THE MOST INTERESTING STORIES OF ALL NATIONS

Table of contents

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