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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. Of the Mysteries of the Black Art. --The Old School Conjurers. Comte's Talent; his Tricks. -- The Dexterity of Philippe and Torrini. CHAPTER II. AMERICAN CONJURERS. Zera Semon. -- Edward Reno. -- Prof. Samuels. J. M. Balabrega. -- M. Hartz. -- Carl Hertz. -- Imro Fox. -- Wm. -- Robinson. -- Zanzic. Prof. Zamloch. -- Charles F. Fillebrown. -- Powell Brothers. -- Variety Performers. -- Prof. Canaris, the Greek. CHAPTER III. PROMINENT CONJURERS ABROAD. John Nevil Maskelyne. -- Dr. Holden. -- Dr. Lynn. -- Robert Kudarz. -- Buatier de Kolta. -- The Bamberg and Basch Families. -- Jacoby- Harms. -- German and French Conjurers CHAPTER IV. PROMINENT AND SKILLFUL AMATEURS. Amateurs of the Pacific Coast. -- Mine Host Taylor. -- The Apparatus Amateurs buy. -- Chicago Amiteurs. -- Salo Ansbach; his Career. CHAPTER V. THE HERRMANNS AND HARRY KELLAR. The Original Carl Herrmann. -- Alexander Herrmann; his Confederates; how They Sometimes Fail. -- Harry Kellar; his Travels. Alexander Herrmann's Cremation. CHAPTER VI. HYPNOTISTS AND THEIR EXPERIMENTS. How to Hypnotize. -- The use of Confederates. -- The Kennedy Brothers. CHAPTER VII. MIND-READERS AND THEIR TRICKS. J. Randall Brown. -- Washington Irving Bishop. -- Stuart Cumberland. -- How to Become a Mind-Reader. -- Seymour. -- Paul Alexander Johnstone. CHAPTER VIII. INSTANTANEOUS MEMORIZATION. The Art of Memory. -- Instantaneous Memorization made use of by Patrizio. -- Effects Produced by Hatton and Roberth. CHAPTER IX. SECOND-SIGHT AND ANTI-SPIRITUALIST ARTISTS. The Balabregas, Roucleres, Merlins. -- Prof. Marvelle. CHAPTER X. THE VANISHING LADY, COCOON, CREMATION AND OTHER ILLUSIONS. The Vanishing Lady. -- The Magic Husband. -- The Cocoon. -- Alexander Herrmann's Decapitations. -- Vanek's Decapitation. CHAPTER XI. PECULIAR HAPPENINGS. The St. Louis Genius. -- The Impatient Albany Man. -- Some Remarkable Letters. -- East Indian Fakirs. -- What Barnello Saw. -- The Sailor and his Parrot. CHAPTER XII. MISCELLANEOUS SKETCHES. Dr. Holden's Adventures in Egypt, Algeria and India -- Deaf Men at a Show. -- Frazer Coulter's Failure as an Assistant. -- The Old Trick of Prof. Hume. APPENDIX. Instantaneous Memorization Code. -- Application for a Patent on a Spirit Room. -- The Stroubaika Illusion. -- The Palanquin Trick. -- Heller's Second-Sight Code.

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