ELISHA KENT KANE, M.D. 14 IRA ERASTUS DAVENPORT AND HOUDINI, TAKEN ON JULY 5, 1911. The last photograph of the old showman 26 FACSIMILE OF PORTIONS OF A LETTER WRITTEN TO HOUDINI BY IRA E. DAVENPORT 28 DANIEL DUNGLAS HOME 44 DIAGRAM SHOWING ARRANGEMENT OF ROOMS, WINDOWS, ETC., WHERE HUME’S REPUTED FEAT OF FLOATING TOOK PLACE 47 EUSAPIA PALLADINO AND HER SEANCE TABLE 60 ANN O’DELIA DISS DEBAR 76 HENRY SLADE 88 LOCKED SLATE USED BY DR. HENRY SLADE IN HIS WRITING TESTS AT PHILADELPHIA 96 SKETCH SHOWING SLADE’S SEAT AT THE TABLE, DIFFERENT POSITIONS OF SLATES, LOCATION OF SPONGE, AND METHOD OF MOVING BOOK 98 WRITING ON HONEST SLATES BY MEANS OF WEDGE AND WIRE 104 HOUDINI, MRS. HOUDINI, AND MR. TEALE, DEMONSTRATING A METHOD OF SWITCHING SLATES OVER A SITTER’S HEAD 106 RAPPING MECHANISM IN HEEL OF MEDIUM’S SHOE 111 TUBE AND PISTON ARRANGEMENT FOR MAKING RAPS 111 SO-CALLED “SPIRIT EXTRA” ON PHOTOGRAPH OF HARRY PRICE MADE BY WILLIAM HOPE OF THE CREWE CIRCLE 130 HOUDINI AND ALEXANDER MARTIN 134 PHOTOGRAPH OF HOUDINI MADE BY ALEXANDER MARTIN, AT DENVER, COLORADO, ON MAY 10, 1923, SHOWING SO-CALLED “SPIRIT EXTRAS” 136 MME. BISSON, MRS. FEILDING (TOMCHICK), AND MLLE. EVA 170 KELLAR AND HOUDINI 224 INTRODUCTION