CEASE.—​THE GREATEST HUMBUG OF ALL. 11

CHAPTER II.—DEFINITION OF THE WORD HUMBUG.—​WARREN OF LONDON.—​GENIN THE HATTER.—​GOSLING’S BLACKING. 18

CHAPTER III.—MONSIEUR MANGIN, THE FRENCH HUMBUG. 29

CHAPTER IV.—OLD GRIZZLY ADAMS. 37

CHAPTER V.—THE GOLDEN PIGEONS.—​GRIZZLY ADAMS.—​GERMAN CHEMIST.—​HAPPY FAMILY.—​FRENCH NATURALIST. 46

CHAPTER VI.—THE WHALE, THE ANGEL FISH, AND THE GOLDEN PIGEON. 53

CHAPTER VII.—PEASE’S HOARHOUND CANDY.—​THE DORR REBELLION.—​THE PHILADELPHIA ALDERMAN. 57

CHAPTER VIII.—BRANDRETH’S PILLS.—​MAGNIFICENT ADVERTISING.—​POWER OF IMAGINATION. 65

II. THE SPIRITUALISTS.

CHAPTER IX.—THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS, THEIR RISE AND PROGRESS.—​SPIRITUAL ROPE-TYING.—​MUSIC PLAYING.—​CABINET SECRETS.—​“THEY CHOOSE DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT,” ETC.—​THE SPIRITUAL HAND.—​HOW THE THING IS DONE.—​DR. W. F. VAN VLECK. 73

CHAPTER X.—THE SPIRIT-RAPPING AND MEDIUM HUMBUGS.—​THEIR ORIGIN.—​HOW THE THING IS DONE.—​$500 REWARD. 82

CHAPTER XI.—THE “BALLOT TEST.”—​THE OLD GENTLEMAN AND HIS “DISEASED” RELATIVES.—​A “HUNGRY SPIRIT.”—​“PALMING” A BALLOT.—​REVELATIONS ON STRIPS OF PAPER. 88

CHAPTER XII.—SPIRITUAL “LETTERS ON THE ARM.”—​HOW TO MAKE THEM YOURSELF.—​THE TAMBOURINE AND RING FEATS.—​DEXTER’S DANCING HATS.—​PHOSPHORESCENT OIL.—​SOME SPIRITUAL SLANG. 96

CHAPTER XIII.—DEMONSTRATIONS BY “SAMPSON” UNDER A TABLE.—​A MEDIUM WHO IS HAPPY WITH HER FEET.—​EXPOSÉ OF ANOTHER OPERATOR IN DARK CIRCLES. 102

CHAPTER XIV.—SPIRITUAL PHOTOGRAPHING.—​COLORADO JEWETT AND THE SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHS OF GENERAL JACKSON, HENRY CLAY, DANIEL WEBSTER, STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, ETC.—​A LADY OF DISTINCTION SEEKS AND FINDS A SPIRITUAL PHOTOGRAPH OF HER DECEASED INFANT, AND HER DEAD BROTHER WHO WAS YET ALIVE.—​HOW IT WAS DONE. 109

CHAPTER XV.—BANNER OF LIGHT.—​MESSAGES FROM THE DEAD.—​SPIRITUAL CIVILITIES.—​SPIRIT “HOLLERING.”—​HANS VON VLEET, THE FEMALE DUTCHMAN.—​MRS. CONANT’S “CIRCLES.”—​PAINE’S TABLE-TIPPING HUMBUG