Harry Houdini

Name: Harry Houdini's Paper Magic The Whole Art of Paper Tricks, Including Folding, Tearing and Puzzles
ISBN: 9781779791177

Entertainer

1874-03-24

Books by Harry Houdini

The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin
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The Right Way to Do Wrong

A Unique Selection of Writings by History's Greatest Escape Artist
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Harry Houdini's Paper Magic The Whole Art of Paper Tricks, Including Folding, Tearing and Puzzles
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Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline.
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But it must not be thought that I say this out of personal experience: for in the many years that I have been before the public my secret methods have been steadily shielded by the strict integrity of my assistants, most of whom have been with me for years.
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A common pickpocket trick is for the operator to carry a shawl or overcoat carelessly over the left arm, and to take a seat on the right side of the person they intend to rob in a streetcar or other vehicle.
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In all feats of fire-eating it should be noted that the head is thrown well back, so that the flame may pass out of the open mouth instead of up into the roof, as it would if the head were held naturally.
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It is not unusual for the eye or ear to play tricks with one, but when such illusions and delusions are taken for the Spirit forms of the departed and voices of the dead instead of being recognized as some subjective phenomena brought about by a physical cause, the situation takes on a grave aspect.
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