I was never a fan of Charles Dickens books, but here is a new twist to the plot of the man himself. Its an interesting and useful insight.
According to a 2012 article in the Gardian, Charles Dickens published
"the middle-class magazine Household Words, which Dickens started in March 1850, fished in the same waters with somewhat different motives and featured a substantial number of articles on the police, many concentrated in the first issues and focusing on the work of detectives.
Although the evidence is slight, it is highly likely that Dickens made discreet payments to favourite police officers, as well as publicly hosting parties for detectives in his offices...
He wrote stories for his magazines based on the use of his police contacts, edited and rewrote police articles by his contributors, and accompanied police raids into the East End.
In an age that was very suspicious of the organised state, he functioned as a one-man propagandist for the new police force and the new "science" of detection..."
The Header for the article reads:Today's extract from The phone hacking scandal: journalism on trial* is a fascinating history lesson by John Tulloch, head of Lincoln university's school of journalism.
In this 1856 edition of Dickens' journal we find a story on page 61...
Household words : a weekly journal / conducted by Charles Dickens. Volume 13, January - July 1856
Page 61 a story titled THE FRIEND OF THE LIONS.
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This also had some interesting insights that give perspective on C.W. Heckethorn's work.
A HISTORY OF POLICE IN ENGLAND
BY Captain W. L. MELVILLE LEE M.A. Oxon. 1901
Main Article -London's Immortal Animals
