TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| Introduction by Dr. Paul Carus | [ix] |
| History of Natural Magic and Prestidigitation | [1] |
| The Chevalier Pinetti | [23] |
| Cagliostro: A Study in Charlatanism | [42] |
| Ghost-making Extraordinary | [87] |
| The Romance of Automata | [107] |
| Robert-Houdin: Conjurer, Author and Ambassador | [123] |
| Some Old-time Conjurers | [160] |
| The Secrets of Second Sight | [188] |
| The Confessions of an Amateur Conjurer | [201] |
| A Day with Alexander the Great | [215] |
| A Twentieth Century Thaumaturgist | [237] |
| A Gentleman of Thibet | [254] |
| Magicians I Have Met | [271] |
| The Riddle of the Sphinx | [318] |
| Treweyism | [331] |
THE OLD AND THE NEW MAGIC