INDEX OF TRICKS AND ILLUSIONS
Aerial suspension, Houdin’s, 141, 142.
Alchemy, pretended, of Cagliostro, 55.
Altars, magic, 6–9.
Amateur conjuring, 205–209, 346–348.
Anderson, bullet-catching trick, 173; second sight, 173.
Basket trick, Hindoo, 246, 247.
Bel, priests of, and Daniel, 4.
Bible account of Daniel and priests of Bel, 4.
Bird, Pinetti’s mechanical, 29.
Black art, Buatier de Kolta’s, 293–299.
Blind man’s game of piquet, 22.
Blitz, Signor, ventriloquial experience with Paginini, 178–180.
Blue room. See Metempsychosis.
Bosco, cup-and-ball trick, 169–171; pocket-picking experiment, 167, 168.
Bottle, inexhaustible, 165, 166.
Boumski and the duck, 230, 231.
Box, magic, 22.
Bullet-catching trick, Anderson’s, 173; Herrmann’s, 231, 231–233; Houdin’s, 152.
Burglar-proof desk, Houdin’s, 128–131.
Bust of Socrates, Houdin’s, 140, 141.
Cabaret du Néant, 104–106.
Cagliostro, casket, 143–149; crystal vision, 51–53; pretended alchemy, 55; spirit séance, 55, 59; spirit writing, 54, 55.
Camera, use of, in magic, 16.
Card box, magic, 22.
Card trick, Comte’s, 161.
Cellini, Benvenuto, experience with a sorcerer, 13–16.
Ceres, temple of, machinery for deception, 3.
Chambers, secret, in ancient temples, 2, 3.
Chapeaugraphy. See Tabarin.
Chess player, Kempelen’s automaton, 107–116; Maelzel’s experiences with, 107–111.
Clock, Houdin’s magic, 126.
Clever swan, Pinetti’s, 26.
Comte, card trick, 161; ventriloquism, 160, 161.
Concave mirrors, and art of phantasmagoria, 2, 13, 15, 16, 91.
Conradi, inventor of lamp trick, 237.
Crystal vision, Cagliostro, 51–53; psychology of, 51, 52.
Cup-and-ball trick, Bosco’s, 169–171.
Cybele, miraculous statue of, 9–11.
Daniel, and priests of Bel, 4.
Davenport Brothers, rope trick, 250.
Decapitated princess, 329, 330.
De Grisy’s watch trick, 19–21.
De Kolta, Buatier, black art, 293–299; magic die, 292.
Dessoir, Max, on psychology of crystal gazing, 51, 52.
Die, magic, 292.
Doors, temple, opened when fire is lighted on altar, 6–8; trumpet blown on opening, 5, 6.
Double vision of Dr. Sarak, 257, 267–269.
Duck, Boumski and the, 230, 231.
Fakir of Ava, watch trick, 241–243.
Fish eggs, magic hatching, 256, 257.
Fox sisters, spirit rapping, xxx.
Frikell, lessons in magic, 184, 185.
Ghost illusion, Pepper’s, 92–94; Robertson’s, 87–92; Robert-Houdin’s adaptation of, 95–97; Robin’s, 95, 97–100.
Ghosts. See under Cagliostro.
Golden head and rings, Pinetti’s, 26.
Goldfish trick, Robinson’s, 286.
Goldin, invisible flight, 275–277.
“Gone,” Robinson’s illusion, 287–289.
Handcuff trick, Houdini’s, 306–314.
Heller, Robert, second sight, 188–191.
Heron, temple tricks revealed, 5–9.
Herrmann, Alexander, bullet catching trick, 231–233; impromptu trick, 217; spirit-writing, 219; Thibetan mail, 219, 220; Vanity Fair illusion, 233, 234; watch trick, 229, 230.
Hoffmann, Prof., explanation of Sphinx illusion, 322–324.
Horse, alleged stopping of, by power of will, 266, 267.
Houdin. See Robert-Houdin.
Houdini, Harry, handcuff trick, 306–314.
Hypnotic feat of Egyptian sorcerer, 1.
Indian basket. See Hindoo basket.
Invisible flight, Goldin’s, 276, 277.
Kellar and Fakir of Ava, 241–243; levitation mystery, 243–245; rope tricks, 248–250; Yoge’s lamp, 237, 238.
Kempelen, chess-playing automaton, 107–116.
Kircher, Father, temple trick described, 9–11.
Lamp, mysterious, Pinetti, 26; Yoge’s, Kellar, 237, 238.
Levitation mystery, Kellar’s, 243–245.
Light and heavy chest, Houdin’s, 138–140, 150–152.
Lustral water vase, magic, 11.
Maelzel, and the chess-player, 107–111.
Magic clock, Houdin’s, 126.
Magic mirror, Cagliostro’s, 51–53; concave, 2, 13, 15, 16, 91.
Magic villa, Houdin’s, 153, 154.
Magical bouquet, Pinetti’s, 27.
Mango tree, xxviii–xxx.
Maskelyne’s “Psycho,” 116–119; spirit music-box, 119–121.
Matthews, Brander, explanation of Houdin’s casket trick, 146–149.
Metempsychosis, 100–104.
Music-box, spirit, Maskelyne’s, 119–121.
Mysterious lamp, Pinetti’s, 26.
Ombromanie. See Shadowgraphy.
Orange tree, Houdin’s, 142, 143.
Paganini, demon of, 98, 99; experience with Signor Blitz, 178–180.
Parsell, Henry V. A., exposé of spirit music-box, 119–121; Robinson’s “Gone,” 287–289.
Pepper, ghost illusion, 92, 93; metempsychosis, 100–104.
Phantasmagoria, art of, 2, 13, 15, 16, 91.
Pinetti, beheaded dove, 26, 27; clever swan, 26; golden head and rings, 26; fettering and binding experiments, 27; magical bouquet, 27; mechanical bird, 29; mysterious lamp, 26; recovered ring, 28, 29, 38; ring and ribbons, 27; second sight, 35; stage, 36; Wise little Turk, 26.
Piquet, blind man’s game of, 22.
Pistol trick, fatal, of De Grisy, 22.
Polyoscope, Seguin’s, 94.
“Psycho,” Maskelyne’s, 116–119.
Recovered ring, Pinetti’s, 28, 29, 38.
Ring and ribbons, Pinetti’s, 27.
Robert-Houdin, aeriel suspension, 141, 142; bullet-catching, 152; burglar-proof desk, 128–131; bust of Socrates, 140, 141; Cagliostro’s casket, 143–149; ghost illusion, 97–100; history of Kempelen’s chess-player, 112–116; light and heavy chest, 138–140, 150–152; magic clock, 126; magic villa, 153, 154; orange tree, 142, 143; stage, 138; trick table, 137.
Robertson, ghost illusion, 87–92.
Robin, ghost illusion, 95, 97–100; stage, 164, 165.
Robinson, goldfish trick, 286; illusion “Gone,” 287–289.
Rods turning into serpents, x.
Rope tricks, Davenport Brothers, 250; Kellar’s, 248–250; Pinetti’s, 27.
Salverte, description of temple tricks, 2.
Sarak, Dr., double vision, 257, 267–269; hatching fish eggs by magic, 256, 257; stopping horse by power of will, 266, 267.
Second sight, Anderson’s, 173; Heller’s, 188–191; invented by Pinetti, 35; silent, 194–198; Wyman’s, 203; Zancigs’, 199, 200.
Séguin’s polyoscope, 94.
Sepulchre, marvellous, 5.
Serpents, rods turning into, x.
Servante, 18.
Shadowgraphy, Trewey’s, 333–338.
Shirt trick, Pinetti’s, 29–31.
Silent second sight, Svengalis’, 194–198.
Slade, Dr., and spirit slates, xxvi.
Slot machine, antiquity of, 11.
Spectres. See Ghost illusion.
Sphinx illusion, 318–326.
Spirit music-box, Maskelyne’s, 119–121.
Spirit rapping, xxx.
Spirit séance, Cagliostro’s, 59.
Spirit writing, Cagliostro’s, 54; Herrmann’s, 219.
Stage, Houdin’s, 138.
Stodare, Colonel, and Sphinx illusion, 320, 324, 325.
Svengalis, silent second sight, 194–198.
Swing, magic, xx–xxiii.
Talrich’s decapitè parlant, 325, 326.
Tarsus, temple of, illusions, 2.
Tavern of the dead. See Cabaret du Néant.
Temple doors. See Doors, temple.
Ten-Ichi, thumb-tying trick, 27.
Theurgists, deceptions of, 2.
Thompson, Alfred, and Sphinx illusion, 320–322.
Thumb-tying trick, Pinetti’s, 27; Ten Ichi’s, 27.
Thurston, Howard, tricks and illusions of, 278.
Tobin, Thomas, inventor of Sphinx illusion, 318.
Trewey, shadowgraphy, 333–338; Tabarin, 341, 342.
Trick table, Houdin’s, 137, 138.
Trunk trick, 249.
“Vanity Fair” illusion, 233, 234.
Ventriloquism, Blitz, 178–180; Comte, 160, 161.
Watch trick, De Grisy’s, 19–21; Fakir of Ava’s, 241–243; Herrmann’s, 229, 230.
Whist playing automaton. See “Psycho.”
Wine and milk trick, 12.
Wise little Turk, Pinetti’s, 26.
Wyman, second sight, 203.
Yoge’s lamp, Kellar’s, 237, 238.
“Yud,” mystery of, 266–267.
Zancigs, second sight, 199, 200.
Zöllner’s illusion, xix.