[CHAPTER III.]—MONSIEUR MANGIN, THE FRENCH HUMBUG. [29]
[CHAPTER IV.]—OLD GRIZZLY ADAMS. [37]
[CHAPTER V.]—THE GOLDEN PIGEONS.—GRIZZLY ADAMS.—GERMAN CHEMIST.—HAPPY FAMILY.—FRENCH NATURALIST. [46]
[CHAPTER VI.]—THE WHALE, THE ANGEL FISH, AND THE GOLDEN PIGEON. [53]
[CHAPTER VII.]—PEASE’S HOARHOUND CANDY.—THE DORR REBELLION.—THE PHILADELPHIA ALDERMAN. [57]
[CHAPTER VIII.]—BRANDRETH’S PILLS.—MAGNIFICENT ADVERTISING.—POWER OF IMAGINATION. [65]
[CHAPTER IX.]—THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS, THEIR RISE AND PROGRESS.—SPIRITUAL ROPE-TYING.—MUSIC PLAYING.—CABINET SECRETS.—“THEY CHOOSE DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT,” ETC.—THE SPIRITUAL HAND.—HOW THE THING IS DONE.—DR. W. F. VAN VLECK. [73]
[CHAPTER X.]—THE SPIRIT-RAPPING AND MEDIUM HUMBUGS.—THEIR ORIGIN.—HOW THE THING IS DONE.—$500 REWARD. [82]
[CHAPTER XI.]—THE “BALLOT TEST.”—THE OLD GENTLEMAN AND HIS “DISEASED” RELATIVES.—A “HUNGRY SPIRIT.”—“PALMING” A BALLOT.—REVELATIONS ON STRIPS OF PAPER. [88]