The secrets of stage conjuring
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. CHAPTER I. THE THEATRE OF ROBERT-HOUDIN.[2]4. CHAPTER II. A CONJUROR’S STAGE ARRANGEMENTS.5. CHAPTER III. HANDKERCHIEF TRICKS.6. CHAPTER IV. THE LIGHT AND HEAVY CHEST.7. CHAPTER V. THE HUNDRED CANDLES LIGHTED BY A PISTOL SHOT.8. CHAPTER VI. THE GHOST ILLUSION.9. CHAPTER VII. THE INDIAN BASKET TRICK.10. CHAPTER VIII. SPIRITUALISTIC MANIFESTATIONS.11. CHAPTER IX. THE BUST OF SOCRATES.12. CHAPTER X. A CURIOUS EFFECT IN ACOUSTICS.13. CHAPTER XI. THE DECAPITATED SPEAKING.14. CHAPTER XII. THE PROTEAN CABINET.15. CHAPTER XIII. THE FEATS OF THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS.16. CHAPTER XIV. THE ENCHANTED PORTFOLIO.17. CHAPTER XV. THE MAGIC DRUM.18. Works by Professor Hoffmann.