This is the original 1929 translation, hich contains an introduction by the translator and another by the author which are omitted in later editions.If you read Emil  and the Detectives as a child, this is probably the version you read.EMIL AND THE DETECTIVESby Erich Kastnertranslated by May MasseeThe story proper begins with a portrait gallery—and from the beginning of that portrait gallery to the end of the adventure a great deal happens.Emil himself, in his dark blue Sunday suit that he only wears when he has to; Emil's mother who is very fond of him; the rather important train compartment where Emil first met the Man in the Stiff Hat; Pony Hutchen, Emil's cousin; the Hotel in Nollendorf Place; Gustave, the boy with the automobile horn; the Little Branch Bank and of course, Emil's grandmother who lives in Berlin, all have something to do with what happens.Illustrated by Walter Trier