ILLUSTRATIONS

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Houdini Photographed at the Auto Club, London, England[Frontispiece]
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John D. Fox and His Wife[10]
The Fox Home at Hydesville[10]
Leah Fox Fish[14]
Katie Fox Jencken[14]
Margaret Fox Kane[14]
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D.[14]
Ira Erastus Davenport and Houdini, Taken on July 5, 1911. The last photograph of the old showman[26]
Facsimile of Portions of a Letter Written to Houdini by Ira E. Davenport[28]
Daniel Dunglas Home[44]
Diagram Showing Arrangement of Rooms, Windows, Etc., Where Hume’s Reputed Feat of Floating Took Place[47]
Eusapia Palladino and Her Seance Table[60]
Ann O’Delia Diss Debar[76]
Henry Slade[88]
Locked Slate Used by Dr. Henry Slade in His Writing Tests at Philadelphia[96]
Sketch Showing Slade’s Seat at the Table, Different Positions of Slates, Location of Sponge, and Method of Moving Book[98]
Writing on Honest Slates by Means of Wedge and Wire[104]
Houdini, Mrs. Houdini, and Mr. Teale, Demonstrating a Method of Switching Slates over a Sitter’s Head[106]
Rapping Mechanism in Heel of Medium’s Shoe[111]
Tube and Piston Arrangement for Making Raps[111]
So-called “Spirit Extra” on Photograph of Harry Price Made by William Hope of the Crewe Circle[130]
Houdini and Alexander Martin[134]
Photograph of Houdini Made by Alexander Martin, at Denver, Colorado, on May 10, 1923, Showing So-called “Spirit Extras”[136]
Mme. Bisson, Mrs. Feilding (Tomchick), and Mlle. Eva[170]
Kellar and Houdini[224]