The Unmasking of Robert-houdin
by Harry Houdini
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About this eBook
- Author
- Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926
- Title
- The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin
- Credits
- Produced by Chuck Greif, Broward County Libraries and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure
- Subject
- Magicians -- France -- Biography
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 42723
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42723
- Release Date
- May 16, 2013
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE UNMASKING OF ROBERT-HOUDIN BY HARRY HOUDINI
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.INTRODUCTION — THE UNMASKING OF ROBERT-HOUDIN
- 4.CHAPTER I SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF ROBERT-HOUDIN
- 5.CHAPTER II THE ORANGE-TREE TRICK
- 6.CHAPTER III THE WRITING AND DRAWING FIGURE
- 7.CHAPTER IV THE PASTRY COOK OF THE PALAIS ROYAL
- 8.CHAPTER V THE OBEDIENT CARDS—THE CABALISTIC CLOCK—THE TRAPEZE AUTOMATON The Obedient Cards.
- 9.CHAPTER VI THE INEXHAUSTIBLE BOTTLE
- 10.CHAPTER VII SECOND SIGHT
- 11.CHAPTER VIII THE SUSPENSION TRICK
- 12.CHAPTER IX THE DISAPPEARING HANDKERCHIEF
- 13.CHAPTER X ROBERT-HOUDIN’S IGNORANCE OF MAGIC AS BETRAYED BY HIS OWN PEN
- 14.CHAPTER XI THE NARROWNESS OF ROBERT-HOUDIN’S “MEMOIRS”
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