HOUDINI THE ADVENTUROUS LIFE OF A VERSATILE ARTIST. [Illustration: THE ADVENTUROUS LIFE OF A VERSATILE ARTIST] HOUDINI THE WORLD FAMOUS SELF-LIBERATOR HOUDINI, Presenting the Greatest Performance of his Strenuous Career, liberating himself after being Locked in a WATER TORTURE CELL (Houdini's own Invention) whilst Standing on his Head, his Ankles Clamped and Locked above in the centre of the Massive Cover. [Illustration: Water Torture Cell] A FEAT WHICH BORDERS ON THE SUPERNATURAL $1,000 HOUDINI offers this sum to any one proving that it is possible to obtain air in the upside-down position in which he releases himself from this Water Filled Torture Cell. [Illustration: Profile of Houdini] Six Million of these Books in circulation since 1900, in various Forms, Editions and Languages. HOUDINI THE ADVENTUROUS LIFE OF A VERSATILE ARTIST. (Revised 1922 Edition). HARRY HOUDINI, "the World's Handcuff King and amazing Prison Breaker," a title universally and unanimously bestowed upon him, has had a career as adventurous and romantic as the most imaginative writer could possibly conjure. Indeed, this wonderful genius, with a science concerning bolts, bars, locks, and chains that will yet revolutionize the world's methods of safeguarding itself against "the men that prowl in the night," confirms the truth of the ancient adage that "truth is stranger than fiction." Just remember for a moment that he is the man to whom the shrewdest police, the sharpest detectives, and the most watchful jail wardens look with awe and anxiety. And they are eminently right in this attitude of disquiet, because they know that buried in the brain of Houdini lies the secret of an unknown power he alone possesses that makes their prisons as powerless as Japanese screens, and renders their multiple-locking handcuffs, leg irons, and all the other prison paraphernalia, no more binding than store twine. Suppose the innate and inherent integrity of character that Houdini possesses, in common with most men brought up within the circle of a mother's sweet influence, were to be swept aside by the desire for riches not his own. There are many men of many millions to-day whose money is not their own. Suppose he should be captured by a band of desperate men determined to wrest from Houdini this secret worth millions. Suppose a great hypnotist were to obtain dominance over this mystery-enveloped genius and use his baneful powers for evil designs. What then? A slight knowledge of the marvels Houdini has accomplished mixed with a little imagination would create as many more suppositions of this kind as this book could contain.