Houdini On Magic

This is a new work published by Dover Publications in 1953. It contains reprinted material from "Houdini's Escapes" by Walter B. Gibson (1930), and from "Houdini's Magic" by Walter B. Gibson (1932).

Contents

# Title
1

I: Houdini on Handcuffs and Restraints

31

II: Houdini on Rope Magic

55

III: Houdini on Magicians

101

IV: Houdini on Challenges and Escapes

121

V: Houdini on Spooks

163

VI: Houdini on Tricks

237

VII: Houdini on Miscellaneous Mystery

261

VIII: Houdini on the Right Way to do Wrong

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