Paris, Robert-Houdin goes to, 141; return to, from Brussels, 292; from England, 366; retires from, 368. Park Theatre, Brussels, 287. Pastry-cook, Houdin’s automaton, 179. Peacock, the magic, 228. Perambulating house, 61. Perrault’s fairies, 157. Philippe Talon, the conjurer, 221; visits London, _ib._; at Aberdeen, 222; his lottery, 223; in Paris, 227. Philter, a lady wants a, 262. Piarot, Bosco’s pigeon, 189. Pigeon-trick, Bosco’s, 187; his work, 191. Piller of the State, a, 223. Pillory, spectators on the, 350. Pinetti, Chevalier, 92; treachery of, 94. Pirlemont Hotel, Brussels, 286. Pistol-trick in Africa, 412. Piquet, a blind man’s game at, 64; the game of, 81; a duel at, 85. Pius VII. and the conjurer, 107. Pocket, _sauter la coupe_ in the, 50. Poison in the dish, 52. Police, the Prefect of, 238. Poor Piarot, 189. Pope, conjuring before the, 107. Porter, tyranny of, 288. Porter’s power, machine of, 38. _Pot-au-feu_, 194. Powdered glass, an appetiser, 425. Prepared playing cards, 214. Press, the English, 333. Prestidigitateur, title first assumed by Jules de Rovère, 154. Prodigal son, 136. Prophet, a fallible, 250. Protector, a powerful, 318. Punch’s doings, 223. Punch bowl, the magic, 382. R. Race for time, 265. Ragoût, the poisoned, 52. Rat, the captured, 21. Rat-trap, a novel, 23. Randon, Marshal, 380. Recollections of the soirées, 254. Red-hot metal, feats with, 432. Reforms in conjuring, 235. Rehearsal, Houdin’s first, 241. Repast, a wizard’s, 357. Retirement from Paris, 368. Revenge, a conjurer’s, 102. Revolution of 1848, 320. Reysolius, his artificial man, 157. Richardson’s incombustibility, 431. Rings’ trick, 225. Ritter, Captain, 399. Rival, a dangerous, 66. Robert, the elder, father of Robert-Houdin, his skill, 17; death of, 208. Roger, M., an honest lawyer, 37. Roger, the singer, 337. Romainville, music studies in the wood of, 207. Rose-colored tickets, 143. Royal patronage, 344. Royalty, insult to, 101. Rrrrrrrrouit, the nightingale’s, 207. S. Sabre-swallower, the French, 427. Saint’s head, a, 200. Sand-bag and stirrup trick, 33. _Sauter de coupe_, 84. Scheme of revenge, 103. School, Houdin at, 21. Sciences, Royal Academy of, 158. Scientific amusements, 44. Scotland, Houdin in, 366. Second-sight, invention of the, 255. Seductions of a theatrical agent, 273. Selim III., the Sultan, visits Torrini, 122. Sementrici’s feats with hot metal, 431. Seven thousand francs made by filings, 208. Sharpers, hints for, 219. Skill, a duel of, 102. Skillful manager, a, 143. Sleight-of-hand, principle of, 48; first practice in, 49. Soirées Fantastiques de Robert-Houdin in London, 324. Sorcerer, how a man becomes one, 46. Spectators in the pillory, 348. St. Cloud, Houdin at Palace of, 303. St. James’s Theatre, London, 322; Houdin at, 330; Dormeuil at, 335. St. Thomas Aquinas breaks the brazen man, 157. Stirrup-trick, 33.