Stories and anecdotes of the Who's Who of magic in the early 20th century. Several are about Houdini.
An Introduction
Foreword
The Truth About The Zancigs
The Tragedy Of Hanco
When G. W. Hunter Dried Up
How Denny And Will Goldston Escaped Gaol
The Truth Of Horace Goldin's Arrest
The Cornells And Their Ghastly Publicity Stunt
The Strangeness Of Lafayette
Dante Perplexed
Dante's Experience In Russia
Muller The Mystic
Was Chung Ling Soo Murdered?
A Handcuff Escape That Went Wrong
Ceeley And The Naked Lady
Frank Van Hoven's Tragic Failure
Frank Van Hoven And A Fellow Artist's Wife
Wishart And The Dead Body
Raymond And The Undertaker
What Hannen Swaffer Told The Magic Circle
The M.P. Who Does Magic
The Prince Who Stabbed His Partner
A Foreword On Houdini
My First Encounter With Houdini
Houdini And The Magical Illusions
Houdini's Film Failure
Houdini At The Palladium
Houdini At Manchester
A Regrettable Incident
The Houdini Packing Case Escape
Houdini And "The Unmasking Of Robert Houdin"
Houdini Objects To Someone Else's Boost
Did Houdini Fail?
Is Houdini Earth Bound?
Is Bessie Houdini A Cheat?
Maurice And The Girl In The Car
The Great Maurice And A New Illusion
How Magic Is Accepted In Nigeria
Murray – His Greatest Escape
How Zomah Delayed A Murder
Carl Hertz The Imitator
The World's Cheapest Theatre
Hertz And His Monte Carlo Syndicate
Carl Hertz And The Bird Cage
Harry Kellar's Search For A Successor
Was John Nevil Maskelyne A Genius?
The Mystery Of My Resignation From The Magic Circle
David Devant – The Master Magician
My Impromptu Act
The Battle Of The Pierrots
My Cemetery Adventure
An Error That Cost £1,000
Will Goldston's Spy Service
My Quickest Vanish
A Confession By Will Goldston
