Philo Gubb, not being content with his job as wallpaper-hanger, has higher aspirations: to become a detective, just like Sherlock Holmes. To that end, he enrolls in a correspondence course, where he gets lessons through the mail as well as the necessary disguises for a detective. Philo Gubb, not being really clever or intuitive, or even looking good in those disguises, gets involved in one case after the other - and sooner or later happens to stumble on and solve the crime..Each of these stories is a complete mystery unto itself so if you read just one, you will know it's beginning and the unorthodox methods by which Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective solves it using his woeful 'deteckative' (as he puts it) skills (Summary by Availle and Phil Chenevert)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
The Hard-Boiled Egg
27:15 - Chapter 2
The Pet
34:32 - Chapter 3
The Eagle’s Claws
34:49 - Chapter 4
The Oubliette
53:10 - Chapter 5
The Un-Burglars
26:50 - Chapter 6
The Two-Cent Stamp
35:32 - Chapter 7
The Chicken
28:22 - Chapter 8
The Dragon’s Eye
20:14 - Chapter 9
The Progressive Murder
18:35 - Chapter 10
The Missing Mr. Master
30:21 - Chapter 11
Waffles and Mustard
32:49 - Chapter 12
The Anonymous Wiggle
31:30 - Chapter 13
The Half of a Thousand
28:38 - Chapter 14
Dietz’s 7462 Bessie John
33:23 - Chapter 15
Henry
29:01 - Chapter 16
Buried Bones
33:10 - Chapter 17
Philo Gubb’s Greatest Case
45:36