Soapy Smith gambling house. Legend has it that above the entrance of the stairway leading upstairs to the gambling games was a sign that read "caveat emptor", Latin for "let the buyer beware". Smith's younger brother, Bascomb Smith, joined the gang and operated a cigar store that was a front for dishonest poker games and other swindles, operating in one of the back rooms. Other operations included fraudulent lottery shops, a "sure-thing" stock exchange, fake watch and bogus diamond auctions, and the sale of stocks in nonexistent businesses. Because of bribes, some of the police officers patrolling the streets would not arrest
Beware of the Storybook Wolves has also been reviewed by "BookList", "School Library Journal" "Kirkus Reviews", "Publishers Weekly", and "Books for Keeps". It was awarded a 2000 bronze Smarties Book Prize. Beware of the Storybook Wolves Beware of the Storybook Wolves is a 2000 picture book by Lauren Child. It is about Herb, a little boy, who has an adventure with a number of characters, including a couple of wolves, from his fairy tale books. Booktrust, in a review of "Beware of the Storybook Wolves", wrote "A simple story, well told, but it is the adventurous artwork that makes this book stand out." "The Horn