CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF ROBERT-HOUDIN
CHAPTER II THE ORANGE-TREE TRICK
CHAPTER III THE WRITING AND DRAWING FIGURE
CHAPTER IV THE PASTRY COOK OF THE PALAIS ROYAL
CHAPTER V THE OBEDIENT CARDS THE CABALISTIC CLOCK THE TRAPEZE AUTOMATON The Obedient Cards.
CHAPTER VI THE INEXHAUSTIBLE BOTTLE
CHAPTER VII SECOND SIGHT
CHAPTER VIII THE SUSPENSION TRICK
CHAPTER IX THE DISAPPEARING HANDKERCHIEF
CHAPTER X ROBERT-HOUDIN'S IGNORANCE OF MAGIC AS BETRAYED BY HIS OWN PEN
CHAPTER XI THE NARROWNESS OF ROBERT-HOUDIN'S "MEMOIRS"
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THE UNMASKING
OF
ROBERT-HOUDIN
BY
HARRY HOUDINI
NEW YORK
THE PUBLISHERS PRINTING CO.
1908
Copyright, 1906
Copyright, 1907
Copyright, 1908
By HARRY HOUDINI
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Entered at Stationer’s Hall, London, England
All rights reserved
Composition, Electrotyping and Printing by
The Publishers Printing Company
New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
Dedication
This Book is affectionately dedicated to the memory of
my father,
Rev. M. S. Weiss, Ph.D., LL.D.,
who instilled in me love of study and patience in research
