Lock and Key Library, Magic & 
Real Detectives 
 
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#2 in our Lock and Key Library series by Julian Hawthorne 
PART I--DETECTIVE STORIES FROM 
REAL LIFE 
 
PART II--TRUE STORIES OF MODERN 
MAGIC 
Also see: The Lock and Key Library, Julian Hawthorne, Ed. 
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PART I--DETECTIVE STORIES FROM 
REAL LIFE 
PART II--TRUE STORIES OF MODERN 
MAGIC 
PART I--DETECTIVE STORIES FROM 
REAL LIFE 
ARTHUR TRAIN 
A Flight into Texas 
P. H. WOODWARD 
Adventures in the Secret Service of the Post-Office Department 
An 
Erring Shepherd 
An Aspirant for Congress 
The Fortune of Seth 
Savage 
A Wish Unexpectedly Gratified
An Old Game Revived 
A Formidable Weapon 
ANDREW LANG 
Saint-Germain the Deathless 
The Man in the Iron Mask 
The
Legend 
The Valet's History 
The Valet's Master
Original Papers 
in the Case of Roux De Marsilly 
 
PART II--TRUE STORIES OF MODERN 
MAGIC 
M. ROBERT-HOUDIN 
A Conjurer's Confessions 
Self-Training "Second Sight" 
The 
Magician Who Became an Ambassador 
Facing the Arab's Pistol 
DAVID P. ABBOTT 
Fraudulent Spiritualism Unveiled 
A Doctor of the Occult 
How the 
Tricks Succeeded 
The Name of the Dead 
Mind Reading in Public 
Some Famous Exposures 
HEREWARD CARRINGTON 
More Tricks of "Spiritualism" 
"Matter through Matter" 
Deception 
Explained by the Science of Psychology 
ANONYMOUS 
How Spirits Materialize 
 
January, 2000 [Etext #2031] 
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