Sardina, Maurice: Where Houdini
Was Wrong ©1950 George Armstrong, London Hardcover, w/dj, 123 pages |
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Comments: Translated and edited with notes by Victor Farelli. This book is Maurice Sardina's response to Houdini's controversial "The Unmasking of Robert Houdin"
Contents (Chapters, from book ToC):
11 Preface to the French Edition by Maitre Maurice Garcon
13 List of Principle Works Mentioned
15 Preliminary Remarks by the Author
31 Significant Events In The Life of Robert-Houdin
37 The Orange-Tree Trick
41 The Writing and Drawing Figure
49 The Pastry Cook of the Palais Royal
56 The Obedient Cards - The Cabalistic Clock - The Trapeze
Automaton
63 The Inexhaustible Bottle
72 Second Sight
79 The Suspension Trick
88 The Disappearing Handkerchief
92 Robert-Houdin's Ignorance of Magic as Betrayed By His Own Pen
94 The Narrowness of Robert-Houdin's Memoirs
111 Supplement by the Translator
119 Addendum