| PAGE | | Introduction, | | 7 | | CHAPTER | | | | I. | Significant Events in the Life of Robert-Houdin, | 33 | | II. | The Orange-tree Trick, | 51 | | III. | The Writing and Drawing Figure, | 83 | | IV. | The Pastry Cook of the Palais Royal, | 116 | | V. | The Obedient Cards—The Cabalistic Clock—The Trapeze Automaton, | 141 | | VI. | The Inexhaustible Bottle, | 176 | | VII. | Second Sight, | 200 | | VIII. | The Suspension Trick, | 222 | | IX. | The Disappearing Handkerchief, | 245 | | X. | Robert-Houdin’s Ignorance of Magic as Betrayed by His Own Pen, | 264 | | XI. | The Narrowness of Robert-Houdin’s Memoirs," | 295 |
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