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unmaskingrobert00houdgoog.pdf | 27 | INTRODUCTION Often when the bookshops and auction sales did not yield fruit worth plucking, I had the good fortune to meet a private collector or a retired performer whose assistance proved invaluable, and the histories of Charles Bertram (James Bassett), the English author and conjurer, who wrote "Isn't it Wonderful ?" Born 1853, died Feb. 28th, 1907. From the Harry Houdini Collection. these meetings read almost like romances, so skilfully did the Fates seem to juggle with my efforts to secure credible proof. To the late Henry Evans Evanion I am indebted for [20] |