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unmaskingrobert00houdgoog.pdf | 308 | ROBERT-HOUDIN'S IGNORANCE OF MAGIC scènes de Ventriloquie exécutées et communiquées par M. Conte, Physicien du Roi," Paris, 1837; "Anciens et Nou- vaux Tours d'Escamotage," of which there are innumer- able editions; "Le Manuel des Sorciers. Recréations Phy- siques, Mathématiques, Tours de Cartes et de Gibecière; suivre, des Jeux de Société," Paris, 1802. His third work, "Magie et Physique Amusante," trans- POSITION OF BOY IN BASKET Position of the "vanished" Hindoo while concealed in the basket. From the Harry Houdini Collection. lated by Professor Hoffmann under the title of "The Secrets of Stage Conjuring," and published in English in 1881, is marred by an almost continuous strain of mis- statements, incorrect explanations, and downright falsifi- cation. On page 17 of the American edition Robert-Houdin [ 279] |