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Page 2: "teems" should probably be "teem."
(Orig: His press clipping books teems with stories)
Page 2: "that" should probably be "than."
(Orig: reader's attention more closely that if he were absorbing)
Page 2: "ad infitum." should probably be "ad infinitum."
(Orig: And so, ad infitum.)
Page 8: Retained "Schutzmann" as a variation of "Schutzman."
(Orig: The chief one was Schutzmann Werner Graff,)
Page 14: Changed "Hollard" to "Holland."
(Orig: Amsterdam, Hague; Dordrecht, Hollard;)
Page 37: In the dictionary, the umlauts in =Hou'di-ni=, 1 hü'dï-nï;
represent macrons in the text version. In 2 hu'dï-nï, they are umlauts.
Page 38: "cought" might be a typo for "caught."
(Orig: he had cought the coin in his mouth.)
Page 40: Changed "a" to "as."
(Orig: and a soon as I would have seen anything)
Page 43: "tumultous" might be a typo for "tumultuous."
(Orig: broke into tumultous hand-clapping.)
Page 43: Changed show, roarded Willard, to show," roared Willard,
Page 47: Added missing "of" between "straps" and "the".
(Orig: in fastening the innumerable straps the straight-jacket.)
Page 47: Changed "smilling" to "smiling."
(Orig: "Treat me," he advised, smilling)
Page 49: Changed "arrangemnt" to "arrangement."
(Orig: perfectly agreeable to this arrangemnt)
Page 57: Changed "orgnized" to "organized."
(Orig: Houdini orgnized his own film producing company)