Publishers
HARPER & BROTHERS
New York and London
MCMXXIV
A MAGICIAN AMONG THE SPIRITS
Copyright, 1924, by Harry Houdini
Printed in the United States of America
First Edition
O-Y
IN WORSHIPFUL HOMAGE
I
DEDICATE THIS BOOK
TO THE MEMORY OF MY SAINTED MOTHER
IF GOD
IN HIS INFINITE WISDOM
EVER SENT AN ANGEL UPON EARTH IN HUMAN FORM
IT WAS MY
MOTHER
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| Introduction | [xi] | |
| Preface | [xxi] | |
| I. | The Founders of Modern Spiritualism | [1] |
| II. | The Davenport Brothers | [17] |
| III. | Daniel Dunglas Home | [38] |
| IV. | Palladino | [50] |
| V. | Ann O’Delia Diss Debar | [66] |
| VI. | Dr. Slade and His Spirit Slates | [79] |
| VII. | Slate Writing and Other Methods | [101] |
| VIII. | Spirit Photography | [117] |
| IX. | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | [138] |
| X. | Why Ectoplasm? | [166] |
| XI. | By-products of Spiritualism | [180] |
| XII. | Investigations—Wise and Otherwise | [191] |
| XIII. | How Mediums Obtain Information | [217] |
| XIV. | What You Must Believe to Be a Spiritualist | [229] |
| XV. | Magicians as Detectors of Fraud | [244] |
| XVI. | Conclusion | [266] |
| Appendix | [271] |