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INTRODUCTION

THE UNMASKING OF ROBERT-HOUDIN

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”