Carlosbach, Dr., the conjurer, 27. Carpentier, Aristide le, the antiquarian, 271. Carriage smashed, 286. Castellan, Madame, 337. Castelli, Signor, eats a man alive, 69. Catherine II. plays with the automaton chess-player, 169; attempts to cheat, 170; wants to buy the figure, 171. Celestial Empire, the, 236. Challenge to Houdin, 268. _Charivari_, the, 252. Charlatan bills, Anderson’s, 329. Charles V., iron fly presented to, 155. Chaussée d’Antin, scene in, 272. Cheat, punishment of a, 83. Cheating cards, diagrams of, 216. Chess-player, history of the automaton (see _Kempelen_), 162-172. Chester Theatre, England, 289. Chinese and their conjuring tricks, 225. Choosing a Profession, 26. Cleopatra’s asp, 161. Clipping the coin, 51. Clock, the mysterious, 195. Clockmaking, treatise on, 43. Clowns, Houdin’s automaton, 179. Coffee, the conjurer’s, 382. Collation, a magical, 364. Colchester, audience and the nuts, 365. Componium, the, 172; repaired by Houdin, 175. Comte, the magician, 141; his tricks, 143; his café, 144; performs at the Tuilleries, 146; his King of Hearts, 147; hat-trick, 148; his ventriloquism, 149; visits Houdin, 150. Comus, the conjurer, 83. Conjuring bullets, 413. Conscientious audience, 298. Constantinople, conjuring at, 121. Convocation of Arab chiefs, 378. Cookery and clockwork, 194. Cossack, the automaton, 227. Course of miracles, a, 422. _Court Journal_, 355. Cousin Robert, 421. Covent Garden Theatre, 335. Critic, a severe, 204. Cronier, the mechanician, 161. Crystal Balls, the, 312. Curaçoa from the bottle, 350. Curious discussion, 377. Custom at Colchester, 365. D. Dantan, junior, the caricaturist, 299; makes a bust, 301. D’Avaray, Duc, 37. Dazzling picture, a, 343. De Paris, the Count, 231. Deception, a rival’s, 99. Delay at Algiers, 375. Delirium, influence of, 53. Dial, Houdin’s magic, 179. Diagrams of cheating cards, 216 and 218. Diamond cut diamond, 150. Diplomatist and conjurer, 341. Director of the Belgian Customs, 283; tricks upon, 284. Doctor, a strange, 55. Domingo, the negro, 229. Dormeuil, theatrical manager, 336. Dorval, Madame, benefit of, 314. Doubtful applause, 75. Dreams, phantasmagoria of, 54. Debureau, Houdin’s automaton clown, 179. Duhart, chief of the claquers, 318. Dumas’ Monte Christo, 336. E. Electric shock, 385. Electric touch, an, 264. Electric clocks, future of, 421. Electricity applied to mechanism by Houdin, 370. Emile-Houdin, 256; performances by, 258. England invaded by French performers, 334. English theatrical costume, 332. Escamoteur, the, 153. Etherial suspension, 312. Exhibition of 1844, 231; medal voted to Houdin, 233. Expedient, an, 331. Experiments, curious, 256. Eye and hand, practice of, 49. F. Failure, an utter, 247. Fair-Unknown, a, 258. Family tickets, 143. Fancy Fair, Sir A. Webster’s, 337. Fantasia by Arabs, 378. Fantastic portfolio, 312.