HENRY RIDGELY EVANS
INTRODUCTION
PART I
ROBERT-HOUDIN – CONJURER, AUTHOR AND AMBASSADOR
THE MECHANISM OF GHOSTS
THE SHADOWS OF A CLEVER PAIR OF HANDS
PART II
THE PRINCES OF PRESTIDIGITATORS
ENGLISH AND EUROPEAN CONJURERS
PART III SYMPOSIUM OF MAGIC
BY HENRY HARDIN
– The Evasive Dollar
– Mephisto's Mail
– A Wrinkle and a Deception
– The Fakir's Test
– Dissolving Views
– A Big Catch
– Transcendental Card Reading
– The Chromatic Ribbons
– An Original Egg Bag
BY PROF. HORNMANN
– The Egg Bag
BY WILLIAM J. HILLIAR
– The Goldfish Trick
– A New Handkerchief Tube
– The Hilliar Rising Cards
– Ching Ling Foo's Paper Tearing Trick
BY FRANK DUCROT
– Ducrot's Wonder Vase
– Ink and Water Trick
BY MARTINKA
– An Apple Of Paracelsus
BY CLINTON BURGESS
– Card Trick
BY HAL MERTON
– The Ring In The Egg
– The Chinese Rice Bowls
BY ADRIAN PLATE
– Vanishing Mouchoirs
– Handkerchiefs and Cylinder
– The Multiplying Flower
– The Restored Ribbon
BY WILLIAM B. CAULK
– Growth Of Flowers
– Improved Decanter and Flying Handkerchiefs
BY PROF. AMBROSE
– New Soup Plates And Handkerchiefs
BY RUPERT DE VERE
– The Fairy Flowers And Charmed Card
BY ELLIS STANYON
– Boer Vs. Briton
– The Change – By Sleight-of-Hand
– Parasol v. Handkerchiefs
BY FRED J. PETERS
– The Magic Bomb
– A Novel Card Ladder
BY DR. ELLIOTT
– Dr. Elliott's Stage Setting
– The Mystic Scissors, Ring, Spools and Ribbons
– Dr. Elliott's Watch Box
BY HENRY RIDGELY EVANS
– "She"
– Magnetic Wand
BY HERBERT VICTOR
– Japanese Magic
– An Opening Trick
BY LA VILLE
– Cleopatra's Tomb
BY GEORGE W. BROWN
– The Magic Water Bowl
THE SVENGALIS
BY F. C. JENKENS, CHILI, S. A.
– The Fairy Christmas Cracker
BY HARRY KELLAR
– A New Face On An Old Friend
BY JOHN W. SARGENT
– The Homing Handkerchiefs
BY "SELBIT"
– The Levitation Of A Pack Of Cards
BY T. NELSON DOWNS
– The Flying Handkerchief
– A Novel Match Trick
BY HOWARD THURSTON TRICKS WITH CARDS
– Card in the Coat
– Card Through the Knee
– Rising Card For Parlor
– Card Through a Hat
BY HENRY V. A. PARSELL
– A Subtle Coin Trick
– New Divining Wand
APPENDIX
A VISIT TO THE GRAVE OF ROBERT-HOUDIN
1st edition 1902, 220 pages; PDF 139 pages.
word count: 56521 which is equivalent to 226 standard pages of text
