of an American detective writer and his series character to English readership:
The story in question is "[The] Problem of Dressing Room A," the 12th published adventure of Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen, the previous 11 stories having already seen publication in a Boston, Mass. newspaper. "Dressing Room A" originally included in its title "The Thinking Machine's First Problem":
"THAT strange, seemingly inexplicable chain of circumstances which had to do with the mysterious disappearance of a famous actress, Irene Wallack, from her dressing room in a Springfield theater in the course of a performance, while the echo of tumultuous appreciation still rang in her ears, was perhaps the first problem which was not purely scientific that The Thinking Machine was ever asked to solve."
Resources:
- "[The] Problem of Dressing Room A" is online at Roy Glashan's Library (HERE; HTML).
- The Jacques Futrelle entry at Wikipedia (HERE), the one for Prof. Van Dusen (HERE), the Library of Congress Blog (HERE), and The Thinking Machine's posthumous comeback (HERE).
Unless otherwise noted, all bibliographical data are derived from The FictionMags Index created by William G. Contento & edited by Phil Stephensen-Payne.
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