Magic and its Professors by Henry Ridgely Evans

HENRY RIDGELY EVANS
INTRODUCTION
PART I
ROBERT-HOUDIN - CONJURER, AUTHOR AND AMBASSADOR
THE MECHANISM OF GHOSTS
THE SHADOWS OF A CLEVER PAIR OF HANDS
PART II
THE PRINCES OF PRESTIDIGITATORS
ENGLISH AND EUROPEAN CONJURERS
PART III SYMPOSIUM OF MAGIC
BY HENRY HARDIN
- The Evasive Dollar
- Mephisto's Mail
- A Wrinkle and a Deception
- The Fakir's Test
- Dissolving Views
- A Big Catch
- Transcendental Card Reading
- The Chromatic Ribbons
- An Original Egg Bag
BY PROF. HORNMANN
- The Egg Bag
BY WILLIAM J. HILLIAR
- The Goldfish Trick
- A New Handkerchief Tube
- The Hilliar Rising Cards
- Ching Ling Foo's Paper Tearing Trick
BY FRANK DUCROT
- Ducrot's Wonder Vase
- Ink and Water Trick
BY MARTINKA
- An Apple Of Paracelsus
BY CLINTON BURGESS
- Card Trick
BY HAL MERTON
- The Ring In The Egg
- The Chinese Rice Bowls
BY ADRIAN PLATE
- Vanishing Mouchoirs
- Handkerchiefs and Cylinder
- The Multiplying Flower
- The Restored Ribbon
BY WILLIAM B. CAULK
- Growth Of Flowers
- Improved Decanter and Flying Handkerchiefs
BY PROF. AMBROSE
- New Soup Plates And Handkerchiefs
BY RUPERT DE VERE
- The Fairy Flowers And Charmed Card
BY ELLIS STANYON
- Boer Vs. Briton
- The Change - By Sleight-of-Hand
- Parasol v. Handkerchiefs
BY FRED J. PETERS
- The Magic Bomb
- A Novel Card Ladder
BY DR. ELLIOTT
- Dr. Elliott's Stage Setting
- The Mystic Scissors, Ring, Spools and Ribbons
- Dr. Elliott's Watch Box
BY HENRY RIDGELY EVANS
- "She"
- Magnetic Wand
BY HERBERT VICTOR
- Japanese Magic
- An Opening Trick
BY LA VILLE
- Cleopatra's Tomb
BY GEORGE W. BROWN
- The Magic Water Bowl
THE SVENGALIS
BY F. C. JENKENS, CHILI, S. A.
- The Fairy Christmas Cracker
BY HARRY KELLAR
- A New Face On An Old Friend
BY JOHN W. SARGENT
- The Homing Handkerchiefs
BY "SELBIT"
- The Levitation Of A Pack Of Cards
BY T. NELSON DOWNS
- The Flying Handkerchief
- A Novel Match Trick
BY HOWARD THURSTON TRICKS WITH CARDS
- Card in the Coat
- Card Through the Knee
- Rising Card For Parlor
- Card Through a Hat
BY HENRY V. A. PARSELL
- A Subtle Coin Trick
- New Divining Wand
APPENDIX
A VISIT TO THE GRAVE OF ROBERT-HOUDIN
1st edition 1902, 220 pages; PDF 139 pages.
word count: 56521 which is equivalent to 226 standard pages of text