From the Book - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Secrets of the conjurors revealed : Reginald Scot's The discoverie of witchcraft
The pastry chef : Robert-Houdin's magical automata
Prestidigitation and the presidency : Wyman the Wizard's cap and pence
Will, the witch, and the watchman : John Nevil Maskelyne's trunk
The man who knows : Alexander's turban
"P" is for private : Professor Hoffmann's notebook
This is my wife : Buatier de Kolta's expanding die
We're off to see the wizard : Harry Kellar's nest of boxes
The queen of magic : Adelaide Herrmann's dress
The palace of magic : Martinka's theatre
Author unknown : The expert at the card table
Notes on steam engines, pumps, boilers hydraulic, and other machinery : Max Malini's peculiar paraphernalia
Condemned to death by the Boxers : Chung Ling Soo's gun
Escaping mortality : the Houdini collection
The magician who made himself disappear : Howard Thurston's disembodied princess
Lighter than air : Okito's floating ball
Divided : Dante's sawing illusion
Free rabbits : the Harry Blackstone collection
The suave deceiver : Cardini's tuxedo, monocle, and playing cards
The human index : Arthur Lloyd's gown, mortarboard, and cards
If they don't know you, they can't book you : Dell O'Dell's guillotine
In pursuit of perfection : Channing Pollock's vanishing bird cage
Blood on the curtain : Richiardi's buzz saw
The man who fooled Houdini : Dai Vernon's dead list
The mystery box : Tannen's magic store
The magic in your mind : Al Koran's medallion
The magician who believed in real magic : Doug Henning's costume and metamorphosis trunk
On the shoulders of giants : David Copperfield's death saw.