MIRACLE MONGERS
AND THEIR METHODS

A COMPLETE EXPOSE' OF THE MODUS
OPERANDI OF FIRE EATERS, HEAT
RESISTERS, POISON EATERS, VENOMOUS
REPTILE DEFIERS, SWORD SWALLOWERS,
HUMAN OSTRICHES, STRONG MEN, ETC.

BY
HOUDINI
AUTHOR OF
``THE UNMASKING OF ROBERT HOUDIN,'' ETC.


AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
TO MY LIFE'S HELPMATE,
WHO STARVED AND STARRED WITH ME
DURING THE YEARS WE SPENT
AMONG ``MIRACLE MONGERS''
My Wife




PREFACE

``All wonder,'' said Samuel Johnson, ``is
the effect of novelty on ignorance.'' Yet
we are so created that without something to