A Magician Among The Spirits

Houdini writes about the famous mediums in his time. Names like Palladino and Ann O'Delia Diss Debar should ring a bell. He also elaborates on his exchanges with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who was a firm believer in spirits and paranormal phenomena.

1st edition, 1924, Harper & Row, New York; reprint 1972, Arno Press, New York; 296 pages.

11. Introduction
12. Preface
1. I. The Founders of Modern Spiritualism
17. II. The Davenport Brothers
38. III. Daniel Dunglas Home
50. IV. Palladino
66. V. Ann O'Delia Diss Debar
79. VI. Dr. Slade and His Spirit Slates
101. VII. Slate Writing and Other Methods
117. VIII. Spirit Photography
138. IX. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
166. X. Why Ectoplasm?
180. XI. By-Products of Spiritualism
191. XII. Investigations - Wise and Otherwise
217. XIII. How Mediums Obtain Information
229. XIV. What You Must Believe to Be a Spiritualist
244. XV. Magicians as Detectors of Fraud
266. XVI. Conclusion
271. Appendix
282. Photos

word count: 94976 which is equivalent to 379 standard pages of text