Trewey, an apt descendant of the ancient magi of the land of Mizraim, has compiled a ponderous folio of illusions and feats of juggling and legerdemain; a great manuscript volume of mysteries, the text of which is illustrated by pen-and-ink sketches by himself. Over two thousand magical experiments are described and explained in this tome of thaumaturgy, gathered from all sources, many of them being his own inventions, perhaps the majority of them. I know that this volume exists, for I have seen it and glanced over it. I have urged Trewey to publish the work. Perhaps he will some day, now that he has the leisure for literary labors. He is at present at work on his invention, the _Treweyorama_, which will be exhibited soon in Paris. {349} INDEX OF TRICKS AND ILLUSIONS Aerial suspension, Houdin’s, 141, 142. Alchemy, pretended, of Cagliostro, 55. Altars, magic, 6–9. Amateur conjuring, 205–209, 346–348. Anderson, bullet-catching trick, 173; second sight, 173. Automata, 26, 107–119. Balsamo, mask of, 42, 43. Basket trick, Hindoo, 246, 247. Bel, priests of, and Daniel, 4. Bible account of Daniel and priests of Bel, 4. Bird, Pinetti’s mechanical, 29. Black art, Buatier de Kolta’s, 293–299. Blind man’s game of piquet, 22. Blitz, _Signor_, ventriloquial experience with Paginini, 178–180. Blue room. _See_ Metempsychosis. Bosco, cup-and-ball trick, 169–171; pocket-picking experiment, 167, 168. Bottle, inexhaustible, 165, 166. Boumski and the duck, 230, 231. Box, magic, 22. Bullet-catching trick, Anderson’s, 173; Herrmann’s, 231, 231–233; Houdin’s, 152. Burglar-proof desk, Houdin’s, 128–131. Bust of Socrates, Houdin’s, 140, 141. _Cabaret du Néant_, 104–106. Cagliostro, casket, 143–149; crystal vision, 51–53; pretended alchemy, 55; spirit séance, 55, 59; spirit writing, 54, 55. Camera, use of, in magic, 16. Card box, magic, 22. Card trick, Comte’s, 161. Cellini, Benvenuto, experience with a sorcerer, 13–16. Ceres, temple of, machinery for deception, 3. Chambers, secret, in ancient temples, 2, 3. Chapeaugraphy. _See_ Tabarin. Chess player, Kempelen’s automaton, 107–116; Maelzel’s experiences with, 107–111. Clock, Houdin’s magic, 126. Clever swan, Pinetti’s, 26. Comte, card trick, 161; ventriloquism, 160, 161. Concave mirrors, and art of phantasmagoria, 2, 13, 15, 16, 91. Confederates, use of, 29, 30. Conradi, inventor of lamp trick, 237. Crystal vision, Cagliostro, 51–53; psychology of, 51, 52. Cup-and-ball trick, Bosco’s, 169–171. Cybele, miraculous statue of, 9–11. Daniel, and priests of Bel, 4. Davenport Brothers, rope trick, 250. Decapitated princess, 329, 330. _Decapitè parlant_, 325, 326. De Grisy’s watch trick, 19–21. De Kolta, Buatier, black art, 293–299; magic die, 292. Dessoir, Max, on psychology of crystal gazing, 51, 52. Die, magic, 292.