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"CHAPTER I HARRY HOUDINI, HIS LIFE-STORY" FAMOUS SPIRITUALIST LEADER WHO BECAM HIS FRIEND ACCIDENT WHICH BROUGHT HIM A LIFE-PARTNER EARLY STRUGGLES ULTIMATE TRIUMPH AND PREMATURE DEATH CHAPTER II HOUDINI'S SPECTACULAR ESCAPES HIS REMARKABLE FAILURE AT THE MAGICIANS' CLUB ESCAPE FROM BANK-SAFE IRON BOILER PAPER BAG MAIL-BAG WALKING THROUGH A BRICK WALL BURIED ALIVE ESCAPE FROM IRON BOX PACKING-CASE UNDER WATER THE VANISHING HORSEMAN BOX AND SACK THE NEEDLES AND THREAD THE VANISHING ELEPHANT THE MYSTERY OF THE MILK-CAN CHAPTER III HOUDINI'S SPIRITUALIST ACTIVITIES "GHOSTS" FROM THE VASTY DEEP" SECRETS OF THE LOCKED BOX MENTAL EVIDENCE MYSTIFYING PASSENGERS IN A LINER "SPIRIT" WRITING ON SEALED SLATES" "MEDIUMS "CONTROLLED" THE SUN WORSHIPPERS TABLE LIFTING "SPIRITS" DEFY BONDS" MESSAGES IN BLOOD PERSONAL SEANCE-EXPERIENCES CHAPTER IV FAKIR WONDERS "MIRACLES" WHICH HOUDINI EXPOSED" MY RESEARCHES STOPPING THE PULSE AT WILL WALKING ON FIRE AND BROKEN GLASS THOUGHT-READING HOUDINI AS CLAIRVOYANT THE INDIAN ROPE TRICK THE BOY IN THE BASKET THE MYSTERY OF THE MANGO TREE SAND AND WATER NAILING A FAKIR TO WOODEN BLOCKS CHAPTER V HOUDINI AS HANDCUFF KING HOW HE BAFFLED THE POLICE FORCES OF THE WORLD A RUSSIAN PRISON ON WHEELS IMPUDENT RIVAL PUT TO FLIGHT THE CLEVERNESS OF SIMPLICITY CHAPTER VI ROPE-TIES AND HOW TO ESCAPE FROM THEM THE JACOBY TIE THE THUMB TIE BOW TIED IN A SECOND MAGIC KNOTS "IMITATION "TOMFOOL" KNOT" MORE ABOUT SPIRITS A TRICK DONE BACKWARDS THE GIRL ESCAPES SPIRIT KNOTS THE KELLAR TIE ROPES AND RINGS MYSTERY STRING CHAPTER VII MISCELLANEOUS MAGIC THE RING AND THE DOVE THE DISAPPEARING GLASS OF WINE THE IVORY PILLARS CUT STRING RESTORED THE COIN-FINDER THE BOWL OF INK THE WATCH AND THE LOAF THE PIECERED HAND VANISHING FROM A BOX AND CABINET THE MYSTERY OF THE CRYSTAL CHAPTER VIII ILLUSIONS AND DISILLUSION DISAPPEARING MAN THE VEILED WOMAN AN ESCAPE IN MID-AIR THE CAGED WOMAN GIRL AND THE DOMINOES FIRE AND WATER ILLUSIONS WITH MIRRORS THE COUNTRY GIRL THE HAMMOCK THE ARBOUR CHAPTER IX CARD TRICKS EXAMPLES OF THOUGHT READING A CODE THE JUMPING CARDS MAGNETIC ACES THE CHANGE-OVER A FEAT OF STRENGTH THE BOOMERANG CARD CUTTING THE CARDS THE TORN CARD VANISHING CARDS BY PISTOL THE FOUR ACES THE HERSCHELL CARD-STABBING TRICK