25 REAL LIFE DETECTIVE & TRUE MODERN MAGIC STORIES

Contents

PART I—DETECTIVE STORIES FROM REAL LIFE
ARTHUR TRAIN
A Flight into Texas

P. H. WOODWARD
Adventures in the Secret Service of the Post-Office Department
An Erring Shepherd
An Aspirant for Congress
The Fortune of Seth Savage
A Wish Unexpectedly Gratified
An Old Game Revived
A Formidable Weapon

ANDREW LANG
Saint-Germain the Deathless
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Legend
The Valet's History
The Valet's Master
Original Papers in the Case of Roux De Marsilly

PART II—TRUE STORIES OF MODERN MAGIC
M. ROBERT-HOUDIN
A Conjurer's Confessions
Self-Training
"Second Sight"
The Magician Who Became an Ambassador
Facing the Arab's Pistol

DAVID P. ABBOTT
Fraudulent Spiritualism Unveiled
A Doctor of the Occult
How the Tricks Succeeded
The Name of the Dead
Mind Reading in Public
Some Famous Exposures

HEREWARD CARRINGTON
More Tricks of "Spiritualism"
"Matter through Matter"
Deception Explained by the Science of Psychology

ANONYMOUS

How Spirits Materialize