HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 ? 1926). Typed Letter Signed (?Houdini"). New York: 7 January 1922. On engraved stationery with a portrait of Houdini in the corner, addressed to Mrs. Julia Vogel Burgess, in part: ?When you say you saw me when I was a mere boy, brings back fond recollections because at that time, like your boy, Clinton, I also had my sweet mother around me." Signed ?Houdini," accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Burgess was the mother of American magician Clinton Burgess (1880 ? 1932). Mailing folds; slight nicks at edges.