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Contents PART I VENTRILOQUISM CHAP. I. T H E P R A C T I C A L V E N T R I L O Q U I S T II. III.

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IV. T H E N E A R V O I C E V. VI.

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COMPLETE PERFORMANCE

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CONJURING I. EASY TRICKS WITHOUT APPARATUS II. MISCELLANEOUS DRAWING-ROOM TRICKS

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III. APPLIANCES FOR MORE ADVANCED TRICKS .

IV. MESMERISM AND MYSTERIES .

V. SOME STARTLING ILLUSIONS . . ,

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PART III POPULAR ENTERTAINMENTS I. VOCAL MIMICRY II. CLAIRVOYANCE OR SECOND-SIGHT .

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III. S O M E STRANGE EXPERIMENTS IV. F U R T H E R M A R V E L S V. T H E A R TO F R E C I T A T I O N VI.

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Contents PART IV THE PLATFORM STAGE CHAP.

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VARIETY PROGRAMMES

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IV.

M E T H O D S AND MANAGEMENT

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