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unmaskingrobert00houdgoog.pdf | 326 | NARROWNESS OF ROBERT-HOUDIN'S "MEMOIRS" chapter III. of this book will show. Frikell was the pioneer in dispensing with cumbersome stage draperies. Robert- Houdin claimed this innovation as the product of his own ingenuity. Compars Herrmann was playing in London when Robert-Houdin made his English début under Minnel Wiljalba Frikell in his youth, showing the peculiar costume worn by con- jurers at that time. The author secured this portrait a few weeks before Frikell's death and sent it to the veteran conjurer, who was amazed to learn that this print was in existence. Now in the Harry Houdini Collection. Mitchell's direction, and was presenting, trick for trick, the répertoire claimed by Robert-Houdin as original with him. Henri Robin disputed Robert-Houdin's claim to having invented the inexhaustible bottle, and proved his case, as will be seen by reference to chapter VIII. Jacobs [ 297 ] |