Secrets of Famous Illusionists by William Goldston

Published 1933, republished 1971, 305 Pages

The Secrets of Famous Illusionists author by William Goldston is noted as the most revealing book for magicians and their secrets ever published.

Foreword
Chapter I The Truth About Chung Ling Soo
Chapter II The Romantic Story Of Carl Hertz
Chapter III The Great Lafayette – The Most Hated Magician
Chapter IV Maskelyne And The Psycho Sensation
Chapter V Houdini As I Knew Him
Chapter VI Did Houdini Fail?
Chapter VII Some More New Facts About Houdini
Chapter VII De Kolta’s “Vanishing Lady” Secret
Chapter IX The Truth About The Indian Rope Trick
Chapter X Tricks Of Bogus Mediums
Chapter XI Why I Am A Spiritualist
Chapter XII Mediums I Have Sat With
Chapter XIII Magic And Crime
Chapter XIV The Great Kellar
Chapter XV Howard Thurston’s Rise To Riches
Chapter XVI The Zancigs And Their Brilliant Thought-Reading Code
Chapter XVII How Zomah Delayed A Murder
Chapter XVIII David Devant – Master Magician
Chapter XIX A King Of Modern Conjurers
Chapter XX A Medley Of Magicians
Chapter XXI My Magical Life
Chapter XXII “The Man Who Made Ice Famous”
Chapter XXIII An Undertaker’s Interruption
Chapter XXIV The Prince Who Stabbed His Partner
Chapter XXV Ceeley And The Naked Lady
Chapter XXVI Dante’s “Disappearing Lady”
Chapter XXVII The Handcuffed Clergyman – An Escape That Went Wrong
Chapter XXVIII A Conjurer’s Rapid Courtship
Chapter XXIX Muller The Mystic
Chapter XXX Dilemma Of A Parliamentary Magician
Chapter XXXI The Cornells And Their Ghastly Publicity Stunt
Chapter XXXII Wishart And The Corpse
Chapter XXXIII The Tragedy Of Hanco
Chapter XXXIV The £ S. D. Of Magic
Chapter XXXV Miscellaneous Magic

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