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Lessons in Pogic. the tips of the fore-fingerand thumb. (See the dotted
lines in Fig. 3). The
hand is then appar-
by Prof. ELLIS STANYON, ently closed on the
Azdhor of (‘Co?ls;uri?zgf o r Amateurs,” “ Conjuri7tg wifh coin, and a moment
Cards,’ ‘ ‘ New Coir2 Tricks, &c. , &c.
) )
later, on opening the
hand,the coin has ,
disappeared. Inthe
act of closing the
PRACTICAL TIPS ON PALMING. hand the fore-finger
Under this headiug I propose to give my readers the carries the coin
the
to Fig. 3.
benefit of my experienceinpalminglargeobjectsas right of the
Balls, Eggs, Handkerchiefs, &C., &c. thumbwhich
PaZming BaZLs.-The ball should be asmallsize grips
as
it
billiardballnotmore than I g in.diameter ; the egg show i nn
should be a small sized hen’s egg. Both the ball and egg
are best turned in light wood and enamelled, the light -TQ Fig. 4.
N.B.-

< z+=y
wood is the properweightand the enamel has aten- T h ec o i n
dency to cling to the palm rendering the operation much shown at the
less difficult. Cork, celluloid, or polished wood balls are finger tips in
to be avoided ; cork or celluloid is fartoo light, requiring -m the Fig. has
amoresensitive palm thanthe majority of conjurers nothing to do
Fig. 4. t h ew i t h
possess-the celluloid or polished wood on account of the
smoothsurfaceis apttojump horn the palm atany movement, the blockwas not,originally,intended to
moment. illustrate this Sleight.
Warm gloves are generally worn by Sleight of Hand Ivew Handkerchief Palm. -. Take handkerchief by one
Experts, but these, especially onvery cold nights, are corner and throw it over left hand so that the corner you
not sufficient tokeepthehandsinproper condition. are holding is now in palm. Screw up this corner into a
When the gloves fail, rubbing the palm of the hand vio- little ball and then bring palm of right hand over it and
lently for say three minutes with the ball of the opposite make a circular rubbing motion always in same direction.
thumb will generallyproduce the necessary moisture ; This will have the effect of twisting handkerchief rope-
this,in fact, is a great secretamongst professional wise, and at the same time coiling it up tightly, leaving
magicians. it in a condition to be palmed without any fear of expos-
ing.a loose end, The movement is graceful andquite
Another aid to palming is glycerine. Having mois- n a t ~ ~ r awhile l, the handkerchiefappears to be actually
teued the ball of thumb, on the top of the bottle (quite rubbed away between the hands.
sufficient), rub well into the palm. Do not use too much.
The hands prepared in this manner will remain in a fit The ContinuousBack and Front Pah.-This Is an
condition for at least half-an-hour. No mechanical device arrangement by which,toallappearance, anordinary
or applications other than those above mentioned are of 15in. silk square is palmed and reversed palmed continu-
the slightest use to the expert in Sleight of Hand, ously as in the case of the coin (See Fig. 5. “ NECW COIN
Padminq Coins.-Having shown the coin at the tips TRICKS,” second series). I n effect the sleight is as fol-
of the thumb and fingers, the thumb is reu~oved and the lows :-The performer shows a 15in. silk square, which
coin is passed, by a movement of the secondand third he folds up into thesize of half a playing card, placing it
fingers, into the palm ; this is generally understood, (see between the fingers and thumb of the right hand, from
Fig. I ) . which position it suddenly disappears with lightning rap-
I t is not, however, gen- idity. The back and front of the hand are now shown in
erally understood that, hav- succession, while the handkerchief is produced, with the
ing palmed the coin, the hand left hand, from the back of the left knee, or elsewhere.
should beheld as indicated I t isnotthe handkerchief thatis reversed palmed,
atFig. 2. Most beginners but an imitation consisting of a piece of flesh coloured
are under the inqression that l card, about half the size of a playing card, covered silk
if theycankeepthehand arranged to give a good representation of the folded hand-
Fig. I .
perfectlyflatand straight, kerchief. The handkerchief is palmed in the left hand
like a board, they have ac- while seeming to place it in the right hand(or vice versa)
complished a clever ‘ palm,’ the substitnte beingshown in its place, I n conclusion
not so however ; the hand in the substitute is carried away under cover of the hand-
such a position is unnatural kerchief which is passed into the right hand.
and at once attracts attention.
Compare it with the position
indicated in Fig. 2.
A New Reverse Palm for
Vanishing a Coin.-The coin
is first
shownheld between Fig. 2!
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Oiographg of Prof. flnderson nothing more than an entertainingseries of illustrations,

in whichScience is madesubservienttoAmusement.
(THE ORIGINAL “ W I Z A R D OF THE NORTH.”) But the “ Black Art ” of the olden times was the agent
of superstition and cruelty, and rightlydeserved its name.
Sketches fron2 his Note Book,Anecdotes, Incide?tls,&G. To quote froma popdar author :-“ In the good old
times the magician waslookedupon as being in direct
conlmunication withtheEvil One. The more learned
N attempting a sketchof the early life and public career was he, the more certain was heof perdition, The scien-
of JOHN HENRYANDERSON,the “ Wizard of the tific researches of such men as Roger Bacon, Albertus
North,” we feel that we are bound to present the Magnus, Paracelsus, and Cornelius Agrippa, were regarded
publicwithsomethingverydifferentfrom that which only as so many diabolical spells and infernal enchant-
they would very possibly expect. The story of a Soldier, ments. The imagination pictured to itself the Magician
a Sailor, a Doctor, Lawyer, Actor, or Artist, must perforceas agloomy, long-beardedman in a robeembroidered with
be a ‘‘ twice-told tale;” but the historyof a Wizard would grim cabalistic characters ; a staff, encircled by serpents
seem to offer something new, strange, andexciting-some
was in his hand, spectacles of magic crystalperched on his
revelations of how the Magic Artanditsmysterious
nose. He sat cn a tripod in the centreof a circle of zodia-
influences are acquired-some disclosures of how the
hierophant is introduced to the knowledge of his mystic cal signs traced in blood. H e studied out of books of weird
and mysterious lore. Skulls, phials of poison,.
dried -
lore ; of how Prosper0 obtained the service of his Ariel, toadsandsnakes, wereon histable ; hideous stuffed
and subjected the elements to his command. Naturally monsters hung from the ceiling. He waswaitedupon
enough it is to be supposed that he who deals in mystery
should be himself mysterious, and that he should be as by a demon dwarf. Shrieks and groans were heard from
much a Wizard in his origin, boyhood, early life, domes- his dwelling ; hideous bats and spiders flitted about him.
ticity, and daily habits, as he is when weaving his spells H e passed all his time weaving maleficent spells, sticking
or elaborating his wonders before the public on the stage. corking pins iuto wax figures of personshe wished to
The reader might anticipate, perhaps, some thrilling des- injure ; distilling love-philters, watching the simmering
cription of a Faust making a bargain with Mephistophiles, of magic cauldrons, and changing men into beasts, and
or of a Michael Scott holding a soiree with the “ bogles ” beasts into men. H e attended witches’ sabbaths, whisk-
of his native glens. Nothi’ng of the sort, however, have ing through the air on a broomstick ; he appeared un-
we totell. “ Bogles ” nolongeracceptinvitationsto
bidden at banquets ; he dropped through roofs, and rose
conversazioni among the Scottish heather ; and in these through floors ; and, some day or other, a gentleman in
prosaic times, Mepl~istophileswould be afraid to appear black, and on a black horse with a long tail, left his card
in the streets of Nuremberg or Gottingen, lest he should with him, and therewas a strong smell of sulphur percep-
be captured by the detective police. tible and the magician was seen no more-exclain~ing as
The story of the ‘‘ Wizard of the North” is simply he went, like the horseman in Burger’s Leo7rola-
the history of a professional gentleman of the nineteenth “Tramp, tramp, across the land we go,
century. E‘ullof adventure and scenes in varied life,’we Tramp, tramp, across the sea !
Hurrah ! the dead can ride apace-
admit ; but belonging to the ageof express trains, penny Dost fear to ride with me? ”
newspapers, and electric telegraphs.
No profession, perhaps, has seen a greater change in But the professor of the mystic art to-day wears a
the character of its representatives than that of Magic. white or embroidered waistcoat, pays ratesand taxes, has
The Soldier still encampson the tented field, and marches a wife and family ; and, instead of mystic adjurations of
miles to meet his foe, as he did in the days of Alexander ‘ c hocuspocus,”and ‘ abracadabra,”and “ mumpo

and Xerxes; the Sailor still climbs to the mast head to jumpo,” issues invitations to his friends to come and see
descry the land afar, as he did when the earliest Phceni- him at a theatre, anassembly room, or a public hall. And
cian vessel steered for the coast of Cornwall,orwhen yet-quoting the author we have already borrowed from
-“ the magician’s art has in no way deteriorated ; the
Columbus saw for the first time the New World rising
from the waste of waters; the Sculptor still chisels his marvels of magic are as feasible now as they were in the
marble block in his stu iio, as Praxiteles or Phidias did days of the Dioscuri and the magicians of King Pharaoh.
in the days of old ; and Mr. Lance paints his exquisite Nay,further, we cando evenmore wonderful tl~ings
fruit pieces in his atelier to day just as Apelles executed now-a-days, only we are not bold or impious enough to
that wondrous fruit which birds, believing in its reality, ascribe them to supernatural agency. We are content to
are said to have swooped down to peck, when the picture hail,shining on our magic, the pure light of science,’
was drying in the sun outside the house of the painter, chemistry, and natural philosophy.’’
more than two thousand years ago. But with the Magi- Emerson the American entitles those who hold pre-
cian, it has been-to use legal phraseology-wtutatis mufan- eminencein anyart, science, profession, orcalling,
dis, and the “ Wizard of the North” performing in Lon- ‘‘ Representative men,” by which we understaud him to
don, Melbourne, San Francisco, orNew York, is no more mean, that a “representative man ” is he who reflects his
like an Egyptian Magus,,a Delphianor Eleusinian priest, department in the heightof its culture, and the full extent
a Magician of the Middle Ages, or even a Wizard of the of the development to which it has attained. Considered
days of Wizard-hating King James, than Ludgate Hill in in this lightJOHN HBNRY ANDERSON was professedly and
Londonislike theHills of theHimalayas. Tempora withoutdoubttherepresentative of the departmentof
muta?dur-the “ Black Art ” has become the Brilliant natural magic in Great Britain. H e represented as fairly
Art, and the Wizard’s gloomy cave is a theatre glittering and as perfectly the magician of our own day, as Albertus
with gas. Magnus orCornelius Agrippa representedthe magician of
Atthe presentdaya Magical Eutertainment is the middle ages.
( To be continued.)
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until any one joint may be moved quickly and indepen

dentlyofanyother joirit. Thisis necessary forthe
instantaneousproduction of alife-likefigure. The Jew
(Fig. 5) is an interesting figure for practice.
I have found Shadowgraphy a delightfully pleasing
entertainment alike to children and adults and it is sur-
prising on this account that so few conjurers practice the
art. The introduction of a few laughable Hand Shadows
in the course of an hours show will break the monotony
of too much magic, and leave the audience duly impressed
with the performers ability as an entertainer.
THEEDITOR.
The first essential for success in this pleasing pastime
is a proper light, and from experiments made I find the Items of Interest.
main points to be observed in its selection are as under :
F<yst.-Theform of the projecting hood should be We should like to know the date of the publication,
past or future, of Mr. William Benjamin’s wonderful new
exactly similar to that shown in theabove sketch, i.e., the
nozzle must taper this way > <.
not this way book entitled “Modern Magicians’ Magic,” also why the
title of the said workso closely resembles that copyrighted
Second.--The source of the light must be as small as by Mr. H. J. Burlingame as ‘‘ Modern Magical Marvels.”
possible ; there is no object gained in striving after great
power f the size of the Yame is to be increased in doing so.
For this reason-if the source of iight be large, no matter We believe Conjurers as a body are longing to learn
what shape the projector may be, a blurred shadow will the correct secret of the Great Box Trick in connection
result. with the sketch entitled “Will the Witchand the Watch-
Thid-The projectingapparatusmust be quite man,” at the Egyptian Hall, with a view to securing the
black insideandoutside and absolutely devoid of any- LI,OOO ; also whether the Wonderful Suspension in the
thing in the shape of a reflector; further, lenses are utterly sketch entitled “Trapped by Magic,” at the said “Home
useless, of Mystery,” is supported by voluntary contributions or
The abovesketchrepresentsanexperimentmade otherwise.
with Acetyline Gas, and this when once going, produces
an excellent shadow, ou a r r o m t of the power obtainedfrom I t is with profound regret that we inform our readers
a smaZZ buuner. The time taken however, i n getting the poor Will Hiam broke a blood vessel on Monday, August
light to settle down and burn steadily, to say nothing of 26th, and expired almost immediately. His sad death is
the objectionable smell given off by the carbidewhile made the more sad following as it does so dosely, that of
charging (I don’t say when the light is burning properly) his Father the well known and respected Frank Hiam,
makes this form of light impracticable. who died Boxing Day last from pneumonia after a very
I t is well known that a candle, one candZe power, pro- short illness. There is no descendant of the family left
duces an excellent shadow (I use nothing else for teach- capable of carrying on the business, whichwill now pass
ing andpractice) and this with aloss of power on the sheet into strange hands, but will, doubtless still, be carried on
as much of the light is dispersed about the room. From under the style of Frank Hiam. The magical fraternity
this it will be seen that a 3 c.p. electric light with all the have suffered an irreparable loss.
power concentrated on the sheet, must produce excellent
results. Note that the electric light is the only light that Thoughtreading,extraordinary,as introduced by
can be completely endosed in a projecting hood : hence its Professorand Madame Steen, has recently been enter-
value. I t does not require a very heavy accumulator to taining audiences at the Theatre Royal, Limerick. One
work a 3 c.p. lamp for five hours, i.e. a dozen shows. of the most astonishing achievements is that of Madame
In the absence of a better light a goodcomposite Steen, who, blindfolded, and with her back to two local
candle is not tobe despised for drawing-room work, if the gentlemen engaged in a game of nap, named the cards
resulting shadow is not quite so well defined the perfor- dealt to them, and also correctly ordered the play.
mer’s dexterity (or the reverse) is still very apparent. CI
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My idea is to reduce Shadowgraphy, as a portable Trovollo,anAmericanventriloquist,maniprdates

entertainment, toaconjuringtrick.This I havedone two walking figures that add greatly to the value of his
by using a small screen, round, and at most 18in. dia- act: also two little boys, one black and one white, whose
meter ; this, in a wittyreparteekeepsthehousein a continualroar of
\ simple stand, may be laughter. As a finale, a fine collie runs on the stage with
placed onanytable a little figure dressed as a cavalry officer on his back.
and will go in a small The dog stands like a statue, while the dummy talks and
bag. A good candle sings.Trovollo is certainlyclever.
completes the outfit.
For the produc- Lafayette, thenew American performer, who recently
tion of the best hand appeared attheHippodrome, is aperfectAdmirable
shadows the hands Chichton. He outdoes any quick-change artist yet seen in
must be well formed thiscountry,and concludes hisperformancebydress-
Pig. 5. and pliable. Prac- ing as a Chinese juggler, and bringing little boys, dogs,
tice
must
be
made and wild fowl out of all sorts of impossible places.
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formance of Conjuring, Second Sight, Dark and Light

The Editor’s Iretter-Bog. S6ances and Memory Feats, before His Royal Highness
Prince George of Greece and his suite, and several Con-
stds of the Foreign Powers there, where I scored a great
To the Editor of “Magic.” success. I have not donea great deal of conjuriugin
DEARSIR, South
Africa,
June,
6th, 1900. England. I was a long time with Prof. Actou, who is a
splendidperformer,very clever atSleight ot Hand,in
I must thank you for your kindness in wishing me fact, I haveseen him astonish De Vere of Manchester
safe through my perilous time in Ladysmith during the and Hartz, and several other leading men at cards, he is
siege, but I can assure you it was an awful experience for in Liverpool now, having retiredfrompubliclife, he
me. I took active part in all the assaults on Ladysmith, invents and makes all his own Tricks, one of his best is a
and in two sorties from it, I assisted to drive the Boers WindwillTrick,withwatches,handkerchiefs, &c. I
away from their trenches at Observation Hill on Novem- have not seen anything like it, as it does not require an
ber gth, 1899, and in the attack and blowing up of their assistant to workit, hedid offerlf;Iooto anyonewho could
big gun on Surprise Hill on the night of December Ioth, produce its duplicate.
and on January 6th, when the Boers at tacked Waggon BERT POWELL, The Military Mystic,
Hill in force ; it was an awful day, I often wonder I was
not killed, but I must have been in luck.
Nothing will give tile more pleasure than tovisit you T o the Edifov of “Magic.”
in London when I return to England, and to have a chat TORNCARD RESTORED(combination).-Thecard
with you on conjuring, I canle acrossa lot of Chinese used is mechanical consisting of a flap combination of the
Conjurers whilstI was at Hong Kong and Singapore some Queen of Spades and Knave of Diamonds, with flap cor-
of them were very clever at productions, they could pro- ner to turn down. Have mechanical card on top of pack
duce almost anything from a shawl. I notice that one of and a genuine Knaveof Diamonds and a Queenof Spades
them “ Ching ling Foo,” whom I saw give his perform- at bottom.Forceeach of these on two persons respec-
ance at Singapore,StraitSettlements,istouringthe tively,andhavethem replaced anywhereinthepack.
Western World, he is clever at productions. Take out any indifferent card, show it, and ask each per-
I also had a friend at Singapore, a Doctor “ Eugen ton if it is his; on a negative reply, change it for the top
von Krudgey,” he was a German, but a clever manipula- card (the mechanical one). Show it first as the Queen
tor of cards, he had about 5,000 dollars worthof apparatus, of Spades, then say you would like to mark it so as to
I got some splendid secrets from him of some tricksof his know it again. Pretend to cut off a corner with a pair of
own invention which I intend to prodtlce on my arrival scissors or a penknife, at the same time doubling back the
home, also some splendid billiard ball ideas. I went with mechanicalflapcorner. Having previously palmed a
him several times to see some Hindoo Conjurers whowere piece resembling the cut off coruer, which you show as
very clever, but only did it for a hobby. I got the secret thebit just removed,say that on second thoughtsit
of the Mango Trick and the Native Indian Basket Trick seems a pity to mutilate the card aud so spoil the pack,
fromthemwithabout a dozon other good secretsnot and that youmusttryto mend it.Throw(palm)the
known. I havegiven performances at followingplaces piece at the card. and at thesame instant release the flap
abroad :-Hong Kong,Singapore,Bombay, Colombo, which has been detained by the forefinger of the left hand
Penang, Port Said, Malta, Omdurman, Cairo, Alexandra, when the card will appear whole and perfect. Now wave
Candia,Canea,Gibralta,andAden, so you see I have it about a little and release the other flap. Say you will
performed at nearly all the English Settlements. I have change it to the card selected by the other person-then
not given a performance of any note since I left Canea show it as the Knaveof Diamonds. Worked in this way
eightmonthsago,when I conducteda 2 % hours per- makes a very effective trick. G. R. REEVES, Australia.
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MODERN MAGICIANS. A . I ‘ Before replying ina definite sense.to your

enquiry,
Palace Theatre
I would like to tell your readers and those interested in
MR. R. A. ROBERTS, Egyptian Hall: Facial Portraiture how I first came to make .a speciality
On the evening of October 4th I called at the Palace
Theatre.for the.purpose of obtaining, if possible, a few
particularson-the.Art- of Chapeaugraphy;From Mr.
Roberts ! ! ! ? Yes, fro’m:Mr. R. A. Roberts, probably the
greatest artiste in Facial Portraiture the world has ever
known. I was privileged to ask any question I pleased,
andquickly discovered thatMr.Roberts was aseager
as myself tointerestreaders of MAGIC. Buttothe
poiut :-

of what is,in my opinion, wronglycalled Chapeaugraphy.

The Hat is-and should be-secondary to the face, and
that is why I called my performance Facial Portraiture ;
though originally I entitled it Ma?z,zipulafeur.
du ,Chapeau,
chiefly for the sake of its Euphonious sound?’
David Devant (during a chatIvhen we %ere.together
in 1891,) in :Harrogate)beingstruck, I suppose,with
certain Facial imitations I was then ,presenting. without
other accessory,than my Own Hair, asked l i e why I
didn’t t.ake up.what was thenknownastheTrewey
Business, I replied that I had:never. seen it.Devant
gave me a rough idea. “That it was a brim of afelt
hat, and thefacial expression -beneaththe various shapes
that ,made it. wonderful.” This ‘conversation occurred on
a Sunday.The following day I left Harrogate for
Ambleside.. I .was working small fit-ups then with my
- Drawing Room Recitals. After my arrival at the Hall,
Q. Tell me Mr. Roberts if I am right in my surmise
I‘ and having prepared for the night, I strolled along the
that the Chapeau, as used by yourself, is not actually, a village, thinking of the chat I had had with Devant.
pieceof felt, and that there is nothing special in its con- Well, I passed a small tailor’s shop-I am by nature,
struction? ”
 10 MAGIC. Nov. I900.

spontaneous, impulsive, quick-I walked in, and asked Lightning Sketches.

if he had a remnant of black cloth about 5 yard square, By ELLIS STANYON.
he had. I thensaid, “ Do youmind cutting it into a ~

circle and place a hole in the middle.” H e prepared to In attempting to give my readers some idea of how to
comply, but asked, suddenly, ( ’ What size is the circle to become skilfulLightningSketchArtistes I willfirst
be, and what size the hole in the centre? ” I was wear- candidly admit I am writing with but theoretical know-
ing a straw hat at the time, with an unusually large brim ledge. In the absence, however, so far as I can learn, of
to suit my rather long hair, so, without thinking, I took any work on thissubject I hope that the several sug-
it off, placed it upon the square of cloth, and said, ‘ ( Cut gestions embodied in this article will be useful to those
it the size of this.” He did, and I put it in my pocket, whodesiretoadd this form of entertainmenttotheir
walked over to my dressing-room, and that night, after repertoire.
two hours practice, I presented the following faces :- A Lightning Sketch, as I have always understood it,
Napoleon, An Old Miser, A Coquette,Mephisto, A is a plain outline drawing ; all ineffective lines are dis-
Clown, Bonne Bouche, “ A Good Story,” and A Nun, pensed with and but little shading is employed. Perhaps
(thelastwithoutthewhitetie which I introduced I can the better convey the idea by stating that the sig-
afterwards).This was in August, I 891, I donotuse nature of anyperson,
felt, only a piece of ordinary tailor’s overcoating.” especially the scroll that
Q. ‘‘ I also believe that, in your own entertainment, ~ is generally appended, is
. ineverysensea Light-
youdiscardaltogethersuch accessories asclips,false
ning Sketch. (See fig. I )
moustaches, and the like. ”
A. My idea was that if I could present a great deal with
((
Quite so ! that is my
nothing it would be clever. I never used clips, false moustaches own signature, but then
and wigs in this performance, and I strongly advise that where you see, I could not give
these adjuncts areused, or necessary, that itwould be better for the the illustration with an-
performer to dispense with the item altogether.”
Q. (‘Then, tell me Mr. Roberts, how many figures youconsider Fig. I.
other persons signature
sufficient to form an effective chapeaugraphy show in connection for the simple reason
with, say, a Magical Entertainment.” that I have never Practised flie drawing.
A. (‘About one dozen, after that it is mere repetition, but let Note that the linesin the abovesketch, fig. I , may
them be pictures, notwhat is ternledfacial expressionsthat amount
so many contortions or ugly twistings of the mouth. , Squinting, vary each time it is made, i.e. no two signatures out of a
blowing out the cheeks, and so on. Don’t, please don’t, do that. dozen will be alike in measurement of parts. The efective
It is inartistic and is not facial expression. It is vulgarity in a f o m , however, will in each case be the same, the double
frame that is not entertaining.” scroll inthe fig.
Q. May I ask you to describe briefly the culture of the hair
((

and face as best suited to chapeaugraphy.” will illustrate th&.

A. ‘(You will see in the small photo of myself, taken one day
after I had been sitting for some twellty different facial expressions, To encourage the
the effect U on the facial muscles. I possess naturally very fine, beginner I will add
pliable, curry hair, I have it singed pretty’ often-the small hairs thit the outline of
only--1 do not use any preparation for the hair excepta little cocoa the face is a much
nut oil.”
‘(I have to a great extent cultivated the “ expression ’) to such less difficult SCYOZZ
a degree that with theaid of the replex action of the musclesof the thanthatin fig. I , -,
face, I can tell you exactly how m y face is cast. I ?zeve?.pmctzy and may be firmly
in front of n mirror, and I have only seen n ~ yhat performance In drawnwith
but
photos, and those have rarely been successful, chiefly owing to my
being ‘-conscious ”--this is what mirrors produce ; also briefly I little practise. With
feel it-and in sad, sardonic or sweet faces I only require to feel. the exception of
My early Shakespearean training as an actor helps me here.” the eye, whichre-
“ I n faces like Gladstone, The lllonks, and the Miser, I bring quires some little
( ‘ lines ” by muscular power as well as thought, you must think ; study, the lines of
otherwise it is in vulgar parlance only mugging, or clowning. A
round fat face is not advisable. When the face is thin, do not any particular head
blow the cheeks out, thataction dilates theeyes and at the cot~clu- may be readily
sion of the face ’) the audience will see you have been winded.
((
memorized. The
Rub the cheeks witha rough towel, until it hurts, every morning, double (reversible)
after which, touch yourtoes twenty tinleswithoutbending the
knees. This will circulake t h e blood and warm the face, and apart headrepresenting
from facial expression it will make you graceful, keep you slim, an Indian Prince in
and give ease in walking on the stage. ” a bath, and reverse
“ You will observe in my photo of the Nun my face is quite free
from wrinkles. I wash once a day with warm water and after that
the head of a Turk,
I put cocoa nut oil on before making up, and take off ” with the
“
will I am sure form
same material, always rubbing well with a rough towel. Now and an interesting sub-
then, after the theatre, I have washed with warm water and Sun- ject for practise in
light soap, I prefer this severity to having my pores clogged with conjunction W i t h
layers of grease paint, and two shows a day fill upa lot of crevices.”
(( What little I have been able to tell I hope will interest, and at
the above sugges- Fig. 2.
any time it will afford me pleasure to answer, through the medium tions,while at the
of MAGIC, thequeries of younggentlemen who would liketo same time it will, doubtless, prove a novelty for skilful
increase their knowledge of facial expression. I n conclusion, do lightning sketch aztistes.
as I did,.study the great Zavater, if you can obtain a good un- T o be co&inued.
abridged copy. He is thefinest writer on Physiognomy, and when
you make-up ” use No. 3 grease paint, and do not put
( ( black N.B.-CorrespondeBce on any subject dealt within our columns is invited,
the
under eyes. ” R. A. ROBERTS. solicited.
and is respectfully
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For causing the disappearance of a Cork, a Cork Ball,

Lessons in Cl’lagiC. ’ Cork Egg, and the like, the “ Spider ” is provided with
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by Prof. ELLIS STANYON, securely.
Aufhorof ( ‘ Cozjuring for Amafeurs,” ‘ c Coujuring wifh The ingenuity of my readerswilldoubtlesssuggest
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MECHANICAX, DEVICES for PALMING, &c. Another form of “ Spider ” also four novelSpider
IMPROVED“ SPIDER VANISHERS.-After consider- Coins will be found described and illustrated at p. 18 of
“ New Coin Tricks,’ ’ by Ellis Stanyon (2nd series).
able trouble I have succeeded in producing a “ Spider ’ ’
withcompressionable (spring) clipswhichenables the
performer, whether possessing a large or a small hand, ASCENDINGCARDs.-Give the pack to a lad and ask
to keep the fingers quite close together throughout the him to presentit to threepersons severallyto chose a card
manipulation, thusmaking detection impossible. This each. Relieve him of the pack, and get him tocollect the
improved “ Spider ” is complete in itself for vanishing chosen cards, placing each face downwards in his hand.
Note the order in which they are placed ; now present
any particular object as under.
the pack to him fanwise and ask him to put them in some-
~ The form of the l ‘ Spider ” where about the middle ; make pass and bring thcm to
andmethod of fixing it to the top. The card of the last drawer will be the top one.
the hand, is shown in fig. 5. Now attach a wax pellet at the end of a short black silk
The plate that carriesthe thread attached to your vest button, to the back of card
\ various accessories revolves
freelyon the wires and is
and close to top or bottom edge, and place pack in a glass
’
goblet,pelletenddownwards.Ask thelast drawerto
passed tothe back of the name his card,when the action of moving the glass
hand by a movement of the slightly from the body will cause the card to rise, remove
two middle fingers, as in the the card and detach pellet retaining it under finger nail.
case of the coin in A New Take out pack to show glass. Again attach pellet, and
Reverse PaZm (see ‘ ‘ New replace pack in glass. Second person’s card called for rises
Coin Tricks,” by Ellis Stan- Take out card as before, and remove pack from the glass
yon, first series). This work which latter you place on the table. Palm the remaining
Fig. 5 .
also contains a full andclear top card and give pack to one of the audience to shuflle.
description of the great coin act entitled, “ The Miser’s On its return replace palmed card on top, and let your
Dream,” performedwithout the aid of apparatus. manner imply that the trick isfinished-You may say “ I
When required to vanish a hand- haveshownall the cardsnow, I think.’’Thefirst
kerchiefapparatus
the
the
takes a drawer will intimatethat hiscard did not rise-Apologise,
form of “A” in Fig. 6., one end of and say that the cards having been so much mixed, you
the half roundboxbeingfitted are afraid the third one is lost entirely : you will, how-
with an immovable end, if re- ever,makean efEort to find it.Takethe pack in the
quired to change one handkerchief right hand, fingers on one side and thumb on the other
for another the same form of box (faces to audience) and in such a manner that the fore-
is used but in this case it is fitted finger is resting on the back card. The fore-finger, hav-
at the centre with ablack silk bag, ing been slightly moistened, pushes up the rear card, i.e.
which, atthe will of performer, the first card chosen, gradually, the effect being as if it
formsabottom common to either actually rose from the centre of the pack.
end,: its use will be obvious. G. R. REEVES, Australia.
I n the case of a single coin the
coin itself is attachedtoandre- NEW METHOD’OF FORCING A CARD.
volves freely on the wire (see ‘ ‘B’’ By Professor Ho$innn?t.
Fig.
in 6. A novel form of Palm three cards alike, say three sevens of diamonds.
“ Spider ” for a single coin is that Offer a pack from which the seven of diamonds has been
shown at “ D ” intheFig. In removed to a spectator to shuffle and cut. Pick up the
thiscaseonewireonly is used, lower half of the cut, in so doing joining to it the three
and this is provided with a skeleton palmed cards. Hand the packet then made to a second
ring made to fit the forefingerof spectator and ask him to deal from it three cards, face
performer. This is a very practical downwards. Invitethe company to choose whichthey
piece. please of these three cards (picking up and palming off
.In the case of a number of coins the twonotchosen)and proceed withthetrick. Of
the ‘ ‘ Spider is fitted witha
) ) course a larger number of forcing cards may be used, if
roundboxconstructedafter the preferred, but nothing isgained thereby.
style of sovereign
a purse. For
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another, webelieve he performedinevery theatrein
Great Britain .and Ireland ; in all the largest halls and Owing to the great rush of correspondence in reply to
theatres of the United States ; in Russian palaces fitted the circular announcing MAGIC the editor has been quite
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 Nov. ‘ Igoo. MAGIC.

. Hand Shadows. Items of .. IntePest.

A new article “The Psychology of Conjuring Deceptions,’’ by
In my last article I touched on the formation of the Norman Triplett, appeared in the American Journal of Psychology
hands, and the objects of practise. This month as an in- for July, IF. Vol. XI., No. 4, pp. 439-510. Published by
Louis N. Wilson, Worcester, Mass, U.S.A.
centive to practise, 1.have had three special blocks made
illustrating one handed
figures. The Deer, fig. 6; The Music HaZZ, September 7th, and Sketch, September 12th,
The Fox,fig. 7 ; a Rabbit, contain portraits of Lafayette.
fig. 8.
These figures are doubly Welsh Miller, King of Coins, aftervisitingParis,Leipsig,
interesting
inasmuch as MOSCOW,and St. Petersburg, is in town again, looking very fit and
they form, in once, simple, wellafterhistravels.Hehasbroughtback some handsome
presentsfromContinentaladmirers. Mr. Millergoes to Berlin
but effective pictures on this month.
the sheet, and collectively -
afford excellent practise in We understand that an enterprising individual has purchased
-a the acquisition of the knack the entire stock in trade of the late well-known and respected
Frank Hiam, for themunificent sum of A25. Underthesecir-
of moving theseveral joints cumstances we surmisethatthe goodwill of the businesshas
Fig. 6.-DEER. quickly
independently
and vanished, and that the name of Frank Hiam as a Conjuring Trick
of each other. Maker, has ceased to exist, The genial and hard working Prank
These figures may be considered simple-they are, but better.
deserved -
to show their value forpractise in the production of life- The points of the compass may be determilied by the aid of an
like pictures, I will go so far as to say that it will take a ordinary watch. I t is simply necessary to bring the watch in a
skilled shadowist to put up these three positions rapidly position ‘so that the hour hand is directed towards the sun. The
and foZZom*ng each south then lies exactly midway between whatever hour it may
other in p i c k suc- happen to be and the numeral XII. on the dial.
cessiua ; and of
coum with either A number of Indianjugglersand acrobatsmade their first
hand. Try it. appearance in this country at theCyrstal Palace last month, They
are nearly all from the North of India, and theirperformance con-
Whenthe posi- tains most of. those feats peculiar to Indian jugglery, but which
tionscan be quickly are very seldom seen here, such as the growing of mango trees
put up .with either from seeds, the famous basket trick, and the like. .Some of their
hand, fig. 6 , will sleight-of-hand tricks are extremely clever,
give a Deer and
Fawn on sheet, the After considerable trouble and at not a little expense we have
hand nearest . the secured some relics of Prof. Anderson Wizard of the North,”
Fig. FO FOX. ‘l

sheet g i v i n g a also some authentic information respecting the latter days of the
smaller-shadow-and representing the Fawn. A movement great man. Among the relics to hand are his watch (the dupli-
of the top joint of the thumb indicates smeGZ’ng (don’t tray cate) used by him in his entertainment ; a round German silver
; his cap that he was wont to perform in ; a trick book and
move the fore-finger if you can help it), fore and little duplicate used for a bird trick ;and last, but-byno means the least ,
ngers ear movements :a movement of the wrist, in the important, his death card.
case of theFawn, The articles were obtained from Mr. James McAllen, 12 Gresse
will indicate PZayfd Street,Rathbone Place, W.,whoselatewife attendedto Prof,
antics-in the case of Anderson just prior to his decease. They may be viewed by any-
the Deer, anxiety. one interested, at this office. We intend, tohave the objects, also
an excellent cabinet photo of Anderson, reproduced it1 connection
I n the case of the with his biography now running inMAGIC.
Fox, fig. 7, a move-
ment of the top
joint of the thumb We have received from Bert Powell, Military Mystic, a Dutch
indicates artfulness ; Bible signed anddatedLyndenberg, S. Africa ; a Kruger two-
top joints of middle shilling piece, a piece of Boer shell, and aset of Transvaal stamps,
fingers - smeZGing ; surcharged V.R.I.
Fig. %-RABBIT. little finger-eating. MI‘. Powell is attached to oneof the Brigades whose luck it has
With both hands a been to experience the brunt of the fighting in S. Africa, notably
representation of twofoxes fighting may be given on to during the Seize of Ladysmith and at Xachadodorp, on the way
Lyndenburg. We understand that he has in his possession a
sheet,the one bites theother,and so on. The rnove- copy of “ New Handkerchief Tricks ” (by Mr. Ellis Stanyon) the
ments above described must also be carefully studied for said work being pierced with a Boer bullet while in his haversack
effect. on his person. We hope eventually to photograph this work for
reproduction in thesepages.Meanwhile we most heartilywish
In the case of the Rabbit, fig. 8, the combined move- Mr. Powell a continuance of his extreme good luck and a speedy
ment of the wrist and two middle fingers (ears) indicate return home.
pZ‘yfaZ antics. Whileshowingtworabbitsonsheet
one suddenly changes to a PQX,fig. 7, and commences to Can any reader inform us as to whether Mr. Wm. Manning, the
the eat other. THEEDITOR. author of the little brochure ‘*Recollections of Robert Hotldin,”
(-TO
-86-c ~ t i ~ ~ e d > . is still .aliye,and if so what is his present.address,
 14 .MAGIC. Nov. 1900.

To the Editor. S.E.

PECKHAM,
The Editor’s IretteP-Oolr. Enclosed my annual subscription to MAGIC. I sincerelyhope
thisventure of yours will turnout successful. We have long
wanted an English paper devoted entirely to magical literature.
The Editor invites contributions dealing with any matters likely to be of --Yours fraternally, STANLEY COLLINS.
interest to readers of this pajer. He will also be pleased to receive items of news
relating to special shows. apparatus catalogues for review efc. The Editor does
not hold himselfresponsib:efor the tiews exfiressed by his cbrrespondents. SOUTH AFRICA.
DEAR MR. STANYON.-Mally thanks for particulars of MAGIC,
We have touched a sore spot, many sorespots in fact. In the and I wish you every success. I send you my subscription and I
majority of cases we are gratified to learn our application hasbeen hope to secure you many others.-Yours sincerely, T. HAYES.
of a healing nature. It other cases, regretably, it has only aggra-
vated the sore. In a word we have met with success ; that, beyond To the Ediior. New BOND S T K E ~October
T, 16th, 1900.
tendering our sincere thanks to allthose who, by their timely con- I think MAGICan excellent little paper, and one that promises
fidence have materially assisted in establishing MAGIC,is all we to be most useful toentertainersgenerally. I findpleasure in
need say. We would,however, particularly requestaperusal of enclosing you my annual subscription. Wishing you every success.
the following extracts from correspondence, etc. -Believe me, yours faithfully, DOUGLAS BEAUFORT.
Those who have so kindly seut us endorsenlents which do not
appear below will please note that they are none theless esteemed
on that account, but are omittedsolely for want of space.
SOUTH AFRICAN NOTES.
To the Editor of ‘ Magic. ”
DEAR SIR,-Many thanks for the advancecopy of your first Professor Albert,Conjurer andVentriloquist,hasjustleft
nun~ber just to hand. It isa plucky venture and I wish it the Cape Town for the north on a trip. I hear he is shortly to meet a
success it deserves. If America and Germany can each support a Company at Port Elizabeth, with whom he will tour the Eastern
Conjurer’s paper, then England ought to be able to do so. Please provinces.
put me down as an anuual subscriber, P.O. enclosed. I send you
a little item for No. 2, which may be interesting to some of your It is rumoured that De Caston aud BOSCO, Junr., Conjurers,
readers.-Yours very truly, LOUISHOFFMANN. have purchased from Professor Albert his illusion, “ ’l‘he Human
Spider,’’ which they will show in Cape Town. We hope their
GORDONSQUARE, W.C. enterprise will be rewarded with good success.
DB~R MR. STANYON,-I have pleasure in enclosingmysub- Frank De Grnchy has been filling private engagements with
scription to your interesting paper and X wish you every success his ‘‘ Drawing Room ” magic.
in your venture.-Yours faithfully, E. W. TAYLOR. Professor Fez0 is now showing at Dawes, New Palace of
Varieties, Cape Town.
MAGICis the newest addition to periodical professional litera- Mr. Heyer recently gave a concert at Woodstock, near Cape
ture. I t claimstobe “ the only paperinthe British Empire Town, followed by “a short magic d a n c e entertainment, entitled,
devotedsolely totheinterests of magicians, jugglers,hahd- “A Midnight Tragedy,” during which the sensational “ Decapi-
shadowist, ventriloquistsand speciality entertai~~ers.”
It
is tated Head ’) trick will be shown, which is Mr. Heyers own inven-
published at 76 Solent Koad, West Hampstead.-Music Hall, tion.”--- Vive Press. A laterpress noticesays of this Seance :
October $h, 1900. ‘‘ The magicseancebeingboth amusingand mystical.” Mr.
Heyer has left for Worcester, Cape Colony,
Someone said : “A flagrant advertisement.” (Thanks, there are T.HAYES, Magician.
’
others about.-Ed.).
ELLISSTANYON’S School of Magic and Entertainment Bureau
still goes strong. It i s certainZy the bestguide to certain tricks, AUSTRALIAN NOTES.
especially the essays in coin nzanipulction. I anticipate that Mr.
Stanyon will leave his mark on the magic practice of this genera-
tion.--Encore, October $h, IF. A new magician taking the name of Victor and,describing him-
self as the Emperor of Magic, King of Necromancers, and so on,
Someone else had the audacity to personnily address the Editor has commenced a season in Melbourne. His repertoire is of an
as under.-“ Now ! take the first page, don’t know hinl. Second exceedingly varied nature, embracing as it does, Ventriloquism,
page : Well, nothing.Third page : Sameasthe last. Fourth Sleight of Haud, and Illusions, among the latter being the Indian
page : All about a dead man. Fifth page : Promises to be interest- Basket Trick,She,
and Aerolite. Programme enclosed. The
i n g (No, I hav’nt bribed him yet.-Ed.). Sixth,seventh,and Australian press,generally, speaks highlyof Victor’s performance.
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MODERN MAGICIANS. H e is acknowleged by experts to be most proficient in

_II
Sleight of Hand, not being surpassed, and rarelyequalled
. LOUDOUN CAMERON, in his manipulation of Coins, Cards, Billiard Ballsand the
Scotlaad’s Representative Magiciaft. like ; it is generally understood amongst magicians that
Among the numerous products for which the City of the greatest tricks ever performed are not done at all,
Glasgow is noted-the magician accorded the position of the audience simply think they see them-toproduce
honour in our pages this month such illusion ’ ’ requires the
must
not be overlooked. most consummate skill and it
Years ago Scotland furnished is in the ability to thus mis-
the world withone of the direct an audience that Mr.
greatestmagicians that ever Cameron excels.
lived, we refer to the latePro- Those who know Cameron
fessor Anderson, the Great personally find him as bright
Wizard of theNorth,and and as genial as any ‘ (kail-
there is no reason whyshe yarder” that ever drew breath
shouldnot
keep
her
up in the “ Land 0’ Cakes ” and
reputation. The material is one who is always pleased to
supplied in the subject of our meet any of his brother pros.
sketch,and we haveevery who are partial to a chat re
reason to believe that Mr. things magicalover a“weed ”
Cameron will make the most and a “ drop 0’mountaindew.”
of the opportunityoffered. H e Amongother l ‘ items” of
must, and doubtless will, ac- interestin
which Cameron
complish a great deal if only revels is a rare collection of
in justification of the appella- magical literature whichin-
tion ‘(Scotland’s Representa- cludes such out-of-date works
tive Magician, ” which he has as “ Beckman’sHistory of
seen fit to adopt. Inventions ” ; The‘(Con-
Mr. Cameronwasborn at jurer’s Magazine;” ,1791-
Glasgow, May 29,1878. Asa 1792 ; ‘(Heller, his Sketches,
small boy he gave entertain- Tricks, &C.’’ We also believe

Y
ments of various kinds, and, that hestill holdsthe ‘ ‘ Rattle
coming to manhood his talent Box ” with which he was
tookdefinite shapeandfor wontto be
amused long
the pastfewyears hehas before he could possibly have
growninskillandpopularity. . m palmedacoin, and which, a
He was formerly assistant to little later, in connection with
his elder brother, who was an an orange, constituted his
MR. LOUDOUN CAMERON.
expert in the mystic art. first trick.
i n view of the’elegant apparatus and stage fit-up,which
adds many charms to his skilful manipulation, we are If you watch the firmament during thecoming century
not surprised to learn that he is patronized by the diie you will see, as the stars of the older magicians wane, a
of society and that heis the recipient of numerous press new starrising. The name of the-new star-(‘Cameron.”
and privatetestimonials.
 I8 MAGIC. DEC. 1900.
here that his mindwas first struck with the resources of the magic art,
Oiographg of. Prof. finderson i and that herecognised in it themeans of raising himself to a position in
the world. He immediatly determined to become amagician, and set
(THE ORIGINAL ‘6WIZARD OF THENORTH.”) his brains to discover the various tricks. The whole of that mechanical
knowledge which he had acquired in his youth was brought to bear on
Sketches from his Note <-Book, Anecdotes, Incidents,etc. this new study, and it is scarcely necessary to say that he pursued his
, -
investigations with all his characteristic energy and determination.
F Continued from page z2). ( To be continued).
His parents christened him John Henry Anderson, and gave him O n e o f Anderson’s Early Programmes, dated 1843.
all that theycould give him of fortune in thename. They were of
humble rank, and life, in its sternestaspect of unremitting labour
greeted the youngWizard at the thresholdof his career.
Very little of his early character and juvenile disposition have
ADELPHI THEATRE.
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7,
ardent desirefor information, by unrelaxingenergy,and by a the Entertainment Commence at8.
resolute, determined, alld decided character. His story, from the ____~~~_ ~ _ _ _~. .- - ~ ~~~ - . . -
commencement, hasbeen onenot uncommon in biography-a story
of difficulties overcome and obstacles surmounted, until merit is
recognised, after a career of urifaltering perseverance in the path
Last S I X NIGHTS OF THE GREAT
chosen for the pursuit of fortune. The eminence he attainedcould
have been reached by no other means thanby the almost continual
exercise of those qualities withwhich Nature endowed him for the
sucessful prosecution of the peculiar profession in which hewas so
acknowledged a master.
WIZARD E NORTH. PerforminginLondon.GRAND
The first introduction of the youthful aspirant to public lifewas
in connection with a company of travelling theatricals,well known
to those whoremember entertainments as they were in Scotland
seventy years ago. The bias of his mind led him to he anxiousfor In honor of t h e W I Z A R D ’ S .
a life of excitement, and thevarious itinerant shows and theatrical
booths which then traversed the country seemed to present to him 4 2 6 NIGHT
~ ~ I N LONDON.
the field on which he should win his earliest laurels. We have had “ VENI, VIDI, VICI.”
pointed out the very wall in Dundee against which heposted bills
for the booth withwhich he was connected in those days of hard- came, I saw, 1conquered,’’Caesarsaid, ‘‘ Look on that picture, then
‘‘ I on this.”I pray-
The mighty ’‘ WIZARD Of the NORTH ”
ship and ambition-not doubting that, at some future time, he When fresh-earned laurals grac’d the survey ! [too.
warrior’s head, He “comes, and sees, and conquers,”swlftly
would be an actor equal to the best representative of HamZet or AsHistoqwroteupon herpage, his name-As Rome’s great hero once was wont to do;
Macbeth that he had seen-no very high aspiration either ; but it Hiscountry’s glory and,Pharnaces’shame!But Caesar’s prowess vainly would essay
was yet reserved for him to find But, ah!no conquest valour
gai,ltd The feats at whichthe Wizard is aufait !
- - - “ how hard itis to climb Not man alonehe bends beneath his will-
The steep where Fame’sproud temple shines from far.” BYhumanwoeandhumaubloodunstain’d Makingboth friendandfoeapplaudhisskill;
In thecpurse of time he became a member of the various strolling Norcould he e’erextend his graspingsway He seems to laugh awayeffect and cause-
compames. About the first connection of thisnature which he Beyond mankind--the bubbles o f a day ! To “conle to seeto conquer” Nature’slaws!
Norarehi&riumbhstingedwithsorrow’sdye
formed was with a travelling company of equestrians from Aberdeen Nature’s strange mysteries he ne’er He hears no widow’scurse,no orphan’ssigh:
under the management of Betijamin Candler, who visited various assail’d- Within his palace, pleasure’s frults abound--
’Gainst manalone his potency prevail’d ! TherelaughingMomushath atemple found !
parts of the north of Scotland. When in Huntly he formed an
acquailltance with a theatrical manager, celebrated in that district. P R O G R A M M E for
called Mullilldar ; under whose auspices he donned the sock and l
buskin, and entered into an engagement with him, performing
what. is called “ general utility ’) business. In connection with this I CUTTIN6 k MEADIAG
cornpally he made his way to Aberdeen, and on several occasions The Invisible Changes of the
appeared 011 the stage there, in the subordinate characters which With the Invisible changing MAIMEDHANDKERCHIEFS, andthe
fell to his lot. Leaving that place, he made his way to Liverpool, FOWL and GUINEA PIG. MIQACULOUS UMBRELLA I
where he had an engagementfrom a manager, then of some celeb-
rity, named Holloway ; and he also travelled for a considerable THE DISSOLVING DICE. The Flying Wedding Ring.
time with theonce famousParish. I n theseengagementshe The First Mechanical Delusion, A MOST BEAUTIFUL EXPERIMENT.
uuderwent all the vicissitudes which usually attend the lot of the THE MODEL MILL.
strolling player. After remaining for some time, thus employed,
in the northof England, he proceeded southwards to the Stafford- THREE
AND THE
OBEDIENT CARDS.
Pompey’s Pillar,
shire district ; aud there, in connection with a company under THE
the management of one Manley, he sought toraise himself in the
THE LEARNED COINS : MIRACULOUS LAUNDRY
profession by the representation of characters of a higher class than
those hehadhithertoattempted. At Hanley,oneevening,the
T I M E F L Y I N G , AND PRODUCTION OF THE

young aspirant to histrionic honours made his first appearance in M A G X C

OR TEIE
TARGET- Fairy Washer-woman
the part of “ Romeo,” and played it in such a manner as to give
great satisfaction-at least to hinlself. The manager, Manley,was
a wag and an Irishman ; and after the playwas finished, he came
behind the scenes, and, addressing the young tragedian,said-
“ I congratulateye, sur,-I congratulateyeonyer
stlccess ! Ye havesucceeded, sur, beyond anything that ever I
perfect
GUNDELUSION!
BRINGYOUR O W N GUN.
Conclusion of PART FIRST, an interval of FIFTEEN MINUTES.
saw! ”
Of course, Mr. Anderson ‘was delighted at having, as he thought, PART SECOND Conclusion of the WIZARD’S Extraordinary Performances.
given so much satisfaction to his manager, and he replied, “ I am
highly delighted, sir, atyour great opinion of my performance.” THE FLYING BALLS FLORA’S GIFTS
“ Great opinion, sur ! ’) said the manager : *‘be mysowl, sur, but
or, the
I have no great opinion. Ye’ve brought bad acting, sur, to the
L X U X N G ORANCiES- Cbe Hutomaton magician,
greatest height of perfection.” THE FABLE OF THE PHENIX
Nothingdaunted by this unfavourablecommencement to his PRACTICALLY ILLUSTATED I TWELYE FLYI)IQ ABNDKERGBIEFS.
theatrical career, the youngplayer persevered in hisefforts, and in DIVINATION OR SECOND SIGHT. WATER versus WINE I
time became a great favourite with the public.
It was in this part of England that Mr. Anderson first saw the
clever magical performances of th.e celebrated Signor Blitz ; it was
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R. S. FRANCIS,
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 DEC. 1900. M AG1.C.
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Again, a coin withits edgesblackedandoneside

Lessons in magic. 1

I covered blackclothmay be attached, bymeans of the

by Prof. ELLIS STAHYON, 1hook,to any part of the attire, tobe produced as required.
I The New Vest Dropper.-This is aboxconstructed
Authur clf c ( Conjuring for Amateurs, ’) Coujuring with
( (
1to hold say a dozen coins. The coins are kept in position
by ahingedplate which is in turn
Cayds,” N e w Coin Tricks,” &C., &c,
( (
secured by the spring clip, (see Fig.
;MECHANICAL DEVICES FOR PALMING, &C., Continued. g). The box is
further provided
with a safety pin for fixing it to the
Coin Dropper for Hat.-This takes theform of a round underside of the bottom of the waist-
box on the principle of a sovereign purse, differing only coat on the left side.
in point of size, and the fact that the closed end is pro- Having vanished a numberof coins
vided with a strong, sharp hook. I n depth it will take from the hands (really palming them
some eight or nine coins,while its in the right hand) performer, with the
diameter is such as to admit a penny, empty left hand, presses the clip when
florin orhalf-crown towork freely the concealed coins fall into the hand,
from one end to the other (see Fig. the inferencebeing that thosevan-
7). Howevermany coins thebox Fig. 9. ishedhave beenproduced from the
may contain the action of the spiral vest. The coins produced are now transferredto the
spring in its interiorkeeps the upper- right hand, and the ‘( palm ” is concealed.
most always flush with the top and ‘6 Spider ” Coins.-Other adaptations of the Spider ”
( (

in a position to bedislodgedby the principle(see MAGIC for Nov.) are

fingers. The col~structionof the box shown in Figs.. I O , 11, 1 2 , and 13.
in other respects admits of one coin Fig. 10.-This is reallytwocoins
Fig. 7. onlybeing removed at onetime. soldered together, a space beingfirst
I n use the box dulyloaded with coinsis secretly palmed cut across theirdiametertoadmita
in the left hand. A borrowed hat is next received in the small india-rubberbandto which is
righthandand shown to be empty. (The performer attached the two cat-gutloops for pass-
may here ask if he may do as he likes with the hat and ing over the fingers. This band forms
upon receiving a reply in the affirmative may exclaim, a spring which admitsof much freedam
‘ Then I will k e q i t . ” ) T h e h a t is next taken in the
(
in manipulation.
left hand which movement affords the opportunityof fix- Fig. I 1.-This . A
ing the box by means of the hook just inside, near the again, is two coins
top, o n 09LC side or’ the hat. soldered together. pig. Io.
The box is covered by the hand holding the hat, and Before fixing, one side of each coin is
the coins are in a position to be pushed out one by one turned down, to reduce thickness ; a
as required in the Money Catching Act, entitled, ‘ ( The groove is then made across their dia-
Miser’s Dream. ’ ’ See ( ‘ New Coin Tricks ’ ’ (first series). meter,inwhichthewire,provided
The chief use of the apparatus is to admit of the hat with a crutch at each end, may work.
being placed on the table and the hand, sometimes sus- F i g . 12.-
pected of holding the coins, being shown empty at any This is an ordin-
moment. ary coin with a
The Best Hooked Coin.-A coin provided with a min-
ute hook is a valuable adjunct to the stock-in-tradeof the Fig. 11.
piece of wire
through
driven
1
-
d e
magician, The best method of preparing such a coin is it near the edge,leaving a dull po&t r
shown in Fig. 8. I t will be seen that the coin is drilled projecting about one-sixteenth of an Fig. 12.
from a point on the outside edge, diagonally to a inchoneitherside.Thesepointsare grippedbetween
point on the surface, the direction and size of the the tips of the first and second fingers, which admits of
hole being such as to admit of a needle point being the coin being swung to back or front of hand asrequired.
hammered tightly into it and to project about Fig. 13.-This isanordinary coin
of an inch, and at an angleof about 20’ from the provided withtwodullpointsabout
surface of the coin. Fig. 8 gives a sectional view in. long soldered on its edge.
of a coin provided with such a hook. I append a I n place of these points the edges of
couple of examples for the use of such a coin. the coin may be drilled as in the hooked
In connection with the “ Money Catching Act,” coin (Fig. 8 ) , and a piece of flesh
performer apparently sees acoin sticking on wing, coloured silk attached, with loops for
or on screen, and while seeming to take it off , his passing over the fore and little fingers.
assistant (behind wing) secretly attaches it to his ( To be continued).
(performer’s) back. Performer proceeds to catch Fig. 13.
Fig. 8.
two or three morecoins, then suddenly turning N.B.-The several pieces of apparatus illustrated above have been
round to catch one in the rear, he is quickly apprised of designed with a view to enable conjurers, not having the time or
the fact that there is one on his back. Appearing sur- inclination for long practice, to give a mechanical representation
prised, performex while attempting tofind said coin (with of the “ Mizer’s Dream.” For a full, clear, and correct descriptioll
hand containing one palmed) attaches it to @nother part of the‘said Act, performed by sleight of hand, alone, the reader is
referred to (‘New Coin Tricks ” (First series) to be obtained from
of his attire then suddenly appearingto hit upon it, pro- this office. The instructions.contained in the work referred to
duces palmed coin ; the surprise can now be repeated. will not appear in thesepages-Ed.
 20 MAGIC. DEC. 1900.

MAGIC. Items Of IntePest.

PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EVERY MONTH.
A new and interesting book on Shadow Entertainments is that
Proprietors, ELLlS STANYON & Co. Editor, ELLIS STANYON. entitled “ Les Pupazzi Noirs. (Ombres Anim6e) History, Construc-
Oj’ice : 76, Solent Road, West Hampstead, London, N.W. tion,Working, &c. Edited by Chas. Mendel, 118 Rue d’Assas,
Paris.Paris, 1900, Paper, quarto, 304 pages, 10g illustrations.
The work is similar in size and style and is an admirable companion
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obtained direct f r o m the bublishing ofire, 76 Solent Rocd, West accessories used in the production of the various shadows. No
Hatnpstead, London, N . W. collection of magical literature can be considered complete without
them. Either may be obtained from this office. (see advt).
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
We believe the Professional Card Advertisement will “ T h e Phantom Guards,” the illnsion at the Empire, is an olla-
go a long way to popularize the art of magic. Conjurers podrida of sword drill, opticalillusions, and comic songs. The
rehearsal having made such favourable progress, the nlanagement
who advertise their name and business, or hobby, in these announcedthe first production of the novelty on
Monday,
columns, uhder this heading,no longer remain in the land November 26tl1, much earlier than had been expected.
of the unknown.
If the Card be inserted with a view to securing pro- Powell, the man of mystery, early in November, concluded a six
fessionalengagements,allmanagerswillbemadeac- weeks engagement at the Eden Musee, New York, where he showed
for the first time the Wonderful Fish Catching Trick. He used a
quainted with your wants, and all managers are on the jointed bamboo fishing rod ; attaching a line about IO feet long, he
look out for novelties. Don’thideyourlightundera threw it on the stage and caught a live gold fish. The third time
bushel. he threw it on thefloor in front of the stage andcaught afish. The
To collectors of magical curios, and to all those who three live fish were placedina bowl of water and displayed
anlougst the audience. The rod hadareel arid theline a float
practice the art chiefly as a hobby we particularly recom- ’l‘lle apparatus was made by Martinka & Co.
mend the CardAdvertisement asa cheapDisplayed
Announcement of your requirements.
We should like to kuow how loug a paper, whether devoted to
SPECIMEN : the iuterestsof magicians, or any other community, must run before
E I,I,IS S T A N Y O N ;
Collector of Magical Curios, Books, Pro-
grammes, &C., &C.-Office of MAGIC.
it may be considered established. We presume, however. that if a
paper shows agradual improvement from the date of its birth,
withoutJuctuation of any kind, itmay after the first few issues, be
considered worthy of the patronage of all aud sundry of the com-
We would suggest that collectors of things magical munityit would benefit. If MAGIC can accomplish this,asit
write to oneanotherwitha view to an exchange of promises to do, it will be the first and only paper in the English
curios,photos,books,programmes, apparatus, &C., &c. language, i.e. the onlypaper in the Ellglishlanguagedevoted
111anyeventaCardAdvertisementmust bring youa solely to the interests of Magicians, Jugglers, and Ventriloquists
that has ever achieved so much.
pleasant andprofitablecorrespondence ; butwhatis,
perhaps, of greater importance, your support in this way MAGICalready has the supportof Magicians in every corner of
the earth, Proof of this, were such needed, exists in the fact that
will greatly assist i n sustaining a medium indispensable Annual Subscriptiom were to hand from all partsof the Continent,
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We are assured that there are magicians in all parts of The Cape, India, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, United
the world, The Cape, India,Australia, NewZealand, States, North and SouthAmerica, and other and moreremoteparts,
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America and more remote parts, all speaking and writing respecting the popularity and phenominal success of MAGIC and
theEnglishlanguage,who would gladlycommunicate “New Coin Tricks ” (by Ellis Stanyon) is not wanting, on the
with any number of fellow students of the art, on the contrary, it stands out glarmg in large and small type, affording
above lines, did they but know their address and. wants. one of the finest possible, at the same time, gratuitous advertise-
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with,andbring yousuggestionsandnoveltiesfrom
magicians in every clime. Houdini, the Kingof Handcuffs, has created an enormous sensa-
We would ask all Entertainers, who having paid for tion at the Berlin Winter Gardens, and has fairly baffled the Ger-
the insertionof a front page Interview, or other advertise-man police, who have attempted to discover hissecret. He returns
ment to value of 5/-, to send us the addresses of the to the Alhambra on December 8.
Secretaries of the chief Institutes in their town; we will
thenforward to eacha copy of MAGIC containing the Mr. Howard Thurston, an American card manipulator, made his
said
advertisement.
Make
enquiries
afterwards to first appearance at the Palace on Monday, November 12th. The
main feature of his entertainment is the continuous back and front
satisfy yourself that this has been done and thus secure palm with cards.
an opportunity of a personal introduction to a possible
client. I n this way the Editor hopes to be able to help
Another gratuitous advertisement reads, ‘‘ Who says MAGICis
Entertainers in securing business, and at the same time dead? ” and goes on to say, “ The fact is MAGIC wasnever more
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Any piece of apparatus explained in MAGICis kept in stock by
ELLISSTANYON
& CO., and pricemay behad on application.
Beginners should note that nothing described
is but what hasbeen Clive O’Hara,Magician, is now (October 23rd) in Adelaide
found practical by Mr. ELLISSTANYONafter 17 years experience where he has made a successful d b b d at the “ Tivoli.” The Mel-
as a public elltertainer. No extra charge is made forfinest quality bourne Punch ublished a . photo of himin last issue. Clive
and finish. ELLIS STANYON & Co. aremanufacturers. O’Hara is a resixent of Melbourne.
 DEC.1900. MAGIC. 21
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MONS. PAUL CINQUEVALLI. “He seemed surprised, and asked further if I had ever
THE INCOMPARABLE JUGGLER. thought of becoming a professional gymnast. On my
replying in the negative, he talked for a few moments
A place of real importance is accorded to M. Paul Cin- longer, and then, asking my father’s name and address,
quevalli on the variety stage of the present day ; and no left me.”
intelligentobserverhasyetwitnessedhismarvellous ‘ l On reaching home I found that he had preceded me
performances without being impressed with the fact that he and insisted on leaving tickets to one of the theatres for
is veritably a genius among jugglers. the entire family. We went that evening, and my friend
People who have only seen M. Cinquevalli on the stage of the afternoon appeared, and performed some aerial feats
haveyettolearnotherphases of thisextraordinary on the flying trapeze that appeared to me little short of
man’spowers. In person, he is not tall, but well propor- miraculous.’’ To cut the story short, theboy was enticed
tioned ; his deportment is natural and engaging. Born by the showman to run away from home.
a t Lissa.Poland, M. Paul Cinquevalliwentto school
in Berlin. From a scholastic point of view, he was by no A week later,” resumed the renowned juggler, l ‘ I
means a precocious child ; but at .the gymnasium attached was en youie, with my new acquaintance, for Odessa.”
l ‘ On reaching there, I wrote home, and shortly after,
to the establishment he was quite a different being, and
was generally found whirling around the horizontal bar, received a letter from my father, giving me two months
or trapeze whenever his presence was required to atolle to return, or, failing todo so, to consider the fanlily circle

for any misdeed. This wentonforseveralyears ; he complete without me. I was only a boy of twelve at the
learned little in the schoolroom, but very much. in the time, and my new life fascinated me.”
gymnasium. Besides keeping himself off theearthas l ‘ I did not return.”

much and as often as possible, he contracted a desire to After performing in all the principal cities in Russia,
do the same with inanimate objects, and could balance he returned, at length, to Germany, and, aftertwo years,
almost anything on the tip of his nose, at the same time reached Berlin, where his father still resided.
keeping several balls in the air. One night, by request, the company gave a perform-
At the end of the session the scholars gave a display ance before the Emperor,andthenextmorningthe
before their parents and friends, in which young Paul newspapersspoke inthe mosteulogisticterms of the
figured conspicuously asthestar of the occasion. H e performances of the younggymnast. His mother,met
would do hair-raising feats on bar, ring, and rope, and him with open arms ; not so, however, with the father,
took prize after prize. It was a proud moment after it who considered that the son had forfeited paternal affec-
wasallover, and everyone,including my family, had tion ; nothing at first could persuade him to invite Paul
gonehome,” observed M. Cinquevalli ; I was still to return home.
lingeringaround the playground, wh.en agentleman ‘ I At last I met my father at one of the large cafes, ’)
came up, and, after complimentingme on my skill, asked said M. Cinquevalli, and a moment after we were seated
me who had taught me some of my hardest tricks. ” at atable,friendsoncemore ; the pastforgottenand
I told him I had taught myself.” forgiven. ’ ’
 22 MAGIC. Dec. 1900.

I ‘ Yes ; I am proud of my profession. The question is requires years of application and assiduous perseverance
often asked me, how to go to workto become a juggler. before it is perfect, and even then it does not permit of a
There is only one way, and one rule. I t applies toevery- holiday. For instance, I rehearse my billiardballsand
thing else equally well, and that is : whatever you make wine glass act every day most rigorously for a quarter of

an hour in the dressing room, before I attempt to perform

it in front of the audience.”
up your mind to do, stick to it until it is done. I have He holds a wine glass in his mouth, and puts a billiard
found it work very well.’’ ball in the cup of it. Then he places two other balls on
‘ I Do you practise every day ? ” I asked, at length.
the bukt end of a cue, and balances that on the ball in the
I generally practise several hours a day, ” said M. glass ; next, by an almost imperceptible movement of the
Cinquevalli ; ‘ l particularly ,when I have. a new trick to neck, he displaces the uppermost ball without dislodging
give. Pardonthe word hick, as .it..scarcely.expresses. its fellow, and receives it.in his right-hand, throws it back
what I mean ; for juggling as you know, is distinct from to hit the other, and catches both, one in either hand,
,conjuring. The onecan be learned in a few days,at leaving the cue in perfect balance.
most ina few months ; whilst oftena single act in juggling (To be Continued.)

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MODERN
MAGICIANS. He has lately added much to the effect o f his act by
IYI introducing a small curtained enclosure on19 just large
enough to conceal himself in a crouching .position, thus
HOUDINI,(Alhambra) showing that a cabinet is of no ‘consideration beyond a
The King of Ha?~dct@. cover to conceal his methods ; this is demonstrated by
The
HandcuE Trick,where known
a patter11 the fact that he will at any time consent‘ to handcuffed be
cuff ” and duplicate keys are used, has for many years (hands behind) then to kneel inside the tiny enclosure,
been a favouritewith SO called spiritmediumsand with front open, and while in fullview will release him-
duplicate
magicians
would who self in a few seconds.
performances,
their under but a The handcuffspro- are always
different r6le. way any in perly
not opened and
Houdini,
Mr. Harry now fill- injured. To ensure the neces-
inkengagement
a return at.beingirons saryat the
forthcoming
a after
Alhambra more than maintain to and
each show,
t andGermany, successful
in tour offers
our topresent
whosewe portrait LIOOto who
any person shall
asmonth,thisreaders eclipsed succeed in ‘ l fixing ” him-at
yet
anything produced
this in present the nloney
not has been
line,
by either mediums or magi- claimed. Heforward
also puts
cians ; had the niediums known .. a $5000 challenge tothe world,
his secret before he produced his and will forfeit the same to any
under act of the
who person
magician
r61e a shall duplicate his
theyhad
would,have doubtless, release from Cuffs, and Irons
diniflutter.’’another
free undertakes
to himself
ditions.
from starkstrip to is That ,

iron,’
regulationany besearched,
thoroughly
the
severalandat onemouth time,same sewed and sealed up,
ablyhe and it succeeds
making in impossible to conceal
doing so in less timethan it takes keys,springs,or lock pickers,
to bind him. and in that state escape from all
I have
Mr. seen thatfetters
with
Houdini be may locked or
pairs
three on
of irons
strange laced onlegsarms, or body. His
to ability
connectedwith
hisothers,
wrists, is accomplish
this all
equally strange,feet on his ; and endorsed
by the Chiefs of Police
on another inoccasion two when- Germany,
andU.S.A.,the by
sailorsfrom H.M.S. Inspector
“Powerful,” Melville of Scotland
all
keeninterest
before
Yard,
whoa evidently
took of whom
has he
in their task, screwed their ship submitted to the above test.
MR.HARRY HOUDINI.
on irons the atHoudini
same concludes
show his
time “trussing ” him with a broom handle in such a with an exceptionally smart Box Trick in which he is
position that he could not even roll into his cabinet but ably assisted by Mrs. Houdini, whose untiring efforts to
had to be carried there by the sailors who dropped him secure the maximum of effect are very apparent. Houdini,
in a heap on the floor. I n each of these cases Houdini wearing a borrowed coat, and with hands tied behind,
succeeded in liberating himself in less time than it took stepsintoanexaminedsack,which,duly tiecl and
to fix ” him. sealed, is placed in one of those beautiful large trunks,
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26
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MAGIC.
~
JAN. 1901.

whichAmericans are so fond of bringing overhereto bag. These-strips keep the mouthof the bag closed until
knock spots off our hotel porters. The trunk is locked pressure be applied at their ends,when the bag will open,
and corded and placed in a largecurtainedenclosure. receive the object, and, on the pressure being removed,
Mrs. Houdini now exclaims, “ I will step into thecabinet will close again, keeping all secure.
2nd clap my hands three times-then notice the effect.” Coin through Hat, (Improved).-The performer shows
The ladyhasbarelyhadtimetodoasstatedwhen I a coin and forthwith proceeds to pass it into the hat by
Houdirli rushesoutminus coatandfree, The boxis way of the crown. That there may be no doubt as to the
next pulled out and opened, when Mrs. Houdini is found actualpassing of the coin it is left

63
inside thebag,seals of whichareintact,wearingthe sticking half way through the hat ; a
borrowed coat, and with hands tied behind her back. final push andit is heard to fall inside.
The actual ‘ change ’ takes from three to five seconds, The coin used is a trick one con-
and it is obtained without the aid of duplicity, change of structed as follows.-A groove is first
costtme,or of concealed stageappliances,andona turned round its extreme edge deep
stage not absolutely set apart for Magical Productions. enough toconceal a small india-rubber
We consider Houdini justly entitled to the appellation, band. I t is next cutin half across its
‘“‘-Kingof Handcuff S. ’ ’ diameter. A hole is drilledin the
Fig. 15.
centre of one half in which is inserted
a needle point. In the other half a slot is cut to admit
the needle. The two halves are now placed together and
LLessons in magic kept in position by passing the band round the groove
afore mentioned (see Fig. 15). This coin has a distinct
by Prof. ELLIS STANYON, advantage over the older form in which the one half only
was used, in so far that it may at the outset be shown as
Azrtholov o f ‘ ‘ Co~zjuri~~gfor
Amafezws,” anordinarycoin.Whengivingthe final push it is, of
“ Coujuying withCards,” ‘ New course, withdrawn and palmed.
Tricks,’’ &C., &c.
A NEW COINPALMINGCOMBINATION.
B y J. A . Jackson.
CodoZ’wCIf9,om page 29. Afterhaving shownbackand front of handinthe
usual manner and while palm is towards spectators, you
Japanese Bird Vanish.-The old Mouchoir du Diable, proceed to open the fingers a pair at a time, commencing
or Devil’s Handkerchief, for vanishing small objectswill with the 3rd and 4tl1, and next the 2nd and 1st. Then
be known to the majority of my readers : at the best it
wasbut aclumsyexpedientforproducinga magical all the fingers are
disappearance, and on that account was very little, if ever
used. /-L9 opened, you show that
thatthere is nothing
between the thumb

L-
The New Devil’sHmldkerchief, as usedby Japanese
Conj nrers to cause the disappearance of a bird, will, on andside of handthe
the contl-a-y, I feel sure, 1)efound of practical utility to coin being immedi-
the nlagical fraternity. In practise it is merely heldby atelyproduced at the
the four corners, ostensibly in the most careless manner tips of the fingers. A
possible, and any object as Egg, Ball, Orange, Bird, etc., glance atthe acconl-
droppedillto the bag thus formed instantlydisappears, panyingFigs. will
the llandkercllief b3ng immediately sllalten out and both show how thisis ac-
sides shown.
/*
1llis seenling prodigy is thus explained.-Two hand-
kercl~iefs,preferably of soft silk and rather large (neck
- the represents
Fig. i.
complished.
(a)
coin as held
Fig. I

when
handkerchiefs for instance), are sewn together all round open@ the 3rd and
theiredges,with the exception of a portion at one 4th fingers. Before
corneras shown by the dotted
lines
in Fig. 14. opening the 2nd and 3rd
thesleightasillustrated

r F
The handkerchiefs are
-- L alsosewn
‘I together from by Fig. 2 , is performed.
I i the saidcorner to
the To do this the 1st fingers
centreas
furtherindi- is drawn slightly over
cated by the dotted lines and down the back of the
I
in
the fig. A bagis 2nd,when the coin will
thus formed into which be found to follow the 1st
the objectactually
is finger’s
movements. It
dropped. The introduc- is thengripped between
tion of the object into the the 3rd and 4th fingers in
bag is facilitated by the position as Fig. I (b) .
insertion of a couile of The 2nd and 3rd are now
whalebone stripsinthe opened and
after
that
the Fig. 2 .
Fig. 14. silk at the mouth of the 1standznd, By arever-
 JAN. 1901. MAGIC. 27

.---. sion ofsleight

this coin LAFAY ETTE. ~ ~ Artist. @ ~ ~
again
is palmed be- Programme, Hippodrome, September 14th, I ~ O .
tween 1st and 2nd fin-

z
Entersarenainhis automobile, alighting, reaches
geras
at first. The stage by steps incentre,withoutspeaking proceeds
\ --& - 6est method of per-
forming this1st portion
tomake sixlightningsketches. on as manyprepared
boards (about Ift. square) with coloured chalks ; as each
of the combination is sketch is made it is throw11 to an attendant in.a careless
Fig. 3.
by six movements each manner ; the subjects up to this point are not apparent,

---
accompanied by an up butin conclusion Lafayettetakesthe six boards’ and
and down motion of the stacks them in rows of two, one above the other on an
arm of about12-in. as easle when the whole are seen to form one large finished
follows. picture, the subject of which is quite apparent.
I . Coin asFig. I (a) Lafayette next gives an excellent imitation of Band-
Open 3rd and 4th fingers. master “ Sousa,” at conclusion of which he step; off the
2. Make Pass (Fig. 2 stage (wings) ; attendant enters to put things straight ;
and I (b) closing 3rd and it is Lafayette, not attendant.
4th fingers. ( I t will be At the conclusion of this last change Lafayette retires
found thatthis Pass is to rear corner of stage where await him two attendants
easier to makewith the one inKhaki, andoneina dark uniform, Lafayette
3rd and 4th.fingers in act
A - . Fip. A. apparently takes a seat on a chair at the rear of a low
of closing. V .

screen, adjoining wings, leavingotlly his head visible ; i n

3. Open 2nd and3rdfingers. reality he goes right off the stage while the attendants
4. Close ,, 9 , ,9 push upa dummy on chair. Theynext envelope this
5 . Open 1stand 2nd fingers. dummy(presumablyLafayette)inacloak;then the
6. ReversePass (Fig. 2)closing up 1stand 2nd fin- khaki attendant retires to fetch a scarf to complete the
gers, and leaving coin as per Fig. I (a). attire of the dummy. Thekhakiattendant(redly:
The next step is to transfer coin to Thumb Palm as Lafayette who has had time to don khaki attire) returns
per Fig. 4 (a j. To do this the 3rd finger is drawn hack with scarf which he places round neck of dummy ; he’
on to the free edge of coin Fig. I (c) the 2nd finger also next leads the dummy forward tofootlights; the dummy,
drawingbackin bent
a positionandmaking coin who upto this pointistaken for Lafayette, suddenly
(gripped by sides of 1stand3rdfingers)performa collapses, and the khaki clad attendant, smiles blandly
quarter revolution Fig. 3 (a). By straightening second on the audience.
finger coin will arriveat positionfor thumb palming An imitation of Ching Ling Foo (Chinese Magician).
Fig. 3 (b). It is then thumb palmed into position at Fig. Dressed as a Chinaman, in which garb one could produce
4. Boththesemovementsare accomplished duringa almost anything from a doll’s house to a castle, he pro-
sweep of the arm from front to back and front again. All duces from a cloth a dog (a full-grown spaniel), a full-
the fingers are now opened. To admit of thumb being grown turkey and two dozen pigeons in a large bowl ;
shown free from hand I use a new method of gaining also a real live piccaniny about 2 ft. bin. high. I t must
workable possession of the coin. Instead of closing the not be overlooked that the cloth from which the above
fingers in the usual way, the 1st and 4th are brought livestockis produced isnotsmaller than afull-sized
somewhat over the back of the 2nd and 3rd respectively counterpane.Lafayette next fashionsatube out of a
(see Fig. 4.) The palm of hand is turned partially to- large sheet of cartridge paper with which he covers the
wards the floorandfingers are inclinedin the same piccaninyproduced from cloth, and which wewill call
direction. Atthe samemoment the pressure of the No. I . On lifting the tube the child has vanished, but is
thumb on the coin is relaxed when it will be found to a few seconds later shaken out of the paper. (The child
slip down back of fingers and be gripped between the 1st simply clung to the hand lifting the tube). The paper is
and 4th which form a kind of liitle hollow to receive it, next openedandshown to be empty,then once more
Fig. 4 (b)and(c).Thumb can be shownseparate wrapped round piccaniny No. I ,while this is being done,
from handand coin dealtwithaccording to fancy, its piccaniny No. 2 contrives to runfrom skirts of performer,
immediate production at tips of fingers being perhaps the into tube which now contains “ twins.’’ The tubeis next
most effective conclusion. lifted from No. I and placed on a chair ; when removed
No. 2 is seen standing on chair. (No. 2 simply clung to
A NEW “COLOR CHANGE” FOR BILLIARD BALLS. the hand lifting tube on chair).
After making the ordinary color change, leavingsay, the white Variation of above.-Having produced Piccaniny No, I he is left
ball visible in the left hand-the red being palmed in tne right, standing in full view. The tube isnow made and set aside presum-
take the white ball in fingers of right hand and show left empty ably empty ; really No. 2 has contrived to run in secretly asabove.
back and front, then replace white ball in left hand, at the same No. I is now lifted into tube over the top : tube is next lifted SO
time leaving red ball in balm of left hand and turning round so that audience see the legs, as they thinkof No. I , hut really of No. 2
that left side is to audience. Thls act is really the change over who is nursing No. r : tube is lowered, the impression being that it
palm with the red ball, but you have in addition thewhite ball in containsone child only, on removing it a moment later two picca-
evideuce all the time. You now show right hand, back and front. ninies arediscovered.
Repeat the change over and you will be standing right side to A large bowl of fire probably 18 in. diameter is next produced
audience left hand empty-in right hand is the white balls, 1-isible from the cloth. In conclusion, the performer as Chinaman creeps
in fingers, the red ball palmed. Now toss white ball in air and under the cloth, and immerges changed to a charming damsel in
catch again, being eareful it does not cdick against red ball. At appropriate robes,hair &c. The cloth used in the aboveact is
second throw let hand drop well, and leave white ball in pocket, covered with a dozenor so coloured incandescent electric lamps.
letting hand go up again without pause and allowing the palmed The stage isone mass of drapery and light, which detracts much
red ball to leave palm and go up in air. Catch it and hand for from the magic element ; but on the whole the show is extrenlely
examination. T. HAYIS, Magician, novel, and judging from the continued applause,well appreciated.
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my pre arations immediately, and showed me into the library, which he said
ljiography of. Prof. anderson he woupd reserve for my use. Having bowed my acknowledgments,
making my way into the hall, when I encountered Lady Panmure, to whom
I was
-- his lordship called as I was passing along-“Lady Panmure, tell the conjurer
to come and take dinner wlth us today ’’ . U on which her ladyship, in the
Skefches from his Note Book, Anecdotes,Incidents, etc. most courteous manner intimated to me his Pordship’s wish. I thanked her
lad ship and made my’way out of the great house in the best manner I could
( Contiwed from page 18). ancfhuriied back to the Swan in a state of fear aud anxiety, such as I had
never previously experlenced. “Bean, the landlord, observing my agitation,
AndersonreturnedtoAberdeenandtheregavehis and bem anxious to ascertain my reception at the Castle, eagerly Inquired
first entertainments in Magic, in the Hall thenknown as what hacftaken place, when I informed him that his lordship had summoned
me to give my entertainment that night to a large party, and, what was
Morrison’s. The successwhich attendedtheserepre- worse, I had been invited in the afternoon to dine there, and never having
sentationswasmuchbeyond his
expectations, and seen a real living lord, much lesfL dined with one, I was quite a t a loss what to
do or how to conduct myself. Hoot, man.” said “Bean, “ there’s nothing

afforded him sufficient encouragement to hold on in the sae easy, you maun just keep oure’e onilka body, and dee as ye see ilk other
folks deeing, and if there arezfty dishes on the table ye maun taste of them
course he had begun. Every performanceaddedto the all, and see that ye leave nothing on your plate.” He further instructed me
that ‘‘ if my lord or my lady should ask you to tak’ a glass 0’wine wi’ them
stock of his experience, and the confidence which he felt be sure to say ‘Wee1 my lord y’er guid health ’ . aud if there should be a heal;
in his o m n ability ; and he soon began to sketch out the 0’leddies in the dra&inj-room,and ye see yin wkitin’ without a gentleman, ye
mauna tak’ haud 0’ her arm, but iust march on before her into the ,dinin’
outlines of that magnificent plan which in after years he room, for fear her guid nlan may be angry wi’ you ; for,”headded,these
great folk, ye ken, are awful jealous 0’their better halves.” With these. and
so ably completed, by placing himself at the very top of a few such hlnts and advices anxiously adtninistered by my friend “Bean,
his profession, and gaining for himself that celebrity and whose true character at that time I was in ignorance of, I set about preparinm
my apparatus for theevening. I got the wholecompleted in a short time”,
renown which
everywhere are associated with the and returned to dress for dinner. Haviug completed my toilet, I made my
honoured name of (‘ The Wizard of the North.” After appearance before “Bean, who again rehearsed hiscode of instructions, at he
close of which he suddenly exclaimed, with an airof astonishnletlt-“Preserve
remaining for some time in Aberdeen, he made a short u s man, ye’er no gaun in that coat ? ”-(I had on a plain dress coat)-.”fhat’s
ndt a coat tae gang to a lord’s,:able in.” I said. “ Is it not the fashion? *’
tourthroughthenortherndistricts of Scotland,and ‘‘ Fashion ! ” exclaimed “Bean, wha ever heard 0’a body gaun to a lord’s
then returned to the point from which he had started. table in a dresscoat ? Ye maun getafrockcoat to bein the fashion.” I
informed“Beanthat,unfortunately, I hadnotsuchathingabout me.
It was at this time that he came in contact with a per- Never mind,” said he *‘I’ll lend ye ain.” I thanked him kmdly for the
offer, and he immediat&y sent up stairs for his Sunday frock coat, which was
son who afterwards, ullder the designation of M. Philippe a veryexcellent black one. I may inform the reader that “Heat1 was rather
became celebrated in France as a magician. Philipee, so a corpulent, stalwart person and I was not then full grown and rather lanky.
However, I made a fan- excdange, and donned his frock coat, observing that
named in Scotland, was originally a cook in the service I thought it rather largefor me, but he declared with reat seriousness that it
fitted llke a glove. Bemg fully accoutred tohis satisf%tion, off I startedfor
of thelate Lord Pannlure.Leavingthatemployment, the Castle, where I arrived half a n hour before dinner. I once more took a
he settled down and remained for a nulnher of years in look at my apparatus, to see that all was right, aud was then shown into a
room where there was a large party in waiting. A s I entered, all eyes were
Aberdeen. H e heard of the fame of the youthful magi- directed against me, as If I had been the lion of the eveuiu~, and
i n a corner of the room to avoid observation.
I took a seat
Upon looklng round the room
cian, was induced to visit his “ temple, ” and was struck I was somewhat surprised to fiud that every gentleman present wore that
with his performances ; and having made the acquaint- kind of coat my friend had advised me to put off, and that I alone had on a
large frock coat. I consoled myself with the reflection, however, that “Bean,
ance of Mr.Anderson, he obtained a11 insightintohis inhis anxiety for my welfare,hadcommittedsomemistake. By and by
after we had waited a short time, severa1,pf the gentleme11 approached me:
profession, and fac-st’nziZesof his then humble apparatus. and havingintroducedthemselves,said,Well,Sir, I suppose 011 intend to
Philippe improved to such a degree upon the knowledge astonish us to-uight ? ’’ to which I answered, * ’ Yes, I will i r I can.” At
last a servaut announced that dinnerwas on the table, when the whole party
he thus acquired, that, leaving England for France, he stood upaud proceeded tothediuing-room. I, of course,remaineduntil
towards the last,when I andaladyalone werein the room. Faithfulto
earned the reputation of being one of the mostaccom- M’Bequ’s advice, I didnot offer hermyarm,and westoodlooking at
plished magicians ever seen in that country. each other for a few secouds. At last the lady said “ Mr. Andersou, I’ll take
your arm,” which she did in a momeut and led me to dinner. I do not kuow
Time passed on and John Hellry Anderson became a when I felt or looked so sheepish. No sooller had I got to the table than I
seated myself down on R chair. aud inorder to keep pace with “Bean’s views
better magician daily, working diligently to secure the of thecustoms of the great, I leftmypartner to do the same. At first I
apparatus his means would allow, and devoting his in- trembled lest I should commit some gross mistake at dinner,but after the two
first courses I made myself quite at home, aud most religiously followed the
ventive powers to the discovery of new modes of pleasing advice of my friend the innkeeper, as to leaving uothing on my plate, uutil I
found that “Bean’s coat was not too large for me. Most assuredly I nstottzslzed
the public. them. There was not a person at the table with so good an appetite. While
He continuedfor aconsiderabletimeto ammethe dit~nerwas going on, my Lord Panmure said, ‘’ Mr. Audersou, I will take a
glass of wine with you,” to which I promptly replied, ” Well your very good
citizens of Aberdeen,andhaving concluded his season health, my lord.” The whole psrty looked at me, and the; smiled at each
other They evideutly soon discovered that it was tn first appearance at the
there,he wended his way southwards.Arrived at table bf a lord and uo doubt thought I was fair game ?or their waggery. They
Brechin,hewasmuchgratified at receiving an order all drauk wide with me, and still followiug the directions of “Bean, I drank
“good health ’’ to everoue round, until I beganto feel the effects of the
from the late Lord Panmure to call upon his lordship at generous liquor iu my l e a d . Diuner ended, the ladies rose to retire, when
not forgetting M‘Bean’s good couusel, I got up and went along with them’
BrechinCastle. Here an incident occurred, the descrip- admidst a burst of laughter, which I was then somewhat at a loss to under:
tion of which we extract from the ‘ ( Wizard’sNote staud. Lady Panmure and her female friendsproceeded tothe drawing-room
and observing me rather at a loss how to act, her ladyship, doubtless wit&
Book. ’ ’ the view of keeping up the joke beckoned me to go aloug with them -a
PROFESSOR AND.EI<SON DINING WITH A LORD. signal which I promptly obeyed. Here I seated myself down, but on looding
I called at the town of Brechrn, where I engaged the Farmer’s Hall, for the round felt a good deal surpnsed that the other gentlemen did not follow my
purpose ofgivinc my entertainment. When here, I rook up my quarters at example. Being a little elevated with the wine, I asked Lady Panmure for an
he we!l-knowll Swan I n n , which was then kept by Mr. “Bean, a bit of a explanation, when she observed that there was nothitlg wrong, and that she
wag, and quite a character it1 his way. After the first night’s performance I hoped I would make myself quite at home. The request was made in such a
was honoured by a message from Brechin Castle, to the effect that Lord Pan- courteous aud familiar tone of address that I found no difficulty iu obeying
mure desired a n interview with me. previous to my giving a private exhibition her.Here,surrounded by a bevy of beauties, I wasinducedtogive Lady
before a company then staying with his lordship at the Castle. I had often Panmure an acconnt of my birth, parentage. and education, in the midst of
heard of Lords, Dukes. and Earls. and hadeven seen Kinp;s and Queens in the which a messenger from Lord Patimure announced that Mr. Anderson was
Theatre, but the idea of coming in contact with the genuine article in the requested to prepare for his entertainment. 011 this I went to the library
way of business had never once crossed m faucy. Burn’s description of his put my necromantic apparatus in order, and it1 a few minutes afterwards had
feelings 011 being invited to dine with LorJDaer conveys something of what the houour of appearing before Lord Panmure and his party, whom I was
were miue on that occasion. It was- fortunate enough to surprise anddeli h t by a few of my magical ex eriments.
“A ne’er-to-be-forgotten day . All expressed themselves pleaseda n 3 astouished and at theend o?my enter-
Sae far I sprauchled up the’brae tainment I was invited to supper. In the intervil, 1,ord Panmure’s steward
I dinner’d wi’ a 1brd.l1 who was in atteudance at table, and seeing me youug and inexperienced V,$
But, as old M‘Beau remarked, there was no help for it, so I mustered a suffi- kiudly took me aside and having ascertained that I had been following the
cient stock of courage, and went down to the Castle, where, 011 telling my burlesque directions df M‘Beau, gave mea few hints, by which I was enabled
errand, I was at once ushered into the presence of1,ord Panmure, whom I to cut a more creditable figure at the supper table. I took my leave of the
ouud to be just an ordinary mortal likemyself-for Castle that eveningmuchbetterpleasedwith myself than I wasatthe
’ The fleut a nride, nae pride had he, beginning, and still more so when next morning I received from his lordship
Nor sauce nor state, thatI could see. an envelope containing a ten-pound bank note ( t h e first which I had ever
Mair than anhonest ploughman.’’ seen), anda letter, of which the followiug is a copy:-
His lordship received me most graciously told me that he was that night to BRECHIN CASTLE, 12th March, 1831.
have a large party, and desired to know’ if it would suit my convenience to SIR,-Your performance last night at Brechin Castle much delighted myselt
givemysleight-of-handexhibitionbeforethem I managedinreplyto and party. You far excel any other necromancer that I ever saw either at
stammer out, ‘‘ Y-e-s, my lord,” when he remarkid that l had ’better mhke home or abroad,-I am, Sir, yours &C., PANMUKB.
 JAN. 1901. MAGIC. 29

MONS. PAUL CINQUEVALLI. (( Don’t you consider it a dangerous feat ? ” I queried,

THE INCOMPARABLE JUGGLER. as I wondered to myself what kind of a soldier he would
make.
Continzcedfrom page zz. ( ‘ Well, I must admit I do,” said he. ( I You see, the
shot descends in an exact line until within a few inches
(‘ The aspirant whois to attain any success,” observes
M. Cinquevalli, in answer to the inevitable question-for
it is surprising how interesting it becomes, eventoa
modest .interviewer, to fathom the mysteries of juggling-
‘ (The aspirant who is to attain any success in this pro-
fession must, of necessity, possess perfect steadiness of
nerve, a great deal of patience, and a quick and accurate
eye. ’ ’
Anything that comes to hand, from a pin to acrowhat-,
a scrap of paper to a cannon ball weighing forty-eight

of my forehead,when I dart my headforewardand

receive the ball on the incline of the back of my neck. ”
An error of judgement would, of course, prove fatal ;
even to this dayI feel goose-fleshy as theiron strikesme.
Some day I will exclude it from my rejevtoire, asit affects
my nerves,andcauses me some anxiety. I varythis
feat sometimes by tossing the cannon ball in the air and
receiving it on an ordinary plate, without the slightest
damage to the latter.”
pounds,all is thesame to M. Cinquevalli. Infront of
the footlights he seems to operate in opposition to the laws Another very clever business of M. Cinquevalli is to
of gravity. (‘All is skittlesinthe airwithhim,”as juggle with a cigar, a hat, a walking stick, and a half-
Mrs. Brown would likely remark. He tosses them aloft, crown piece. The half-crown,after pirouettingsome-
as he confessed he was wont to do with his mother’s time in the air, dropson to his toe, at the same time that
cooking eggs,in the initial stage of his training. The the hat falls on to his head, the cigar into his mouth, and
eggs sometimes broke.Well ! thatisnot surprising. the stick into his hand. Then he will kick the coin and
The wonder to me is that the cannonball, which crashes catch it as a monocle in his eye.
through a deal table in front of the audience, does.not He will take a cigar and holder, throw them up at diff-
break something else, when he throws it up some twenty erent angles,andcatchtheminhismouth. Two more
feet or more in the air, and arrests its f a l l - o h , so easy !- cigars and holders are placed, one on his chin and the
on the nape of his neck, and sends it rolling up anddown other on his forehead : keeping them both balanced, he
his arms, shoulders, and back, as though the missilewere will take the cigar out of the first holder and place it on
really endowed with life, and enjoying a romp with him. top of the cigar on his forehead, throw them off with a
 30 MAGIC. JAN. 1901.

jerk, and catch the top cigar in the holder, the other falls
into his hand.
In fact, M. Cinquevalli is a psychologic wonder. H e
>-*-T’wZP.. .
, .,... . . “ ..

is a consummate musician, and a composer to boot ; the:

011e man who is a living contradictionto the saying,‘(To
do a thing well, you must do one thing at the time.”
This article has been reproduced b y the conrtesy of M r . Pan1 N a s m a n n ,
Edztor of “The Favorite.”

The editor’s &etter=Bog.

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a couple of passes with f n imaginary ball which vanished. The
audience appreciated thls latter efiectInore than they did those
p

The Editor invites contributiows dealing with any matters likely io be o j whichhadtakenhimmonthsto perfect. Yedmrn sat sapienti.
interest to readers of ihis paper. He will also be pleased to receive items of news I consider modern magic (as generallypractised,-ED. ) is bewilder-
relating to special shows. apparatns. caialognes for review, etc. The Editor does ing not Mystifying. What do other readers say?
not kold himself responsible Jar the views exfiresseahis by correspondents.
Yours mystically, SAMUEL BLAKE.
TO the Eaitor. TO the Editor.
MODERN MAGICIANS’ METHODS. DEAR SIR.-I feel I must express my entire satisfaction regard-
DEAR SIR.--.Will youpermitmeto offer aprotestthrough ing the half-tone you have made for me. It is, as regards work-
MAGICon the modern methods of producing magical (?) effects. manship, faultless, and I an1 pleased with the neat and natty ap-
I have had the pleasure of witnessing the performances of several pearance of the print. In a word I am highly delighted with it,
very expert pros. and amatenrs, and I find their effects follow so and shall not fail recommend
to you whenever occasion arises.
rapidly upon one another that it is impossible to tell whether any Faithfully yours, ARTHUR MARGERY.
Magic has been presented : in plain language it is Juggling not
Magic. Compare the unique and finished style of De Kolta and SOUTH
AFRICAN NOTES.
others with that of the “ ram-it-down-your-throat ” performers.
I admit one mustbe nu fait with the game to workB la De Kolta, Prof. Albert is still touring the townsof our Eastern Provinces
but what prettier magical effect can be imagill’ed than the Billiard and Press Notices show he is making a big hit with his Handcuff
Balls worked at South EasternRailwayspeedinstead of at the Trick.
velocity of Marconi Telegraphy? Mr. Heyer was in Cape Town again - recently, but I believe he
I an1 invariably met with the remark “ that’s all very well but leaves shortly.
modern effects must he worked quickly” ; nothing of the sort. Frank De Gruchy is preparing an ‘ Eye Opener ’ for his big
Take the reverse palm with a coin, when the coin is on the back encagement at the “ Good HoDe Hall ” for Christmas and New
of hand it is onlynecessary to put the third finger over it, bring- Ye&, He gives both afternoo1;and evening turns I hear.
ing !it to the otherside, at the same time turning hand over. This Bosco, Jnnior, is continually in evidence. I hear of him here,
sleight can be worked as slowly as you please and right under the there, and everywhere, he is coming - to the fore. H e had quite an
most acute of proboscides without detection. I submit the great ovation recently.
goal to aspire to is Magical Effect, there is obviously no Magical Prof. De Caston has many dates booked ahead. He is acceDting.
Effect in vanishing a ball before the audience realize that the ball engagements for garden paities, etc.,as well as his evening s60wc
is inexistence. 1 sawa gentlemanintheNorth of England He isnow adding to his programme the ‘‘ Indian Sack Trick” in
vanish a ball by palming in right hand and pretending to takeit combination with “ Handcuffs ” a novelty which takeswell.
with that hand from vest, really leavingit there ; he then worked T. HAYES, Magician.
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MODERN MAGICIANS. performer adopts as his watchword, as Mr. Margery has

adopted ” Originality,” and will not on any account be
induced to copy, or even imitate partially, otherperform’ers
ARTHUR
MARGERY. in their work. If only this axiom had been carried out
The artiste whose portrait graces our title page this more generally by magicians, what would not conjuring
month is the descendent of stage-lovingparents,his have been like to-day ? The Continuous Back and Front
father before him, being a devoted student of Magic and ‘ Pahz ’ would long ago have been a thing of the past.
the kindred arts, and a clever No professional busi,ness
performer to boot. requires closer study than that
Mr. A Margery was born of legerdemain. A natural
in London in 1871. It was in aptitude for the art must be
hisearly school days,after bornina man--hemust be
witnessing the performance alert both in body and mind,
of a simple trick, that he first cool andcalculatingtothe
became fascinated with an art movement of a muscle under
that he now candidly admits the most trying.circnmstances,
proved his first incentive to the and a close observer of human
study of the various sciences, nature-an i n s t ~ ~ n c: ehe must
while at thesame timeit made recognise,at a glance the oblig-
those studies, which are more ing individual whowill, uncon-
often than not found irksome ciously, take the ‘ forced ’ card,
to a degree, a source of infinite or the aggravatiug youngman
pleasureandenjoyment ; small who will persist in his endeav;
wollder it isthenthat.the ours to take the wrong one.
chief item in so many of our The greatest pleasure in the
bestdrawing-roomentertain- study of an art is undoubtedly
ments, where the audience is obtained where thestudent
invariably composed largely of makesuphis mindtowork
children, is a conjuring show; out ideas for himself, and
such an entertainment serves generally
work
tosingle-
a double purpose-it combines handed. Thesubject of our
amusement with instruction. sketchis of thistype, he is
To-day finds Mr. Margery a passionately fond of, and quite
zealous devoteeof Part nzyster- thoroughinhiswork, well
iezce-to use his own words, conversant in every branch of
“ I am married to magic and magic, andalwaysready to
never wish for a divorce. ” impart informationtothose
He is the fortunate possessor lessinstructedthanhimself.
offertile
hand
brain
a aand MR. ARTHUR MARGERY. H e revelsand large
in a
which, according to Mons. valuablecollection, of books
Robert Houdinin his“ Secrets of Conjuringand Magic,” onmagic,buteventhisdoesnotsatisfyhisgreedfor
pp. 37-4.1, denotesdexterity. He is an expert all round mysticlore as heisknownto be an ardent reader in
manipulator of the various small accessories so ifldispen- theLibrary of the B. M., doubtless wi.th a view to
sable to the modern magician-in his hands inanimate compilingsomething of interestto magicians. If it is
objects seem to becolne imbuded with life and to have a true that success rewards thepainstakingthen MI-.
personality of their own ; this is not surprising where a Margery deservesno small measure of that commodity.
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Copy of a.n Announcement of t h e
The Aerial Handkerchief.-Under this heading I
Magician COMUS, shall describe a very subtle and pleasing trick having the
appearlng in ‘‘ The True Briton (Nolumus Leges A n g l i a following effect.
Mutari), Wednesday, February llth, 1796. The performershowsanordinary15in.silksquare,
rolls it up into a ball and passes it into the left hand ;
FOR ONE WEEK MORE. to prove that he has really placed it in the left hand he
GRAND &XHIBITION. pulls out (from the top of the fist) some 4 or 5 inches
IN AN ELEGANT GREAT ROOM, ON THE FIRST FLOOR, of one corner. Having thus satisfied the spectators that
ATNo. 28, HAYMARKET,
THIS PRESENT EVENING, WEDNESDAY,Feb.11th) thereis no deceptionhe tucks back thecorner,using
And every Evening This Week only, onefingeronly. 011againopening the lefthand the
T H E SIEUR COMUS willdisplay his astonishing handkerchiefhasentirelydisappearedandbothhands
Performances : may be minutely examined.
PART I. He will exhibit in the grandest manner, with The secret consists of a small cone of thin spun brass
JAPANNED
CASKETS
LETTERS
NUMBERS exactly resembling a thimble in size, and made in imita-
NGS WATCHBS THANDIS tion of the end of the first or second finger, also a small
SILVER CUP SWORDS
MEDALS
POCKETPIECES
EAR
RINGS &c. &c. &c. piece of silkto match the handkerchief. Thesmall
Also a variety of uncommon Experiments with piece of silk is cut and hemmed in imitation of a corner
THAUMATURGIC MACHINERIES, of the handkerchief and one end is then glued into the
PART 11. Mr. COMUSwillexhibit, in the most extraordinary apex of the metal cone, when dry the remaining portion
manner, as follows, viz. is tucked in and all is ready.
I. He will tell several Ladies and Gentlemen the Cards or num-
ber which they think of, without asking any questions, and (how- The thimble ready for use is placed in the right hand
ever impossible it may appear) will communicate the thoughts of trousers pocket. The performer shows the handkerchief
one person to another, without speech or writing, by means of a andwhenseemingtoplace it in theleft handreally
wonderful, curious, and grand APPARATUS, palms it in the right handwhich he forthwith thrusts
Which is not to be equalled in thisKingdom !
PART 111. Mr. COMUSwill discover to all theCompany, experi- into the pocket leaving handkerchief behind, and bringing
mentally, some of the most occultOperationsin Nature, and exhibits, outthimbleon thetipof, say middle finger. Atthis
FIRST-His enchanted Sciatericon, which tells the Thoughts of stagehemay, or may not, be accused of havingput
any Person in compally ! handkerchief in pocket, in any case he inserts the finger,
SECOND-His Operation Pallengenesia, or Regeneration !
’I‘HIRD-His Pixldees Literarum, which proves a knowledge of carrying thimble, into top of left hand, leaving it behind
future Events! and pulling out corner which appears to be a portion of
FOURTH-AnOperation on Steganography, by anInvisible the original handkerchief. When tucking back the
Agent ! handkerchief the thimbleis removed unseen on tip of
FIFTH-His Uuparallelled Sympathetical
Experiments, too
wonderful to be believed till seen ! finger. The right hand being, unmistakedly, empty, all
SIXTH-His Magical Deceptio Ovorum, with Eggs, &c. attention is centred on the left hand. Under. these cir-
SEVENTH-His Operation of Capiromancy, without Writing or cunlstances it would hardly require a conjurer to secretly
Speaking ! dispose of the thimble, and when this has been done the
EIGHTH-HiscuriousMechanicalFisheswill swim inthe
Water, and discover the real Thoughts of the Company, i n a silk may be shown to be non est, and both hands may be
most extraordinary manner. minutely examined.
PART IV,-A Variety of Chartomantic Experiments, andvarious / a m indebted to &of. Herwinn of Bristol for this ingenious andsubtle trick.
operations with Magi2al Watches and Sympathetic Clocks. The Finger Shell.-With the aid of this ingenious,
PART V. -His unparallelled Sympathetic Figures, whereby the
great Power of Sympathy is displayed, by the operation of two but insignificant piece of apparatus the following effect
Boxes, containing an equal Number of Figures, capable of being ismade possible. The performer comes forwardwith
varied different ways. his arms out-stretched and bared to the elbow, showing
The whole to conclude with his hands on all sides, thus proving beyond doubt that
T H E GRAND COUP DE MAIN:
Of, Pyramidical Glass Machineries, they are empty. Still keeping his arms out-stretched he
An Operation never attempted by any other Man living, and will closes the right hand. A slight up and down motion now
astonish every beholder. takes place, after which the hand is opened and a colored
Doors to be opened at Six o’Clock, and begin exactly at Seven silk handkerchief found therein.
--Tickets to be had of Sieur Comus, at thePlace of Exhibition-The
Room will be elegantly illuminated, and commodiously prepared, The secret lies in the use of the finger shell (see Fig.
so that every person may have a view of the performance. 16). This shell,usually modelled in thin brassand
Admittance Half-a-crown each person. painted flesh color, fits the inside of the middle finger,
 FEB. 1901. MAGIC. 35
when the hand is in a natural position with the Angers rise-the hand is lowered and mYh it the fhread which,
slightly curved (see t h e Fig.). It nr~st.be “ liued ” on under cover of tapping the cards coaxingly, is secretly
the front to represent as nearly as..p&k its mxtuwd p& &., the hooks of the one at the rear. The right
prototype. band-is.tqg&~M&.aIaft. and this time, as soon as the left
Immediatelybsforeintroducingtheexperimentthe hand releases ,+tsh&&, the card will rise,. being drawn up
handkerchief is in- to the extended hand by the greater weight of the several
sertedin the shell cards on the free end of the thread.
which
inis turn Severalthreadsarranged as above explains how the
adjusted to the fin- , performer is able to work the trick on any part of the
ger,
the performer stage.
then
steps on the An improvement on the above.
stageinthe manner
already described. This method does awayentirelywiththetrouble of
To produce the de- arranging the thread as in the foregoing. The effect is
sired effect the shell d exactlythesameandthetrickcanbedoneanywhere
is allowed tofallfrom F
independent of time and space.
the finger under cover Fig. 16. In this case the ‘ trick ’
ofclosing thehand, cards are prepared by cut-
the handkerchief being pushed out with the thumb. ting a fine slot in one end as
By reversing the modus ojevandi the handkerchief shown at B in Fix. 17
maybe caused to disappearinanequallymysterious One endof the thread (about
manner. If the performer has been thoughtfulenough 3 ft. long) isattached to the
to place a duplicate handkerchief behind his collar, or in lowermost button of the
some otherout of-the-way-place, an additional effect waistcoat,
knot
a being
may now be obtained. . made at theopposite end for
the purpose of catching in
For obvious reason this trick must be the first on the the slot cut in thecard. To
programme. properly adjust the length
THE NEW RISING” CARD. of the thread, note that it
should be just long enough
A s now being #erformed a t the Palace Theatre, LoBdon. to preventthe card attached
to it, in case it isaccidently
dropped,
frqm
dangling
Three cards are ‘ forced ’ on as many members of the ignominiously in mid-air.
audience who afterwards return them to the pack, shuff- The working of the trick
lingthecards themselves.Performer now returnsto is as follows :-The pack
stage and holding the cards, squared well together in the with the three slotted cards
left hand, raises therighthand well abovehishead duly on top is held in theleft
commanding a card to rise : suddenly one of the chosen hand. Thethumb of the
cards is seen to jump frum the pack to the hand held righthand is now passed
aloft-this card is returned to the front of the pack and under the thread, (hanging
the effect is repeated with the two remaining cards. Fig. 17. from thebutton) which,
The secret depends mainly upon a new application of under cover of a m-aceful
the black silk thread ; the cards are forced in the ordinary sweep of the arm, is carried over the top of tge cards
way, i.e.-there is nothing extraordinary in the ‘ force ’ entering the slot afore mentioned (See B in Fig. I 7 ) . The
employed. The actual cardsto rise are specially prepared right hand is now held aloft, the fore-finger being under
and are added to the top of the pack under cover of the the thread at C in the Fig.
body during the return to stage. They are prepared as
follows :-Two U shaped cuts are made near one end of The thumb of the left hand holding pack isnow passed
the card (see ‘A’ in fig. 17) the bottom of the U in each behind the thread at D in the Fig., when it will be found
case being pushed up to form a hook. The face of each that a slight downward movement of the left hand will
card thus maltreated is gummed to the back of another cause the card to rise as already explained. The move-
card, duplicate of the one to be forced, and the “ trick ” ment of the left hand will pass unnoticedif the performer
cards are ready. remembers to attract the attention of the audience to the
right hand bylooking fixedly at ithimself.
The thread is carried right across the stage about 18in.
above the head of the performer, one end being fixed to N.B.-Other new Card Sleights, Tricks, &C.,including the Con-
one of the “ wings,’’ while the other end passes over a tinuous Back and Front Palm, and tricks therewith, now being
stout smooth pin, driven into the opposite wing and is performed at the Palace Theatre will be ‘found clearly described
weighted with 4 or 5 cards, i.e. just sufficient to keep the with numerous original illustrations in New Card Tricks,” by
Ellis Stanyon. (SeeAdvt).
threadalways taut:
Having taken
uphis
position
under thethreadtheperformer passeshisdisengaged
hand completelyround the packseveraltimes thus, By an oversight the knot on the end of the thread in Fig. 17 is
casually, showing there is no connection ; he then raises shown on the face of the card--it should really be on the back.
the hand and commands a card to rise. The card does not EDITOR.
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Biography ,of '.-l%,.df.&:nd.e~son.his wizardrygainedhim numerous. friends.Fewpro-

fessional men were, better known than The Great : "

(THE.ORIGINAL '6 WIZARD OF THE NORTH.".)

'
Wizard." in the northern districts.of:the country ; while
in Glasgow and its neighbourhood his name was.almost a
" household word." H e erected on Glasgow Green-the
Skefches from ,his Nofe Book, Anecdotes, Tnczh'ents, etc;
,
scene of-hany of his early: triumphs-the largest> theatre
in Scotland, incurring in its 'erection an experiditure of
(Confivizledfiant p(rge 28). manythousandpounds. The househadnotbeenopen
threemonths, when, during therehearsalof DerFreischutz,
After he left Brechin Castle,'Mr.Andersonwent to it caught fire,and was entirely destroyed,; the Wizard
Edinburgh, and gave his first magical entertainments in losing by this disaster nearly every penny of the fortune
the great Scottish metropolis. .The.story of how one of hisindustry had accumulated. Maddenedby the sense
11is great transformation tricks was brought 'about must
here be told., His professiotial soubriq.uei inhis.early career
wvas'that of " The Caledoniatjl 'Necromancer. ;" but this
was destined to bemetanIorphosed into " THE GREAT
WIZARDOF TRE NORTH;" and the mdainorphosis came
about i n the following mantler :-The young magician
was performing in E d i ~ ~ b u r g where
h, his success was so
great,thatSir Walter Scotthearing of him requested

7he remtrins of the actual wafch tbsea by Prof. A N ~ C T S O N

in his E?zferftrinmeals.

of the calanlity .with which he was thus suddenly 'over-,

whelmed, it is said that he endeavoured to rush through
the crowd intotheburningbuilding,wherehe would
inevitablyhaveperished.Prevented, ' h o w ~ v e r :from
,
doing so, he nlade his way to'Glasgow Bridge, and there
watched the progress of the flames, the'fhlling -in of the
roof, hnd the last cloud of sp+rl+ whi,ch'.announced the
entire destruction of his property,:
I t hadbeen his ambition to be the manager of a
the:ltrir:ll establishme~~tin Scotland.; butthat- hope
scrmcd to be consumed in the flames before.hi1p. Nothing
tl:l1tlltetl, I~owever,he started for Hull, in Yorkshire, and
tllere recommenced his magical perforniailces. Thence
he pl-occedctl to Hamburg, and oil to Sweden, Norway,.
allcl Dennlark.Aftcr+siting the various town's ' o f the
B-ilt-ic, he rkaclled St. Peterqbarg, and obtaining the pat-
ronage of the Emperor Nicholas, remained :somemouths
it1 the Russian capital, where he acquired a considerable
amount of money. Thence, proceeding to .the interior of
Russia, lie erected his magic .temple in most.of the chief
towns of that extensive empire. . He returned'to . .
England
. . Atrfo,rrmpkcdphofoo j Prof. Am'erson (abozd 2854).
by way of Vienna . and .
'Berlin.
..
Sho;tly after his return to Great Britain,.he had the
that he would .perform at Ahbotsford on the occasion'. of great 11ylour:of being specially: summcmed to Balmoral
the son of the great novelist attaining his majority. The Castle; by eommand,qf'Her Majesty t h e , Queen,' to .give
cleverness of the young nlagician'was such;that at;theCoq- a.performancethere, 011 the occasion of 'His '.Royal
elusion of the performatl'ce Sir Walter'made the remarlt;iri HigJyess Prince Albert's birthday .beink' kept there in
a very complimentary manner," They.call,sle,'.The Wiza$d royal..state, an the'26th:oI.AUgust, '1846. , A flatterhg
of the North,'. hut they have made a mistake-it' .is.you,, note from. Her Majesty;' fijrwarded .to, the.'.WizardEy
not I, who. best deserve the title." . M r . ~.Anderson Colonel Anson, expressed tfie gratification wqich ,royalti
accepted the compliment, and entitled himselfaccordingly. had received from the magica! entertainment.' ' ' '
A successful tour in Scotlaud was followed, .bp a -&it
to the northern and midland counties of England, where TO co+i.n?cea ).
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MAGIC IN AMERICA. ('They don't care anything about the muscularly of

BY HBNRYRIDGELY EVANS. your hands," I exclaimed,' " What they desire most is
Azdhot- o/C (' HOIWSwith the Ghosts," &C., &c. to be mystified. You arevery foolish toexplainyour
work in this manner.Aftera while you will have to
What is the status of magic in America ? confine yourself to mechanical tricks, and then good-bye
Good and bad ! Good for artistes of originality, bad jimstige. You will denominate into a professor of physics.
for indifferent performers. You will no longer be a magictian.' )

The wide dissemination of magical literature and Alas,he could notsee the matter in this light, and'
exposes innumerable in magazines and newspapers have stillexhibits his famousillustrations.Shade of Alex-
put .sleight-of-hand performers on their mettle to invent ander the Great ! not the warrior;%ut the prestidigita-
'

new tricksor improve old ones. The resultis that teur lo6k down upon us and protect us ! ! I have always
second-rate magicians have to go to the wall, while the held with the editor of this magazine that treatises 011
artistes forge to the front and make money. I t is a case of sleight.of-hand do no harmto theart. No one but
the survival of the fittest. At the present, writing, there students of legerdemain read them. 'The perusal of the
are .but two performers in the States who present an technicalities of nlagic tricks is too dry for the average
exclusively magical entertainment of the 2% hours reader. Expos& i n popular magazines of the day,
duration order,. all other . wielders of the mystic wand
I
howerer, are bad.
flourish in vaudeville, doillg 1 5 and 30 lilinute " turns." The tendency of magic in America is in the direction
Kellar ht~dCarl Herr-mann (Ilephew of the 1ateAlexander) of the Vaudeville Theatre,and consequentlytowards
arethe. two magiciaus alluded to above. Harr.yKellar specialization in the art of legerdemain. The day of the
begall life as a11 assistant to the BrothersDavenport, all-round magician isfastpassingaway. To succeed
spirit mediunls, and from them learned the mysteries of now, it is necessary to do some one thing well, be it what
rope-tying ant1 ulltying.Kellar is not strictly speaking itmay,card,coin,handkerehief, or hat work. Many
a sleight-of-ha11d performer, but rather an exhihitor of prominent performers in Vaudeville call themselves
stage illusions, pseudo-mental phenomena, clairvoyance, " manipulators ' ' inpreferenceto magicians. On their
etc. He is, however, uldeniably clever at handker'chief letter-headstheyfrequentlyprintas follows, " Mr.
tricks. Such is his apparent contempt for sleight-of-hand Blank,Manipulator of Coins (or cards) ; not . a mngic
that he exposes the mysteries of coin palmistry on the act.
) ) T h e county is flooded with would-be=rilagicians
stage for the delectation of his audiences, thereby killing who can do no sleight-of-hand worthyof the name. Hence
the goose that, lays the golden eggs. He is not alone in . the use of the term ' Manipulator, ' ' which is a guarantee
(

this pernicious practice of revealing the secrets of magic that the performer, is a sleight-of-hand artiste, pure and
to people unacquainted with them. The vaudeville per- simple. Noone would havethe audacity to advertise
formersgredoingtheir best to discredit theart of himself as a ' ' Manipulator of Mechanical Illusions. ) )

legerdenlain by exposes, designed to create a momentary Mechanism works itself.

laugh, but which do incalculable damage. Thereis agreatdeal of inventivegeniusamong
America is flooded withamateur magicians. When- American magicians. Houdini,
.Elliott,
Crane,and
evera professional performer comes to a city heis Thurston are past .masters in the, art of back and front:
immediately besieged by a horde of these amateurs who palming cards. This back palm, by-the-way , was
wanttolearnhissecrets, ortoexhibittheir own originated by a Spanish gambler, who showed it to the
dexterity (?)and ask for advice as to the best method of late Otto Maurer, of New York. Maurer passed it on to
obtaininganengagementonthestage. The younger others who vastly.improved the trick and made italmost
Herrrnann once remarked to me : " The American new. Adrian Plate, of New York, a lyceum and draw-
amateuris aqueer person. He readsa magic book, ing-room entertainer, isaveryoriginal man,andthe
cultivates a moustache and goatee, and thinks himself a 'inventor of some clever sleights. Stillwell, the handker-
magician." Thereis alargemeasure of truthinthis chief manipulator, has produced a number of new effects
statement,ridiculous R S it may seem. The moustache whichareverypuzzling even tothe professional per-
and goatee a 'la Mephisto were once the sine qua non former.. Magic is by no means on the wane in America,
of a magician's " make-up in this country. This was
) )
but it is a question of the survival of the fittest.
in imitation of Alexander Herrmann,who formany years I havealways been asincereadvocate of sleight-of-
was our yrestidigitateurParexceZZence,and set thepace for hand but it seems to me that it is going to the other
the rest of the world. Alexander's mantle has not fallen extreme todoaway with apparatus altogether. The"man-
on his nephew or upon the shoulders of any other magi- ipulator )'has a limited field to work in. I am glad to know
cian. The younger Herrmann's great forte is the that Prof. Hoffmann agrees with me, judgingfrom an ar-
billiard -ball trick, which he performs with the greatest ticle of his which recently came under my notice. I la,ment
skill and delicacy of execution. Absurd to state he has the gobd old days of seller and Herrmann,when the stage
robbed the trick of all its mystery by having large photo- with its brilliant settings of tables, etc., impressed one
graphs{ made o.f , his hands in the act of palming and with a sense of mystery. You felt yourself to be in the
minipdatingthe billiard balls, the aforesaidpictures laboratory of a magician, where wonders were to be per-
being displayed inthe .lobbies of the. theatres,where formed. Nowadays you look at the work of the rnanipu-
spectators may examine 'them and receive their initiation tor with nomore curiosity that the featsof a jugg1er;who
into the gentle art of '' palming.) ' Of course when they balances plates on1the tip of his nose, and keeps "a num-
witness the '.performanee of the magician the billiafd ber of ball in' the air. ,rImro Fox ,and Goldin,vaudevillists
ball trick falls flat. work largelyin the old magical field '-andare very
" Why do you make this expose ? 'I asked Herrmann.
) )
popular in thiscountry. Goldin (perhaps because (he
,The young mant shrugged his Herrmannique shoulders, cannot manipulate cards very well) " gives away " the
and replied : ' ' Oh, I want ;.people to s.ee how muscular back-hand palm. Is he killingthe goose thatlaysthe
my hands are, and how difficult it is to palm the balls. )' GoZdi~eggs. Verily, it looks like it !
 3Q MAGIC. FEB.1901.

Lightning Sketches. The Editor’s LetteP-Oo&

B y ELLIS STANYON.
The Edifov invites contributionsdeaZing with matters IikeZy to be o j interest
Coltfitutecr‘frowi pug-e lo. to readers of this paper. He w i N be pleased to receive news relating to sfieciai
Ano’therinterestingfigureforpractiseinconnection shows. alsoapparatus books catahgwes .&c f o r review. The fiditor h e s
not hold himselfrespokkble fo; the views&fir&ed by his correspondents.
with our former article on this subject is that illustrated
inFig. 3. This figure is also reversible representinga To the Editor,
sailor and his lass MODERN MAGICIANS’ METHODS.
according to the way DEARSIR,-I am pleased to note the very just criticism of your
in which the finished correspondent, Samuel Blake, on the excessive pace at which too
drawing is held. many of our wizards think it isdesirable to producetheir illusions.
Thesefigures will Some o f the most accomplished prestidigitators of the day lose half
the effect of their tricks by rattling them off as if they were deliv-
of coursehaveto be ering a patter song. As well migllt a reciter ‘‘ speak his piece ) ’
enlarged to make them at such a rate that the audiellce can harely tell what he is talking
effective for presenta- about.
tion toan audience. Robert Houdin’s definition of R conjtlrer is “an actor playing
the part of a magician.” Such performers as I have referred to
T h e best way ofdoing have mistaken their vocation, they should have taken up juggling,
thisistodraw lines uot conjuring.
around Fig. 3 enclos- Another fault I note among performers of the present day is a
ingit in an oblong tedency to make a parade of their dexterity-to show how neatly
they call palm sotne fabu.lo1w llnmber of coins, or tlle like. ’I‘his
space, and, this done,, may be gratifying to thevanity of the exhibitor, but it isextrewely
to draw horizontal and bad art. .A performer might almost as well call attention to the
perpendicular
lines ingenious arrallgemellt of hispodteLtes, or tnrtl rountl l ~ i stable to
over the surface of the exhibitthe servatlte.Dexterity in a magiciallshould be one of
figure toform small his secret weapons-a matter to be concealed, rilther than paraded.
He should aim to.send away hisaudiencerefleclilg, not-how
squares of about g in. quickly or how cleverly he did so and so, but, how 011 earth did
Nextdraw a similar he do it at all.
oblong space, sayfour Mere ornan~e~atal displays, such as card-throwing or springing
the cards from hand to hand, arepermissible, inasmuch as they do
Fig. 3.-A Sailor and his Lass. times the size,and cover not tend to give away the secret of any trick, but it is doubtful
it with a dike number whether even these do not lessen the nrtrgid effect of a perform-
of dines to form the same number of squares as infaithfully,the
Yoursance. 1,ouIs HOPFMANN.
smaller design, but four times the size. Now note what To the Editor,
portion of the lines of the small sketch ~ c c u p ya certain What is more b e w i l d e k g than the speed of the South Eastern
square and thenfill in the same linesin thecorresponding eggs Railway ? .If you worked egg passes at that pace I am sure the
would be incubated before you got very far, alld irl the case
square of the larger design, and so on, until the large of the billiard balls, we should all be ill the sere before we could
drawing is completed ; by the time this is done the lines pocket the red. What a delightful prospect !
will be pretty well memorized. Mr. Blake’s letter contains much food for thought and I for one
should like to seethis subject thorollgllly discussed, but I do not
think he puts thecase sufficiently clear.
In my opinion it is lack of patter that is the great fault with
many of our up-to-date performers and this without doubt causes
experiments to be worked much more quickly than is desirable for
good effect.
I am a great admirer of De Kolta and can appreciate the subtle
wit of our friend in comparing that gentleman’smethods with such
an unknown quantity as thespeed of the S.E.R.-AUSTRALIAN.
To MR. ELLISSTANYON. Wasllillgton D.C., Oct. 12th, 19.
DEARSIR,-Your latest work ‘‘ New Card Tricks ” is very good
indeed ;one of the best I have seen.-Sincerely yours, H. R. EVANS.
TO ELLISSTANYON, Highbury, N., October
3rd, 1900.
DEARSIR.-Many thanks for your prompt dispatch of “ New
Card Tricks ” ; your instructions for performing the Front and
Back Card Palm are exceedingly clear and withal, concise,
Yours truly, A. H. WALKBR-CREES.
TO MR. ELLISSTANYON. Syracuse,N.Y.,September25th, IF.
DEARSIR.-I have received “New Card Tricks ’) and am exceed-
ingly well pleased with same. Must congratulate you on the work.
Yours faithfully, E. D. DEWEY.
Fig, 4.-Courtship and Marriage, MR. ELLISSTANYON. Bradford,
September
25th) 1900.
DEARSIR.-Thanks verymuchforyour prompt dispatch of
An amusing sketch is depicted in Fig. 4. This may be Coin Trick Books and others. I am very much pleased with your
showh as one, or as two separate sketches according to practical methods and clear descriptions.
Yours faithfully, W.E. WATSON.
fancy ; in anycase it will prove effective and, not unlikely,
will establish the$perforrner as a clever cartoonist as the MR. ELLISSTANYON. Cleveland, O.,August 17th) 1g0r).
DEAR SIR.-I have received your “ New Coin Tricks ” and am
‘‘ double’’ expression drawnat oneand the same timewill, delighted with your description of the “ Miser’s Dream.” I now
doubtless, appeal to the audience as a feat worthy of a enclose Subscription toMAGICwhich I hope will prove a wonderful
skilled artist. success, and find its way into the.handsof all lovers of the mystic
( 70be continued). art.-Yours faithfu-lly, M. J. BR,OWN.
 FEB.1901. MAGIC. 39
MANCHESTER NOTES.
During New Year week .Duncan,a smartjuggler,gaveanin-
1 NEW C A R D TRICKS.
A s now being perforized a t rhe FaZace Zheatre.
at St. James’s Theatre. l
Kindred A r t s
“ b‘un by the Sea ” was the title of Captain Holt’s Veutriloquial ! B y Prof. E L L X S STANYON.
Sketch, presented to appreciative atldiences at the Grand Theatre, I
from Jan’uary 7th to 19ih. ‘ j CHAP. [.-Novel and original sleights, inclbding the new Reverse
David Devant, with Maskelyne and Cooke’s Provincial Touring and Contiuuous Back and Front Palm, and the production of
Co.. has beenheresinceDecenlber 2211d. Themanacemellt ~ the Cards one bv onefrom the back of thehand. Cham 11.-
originally intended to s:ay here a month OIlly, but owing to the New Tricks,Combinations, &C.,&c. Chap. I I I . - - ~ novel
ullprecederlted success of the Entertainment, they have decided to collection of Tricks madepossible by the uew Reverse and
renlain untilFebruary16th.The novelillusion, “ Oh,” is. the continuous back and front palm. London, IF. Paper 24pp.
great feature of the programme, and has caused quite a sensation Illustratedwithllunterousspeciallypreparedblocks.Post
here. free, 3/-. (75 cts. ).
Clemart, the well-known vetltriloq uist, appeared at the Palace N.B.-For the new “ Rising” Card Trick (Palace Theatre) see
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Professional gards. ~iscellaneous Bdoortisements.
- Twelve words,4d.. every additional three words, rd.
Professional Announcements Displayedit&this Columu
Not only is sleight-of-hand, in its various 2/6 (60 c h . ) p e r inch.
forms, O I I ~of the most popular features of
public e r ~ t e r t a i n t ~ ~ ebut
n t , ithasan
increasing vogue anlong amateurs, both as a
ever- p AUT, The Incomparable.
CINQUEVALLI GLASGOW, November ]st, 1900.
MR. ELLISSTANYON,-DEAR SIR,-I an1 very well
means of amusing their friends and kindred Alexandra Theatre, Stoke Newington. pleasedwith the resrllt of my advertisementin
1 2 October “ MAGIC.” Seveu repliestodate,
and as a delightful and fascitiating pastime. .. - ~ ~ _ _ and all
~ ~

good ones. With best wishes,

’I‘o meet thedemand for literature on the MARTINCHAPFNDER , Yours truly, PAULIII.:HI.:R.
subject which has thus been created, Prof. Humourous and Magical Entertainer,
Ellis Stanyon,of the School of Magic, Solent NORWICH, November 11ti1, 1900.
I 24 London
Road, Liverpool. 8. To the EDITOR.-DEAR SIK,-I have already had
Road, West Hampstead, whose reputation _- ~~ ~ -~ ~ ~

answers to m advertisenlent in November “MAGIC”

ill legerdemain is world-wide, has published L O U D OC
UANM E R O N , and thereby dreduce that your paper is agood adver-
a series of handy manuals on the up-to-date tising nledlum.
ScottishMagician, Yours very truly,PROF.PISROC.
achievements of the art which, by reason of 180 Butterbiggins
Road, Glasgow. 8.
~ - - .
his full allcl lucid descriptiom, will be found ~
M O D E R N MAGIC, More Magic, Spiritualism,
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Y- E N A U L T , Kunard’s Conjuring, Burlingame’s Magic ; IO/-.
theamateur. As Mr. 3tanyonfranklyad-
tnits;, he subjects hinlself by these publica-
H132Sleight of Hand and Ventriloquism.
North Road. Iiishopston, Bristol. 8.
HUTCHINSON, 15 Slirewsbury Road, Bayswater.
DISPOSAL.-Acetelttgne Shadow Lamp, IO’- : Con-
tionsto
tlle a * l a t h e ~ ~ ~ofa s many who juring Books wauted . loan orpurcha>e.-
N E I L W E A V E R , EDGAROATES, I O Molesworih Road. Stoke, Ueroll-
strongly object to any expos& of the tricks port.
of the trade, but he holds that the objection Card and Coin Manipulator,
is selfish andshort-sighted,andthatthe “Shrewsbury.”
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Oakdale Rd., Streatham.
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J. DE WITT,
C
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more the artof sleight-of-hand is understood H. P R E S T O N ,

by the public the better it will be appre- Prestidigitateur.-”
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MystiAer,
analogyin the musicalprofession ; now ___ ~~

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Biography of Prof. Anderson ( continued
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Mons. Paul Cinquevalli (Juggling). Con-
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MODERN
MAGICIANS. Dunning has had an interesting career, having been an
1_1

auctioneer, lessee of severalwell-known theatres, and

“ DUNNING, MISS KAHN AND KAHN, manager for Carl Herrmann, the mesmerist, who created
Ventriloquism, Second-Sight, and Magic,
Monday next, Empire, Cardiff .”
Such is the card that appearsweekly in the ERA,and
monthlyin MAGIC; in MAGIC the Hall is omitted, it
being a monthly magazine. A glance at the accompany-
ingphotographs will make the cardmoreinteresting.

nms. DUNNING (MISS K A H N ) .

sucll a ser~sationat the Theatre Royal and at Newsome’s

Circus in Glasgowduring 1887-88. The company includ-
ing band, was about forty strong, and Azo0 a week was
MR. R. K. DUNNING.
givenawayinpresentstotheaudience, as’ no doubt
many of the Scottish readers of MAGICwill remehlber.
Dunning, the ventriloquist, is Kahn, the conjurer, ant1 Miss Kahn & Kahn afterwardsaccepted an engagement
he is as clever in ‘‘ making-up ” as he is in magic, the forSouthAfrica,and opened at the DrillHall, Cape
photos will show this : the time occupied in making the Town, in April 1891 with “ Lauck’s All Star” company.
change is barely two minutes. Miss Kahn is his wife. They played three times in four ~ n ~ n t l lby
s , special com-
 42 MAGIC. MARCH,1901.
mand, before Sir Henry (and Lady) Loch, the
of Cape Colony, andare
the only
variety
artistes
who
governor 1
1
Professor A N D E R S O N ' S P R O G R A M M E, dated 1854.
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music 'fbaU, Eeebs.
have done so. Thev remained two vears in Africa. run-
ning their own show, and doing all their journeysb;, road
with their own horsesandcapecarts. 0.1 their return
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XrIc3foYI'JT _
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to England they again added-magic to their act. ~

20,139 of t h e Inhabitants of Leeds h a v e SURRENDERED t o Marshal

Professor Anderson during the past Fortnight.

LAST 111 NIGHTS. OF

T h e G r e a t Wizard.
E X C I T E M E N TE X T R A O R D I N A R Y !
ALL LEEDS MORE ASTONISHED THAN T H E
RUSSIANS
__
WEREA'I' SEBASTOPOL !
e In order to avoid being incommoded, Visitors to the Front Seats are
respectfully requested to secure places at the Hall during the day.

PROFESSOR ANDERSON,
Begs respectfully to inform the Inhnbitantsof Leeds, thnt in con~equenceof having mnde.~arrunge-
ments to perfami in St. Georgc'q Hall, Bradford. on Jlondny, Octobcr %%d. he cnnnot possibly appear
i n Leeds after Saturday,October a1st.-The following will be the order of
The Last Eleven D a y s of Wonders.
Thls Evening MONDAYOct 9th 1854 LAST NIGHTbut IO.
TUESDAY dCTOBER loth NIGiiT BUT 9.
W E D N E S ~ A Y OCTOBER
, l i t h , LAST NIGHT BUT S.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER lath, LAST NIGHT BUT 7.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 13th LAST NIGHT BUT 6
SATURdAY, OCTOBER i4th, LAST NIGHT BU'T 5. . ,
MONDAYOCTOBER 16th LASTNIGHT BUT 4
T U E S D A ~ OCTOBER 17th LASTNIGHT BUT 3'
(WedneAday, October 18t.h. No Performance, the' Hall being pre-engaged.)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER .19th, LASTNIGHT BUT 2.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20th. LASTNIGHT BUT 1.
And SATURDAY, OCTOBER 216t.THELAST GRAND AND FINAL FARE-
WELLNIGHT !
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REMEMBER
. . you
~ --.cannot
.
look upon hislikeagain
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!

P R O G S R M M E .
Professor Anderson begs to inform his Patrons that his Pcrformnnces are not Superhuman,as
Supposed, but thc result of Saicnce npplied in n now lvny to prodnce the dclusive results in coy
nection with his Ambidcstcrolo~ic~l Powers, whioll make the ' Eyos thc fools 0' the otheisenses,
and will this cvcning be the " Hcnd and frontof his allending."
The Annihilation & Recuperation
OR
GRAND HYDRAULIC
EXPEIIIMENT,
T HWithE SCRAP BOOK,
Original nnd Yankee Scraps showing the Economy of Space,
SECOND
SIGHT, OR CLAIRVOYANCE,
With the Crystal Casket, vulgnrlycalled tileDevil's BOX.
a b e Great abemfcat ZnaIgele
W I TEHY A P O R A T I NHGA N D K E R C H I E F S .
0.H ! M Y HinAtbeT 18agfc
(Brat Pot Bourrl 3Hanbkercbfefs
of
! Zaunbrp,
M R . & MRS. DUNNING A S KAHN & KAHN.

In November, 1898, they returned toAfrica and played

THAT *GOTTL,E
for nearly fivk months under canvas with Wirth& Fried-
man's Wonder Show, openingat the Exhibition, Graham-
stown ; they left this show in Pretoria, owing to a dis-
agreement with o m of the partners. A week later they
opened at the Empire Theatre, Johannesberg, where the
combined acts made such a success that after the first show Assistants.
they were engaged for eight weeks, and on leaving were Phe Nisard will asain enter his " PSYCHOMANTEUM," and commence Part Two with his
Great
accorded one of the biggest benefits knownforyears.
They are the only artistes who ever played opposition in Meahanical Autornatom,
Or FORTUNETELLER, in conuection with the
Africa and then opened at theEmpire for eight weeks. SpiritRapping Bell andTable 1
he deliver a few remarks on Nhat ia called
\Ithough the Wkard is not a great Orator or Lectnrcr, will
Miss Kahn is a clever sleight-of-hand performer, very
pleasing, and stages her act in a very high-class style. SPIRITUALISM T
)r Humbug of the FirstWater--proving that thereare still cater humbugs in England t h ~ h i m s e l f
Kahn & Kahn are alwaysfound working thebest halls, 'or which he is very sorry, he thinking that he was the f e Plus Ultra in that particulsr, line oi
business.
andare booked solidaheadfortwoyears. The great ANIMALMAGNETISM ?
secret of their success is that while both are very clever, T H EG R E A TW A T C HW O N D E R ,
their manners are pleasing and attractive, and absolutely 'roving the thickness of some skulls with the Astounding Miracle "Anderson's" (not Pandora'sl
Box. The whole of this Thparalelled Entertninment Nili conclude with the
devoid of that egotistical and proud bearing not infre- Magi- Ewa. o~ation,
~~-~I~APPEARANCE ~TRAORDINARY.
quentlymetwithamong professional magicians, They muIn

are at all times pleased to purchase a new " move " and Granb $aebionabIe-%ap
lPerformancee
TUESDAY, Oat. 10th. and TUESDAY, Oct. 17th. at Two o'olock.
are always willing to pay good
a price for the same if only Doors open
_ _a t Half-past Ono.
~

Doors open a t Half.yast Seren, theWonders to commence a t 8 o'clock.

toassist in building upthefascinatingart of magic. Front Seats as.; Second Seats, 1
s
: Gallery, 6d.
Their motto is " Give satisfaction and so ensure repeat Phe Box Plan ma? be seen and Places securcd utthe 3Insic Hali, every Dayfrom Eleven tlll Three.
SANUEL YOXON, P R I N T E l ~ U ~ E ~ S - C O U l lBRIGGATE,
T, LEEDS,
contracts." The bestwishes of MAGIC are withthese
capable artistes. Selecfed from the Povtfolio of MY. ARTHUR MARGERY.
 MARCH,1901. MAGIC. 43
1

The various ‘ loads ’ are carried about the performer’s

person-the smaller ones in the bend of the elbow, under
the armpit, etc., and the larger ‘ loads ’ inthe breast
by Prof. ELLIS STANYON,
Author of Coy’uringf o r A m a f e w s ,”
( (
i pockets and in the vest, and still larger, or rather longer
( (loads ” arepushed down the leg of the trousers, to
which access is obtained by way of the opening in the
Co?+-ing with Cards,” ‘(N e w Coin
(
vest.
Tricks,” &C., &c. I n my own Entertainment, when having produced a
largequantity of ribbon, some 5 or 6 “ loads, ’.’ each
larger in every way than its predecessor, and while hold-
ing the whole displayed well in front of the body, I take
up a Chinese cracker and place it in the hand holding
the ribbon. I nextlightupthecracker,thesparks
PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, &c. from which, in combination with the brilliant colors of
The WonderfulProduction of Ribbons at the Fin- the ribbons give the idea of a volcano in miniature. The
ger Tips (and subsequent productions).-This isan cracker cracks, smokes, nnd finally explodes, when im-
excellent little trick and one very suitable as an intro- mediately thereappearsin my hands, open toits full
duction to a complete ‘ (production ” trick, where objects extent, a Japanese sunshade.
of ever-increasing size, ina compressed condition, are The sunshade, which when open is 3-ft. across is con-
produced under cover of similar objects, of a smallersize, cealed partly in the vest and partly in the trousers leg,
but displayed tothe best advantage. The trick of the closed up of course. I t isbroughtforthandcarefully
tisszde Pafiey, ribbons, andJZag (see ‘ NewHandkerchief placed in readiness behind the ribbon while all attention
Tricks,)’ p. I S, by Ellis Stanyon) is of this type, and the is centred on theburning cracker, The sunshadeis
trick innnetliately underconsideration could beintro- quickly pushed up and opened under cover of the confusion
duced with telliug effect at the close of the burning of caused by the explosion and smoke of the cracker; it may
thetissue paper. The performerhaving, wewill sup- be made to appear still more bulky by draping its ribs
pose, lighted thethree pieces of paper allows themto artistically with bright coloured ribbons.
burn dowrl quite close, or as near as convenient, to his The next thing you hear is someone saying, Is’nt it
( (

fingers, w h e ~ in~ ,spite of the fact that both hands have wonderful.’’Well, it is.
been sllown unmistakeably empty, he commences to pull
yard after yard of real coloured silk ribbon from the
extreme tips of the fingers. A New Card Balancing Trick.
The secret depends upon the little accessory illustrated By J. A. JACKSON.

Have pack examined and shuffled andshow both

hands(backandfront) prior to performingsleight.
This is most necessary to prove to audience that no
mechanical device exists. Take cards, show left hand
(both sides)first, and
A inact of transferring
cards toleft hand insert
little finger of that
handundera few of
Fig. 18. the top cards ,(number
immaterial).
Show
in Fig. 18. This is a shield made to fit the second fitlger right hand i n same
of the right hand in an exactly similiar maimer to the
handkerchief shield described at page 35 of the present
- manner.Placccards
on tips of fingers of
volume, with the addition that it is provided with a lid to right
hand
at back
keep the four coils in position, also with a corresponding
nulnber of slots on the front through which the ribbon may (see .Fig. a ) in
be withdrawn.Each piece of ribboushould be about
two yards long and of a width to readily pass the slot.
h doing whic&’the cards
above the little finger
Ribbon drawn from the apparatus when in position (see Fig. 5. of the hand
are
left
back palmed into
Fig. 18) will seem to cmne from the finger tips.
This ribbon, some eight or nine yards, is generally em- position between 1st and 2nd fingers(see b Fig. 5 ) .
This movement will be entirely covered .by the left hand
ployed by the performer as cover for the production of a
largerroll of ribbon which is quicklyshotoutover and the remainder of the cards. Take some littletime
audience, and this
larger
quantity, whengathered in pretence of balancing, remove left hand slowly and
together roughly in the hands, as cover for the produc cards will remain upright on end “without visible means
tion of a case containing the FZags of aZZ Nations, pro- of support. ’ ) Do not leave in this position more than a
perly arranged for effective production. Each successive few secouds, putup lefthand tore-takecards,relax
I

( load ’ is of course secured and placed in position some pressure on the cards which are back-palmed, push rest
minutes before it is actuallyrequired (under cover of of cards (at a ) down towards back of hand on to other
making a display of the previous production), that the cards, picking up the lot immediately and hallding them
preoise moment of its arrival may not be suspected. once more to the audience to examine.
 44 MAGIC. MARCH,.I ~ O I .
P

A Necromancer of the XVIII Century. according to the Inquisition biographer, he was-intrusted

to the careof the Father-General of the Benfratelli, ‘who
BY HENRYRIDGEL!EVANS. carried’him to the convent of that order at Caltagirone.

tosupwiththeshades of the illustriousdeparted. 0 ai the ’deception practised ‘upon him, the l~cklessgold-
late years attention has been attracted to this antiquate( smith vowed to assassinate the pretendedsorcerer,
mansion by articles which have appeared from time timcto Balsamo, but that ingenious youth gotsafely to Messina,
inFrenchand American journals.But first asto thc wherehe fell inwith strolling
a alchemistnamed
great Cagliostro, the mostremarkablecharlatan, thc Althotas or Altotas, who spoke a variety of languages.
world has ever
seen.
Particularly is his career oj They travelled toAlexandriainEgypt,.and finally
interest tomodern magicians, whoare alwayson the alerl brought up at the island of Malta. There they remained
toexpose the pretensions of pretenders to genuine

M E M 0 I R E
P O U R
LE COMTE DE CAGLIOSTRB,
A C C U S k ;
CONTRE
M.L.E PRQCUREUR-GgNiRAL,
A C C U S A T E U R ;
En prdfence
de M. le Cardinal D E
R O H A N , de la ComteKe D E LA
MOTTE, et autres CO-Accusbs.

CAGLIOSTRO (JOSEPH BALSAMO).

Fvonr a #airrti?rg- in the IYwsaiffes Historical Gallery.

sorcery.
Cagliostromade use of hypnotism, optical 1786.
illusions with .mirrors,and chemical tricks in his seances.
Tilfe nrge of the Dtfeuse of Gzggliostro.
H e waspastmaster of theart of deception. Modern
sleight-of-hand performers are fond of using his name
for allsorts of magicalfeats, suchas,the “ Mask of
or. some time,. working in the laboratory of the, Grand
13alsan10,” “ Cagliostro Casket and Cards,” Cagliostro’s &aster of the Knights of Malta. Althotas’having died,
Cabinet, ’’ etc. 3alsamo wentto Naples. Afterthat hevisited Rome,
Joseph Balsamo, (Cagliostro) the son of Peter Balsamo .nd marriedabeautiful girl of the people, Lorenza
and FeliciaBraconieri,both of, mean extraction,was ’eliciani. In companywith aswindler ,calling himself
born at Palermo, on the8thday of June, 1843. H e .he Marchese d’Agliata, he had a series of disreputable
received the rudiments of an education at ‘the Seminary Idventures in Italy, Spain and Portugal.
of St. Roche, Palermo. At theage of thirteen, . ,
( 70 be continued).
 MARCH,1901. MAGIC. 45

MAaXC. cards and vanishes' it by means of the Reverse Palm. H e

next takes a second card from the stand, with the right
PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EVERY MONTff. hand, and under cover of placing it (with the left hand)
in position for the reverse the card on the back of the
Proprietors.ELLISSTANYON & Co. Editor,ELLIS STANYON. right hand is brought round and placed at the rear of the
Ofice : 76, Solent Road, West Hampstead, London, N.W. second card. Both cards (supposed to be one only) are
now veversedjalmed together ; and so on with the remain-
SUBSCRIPTION.--rz Monthsby post, 5/6 ($1.50);.SingleCopy, 6sd.( 1 5 ~ )
~~ ~
ing two cards. The fourcardsarefinallyproduced at
ADVERTISEMENT RATES. the finger tips, one by one, and dropped on the stage.
MISCELLANEOUS :Under this heading ConjuringApparatus, The card tricks conclude with the N e w ' Rising " Cards
Books, etc., For Sale," and " Wanted," will be inserted at a
"
as explained in MAGIC for February, with the addition
charge of 4d. per dozen word ; every additional three words,. Id. that, after having placed the three prepared cards on the
PROFESSIONAL CARDS :Per insertion, I/- ; yearly, 816 ($a ). top of pack, performer executes the " Waterfall or Far6
DISPLAYEDADVERTISEMBNT: Space of oneinch, 51- ; Shuffle '' (see " New Card Tricks ") in front of audience.
Quarter Page, 211- ; Half Page, 3716 ; Full Page, 63/- ; Front This particularshu.ffle,whileapparently moving every
Page, with photo block supplied by artiste, 42/- ($10) :or we can card in the pack, need not of necessity displace the three
supply from any photo, finest quality half-tone block (4in. x 3in.),
which afterwards beconles the property of the advertiser, at an top cards.
extra nominal cost of 1d6,($2.50). Performer here leaves stage and loads rabbit into l&
HALFPAGE (Column) : For Interview;or, HalfPagefor breast pocket-returning he takes up the white billiard
Circular, 30/= ($7.50). ballandsimultaneouslywithcausing its disappearance
A deduction of 2 0 per cent. is allowed on all Advertisemento, (as before explained) and with left side to audience,pro-
when paid three months in advance. Further special reductions duces rabbit which he places on a sheet of newspaper on
will be made for longer periods.
chair, covering it (the rabbit) with a glassshade. He
Cheques and Bstal Orders should be d r a w n in f a v o u r of MY. Ellis Stanyon. next borrows a gentleman's watch which disappears by
Money Ovders should &emade payable at MilZ Lane, West Hampstead, N. W."
'L

sleight of hand intoleft Profode. The rabbitis now,

UNITED STATES STAMPS & NOTES MAY S E S E N T I N PAYMENT. apparently, wrapped in the paper ; it really disappears
through trap in chair. A boxwhichhas been hanging
overhead of performerthroughouttheshow,is now
Ggplonatorg Programmes. lowered ; this box is found to contain another, and so on,
until six boxes are produced. The last box contains the
HERR VALADON. rabbitwiththe borrowed watchtiedround its neck.
This rabbit is a duplicate, with ribbon and swivel hook
Programme, Egyptian Hall, February 5th, 1 9 1 .
in position to receive the watch ; the watch is obtained
That portion of the programme, at the above home of from profoonde in time to be inserted in the last box and
mystery, announcing Herr Valadon's Act, reads :- attached to hook in the act of removing the rabbit. The
'' A series of Magical Problemsby Herr Valadon, performer stands with right side to audience during the
whdse remarkable performance will conclude with a New unpacking of the boxes.
andOriginalMystery,entitled, " TuppennyTubes, " Tuppenny Tubes---I was somewhatdisappointed to
demonstrating the fact that one tube alone may be find that this was nothing more than the old Organ Pzpe
innpcent,but if tubes are multiplied toanunlimited Production Trick. The articlesproducedwere,with the
extent, placed in juxta-position, and permitted to vibrate exception of a glass bowl of fish and two rabbits, all of
sufficiently, it is possible for them to swallow up all the the collapsible pattern and consisted .of Bonnets, Silks,
wealth of London. " Reticules,LightedChinese Lanterns, Clocks,Weights,
Performer enters, removing gloves, which disappear Jam Pots, Sash Ribbon, Cage with Bird (this latter by
one by one, the first by means of the '' pull, " the second the way was produced from the right breast pocket under
by sleight of hand, under cover of a turning movement, cover of the sash ribbon) and two larger cages with birds,
which enables performer to produce a dove from breast same shape as the tube fromwhich they were taken. The
pocket-performer advances to foot-lights and allows the tubes used were only four in number, but unusually large
bird to fly away. in size.
Under cover of returning to centre of stage he secures The " mechanical " portion of theentertainmentis
a white billiard ball, producing this, he executes a num- well done, and the tricks without exception are accom-
ber of passes (see ' ' Conjuring for Amateurs' ' and ' ' New panied with good dramaticeffectwhichmakesthem
Miscellaneous Tricks ' ' byEllisStanyon). The white quite deceptive.
ball is now changed to a red one, and the wmderfuZ pro- Our nextnumber will contain particularsof the psycho-
duction of four baZZs at the t@s of j n g e r s follows. (See logical problems presented byHerr and Madam Valadon.
' ' New Miscellaneous Tricks ' ' ) . The ball tricks are
concluded by dropping the last red ball into rightprofonde XMIPORTANT.
in the act of seeming to throw it into the air.
With Cards.-Counts off five cards which vanish and
re-appear four times by means of the Reverse PaZm, the not Impossible. M"agicianssending Five Annual
Subscriptions
- -
to this office will
last time they are produced, one by one, at finger. tips, receive their own booked gratis
(see " New Card Tricks " by EllisStanyon). An electro and post free for one year.
plated stand with four arms, each holding a card, and We don't expect impossibilities or ask you to do too
arranged one above the other similar to the arms on the much : the aboveis an interesting and simpletask and
letter E is standing on table. Performer takes one of the will pay you in more ways than one.
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From the facts just referred to, added tothe circumstancethat

it was previously known I intended to visit Kincardine O’Neil on
the road from Aberdeen to Balmoral, my presence excited almost
(THE ORIGINAL “WIZARD OF THE NORTH.”) as much speculation as theQueen, whose message I was hastening
to obey. When the coach, on which I was an outside passenger,
Sketches from his NoteBook, Anecdotes, Indents, etc. stopped to change horses at the village, a crowd had assembled,
and eager enquiries wereat once seton foot as to whichof the pas-
sengers was the far-famed Wizard. Unfortunately, the coachman,
( Continuedfrom page 3 6 ) . with whom I had not been the least communicative during the
The following accpuntof Profe;fsor Anderson’svisit t o Balmoral Castlc3 journey, had been presenta t some of my exhibitions in Aberdeen.
is extracted from hisNote Book. He recognised my features, and, in answer to the questions as to
. There are a few incidents connected with myirivitationandjour, which was the Wizard, was not slow in pointing out the person of
ney to Balmoral, to perform before Her Majesty and the Court, irl your humble servant for the inspection of the on-ltanxers. I need
addition to those already mentioned in the newspapers, which 1r not sayhow I inwardly anathematized the fellow for his impertin-
think may be set down in mynote-book forthe amusement of thc ence ; but the thing was done, and could not be helped. so I put
reader : not thatI consider the circumstances in themselves of tha:t the best possible face on the matter, and looked as pleased as if I
importance to entitle them tobe regarded in the light of materia 1 had been reaping a benefit. For a time the crowd contented them-
for entertaining history, but rather as affording an illustration oiF
the ignorance and superstition which still prevailamongstcom the
mon people in the Highlands of Scotland. I may premise by ob.
serving, that in this part of the country, where the Royalpresence
andits every proceeding was regarded with the deepest interest b)r
the inhabitants, there were many and gravespeculationsasto the
Queen’s command to the Wizard of the North to perform in he1
’ royal presence at Balmoral, and on this pointit is no exaggeratiorl

.to state that some of the “ unco guid ” thought very little of He1
Majesty for the compliment shewas about to pay to one whom theJT
shrewdly guessed had dealings of some sort with that much dreadedl
personage whom Milton has panegyrized as the *‘ Prince and chiel
of many throned powers.”
As I have previously informed the reader, the village of Kincar-
dine O’Neil, near the banks of the Dee, is the birth-place of the
Wizard of the North, and h,ere, even at thepresent day, the belief
in witchcraft and things supernatural prevails with a strength andI
vigour which it will take many years of study and cultivation tol
eradicate. On my way to Balmoral, I passed through theprimitive
clazhan where I had not oncebeen from my boyhood, and. at whichl
I stopped to make certain enquiries, the resdt of which are of nol
particular interest to any one but the writer. Here Ifoundthat my
Wizard’s reputation had been invested with a somewhat equivocal
kind of fame, and that thebelief in my connexion with diabolical
agency was fullyconfirmed by the recollection of certain prophetic
forebodings that had been given utterance to at my birth, and the
memory of which still lived in the minds of the old people of the
parish. In my early days, I may explain, marriages and births in
Kincardine O’Neil were invariably attended by what are called
cairds or spae-wives-poor people who went about.the country as
beggars, and who, on these festive occasions, always managed, by
a display of their professional skill (which was generally directed
towards prophesying good fortune towards those whose bounty they
were to enjoy), to obtain a liberal shareof thegood thingsprovided
for the entertainment. One of their fraternity, it seems, called at
the house of my father on the morning of my birth, andafter hav-
ing satisfied herself with all the particulars as to the precise time
the lad wasborn, with other attendant circumstances, commenced
to read my horoscope, in thecourse of which she foretold thatt h e
bairn would travel through many foreign lands, see strangefaces,
and come into personal converse with kings and queens. I n those
days the spiritof emigration had made littleprogress amongst the
Highlanders, compared to what it has done since, and the people
in thelocality to which my father belonged had an idea that no one pieces of the actual appavalus risen bv B o x Anderson in Ris entertainments.
should ever quit his nativesoil unless he had offended against the
laws of his country, and therefore my worthy parent being a believer selves with staring at me asif I had been a wild animal, and con-
in thislogic, regarded the storyof the spae-wife as an insult to the fined their remarks towhispers and pantomimic gestures, to indi-
credit of the family. The addition besides of the anticipated con- lcate that theywere satisfied I was something human; but at length
versations with kings and queenswas, in his eyes, so great an out- lone old woman, with spectacles on her nose, who had gazed at me
rage upon truth, that he summarily ejected the offender from his 1for a minute or two.in open-mouthed astonishment, could restrain
house. Theold dame, whose name was Elspath Dodds, blazoned herself no longer, but, addressing me. lustily called ont, ‘‘ Come
her wrongsover the parish, imprecated wrathuponthe devoted Bwa doon, Jock Anderson, and let your auld aunt lookat y’er feet,
head of my poor father, and insisted the more strenuously that he i€orI hae naeseen yesince the day war ye born, when Elspath Dodds
should yet live to see her words fulfilled-one part of the poor spaed yer fortin.” This speech was not more unexpected than it
creature’s prophesy, by the bye, which, I regret to say, was not was amusing to me and the restof the passengers. I now saw that
implemented, as my father died when his fanlily were but young any further attempt atdisguise would be fruitless ; SL)I desceuded
in years. Strange, however, and yet not more strange than true, ?om my seat, stepped down.amongst the motley group assembled
the old spae-woman’s predictions, in mycase, have been curiously tround the vehicle, and after shaking hands with the venerable
and strikingly fulfilled. I have lived a chequered but eventfullife, lame who hadso unceremoniously introduced herself to my notice
and have had many reverses of fortune. I have travelled in every f !ound that she was in reality my father’s sister, whom I had never
country in Europe-seen surprising sights, and come in contact lIefore set eyesupon. I need scarcely say, the old lady,upon exam-
with curious faces-performed in courts, :onversed with kings and i nation, found tltat neither my feet were cloven, nor very much
queens, and have received more tokens of royal favour and kingly imlike other folks, and that I very soon satisfied her that thedevil’s
patronage than any other man, be he Duke, Lord, Earl, Marquis, C:antrips I had to play before the. Queen, of which she expressed
Count, Prime Minister, or Professorof Magic, in Christendom. 1lerself terriblyafraid, were perfectlyharmless and natural. My
 MARCH,1901. MAGIC. 47
kind and loving aunt, who seemed quite an oracle in her way for by the landlord, swearing dreadful oaths, and calling on me to
putting all mannerof inconsiderate questions, beganto remqnstrate surrender. In the midst of the uproar which ensued I had seized
with me upon the sinfulness ofmy Wizard profession, and I was upon a clothes-pole that stood in the door-way, and, like Quixote
about to return thecompliment by some reflections upon the super- of old, resolved to defend myself, if necessary, against a whole
stitious notionsof the ignorant, when the guardtold methe horses army of such wretches, when a party of gentlemen came up to
were ready, and I was obliged to leave my newly found relativein inquire the cause of the disturbance. On looking round I discov-
the same frame of mind wlth regard to my unholy calling asI had ered amongst the number no less a personage than the minister of
found her, but with this difference, that I managed to transport the parish, and two or three members of her Majesty’s household,
frommy own pocket to her’s a five pound note, whose presence who had come in this direction for their afternoon walk, and who
there, amongst the other valuables which it contained, I have no seemedquiteanxious to ascertain the cause of the affray. The
doubtshe would ascribeto something else thanthe effects of minister of the parish, who was well known to Boniface, advanced
natural magic. With this interruption, we resumed ourjourney by up to my warlike opponents, and commanded them to lay down
Tulloch and Ballater to Crathie. I arrived at Crathie, which is a their weapons, requesting me, at the same time, to explain the
short distance from Balmoral, on Saturday, and proceeded to the occasion of this hostile demonstration. Rejoiced by a deliverance
inn there, highly delighted with the prospect of the honour about so unexpected, I briefly stated my case, interrupted‘ by many ex-
being; conferred on me by performing before her Majesty. I ought planations from the landlordafid his wife ; upon which the worthy
to mention, however, that I had some days before taken the pre- clergyman took my part, informed the landlord I was journeying
caution to send forward an agent to secure apartments for me in on her’Majesty’sservice, and ordered him without delay toconvey
this same Highland hotel, and that the whole of my luggage and my luggage into the inn, from which it had been ejected, at the
travelling apparatus had been there awaiting my arrival. My mes- same time giving his security that hewould be answerable thatthe
senger, it turned out, had taken the rooms for me as ‘‘ Mr. Anderson Wizard, during his stay, would play off none of his cantrips upon
from Aberdeen,” and thenwent on to Balmoral to make someother the landlord or any of his household. On hearing that I was on
necessary arrangements. The landlord, it subsequently appeared, my way to the Queen, mine host changed his tone and aspect
with a curiosity common to his class, was not contented with the entirely, called upon his domestics to lay aside their weapons of
simple address given him by my agent, but hzd commenced busy to offence, and help to replace the gentleman’s luggage. Boniface
himself in examining my luggage, the large quantity and strange humbly apologised to me for his rudeness, and I, thanking my
shape of some parts of which excited his suspicion that a’ wasna deliverer for his interference, re-entered the inn, from one of the
richt, and his fears and anxieties on this headwere not much allayed windows of which I could see the clergyman walking overto where
when, on decyphering theengraved plates on someof my boxes, he the rest of the party stood. They all enjoyed a hearty laugh at the
made out theominous words,‘‘ Wizard of the North.” Theresult of expense of the unfortunate Wizard, whose awkward adventure, I
this discovery was, that on reaching the inn door, and inquiringof afterwards learned, gave immense amusement to the Queen and
one of the inmates if apartments had been taken here for Mr. Court. After this matters got on prettysmoothly for a day or two
Anderson of Aberdeen, I was stared at for about half a minute by between Boniface and me, until an accident occurred which caused
the servant girl, who,aftereyeing me withahalfcomic, half me to be again ejected fromthe inn, andapprehended on suspicion
puzzled expression of face, shouted “ No,” and then made the best of theft. My friend Johnson, whois a bit of a wag in hisway, had,
of her way out of the inn by the back entrance. Being somewhat it appears, told Boniface some wonderful stories about the Wizard’s
cold and hungry with my long ride on the top of a coach in these powers in the transmutation of metals, and cautioned him to be
Highland latitudes, I was in no humour for playingat bo-peep with careful as towhere he kept his siller, as by a wave ofthe professor’s
any one, so, noticing a part of my performing furniture inthe lobby magic wand it could be made to fly any distance, or mayhap be
‘* I made bold to enter,” asPaddy would say, walked upstairsto an transformed into some beast or bird, such as the doves, geese, or
apartment on the first flat, I supposed to the dining-room, and rung guinea pigswhich I carried along withme. Thelandlord, I
the bell for dinner. I had not been long in this place when I heard observed, who watched my outgoings and incomings with consid-
a whispering of voiceson the staircase, and the sound as of a num- erable suspicion, stood particularly in dread of the guinea pigs
ber of parties pushing each other forward to the door of the room Believing the absurd stories with which Johnson contrived from
where I was sitting, on which I said, “ Come away, landlord, and time to time to frighten him, Boniface had caused his wife to take
let us have some dinner.” I had guessed aright as to the party at his cash out of the muckle kist, where it had always been safely
the door, for in stepped mine host, followed by the landlady and a deposited until my arrival, and gotit sewed up in one of the pillows
posse of domestics, with as much terrordepicted on their counten- of his own bed for greater security. I t so happened about this time
ances asif I had proposed to make a meal of the whole establish- that the innwas filled with travellers, for oneof whom it had been
ment.Whenmine host had stared at me forsometime, and necessary to make a “ shake-doon ” bed, in lieu of better accom-
scanned me carefully from head to heel, he exclaimed, “ Na, na, modation. When the chamber-maid was ordered to make up abed ’
Mr. Annerson, or whatever else ye ca’ yourself,I hae heard 0’your for the stranger she was rather at a loss for pillows, so contrived to
deevil’s tricks and witcheries afore ye cam,and ye’ll get nae dinner borrow one from her master’s apartment, and unluckily selected
here. There’s nane 0’deevil’s cleek will put up in ma hoose, sae that in which the bank-notes of mine host were firmly sewed and
gang yer gate, and tak’ yer Wizard furniture alang wi’ ye,” Sur- securely deposited. Nothing was heard of this mistake until Boni-
prised and angry with this extraordinary reception, I told theland- face and his wife retired to rest for the night, when, upon lifting
lord I was in no disposition to put up with any of his impudence, up the pillows, they found that theprecious one was wanting. Mine
and that thesooner he gave up this nonsense and got ready some host, who could bellow like a bull-calf on the slightest occasion,
dinner for his customer the better it would be for him and his and generallyexercised his powers of voice on every opportunity,
household, I was proceeding to enforce my demands by other without making inquiries, at once set up a howl-for the loss of his
arguments of a more pacific character, when the landlady struck siller, not unlike an Indian’swar-whoop, which soon aroused every
in, and insisted on my leaving the inn, saying, Mr. Johnson, of soul in the establishment. The alarm was instantly conveyed to
Glasgow, had told them the kind 0’character I was before I cam’, the inmates of the kitchen. The landlord declared the devil had
and the whole of the servants were so much afraid that they would been at his wark ; and, in spite 0’saint or minister, the Wizard
not stay in the house a single night if I persisted in remaining.” must be placed in safe custody until some one went for his friend,
‘‘ And,” added 3onniface, by way of support to his better half, Laird MTaggart, thenearest Justiceof the Peace, whoresidessome
‘‘ we hae loaded a’ the guns i’ the house with siller saxpences ; so eight or ten miles off. I was just in the act of getting into bed,
ye see, Mr. Wizard, we are prepared for you.” Being now con]- equally astonished with the rest of the inmates as to the cause of
pletely out of temper with this ill-usage, I swore I would not leave the unearthly disturbance I had heard, whenthe room was roughly
the premises on anv account. I insisted it was a publicinn, and entered by the landlord and his servants. They, in spite of my
that as a traveller they mustsupplymewithrefreshments. On remonstrances and entreaties, seized hold of my arms, which they
this I resolutely resumed nry seat, and resolved to abide with firm- pinioned, and thenmarched me down stairs in triumph to coach the
ness the issue of the adventure, when the landlord and his party house. I was without coat, hat, or other covering but my pants,
beat a retreat to the kitchen, from which they commenced uncere- and must have cut rather an odd-looking figure, guarded by Boni-
moniously to toss my boxes, bundles, and valuable apparatus into face, calling uponme to give up the ‘‘ bawbees and the bowster,”
the high road. Hearing the clatter raised by the falling ofmy and applying such epithets as thief, loon, and imp of the devil.
luggage, I rushed down stairsto therescue, and proceeded to uplift Not knowing at the time theprecise cause of the tumult, I loudly
and replace my soiled bags and shattered boxes, when 1 was met expostulated against this ungentlemanly treatment, but all to no
by about a dozen Highlanders, including theostler, stable-boy, the purpose-the landlord’s blood was up, and so I had to submitmy-
boots, and the wholeavailable force about the inn, who had armed self to be shut in the coach-house as a prisoner, the door being
themselves with pitchforks, knives, broom-besoms, and a couple of locked, and guarded by several of the Highland kinsmen of my
old fowling pieces-with which they advanced upon me, headed ferocious accuser. I was kept in this place for about two hours,
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until Boniface arrived; and ordered my immediate liberation. He

explained t h a t “ i t was all a mistake,”-the servant girl had got
the bawbees and the bowster,-he offered ten thousand apologiesto
The Editor’s Iretter=Bo&
The Editor invites contributions dealing with matters likelyto be of interest
his hunouy’s gdory for the false imprisonment. I need not say that to readevs of this paper. He will be pleased to receive news relating to sjecial
I threatened all kindsof revenge for thisdisgraceful treatment, and shows : alsoapparatus books catalogues &c f o rr e v i e w . The Editor does
not hold h i m s e l f r e s p o n ; i & l e ~the
~ r views &fir&ed by his correspondents.
an action of damages for defamation and wrong imprisonment-all
of which brave intentions, however, soon evaporated over aflowing
cup of mountain dew out of the landlord’s bottle-at the end of ‘‘ MAGIC.’’
To the Editor o , ~
which he promised me a Highland welcome in all time coming. MODERN MAGICIAN’S METHODS.
After my performances at Balmoral Castle, I spent a week in the With reference to the expos& ‘of tricks, I would like
neighbourhood, engaged in visiting my friends. My appearance at tosuggestthat inanynoticesin MAGIC of conjurer’s
the Castle had an extraordinary effect upon the well-known firm
Messrs. Begg & Byers, who had then just commenced at their dis- acts, particular mention should be made as to whether
tillerythemanufacture of the Lochnagarwhisky. I used this any tricks are given away. By thus publicly disapprov-
whisky in my bottle trick, and the Queen, the Prince Consort, and ing of anartistesomethingmight be done to stop
several of the nobility then present, pronounced it to be first-class. this practice. If it were confined to poor performers,
As I still continued to use it, I became a walking advertisement ;
for, in all parts of Scotland, whenever I produced my bottle, the I could understand it, but I cannot understand first-class
call was always for the Lochnagar whisky. Messrs. Begg & Byers, prestidigitateurs doing it.
knowing theenormous quantity of liquor that was consumed in this A particular instance is where a noted magician, who
way,’ sent me, in the handsomest manner, ten puncheons of the (before he went to America), I had considered the most
whisky, which I distributed over Scotland ; and in thisextraordin-
ary way was partly created the large demand that has sinceexisted artistic prestidigitateur I had seen, deliberately took the
for thisfavourite whisky. cards from the back of his left hand with his right hand
( To be continued). atthe sametimewinking atthe audience.Hardly
ahigh-classproceeding ! To makematters worse he
’-zIw_ _P
thensaid, ‘(I will now show further examples of the
art of jaZmi?zK with billiard balls’’
A BIBLIOGRAPHY of CONJURING. Another offender, a coin manipulator, during his per-
formance stated that he was going to palm 35 coins, and
ComjiZed with notes by EZZis Stanyon. beforeperforming the continuous palm withcardsex-
plained thathe wasgoing to palmthemalternately
Thecompiler Peps to acknowledge hisindebtedneos toMr.Arthur on the front and back of both hands.
Margery for valuable awistsnce rendered in making the present It is well to note that all the people I know, who have
work as far a s possible complete and thoroughly up-to-date.
seenhim,commentfavourably on the onlymysterious
part of his show, i.e. catching money from the air, and
Mr. Stanyon publishedhis original Bibliographyof Conjuring in 1898,and the when I asked their opinion of the card tricks, the reply
work, which then containedparticulars of some 300 books in the Englishlan-
guage, w a s a tonce acknowledged to be the most complete of its kind in exis- was usually, “ Oh ! I know how that’s done.”
tence. On account of its popularity it has been thoroughly rerised, some 300 I find that people like mystery, but do not care for
additions haring been made, andk i l l n o w a p p e b i n serial form in the pagea
of MAGIC, dexterity of thekindreferredto.Theycannotappre-
ciate it at it’s true value, the reason, doubtless, is that
Abbott, Orrin. The DavenportBrothers. TheirHistory they get plenty of it in a more showy form from the
Travels,andManifestations ; also the Philosophy of jugglers. I t may be fancy,butthelittlelaugh, which
DarkCircles,ancientandmodern. New York, 1864. an expos6 creates usually sounds to me as if the audience
Pamphlet, paper, 8vo. 48pp. were rather vexedat being ‘ done ’) by such simplemeans.
Gives a general description of the Performances of the Daven- Both magicians,to whom referenceismade, are
port Bros., their travels, business, &C., &C., sleight-of-hand experts, and to my mind this makes it
Abend,Prof.(Geo. C. Weston).Conjuring. A series a greater pity that they should debase their art by such
of eightarticles on up-to-datetricks.London, 1896. unnecessary proceedings.
Boundtogetherwithothermatter.Clothandgilt, Yours magically, MARTIN CHAPENDER.
4to.
500pp. Illustrated.
Adam, H. I,. Tricks in Palming.
PennyPictorial l o the Editor,
Magazine. October 14th)’ ’99. Vol. 2 , No. 19, Glasgow,Feb. 16th, 1901.
pp. 255-8. Illustrated I have been an admirer of MAGICsince the first nurn-
Adams, W. H. Davenport.Dwellerson the,Threshold ber, and every issue shows a marked improvementon the
or Magic and Magicians. London, 1865. Cloth, 8vo.
1 precedingnumber,therebyproving that MAGIC is a
308 pp.Rare. magazine of high excellence, well worthy of support from
Adamson, D. B. The Vanishing I;.ady. Howto effect magiciansandothers throughoutthe world. It is, in
the disappearance. Amateur Work, No.. 1 2 1 , Feb. 24, fact, the$rsi successful attempt at Magical Journalism.
1894. Illustrated. Seealso vols. 5, 6,and g. W h y ? Because it is up-to-date, andthereforehas come
Ady,Thomas, M.A. A Candle intheDark,ora to stay. With Prof. Hoffmann’s Letter in Feb. issue I am
Treatise concerning the‘Nature of Witches and at one, and with all therein contained I fully agree, With
Witchcraft, being advice to Judges, Sheriffs, Justices Mr. H. R. Evans’ articleon Magic in AmericaI also agree.
of the Peace and Grand Jurymen, what to do before Re-combination of sleight-of-Hand andApparatus-I find
they pass sentence on such as are arraigned for their that a combination of both, together with a brilliantstage
livesas witches.London, 1655. 4to. 1 7 2 pp. setting, always please. My most recent success on these
This work was evidentlyintended‘ asanantidote for lines was at the “ Empire,” Paisley, where I have just
the superstition of that age, as pp. 28 to 46, a chapter entitled, concluded a successful engagement.
“ The Juggler,” are devoted to explaining the performances, Yours fraternally, LOUDOUN CAMERON.
&C., of the 17th century juggler. N.B.-The above is selected from 500 letters of a like naturewhich
.( 20 be continued). are on view, on special ‘ file ’ at the office of MAGIC.-Ed.
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m Items of IntePest.
-
NEW C A ‘ R D T,RICKS.
A s now being Performed a t the Palace Zheatre.
I t is the misfortune of the conjurer Being t h e f i f t h of a series of novel works on Conjuring and
that he has no copyright in his work, Kindred Arts
andthat whenby weeks, and even B y P m o f . ELLIS STANYON.
months. of experiment and practicehe
has elaboratedsome ne7 andattractive CHAP. I.-Novel and original sleights, including thenew Reverse
illusion, it is at the mercy of any un- and Continuous Back and Front Palm, and the production’ of
scrupulousconfrere who canmanage the Cards one by one from the back of the hand. Chap. 11.-
to detect the modf6soperandi, and copy New Tricks,Combinations, &C.,&c. Chap. III.-A novel
it with more or less facility. Not sel- collection of Tricks made possible by the new Reverse and
dom the imitatorhas forestalled the continuous back and front palm. London, 1900. Paper 24pp.
originator in presenting the illusion in Illustratedwithnumerousspeciallyprepared blocks.Post
other.countries, and thus deprived the free, 3/-. (75 cts. ).
latter of both profit and kudos. Pro- N.B.-For the new “Rising” Card Trick (Palace Theatre)see
bably for this reason the leadingpro- “MAGIC ” for February, 1901. Annual Sub. 5/6 ($1.50)-
fessors of the arth,ave 1aid.aside the secretiveness which was, once No. new Coin Tricks”(FirstSeries).Containing “The
their characteristic, andnowadays spoilthe pirates’ game bytaking Miser,s Dream ’’ as performed at the Palace Theatre (1899)
the general public into their confidence, and explaining in black Illustrated. Post free, 31- (75 cts.).
and white how it is done. Probably they loose nothing by this No. 2.-“A Bibliography of Conjuring.” Particulars of 300 works
communicativeness, for, after all, it is not the mere mystery of a on ma IC. I/I (25 cts).
trick that is its chief attraction in a performance, but the clever- No. .3.-‘1%‘ew Coin Tricks ” (Second Series). Illustrated. Post
ness with which it is executed.-“Music HaLZ, Feb. zsth, 1901.
Did you everknow a man who didn‘t quickly get tired of knock-
ing his head againsta brick wall?
Did you ever know a man who objected to compliments being - - --- ...
paid to his ability ? Comprehensive List of Triaks and Books, free, 7d. Llst of Latest Noveltiis.2,%d.
AMERICANSTAMPS L DOLLARNOTESACCEPTED.
Messrs. Martinka have received for sale the entire outfit of the
well-known magician Balabrega, who was killed recently by the ELLIS STANYON & CO.,
accidental explosion of a gas tank. A list of the apparatus, packed Inventors, Manufacturers and Importers of Hlgh-class
in forty-five Taylor made trunks, may be had on application. IlagicalNovelties.
We have also received from the above named firm a Magic Call 7 6 S O L E N T R D . W E S T H A M P S T E A D , L O N D O N , N.W.
culating Calendar ; by a very simple process the day of the week,
for any given date, from the year z to the year 4000, is quickly
found. The novelly, which is on stout cardboard, also forms an
ordinary reference calendar for any year.
We have received from Mr. Chas. Heather, Brisbane, the Even-
ingProgrammeand MatineeDo4ger of Madam Dante, wife of
Dante the Great,whowaskilledrecentlywhileoutshooting.
Madam opened at the Opera House on Boxing Night last with an
elaborate stage “,set ” replete with tables, chairs, &c. The tricks
performed were not exactlynew, perhaps the mostnovel beingthe
Organ Pipe Production, they were, however, executed with much
neatness, as were also the illusions “ Sans Gene,” “The Beggar’s
Dream,” and “ The Aerial Cyclist.’’ We wish Madam every suc-
cess and hope she has not undertaken too nmch. .
Durbin, the magican of Kenton, U.S.A., sends us hisprogrammes,
also his book circular,the most elaborate thingof its kind that has
yet come under our notice, consisting as it does of 110 less than 16
large pages of closely printed matter, illustrated with seven half-
tone photographs thewhole elegantly bound in B green cover.
llurbin has an uncommon attraction in his son, Master Francis
Durbin only seven years old-youngest magician in the world-
who presents a wonderful arrayof surprises with the sang froid of
an old stager. The Kentou Press, Friday. Feb. Ist, 1901, devotes
a colunm and a half in praise of the act presented at Dickson’s
Grand Opera House by Durbin.

NOTES F R O M NEW YORK.

Thingshereare slowmagically. No magician of importance
has appeared since Powell closed at Eden Musee last November.
Henri French has gone to Europe, like all the rest, leavingus with
a few that fill the Vaudeville dates, and Kellar and Powell, also
Crane (the Irish magician), whose Egg Bag Trick and Voluble
Talktakes well. Horrnimannhas been on theProctor Circuit.
Week ending February gth,we have had nomagician at anyof the
houses.
Adrien Plate, De Villiers, Thompson (an A.X. artiste with hand-
kerchiefs) and Ransom are working clubs withmuch success.
Martinka & Co., are busy up to the limit.
New York is nota good town for magicians, even Kellnr gives it
the go-by-they are all right tofill in with but not an entireshow.
It issaid that H. R. Evans (he of “Hours with the Ghosts”)
will issue a book soon.
The St. Paul Globe, Dec. 30, 1900, has an expos6 of Herrmann’s .MONS. PAULCINQUEVALLI juggling Hat and Umbrella on end of
Tricks by Everett ( ? Boumski, FA.) formerlyassistanttoHerr- Xandoline while he plays an uninterrupted and well-rendered
mann. INTERESTED
ONE I N “ MAGIC.”
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MODERN MAGIGIANS. in India butalso in Europe and America.'"

We haveat hand the Professor's elaborate book'circular
consisting of ten pages nicely printed in English andcon-
NATHU MANCHHACHAND, Indian Magician. taining numerous letters of recommendation from Native
In Nathu Manchhachand we have an .Eastern repres-' Princes, British Officers, and notaries in all parts of the
entative of .the Mystic'Art, notas practisedby the World. We append an example in support of the popu-
Mahatmas of Thibet, or by the Fakir who is supposed to larity of the professor.
be able to vanish himself by ' ' The Palace, Baroda, 14th
way of aropethrownin the August, 1897. This is to cer-
air then to cause the rope to tify
that Professor Nathu
disappear inthe samedirec- Manchhachandagaingavea
tion, or likeabsurdimagina- performanceat the Luxmirilas
tions-butrepresentative of Palace'beforeHisHighness
theartas practisedby the the
Maharaja Gailrwar, his
magician of . the Western Sardars and Officers on the
World. occasion of the Prince's birth-
Prof.
Manchhachand is
a day on the 12th instant. His
native of Mahwva, a town in sleight of halid tricks were
the Bhawnagar State, where, this time d z f e n n t from those
like
all
magicians, he was exhibited before. They were
bornvery
young. H e was very inrereding anxd of very
attracted
magic
to his
in high order and showed that he
infancy as indeedhave been had slzdied carrfzdly and e - -
the majority whohaveachieved cienth the methods $ ozw best
fame in itspursuit.To use Europeanartistes. His High-
his own. words (the professor ness and the party were well
is a successful student of the pleased. (Signed)APPASA-
Englishlanguage and
cus- HEB, N. Khangi Karbhari. "
toms). Butwhy, one w,ould ask,
" From my infancy I was does this Iudian
magician
attractedtowards magic. In aspire toei~~ulate the magician
course, of time I became fond of the Western World rather
of performing magical feats ; than
the wonderfzd Indian
and as the bent was natural, Fakir about whom we read so
help came to me as I went on. much but understand so little.
When I ,wasabouteighteen The reason, perhaps, is not far
yearsold, I could perform to seek, at any rateit is satis-
before private meetings to the faction for us to know that
surprise of all and the mystifi- NATHUMANCHHACHAND. the subject of oursketch,
cation of notafew.Atlast althouph on the mot. knows I ~ . ~ ~

I was emboldened to come before the public ; and I sue- littleand careslessabout the" performance of the
ceeded, not indeed beyond my hope, but certainlybeyond Fakir. H e is fond of illusions and is
the proud
my expectations. I devoted myself to the profession, and possessor of avaluablecollectionof the finestand
gained a sort of reputation; I have performed my feats; most modern magical apparatus. MAGIC assigns to him
before Maharajas, Politicians, and learned men, not only the specific designation of " The Star of the East. "
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Objects from Ribbons.-A bundle of unwieldy articles

Lessons in magic suspended on the back of achair,may
under cover of, andeventually
be picked up
produced from, the
by Prof. ELLIS STANYON, Jibbons extracted from the tambourine or hat.
The U ~ g a nPz?es.-The trick of the organ pipes or
Azlthor of ((Conjuringfor Amateurs,” wizard’s supper again forms a very convenient method
Coujuring with Cards, ” ‘(New Coilz for the disposal of a quantity of large presents in the way
( (

Tricks,” (‘N e w Card Tricks, ” &c. of a magical production.

The above methods will doubtless suggest many more
to the reader, but a combination of those given should
suffice to place the performer in readiness for all imer-
gencies.
Continuedfvom page 43. The Hat for “Miser’sDream.”
PRODUCTION,DISTRIBUTION, &C., ( Continued). A correspondent wants to know if we can tell him how
to place a borrowed hat, containing twenty florins on the
What magician has no{ a t one time or another suffered rim, crown downwayds, on the table without any fear of
untold misery when he discovered his Drawer Box would the coins falling. We confess we cannot-perhaps some
notholda thirdor evena twenty-thirdpart of the reader can.
presentshandedtohim a t achildren’sparty fora We do know, however, that public performers usetheir
magical production. own hat, not necessarily prepared, but selected as best
I have on several occasions recently, been surprised to suitedtothe purpose. The lining is removed and a
find that I wasexpected todistributemagically,in sounding plate inseited that the fall of a coin may be the
quantity, more toys, &C., than would go in a good sized better distinguished ; to remove the lining only, will in
travelling trunk, and more in weight than I could carry most cases suffice. The hat isplanted with, or within
with any degree of comfort-eh ? Oh no ! ! you cannot reach of, one of the orchestra who is instructed to hand it
remonstrate, you are a magician, you are expected to do up at the proper moment ; it is thus made to pass as a
wonders to accomplished the impossible, and to acknow- borrowed article ; it is, of course, finally handed back to
ledge your inability to do as desired, or to ask for assist- the suPposed owner. A usefuZ and vaZuabZe tz? not y e t
ance, would be to be-little yourpowers. published edsewhew.
A great secret, and one that will enable you to over-
come .any difficulty is prepare yourseCf against it ;the The Coin, Wine Glass, and Paper Cone.
several suggestions below will, I feel sure, make magical By EDWARD GLEDHILI,.
distribution an effective and pleasurable part of your In Professor Stanyon’s ‘ Conjuring for Amateurs ’’
(

entertainment. (page 2 2 ) the above-named trick is described as origin-

The Drawer Box-This is one of the oldest pieces of allyintroduced, the effect of which is to causea coin
apparatus designed for a magical production, b u t . a bc>x placed under a wine glass, covered with a paper cone,
large enough to be of any use for the purpose in question to disappear and return as often as desired.
isanexpensiveitem,and worse-its secret ispretty The writerhasseenvarious modifications of this
generally known. illusion, but never that devised by himself, which enables
H a t Production.--Smalltoys,sweets,&C., are best the performer to handround the tumbler, innocent of any
produced in connection with a Hat Trick. These may be preparation whatever, both before and after the trick.
wrapped in such property articles as flags, sash ribbons, The requisites are a small piece of black velvet, say a
and the like (a combination hat trick is given in Con- couple of feet square, a glass tumbler, and a cardboard
( (

juring for Amateurs,” pp. 60-68. ) disc of the inner diameter of the mouth of the tumbler,
The Paper Cone.--This forms,perhaps,one of the covered on both sides with similar velvet to that of the
most effective productions possible. The performer square, and capable of being lifted by the slight pressure
fashions a 1-rge conical paper bag from a sheet of stout on its outer edge exercised by the inner edge or mouth
cartridge paper, and having shown the same to be quite of the tumbler when thelatter isinverted over and
unpreparedproduces from it, firsta quantity of the slightly pressed on the disc, or to be dropped when required
spring flowers and next a large assortment of presents of by a touch of the finger. The performer commences by
quite a substantial nature, and theyneed not of necessity handing the piece of velvet for examination, this he then
be in any way collapsible. spreads on a table, and whilst doing so, drops on it the
The secretin this case dependsupona second bag disc, which at a distance of two or three feet is quiteinvisi-
duly loaded and lightly suspended on the back of a good ble. He next shows the tumbler and inverts it over the
sized chair. The flowers first produced are caught ina disc. The tumbler has then only to be covered with the
basket placed on the seat of this chair, and when stooping paper cone, and lifted on tothe coin (laid on another
to pick up a few that have fallen to the floor, the per- part of thecloth) which vanishes andre-appears as
former, in the most natural manner possible, passes the desired. Finally, when this part of the trick is finished,
original bag behind the chair, scooping up the one con- it is merely necessary to raise the tumbler a few inches,
taining the presents for distribution. The rest follows as give the disc a slight tilt with the finger whilst doing so,
a matter of course. when it will again drop on the velvet square and tecome
The InexhaustibZe Box.-This if madea good size invisible. The disc palmed ’ the remaining objects are
will serve the double purpose of a property box and a once more handed for inspection.
meanswherebya quantity of largeand cumbersome secrets N.B. -The Bditor of this journal hasno interests to guard by concealing the
of certair, tricks, or by describing them in a mis-leading manner ; on
presents may beproduced magically withsatisfaction the contrary he is in a position to write conscientiously in ever detail and he
alike to the.performer and his audience. will continue to do this, without predjudice; for the benefit ofYboth Amateur
and Professional Magicians.
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EZfplanatorg Programmes. visible card,seemingly,fromone

throughthekneesfrom sidetoside.
hand totheother,
&C., &c. (see
THURSTON, Card Manipulator. ‘ ‘ New Card Tricks,” p. 17). The actualpassesmade
Programme, Palace Theatre,Februarygth, 1901. are as under.
AVING shuffled Cards makes ordinary front khange, Through the left knee andback again.
].t made bypassing the right hand over front card of
the pack held in left hand (see ‘ ‘ New Card ’Pricks ’ ’
Through both knees and back again.
From the right to the left hand andback again.
p. 7., by Ellis Stanyon). Passinto left elbow,appears in iefthandand back
Under cover of passing the pack from hand to hand again.
several times, palms a number of cards, perhaps twenty, From right to left hand.
i n the right hand ; these cards are now produced, one by Passed into ~ z . h elbow,
t appears in right hands, and
one, from the air, the greater numberfrom the frontpaZm back again.
while the back of hand is towards audience, and while The card produced from the right elbow is now placed
performer is passing from right to left of stage ; he now intherighthandin position for the reverse J. under
nlakes a complete turn to the left, presenting his back to cover of doing this the card already on the back of the
audience. The palm of the right hand is next seen to be handis placed atthe rear of the visible cardwhen,
emptyandthreemorecardsarecaughtfrom theair. having shown the hand back and front, both cards are
These three cards were transferred from the fyont to the vanished as one card. The two cards are next produced
back palm under cover of the body when making the turn from the air, care being taken to keep them well together
above described. thatthey may appearasoneonly. Back andfront of
The last card (in above) is left on the back of the right the hand are shown and the two cards (as one only) are
hand ; a half turn is now made to the Tight, performer thrown on the table amongst the rest of the pack.
standingwith his back tothe audience. The card is The performer now has both hands free.
transferred to the front palm under cover of the body and Page comes forward with four or five cards held fan-
both hands are held as high as possible in the air, backs wise in lefthand.Performerstandingontheleft of
to audience. Both hands are now brought together, the page takes the cards, one at a time, in the right hand
right hand, on which is the card, being passed behind the and causes them to disappear one after the otherby means
left hand. The lreveyse is made. The hands are separated of the reverse palm. The movement is similar tothat
showing palms ; thesemovements are repeatedseveral already noted, but the one hand only is employed. The
times showing back and front of both hands alternately. cards are next producedone by one (see (‘ New Card
Both hands are now lowered (card front palm) performer Tricks,’’p. 19. Fig. 2 0 , byEllisStanyon)andare
turns a little more to the right, placing his right side to allowed to fall on the stage as before noted.
audience. Thehandsareagainbroughttogether,the The New “ Rising ” Card. --The programme is con-
right hand being passed under the left hand, under cover cluded withthistrick worked asexplained in MAGIC
of which the w m n e is made ; the movement is repeated for February with the exception that instead of three
and back alld front of both hands shown alternately (for cards five are used, three cards being caused to rise at
the exact positions of the hands in above see fig. 18“New the rear of the stage and the remaining two cards nearer
Card Tricks ” by Ellis Stanyon). A turn to the right is the footlights.
now made and the card is produced from the air.
The card is next palmed (ordinary) in the right hand The PyschologicalProblemspresented by Herrand
while seeming to place it in the left hand ; the change Madam Valadon attheEgyptianHall consist of the
overpah; (see ‘ ‘ New Card Tricks ” p. 6) is now made KnightsTour,the Addition Sum (six lines of four
which leaves the card in the left hand (it has apparently figures written up by member of audience) and a gameof
disappeared altogether) ; the cardis next transferred from nap (cards held by two members of the audience). The
thejkont palm of the left hand to the back palm of the clairvoyant is seated on a chair placed on a small platform
right hand (see “ New Card Tricks ’ ’ by Ellis Stanyon, isolated from the stage by four short legs.
p. 19, Fig. 19)to be finally found in the air. The several feats are worked together, i.e. the dair-
With his left side to audience performer again vatlishes voyanthaving runthrough a fourthpart of Knights
the card(reversepalm).Hereapage comes forward Tour, leaves that and adds up first column of sum, then
with several cards on a tray, m e of which he hands to proceeds to instruct the two card players as to the game
the performerwho takesit in the yzght hand, on the andwhatcardsthey will play. The twofirstcards
back of which hehasonecardpalmed, when it dis- played she returns to the Knights Tour and works off
appears, as do four others, all passing one by one to the another fourth part, and so on throughout.
back of righthand.This movement isexplained at The Knights Tour is of course memorised. The addi-
page 45 of thisvol., column I , par 5. The vanished tion sum could be worked by the silent code, but this is
cards are now produced, one by one at the tips of the questionable in this case as the clairvoyant is blindfolded
fingers, in quick succession, being allowed to fall on the (by performer) with a tricky looking bandage, and she
stageastheyappear. ( - ‘NewCardTricks,” byEllis is barely out of sight line with performer. T h e game of
Stanyon, p. 19,Figs. 18-20). napis memorised, the cardsbeing palmed on to,and
The performer now has both hands free. Stepping to dealt from, top of pack after pack has been shuffled.
tableon (his) left of stage, he takes up with the left N.B.---All new Card Sleights,Tricks,&C.,includingthe Con-
hand, presumably one card only passing same into right tinuous Back and Front Palm, and tricks therewith, as performed
hand. he really takes up two cards, the one a duplicate atthe Palace Theatre, will be foundclearlydescribed with
of the other, and under cover of taking the one in the numerous origlnal illustrations in New Card Tricks,” by Ellis
“

Stanyon. [See Advt.]. Instructions for the New “ Rising” Card,

right hand he reverse palms the duplicate on the back of without apparatus, the first and only correct method yet published,
the lefthand. He is now in a position to pass the will be found in MAGIC for February last.
 APRIL, 1901. MAGIC. 57

With a spirit worthyof his character and his nationality

Prof. finderson. the Wizard bore up bravely under this accumulation S
of losses, and sought for an opportunity to retrieve the e
great disasters. The most favourablemeansappeared o
, Sketches from his Note Book, Anecdotes, Incidents, etc. be by seeking out countries in which, although his fam
had been sounded he wasnotpersonallyknown ; and
(Continued from page 48). acwrdingly he made an engagement to visit Australia,
I n 1851, the “ Wizard of the North went to America,
))
California, India, China, Ja:an, Ceylon. Sandwich Islands,
and after obtaining the largest audiences that had been West Indies. South America-in short, a tour round t h e
assembledin New York, with the single‘exception of those world, and having, by theassistance of friends, prepared
whichgreetedJennyLind, made a tour of the entire entirelynewparaphernalia, atthe expense of about
Union from Maine to California, and fromtheSt. Lawrence L4,ooo. he sailed on the 11th of March, 1858, for Mel-
to the embouchure of the Mississippi. His success in all bourne, in a vessel called the ‘ ‘ Monsoon.” After
parts of the United Stateswas most unequivocal. encountering all the vicissitudes of a sea voyage of 16000
.. ProfessorAnderson has appeared manytimesbefore miles (the particulars of which it is needless to relate),
the London public. First at the Strand Theatre, on the he reached Australiaon the 16th June, ninety-sevendays
occasion of her Majesty’s marriage ; then at theAdelphi ; afterleavingEngland. He immediately commenced to
a season at CoventGarden ; and atthe St. James’s fulfil his engagement by appearing at the TheatreRoyal,
Theatre, in 1851 ; then at the Lyceum,wherehewas Melbourne ; but, although the audiences were numerous,
most successful, and obtained more popularity than fell and the drawings correspondingly large, these perform-
to his share on any previous occasion. From this estab- ances were not profitable to him in a pecuniary point of
lishment he removed to Covent Garden, the lamentable view, in consequence of the peculiar nature of the engage-
destruction of which noble pile must still be fresh in the ment he had entered into before leaving England. The
recollection of some, readers. Professor Anderson’s grand-
est coup, next,perhaps,tohis appearancebefore her
Majesty, and hissuccessful American tour, washis season
at the Lyceum Theatre, London, in 1855. For upwards
of three months he caused the theatre to be thronged at
every performance ; z 14 successive representations of. a
singleentertainment,by asingleperformer,repeated
nightly to houses so full that money was on eachoccasion
refused at the doors, constituted an era in the history of
entertainments in London.
We have hitherto spoken of John Henry Anderson as
a Wizard only ; and it is not all the world that is aware
of hishaving achievedfamein anyother profession.
For the benefit of those who have not heardof him as an
actor, it may be as well to mention that his performance . ...
of the character of Rob Roy is regarded as one of the best
upon the stage. It was witnessed by the &Ye of London,
at Covent Garden Theatre, where Mr. Anderson played ’ dwfllitnte ( ~ J o Izs&
l h e ncluctl lrid book’tr~~rrl . z of the Life of
NafloLeou) used by Prof. Andtrson i n conttection wifh a
it for 36 consecutive nights. His appearing in that char- jirz~ool~7ite
t?ick with b2’7-d~.
actereitherattheTheatreRoyal, Glasgow orEdin-
burgh,invariably fills the house fromfloor to ceiling. otherpartytothearrangementhadthere represented
He has represented it in every theatre in America, and himself to be the sole proprietor and manager of all the
in nearly all the theatres of England, Scotland. and Ire- theatres in the Australias ; and Mr. Anderson, believing
land. I n his several
impersonations of WiZZiam in this representation, thought himself compelled to come to
“ Black-Eyed Susan,” RoZZa in ‘ lPizarro, ’) and Wander- some arrangement, of whatever nature, with this person,
izg Steercie in “ The Rose of Ettrick Vale,” he has illus- and thus make better terms than otherwise he could have
trated the versatilityof his powers. done. The first stipulationin the agreement was, that
At Covent Garden the season was about to close with the Wizard’s travelling expenses from Liverpool to Mel-
a grand masquerade. Unfortunately, while it was going bourne were to be paid by his partner ; but this was not
on, the theatre tock fire, and in a very short time was a done, and thus the terms of the bargain were broken at
mass of ruins. This was on the morning of the 16th of the veryoutset.Mr.Andersonhad to givehis own
March, 1856. By thisevent Mr. Anderson was again acceptances to Messrs. Ball, Black, & Co., the charterers
overwhel’med with misfortune, and lost an immense sum of the Monsoon,” for the amount of his passage money.
of money ; for the destruction of Covent Garden and had to pay the whole sum when the hills, which were
.Theatre not only deprived him of a large portion of his payable in Melbourne,became due. His partnerwas
properties, which hadbeen perfected only .afteran amount further bound to pay all travelling expenses while Mr.
of troHble and thought almost inconceivable, but he was Anderson remained in the colony, to provide places for
apecuniary looser by manythousands of pounds. Im-- exhibition, to pay for advertising, bills, and bill posting,
mediately on the occurrence of this tremendousmisfortune and to payfor the half of thedoor-keepers ; and, in return
followed the bankruptcy of the Royal British Bank, in for this, he was to receive one-half of the gross receipts. .
which were deposited the remains of his fortune, all of
which were entirely lost to him for a time. ( To be continued). .. . _
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summoned from the ' ' vasty deep ' to amuse a frivolous
)

A Necromancer of the XVIII Century. aristocracy.Howwerethosephantomsevoked? Con-

BY HENRYRIDGELYEVANS. cavemirrors, concealed confederates,andimagescast
upon the smoke rising from burning incense, constitute
Author of " Hours wiZh the Ghosts," &C., &c. the art of phantasmagoria.
( Co?ctinedf r o m page 44).
Arthur Edward Waite, author' of the variousworks
on the history of magic and alchemy, while acknowledg-
In I 776 Cagliostro arrived in London. H e had assumed ing the fact of Cagliostro's " transcendental trickery,''
various aliases during the course of his career, but now seems to think theso-called magician was really possessed
he called himself Count di Cagliostro, workerof wonders, of occult gifts of some sort which assisted no little his
especially in medicine. He carried about two mysterious unparalleled rogueries. He says : ' ' Mystical knowledge
substances-a red powder,knownas his ' ' Materia beyond that of the age in whichhe lived was undoubtedly
Prima,"with which hetransmuted basermetals into his, and though it was still superficial, he had a genius
gold,and his " EgyptianWine, " withwhich he pro- for making the most of it. ' Speaking of the charlatan's
)

longed life. H e foretold the lucky numbers in a lottery career in Paris, Waite says : " He assumed now the role
and got into a difficulty with a gang of swindlers, which of a practical magician, and astonished the city by the
.caused himto flee from Englandto avoid being im-
prisoned. After
wandering
in
various
countries - V I E
Belgium, Holland,Germany, and Russia--he came to
Paris, and set up for a veritable enchanter, and founder DE JOSEPH BALSAMO,
of the Occult order of Egyptian Freemasonry, the true
form of which was supposed to have been communicated C O N N U SOUS LE NOM
by the Grand Cophta, or High Priest of the Egyptians,
to Cagliostro. Thesedegreeswereconferredonly upon DE
master Masons, but Balsamo also instituted an order of
female Masons, so asnotto disappoint the ladies and COMTE CAGLIOSTRO,
deprivethem of thehigher branches of occult know-
ledge. Powerover the spirit-world was promised to Eztnoite de b P d h iMmite
those who became adeptsinEgyptian Masonry. It is contre h i d Rome en I790 9
difficult to saywhere Cagliostro wasinitiatedintothe
degrees of Freemasonry. I have had some correspondence Traduite d'aprts I'original italien
with Masonic scholars in England and on the Continent, imprim6 h la Chambe Apostdique ;
but they have been able to shed no light on. the subject. enrichie de Nom curieuses p et or&
It is asserted that he received the degrees of the Blue
Lodge in themonth of April, 1776, intheEsphance de son Portrait.
Lodge, No. 369, .held attheKing'sHeadTavern,
London ; but there isno actual evidence in support of this
assertion. His first Egyptian Lodge was opened a t
Strasburg in 1779. I n 1782 he inaugurated the lodge of
" Triumphant Wisdom (La Sagesse Triomphante) at
) )
A PARIS,
Lyons, France, and in 1785 the famous lodge inParis. Chez ONTROT, librain rue Saint-Victor,no. I t.
Cagliostro is regarded as the greatest Masonic impostor
of the world. His pretensionswerebitterlyrepudiated
by the English members of the fraternity, and many of
Continental lodges. But the fact remains that he made
thousands of dupes. Cagliostro declared that Moses,
Elias and Christ were the Secret Superiors of the order. '791.
The meetings of the Egyptian cult were nothing more Title Page of the Lzye of Cagliostro,
than spiritualistic seances, during which communications The original biography was published in Rome in 1790,under
the auspices of theHoly Apostolic Chatnber. It contains an
were held with the denizens of the celestial spheres. elaborate expose of thegreatmagician's system of Egyptian
His sojourn in .Pariscaused the greatest furor. Prints, masonry, also the fullinquisitionsentencepronouncedagainst
medallions and marble busts of him decorated all the him. This highly interestingproduct of papal jurisprudence makes
shop windows. H e was called ' ' the divine Cagliostro. " strangereading for the 20th century. Intheyear 1791 the
Inquisition biography was translated illto .French under the above '
To one of those old portraits is appended the following title. I t has for
frontispiece
a a steel engraved portrait of
verses :- Cagliostro. Originaleditions of this rare and curiousold work
" De ]'Ami des Humains reconnaissex les traits :
may be seen in the Peabody Library of Baltimore, M.D. ; the
Tous ses jours sont marques par de nouveaux bienfaits, Scottish Rite Library of Washington, D.C. ; andthe Masonic
I1 prolonge la Vie, il secourt l'indigel~ce; Library of Grand Rapids, Iowa.
Le plaisir d'etre utile est seul sa recompense. l
evocation of phantoms, which he caused to appear, at
There were neckties and hatsA la Cagliostro. H e gave the wish of the inquirer, either in a mirror or in a vase
away large sums to the poor andcuredtheirailments of clearwater.Thesephantoms equally represented
free of charge,muchtothedisgust of the legitimate deadandlivingbeings,andas occasionally collusion
practitioners. His house was always throngedwith appears to have been well-nigh impossible, andas the
noble guests, who came to witness the strange dances. theory of coincidence is preposterous, there is reason to
People
went to
sup
with
the
shades of Voltaire, suppose that he produced results which must sometimes
Rousseau, and other dead celebrities, ancient and modern have astonished himself.' '
 .APRIL,I ~ O L M A G1.C. 59
A BIBLIOGRAPHY of CONJURING. Frontispiece of pa-trait and autograph. With an ap-
ComPiZed with notes by EZZis Stanyon. pendix of The Magic of SpiritRapping,Writing
-- Mediums and Table Turning. Being an expos6 of the
The compiler hegsto acknowledge his indebtedness to Mr.Arthur frauds of Spirit Rappers, and
descriptive of the
Margery for valuable assistance rendered in making the present Mechanism of theRappingTable.London, 1840 ?
work as far aspossible complete and tboroughly up-to-date. 8vo. 192pp. Illust.
Of this work 96pp. are devoted to conjuring, the remaining
96pp. to the appendix,which is boundup for the first time with
(Continued from page 4 8 . ) Parlour Magic, and as it is the 38th Edition it evidently existed
Alden, W. L. Among the Freaks.
London, 1896. as a separate publication. The conjuring has a preface of spp.,
Cloth, 8vo. 196 pp. illust. but no biographical mention.
This is a work on the showlife,treatedinahumorous Anderson,A. How to do Trickswith Cards.New
manner,chapter IO, pp. 146- 161 treats of “TheLightning York, 1900. Published by Frank Tousey, 24 Union Sq.
Calculator ” ; chapter 1 1 , pp. ,162-177, of an Amateur Juggler. There are several books on tricksby the same publisher.
AldinePublishingCompany.Shadowed by aShow- Appleby, F. (C.E. j Loisette’s Art of Never Forgetting.
man ; or the Mad Magician. The Aldine Library No. London,N.D.Paper, 8vo. 20pp. . Scarce.
82. London,N.D.64pp., 36 chapters. Contains the code for the ‘instantaneous memorization of a
This is in the form of a novel,withpapercovers of an pack of 52 cards.
American soldier firing at the magician’s heart. Bullet catching. Arnold,
George. The Magician’s Own Book, New.
Serial works : York, 1851. Cloth, 8vo. 362pp. Illust.
I . The Magic of Numbers.
-- 2. Capital Tricksand Deceptiotlswith Cards. Arkas,Alfred.
Artistes
in
Wood, Paper
and Soap.
3. I‘agic Toys and how to make them. Extraordinarydisplays of ingenuity. ‘ ‘ Harmsworth.
4. Tricksin Mechanics. Magazine,”Aprll, 1899. pp. 254-258. (Mentions Mr.
5. Sleight of hand. Morrell, Mr. King and Mad Eils respectively,who were
6 . ChemicalTricks.
7. Curious Puzzles. and probably are now with Barnum’s Show.
8. Electrical and MagneticTricks. Art of Conjuring, The ; orLegerdemainmade easy.
London(about1895).Paper 8vo. 2 5 6 ~ ~Scarce.
. Exhibiting the manner of performing all the Ingenious
Amateur’sGuide (The), including the whole Art of andRemarkableTricks. N. D. about 1810.
Legerdemain.Derby, 1883. Folding Colored Frontis- Art of Conjuring made easy, The ; or Instructions for
piece. Rare. Performing the most astonishing Sleight-of-hand Feats”’
Anderson,Prof. J. H. (The Wizard of theNorth j. withdirections for
making Fireworks.Devenport,
World of Magic. Anderson’s Tricks ; also animpor- 1860?Paperpamphlet, 12mo.12pp.
tant expos6 of Spiritualism,andacompletehistory Art of Legerdemain, The whole ; or, the Conjurer un-
(with phot?) of the life of theauthor.In original masked. Containinginstructions how to perform
colored wrapper.London,N.D.Boards 8vo. 130pp. tricks with Dice, Cards, Birds, Eggs, Cups, Balls, &C.,
Illust. by the most celebrated Professors. Derby, 18301 Paper
-- Exposit of Spirit Rappings. Being a pamphlet, 12mo., 24pp. Folding colored frontispiece of
series of Letters addressed to the editors of the “Balti- aconjurerwithanurninlefthandanda wand in
more Sun,” togetherwitha “ Writing Medium’s ” righthand,abust on cabinet,serpentdevilarising
reply.New York, 1853. Pamphlet 32pp. Frontis- from sulphur bottle, &c. Published by Thomas
piece. Richardson.
“ The Wizard in Paris.” Particulars Art and Mystery of Modern Gaming, The whole. Fully
of this handbook ‘are wanting. exposedanddetected.Containinganhistorical ac-
The Fashionable Science of Parlour count of all the secret abuses practised in the game of
Magic. Being the newest tricks of deception developed chance, &c. London, 1726. 4to. (no author men-
and illustrated, to which is added an exposure of the tioned). II Ipp.
practice made use of by professionalcardplayers, Very interestlngforsuchangarlywork,as it exposes the
blacklegs, and gamblers. London, 1840. Paper, inner secrets of gaming houses,dicing, and cardgames, etc.,
in a technical manner.
Izmo. 71pp. 12th edition. Art of Ventriloquism, The. With plain practicaldirec-
Anderson’s Note Book ;or Recollectionsof tions, by which the various “ voices ” may be acquired
his ContinentalTour.
Philadelphia, 1860. Paper, inafew weeks. By aProfessor of the Art). “Boy’s
80pp. Illust. Own Paper,” 1889. About June orJuly ? In 4 parts. i
Contains : Address by Professor Anderson at Brechin Castle.
ProfAnderson’sfirstinterviewwith the Enlperor of Russia. Astley,Philip.Natural Magic, or ; Physical Amuse-
Ludicrousincident that occurred to Prof.Andersonwhen in ments Revealed. Contains 24 experiments and preface.
Ireland.TheRussianceremony of blessing the waters.Prof. I,ondon, 1785. 12mo. 45pp. Frontispiece, Conjurer
Anderson at Balmoral Castle, &c. Each of these items are in performing card nailed towall.
the form of a chapter.
The GreatWizard of theNorth’sHand- Automata.Fifty
gamesplayed by the Automaton
book of Natural Magic. Published by the Great Chess
Player.
London, 1820.
76pp. Cloth, 8vo.
Wizard of the North at his temple of magic. London, Taken down by permission of Mr. Maelzel, at the time
N.D. Paper, 8vo. 72pp. In illustratedwrapper. they were played during its exhibition in London in
Contains portraits of Anderson as a young man and dedica- 1820, and sold at the ExhibitionRoom, 29 St. James St.
cation on fly-leaves. The matter is much the same as his other Automaton Chess Player,The. New Penny Magazine,
books, and is dispersed under the following headings respec- August19th, 1899, pp. 229-230. Illust.
tively : l ‘ ParlourMagic,” pp. 1-48. “ Exposures of Card
MR. STANYON will feel indebted to anyone who will kindly notify him of
Sharps, &C.”pp. 49-60. ‘ l Ruses,” pp. 6r-64. “Anecdotes,” any work, Book, Pamphlet, Periodical. Magazine artfyle or the like, on Con-
&C., 65-72. j u r i n g and Kindred Arts. not includedin his original Bibliography,” in time
for the same toaDDear in theabove list.
A Shillingsworth of Magic ; or Tricks to be * _

votation:, for a n y work in this list may behadonapplication to

learnt in a train. Fancy paper covers, with portrait. t h e ffice of MAGIC.”
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The Editor’s Iretter=0o$.

The Editor invites contributions dealing with matters likely to be of interest
to readers of this paper. He will be pleased to receive news relatin to special
shows. also apparatus books catalogues &c f o r review. The f d i t o y does
not hoid himselfresponsiblefo;the views &bvl&ed by his correspondents.

MAGIC andthe now Famous Serials (by E 1

Stanyon)are successfulbeyon&ourexpectations, and
our best thanks are due to all those who have so kindly
helped to make them so ; there is no need for us to say
more-the following extracts from correspondence speak
volumes.
‘)fi: Allow me to congratulate you on the appearance of the last
number. If anyguarantee were needed of the success of your
(Continued from page 13). venture one has but tocom‘pare tha March issue with the first that
came out to be quite convinced on that point-and that w i t h o u t
If the three diagramsgiven in my last article (pageI 3) d e t r a c t i n g in the slightest from theexcellence of t h e m a i d e n
number.”
have been carefully studied much progress will havebeen . “ I expect since you have broken the back of ‘ monopoly we
made and the student will find himself in a position to shall have several people picking up the crumbs in your wake !
practice figures of a more complex nature. Speaking to a party anent Compulsory Liquidation I was informed
An excellent effect, and laughable, may be obtained on in all seriousnes that he did not think therewas any need for fear
the sheet in the following manner :--First show the one- as MAGICwas only a small thing ! ! ! ! ! l Moral-Don’t try to be
funny.”:
handed rabbit (Fig. S ) , then very quickly, the quicker
DEAR Mr. STANYON, Kansas City,
Jan.
Igth, 191.
the better, change the hand to the position required for Please send me “ New Miscellaneous Tricks.” Congratulations
the fox (Fig. 7). The fox will look about, smeZZing the on MAGIC. All copies to hand to-day. Kindly keep me informed
position occupied by the rabbit but amoment before, and of all your publications on magic. Yours sincerely, A. M. W I ~ S O N .
willeventually affect disajjoinfment byturningright To Mr. STANYON, San Francisco, Jan. 26th, 1901.
roundandlooking off sheet(pointfingersoverright Please sendme “ New Miscellaneous Tricks,” No. 6. I look
forward with much pleasure to your publicatons, and, each month,
shoulder)-on turning back again he affectssur#rise find- to MAGICand wish it every success for a long term of publication.
iag another fox facinghim (the left hand in position) l Yours very truly, HORACE H. MILLLER.
and a fight ensues. Finally both hands are displayed on DBARMr. STANYON, Washington, D.C., Dec. 14th, 1900.
sheet. Kindlysend me your new pamphlet No. 6 , also “ Hand
Shadows.”Your little pamphlets on conjuring are exceedin ly
The squirrel (Fig. g) is original, suggestive, and useful, alike to the amateur and profes-
a novel and effective shadow. sional magician. Very truly yours, H. R.EVANS.
It is notdifficult, on the To Mr. STANYON, Dundee, N.B., Feb and, 1g01.
other hand it is not by any Kindly send me “ Conjuring with Cards.” I already have ‘‘ Con-
meansaneasyfigureto juring for Amateurs,” “ NewCoin Tricks,”and “ New Card

putupquickly. A move- Tricks.” I would add that I have obtained a great deal of valuable
information fromyour
excellent works. Yoursrespectfully,
ment of the fingers forming HERR EINWAL.
thetail andfore-legwill To Mr. STANYON, Edinburgh, Oct. Ist, rgoo.
indicate PZayfuZ anfics. A Thanksfor“New Coin Tricks ” also “ New Card Tricks.”
combined movement of the Your explanations of the “ Miser’s Dream ” and other Coin and
Card Tricks are exceptionally clear and readily understood.
left thumb andfore-finger
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AMERlCAN
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Yours faithfully, PROF.BELLILIOS.

NOTES.
Avoid quick movements
in
the bull ; make the I enjoyed the Feb. number of MAGIC very much. I t is a capital
shadow
appear
stately. 1 number and full of suggestive hints. Your idea of publishing old
Mouth movement is obtain- programmes is a clever one. Nothing interestsme more than these
ancient announcements of magical performances, couched in their
Fig. 9,Squirrel. ed by opening and closing queer jargon and polychromatic jawbreaking verbiage. Do secure,
if possible, one of Robert Houdin’s programmes and publish it in
(slowly ) facsimile. I always feel liketaking off my hat whenever I
the second hear thatname pronounced, RobertHoudin, arch-master of
and
third modern magic ; the man who sounded the depths of the art and
placed it on a scientific basis. Alas, how our later day professors
fingers. are departing from the prototype.
All hail, Manipulators. I wish I could say, Vale, Manipulators !
A new magician, named Jefferson, recently made his bow in New
York, and created a favourable impression.
Our lady magician, Madame Herrmann, relief of Alexander
the Great, is remarkably successful in her clever act ; it is magic
Fig. IO, The en parttomine. The sceneisaJapanese garden,and Madame
Herrmaun dressed in gorgeous Japanese rubes presents a boquet of
mystic novelties. Her manipulation of billiardballsis not bad.
The production of a goose from a lot of paper rihbon a1ways brings
Practice should not at any time on any account be maintained a laugh. Madame Herrmar, not long ago met with a sad mishap.
after the muscles have become tired. This is very important for She had the goose killed, not to secure the mystical stock of
ultimate success. The Editor. golden eggs, but to recover some valuable rings which the fowl had
( 30 be continued). supposedly swallowed. The diamond rings had mysteriously
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disappeared, and the black assistant, Bourqski, was suspected of The Claremont Branch of the Church Temperance Society held
having purloined them. Boumski blamed it on the goose : and so their annual tea and entertainmenton Tuesday evening, Jan. Sth,
poor goosie was decapitated and disembowelled, but no jewellery. at the Mission Schoolrootn, the affair being a great success. ’., Prof.
Finally Boumskiconfessed thathe was theguiltyparty,and Hayes appeared and explained the nature of hisentertainment,
Madame Herrmann had him clapped into jail. While languishing called “ Magic, Mirth, and Mystery,” as being mirthwithmagic
in durance vile, the Ethiopian revenged himself by disclosing all and mystery on either side and joined to it. He kept the audience
of Madame Herrmann’ssecretstotheSunday papers. This thoroughly amused and mystified with a seriesof novel experiments
Boumski had been an attendant on the great Herrmann. He was in white magic and sleightof hand, afterwhich Professor DeGruchy
quite a skilful magician, a little too’skilful for his employer and introduced his ventriloquial sketch, giving a clever and amusing
benefactor! . . . dialogue, which filled the house with laughter. The eutertainment
concludedwith an exceedingly clever exposition of mystery by
A verycleverhandkerchief act has beeninventedbya Mr. the well-known conjuror Professor De Caston who iutroduced his
Thompson, of New York, who is the chief engineer in one of the “ spirit dance ” and marvellous calculating feat. finishing withthe
great sky scrapers of the metropolis. He plays local dates. Hav- l‘Agile Sailor,” causing great merriment.
ing a “ sure thing” in hisprofession of engineer,, he refuses to be
enticed away from his safety valves and piston-rods by booking We have received from Bert Powell, the Military Mystic, copies
agents of foreign theatres. He is said to be wonderfully clever and of the programme and posterof the first concert (Christmas, 1900)
original. I believe he took a month’s holiday last year andplayed held i n Lydenburg,Transvaal,sinceBritishoccupation.The
Keith’s Circuit. chief items on the programme were Conjuring and Clairvoyance.
Mr. Powell goes on to say that the people of Lydenhurg had not
Kellardelivers aregular coin lecture to hisaudiences. This seen any sleight of hand work and that theywere absolutely dumb-
isnot onlyfoolish but uncharitable.Whyruin the work of founded by suchtricks as Carfes d In Maache, theCo~ttinnous
humbler brethren in the artnlagique who depend upon coin man-- Back and Front Palm, Hat Production, and so on ; and that they
ipulating for a living? now understand the better why their town was so easily taken by
R e the back hand palm, permit me to say that Prof. Elliott, of the British. .
Boston, claims, and1 think justly, that he is the inventor of the Mr. F. T. Studd, Ventriloquist and Conjurer, sends us his pro-
“reversecard” palm, the movement by which the cardsare gram’me, well arranged and well illustrated with three half tone
brought from the back of the hand into the palm without the blocks of himself in hisventriloquial and conjuring entertainments.
audience knowing it. Elliott claims to do 136 double hand passes Mr. Studd performs with ease a ventriloquial trio song, one of the
in 60 seconds. Many eminent sleight of hand experts have been three voices being heard in the distance.
coached by him. He enters theVaudeville field next season, under
the management of J. A. Richardson. H. R. EVANS.
A fac-simile reproduction of one of Houdin’s programmes will
appear in the May number of MAGIC.-EDITOR.

Items of IntePest.
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The January number of the Fnvozrr-
ile Mag-nzine is a bright, well-written,
and well-illustrated number. The
contents include an interesting article,
“ Tom 3rown’s Art Days,” and “Some
After Dinner Tricks,’’ being a lesson
in magic by Prof.Ellis Stanyon, the
famous wizard. “ Wonders Awheel ”
describes the cleverperformances of
certain trick cyclists, to wit, the Val-
dares.Altogetherthereare 64 pages
of interestingmatter.The Ftavo~~rtle
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YOU on tour to whileaway dull hours. Published by Paul Naumann
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Those readers who have so kindly allowed us to publish, their
remarks in favour of MAGIC have also given their support, and
still continue to doso, in-a more substantial way; ‘MAGIC would not
long be successful did the Editor insertadvertisemetltsgl.ntzs with
a view to securing testimonials--but the paper speaks for itself.
Watch the “show” of aprofessional before youbelievetlle
things he tellsyou in his book ; you will then be less likely to waste
your time in attempting theimpossible.
We have received from Mr. Francis a specimen of his Crystal
Goblet and Confetti Trick ; it is an excellent little trick for the
drawing-room, and quite practical. It is accompanied with instruc-
tions and appropriate patter nicely printedon pictorial sheet.
If you want to know the carred time don’t ask a policetnan or
pay an exhorbitant price for an Egotistical work ; be serio-comic
and consult MAGIC.
‘‘ Fun on the Billiard Table,” by Stancliffe, is the title of a book
of 114 pp. containing 75 amusing tricks withcues, balls, and other
articles, illustrated with photographs. An article on this subject
appeared in one of the magazines (? Pearson’s) recently.
Clement deLion (Copenhagen), Card and Coin Manipulator,
has just secured an engagement at the Palace Theatre purely on
the merits of his work, which is considered by experts to totally MONS. PAUL CINQUEVALLI
and his Assistant.
eclipse .that of any manipulator that has yet .appeared at the above 11.
house.
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7. T h e New Coin Dropper.-Arranged to hold a dozen coins Complete with attachment for fitting to heel of dress shoe. Price,
(or less) under thevest ; the coins to be released and caught at any 419-
moment with one hand only. Productive of great effect, when re- 22. Coin a n d S w o r dTrick.-A borrowed coin, without being
producing vanished coins in “ Miser’s Dream (see MAGIC,Vol. I changed or removed for an instant from the sightof the spectators,
p. 19). Complete, 3/9. is placed on the edge of a sword or large knife and runs up and
8. New Money Catching.-A coin is suddenly seen toappear down on it, and is then returned to theowner, and sword or knife
on the edge of rim of hat, This is taken off and thrown into the given for inspection. Price, 2/-.
hat, and again andagain this isrepeated. A novelty. Complete 3/9. 23. Coin Slide.-For use in sleeve or under vest for secretly
9. Vanishing.Coin Tube.-(Quite a novelty). Apiece of tube, palming coins one by one in the “ Miser’s Dream,” well made 3/6.
beautifully made 111 brass, and capable of holding twelve borrowed 24. A New Coin Vanish.-A dozen loose coins are placed in
half-crowns is given for examination. Audience are requested to left hand which shakes them to prove they are there, yet at any
fill it with coins after which it is wrapped in a borrowed handker- moment left hand opened and shown empty. Useful in connection
chief and held by a spectator. On removing the handkerchief the with No. 7. Complete, 3/9.
coins have vanished and the tube may be again examined. Coins
are afterwards produced from any desired place. Complete. 3/9. 25. The M u l t i p l y i n g Penny.-One penny mysteriously mul-
tiplies into twopennies, which thendiminishto one. Within-
shillings.
for
do.
Complete,
do. 2/9. structions for performing a series of novel tricks written up in Mr.
10. I m p r o v e d “ S p i d e r ” Vanishers.-After considerable Stanyon’s keenly interesting and inimitable style. Complete, 2/-.
trouble we have succeeded in producing a “ Spider ” with compres- A series of tricks with two multiplying coins. Complete, 3/.
sible (spring) clips, which enables the performer, whetherpossess-’
ing a large or a small hand, to keep the fingers quite close together 26. The Dissolving Coin.-A borrowed shilling placed in box
throughout the qanipulation, thus making detection impossible. and a httle heat applied. Performer pours out the melted coin,
The improved “ Spider complete in itself for vanishing any parti- then replaces it in box and eventually showsit whole again. With
cular object as under. sent Post Free for price quoted. instructions for conlbination work by Mr. Stanyon. Complete, 1/3,
To palm a n d reverse palm a coin (penny) ... ... price 2/9 27. F i n g e r through Penny.-Performerthrustshis finger
9 , ,, ,, (silvered ) ... ... ), 3/9 completely through a coin. Complete, 4d.
9 , ,> a number of coins, and to Improved make with original instructions,111.
produce them one
by
one 9, 519 Well silvered, 1/9.
Cork,
a or Cork Egg, &c. 1, 49
1) 9 ,
a Handkerchief ... ... >l 4/3 28. Penny through Hat.-Shown sticking half way through
l, 91
crown of borrowed hat. Complete, 5d.
9 , 9 , also lo change
Handkerchief
a ,, 513 Improved make, I/-. Either silvered, Sd, extra
N.B.-Special accessories for holding anyobjects notinnumeratedabove will
be made on receipt of instructions. 29. T h e Magnetized Penny.-Adheres toanypart of the
11. S p e c i a l “ S p i d e r ” Coins.-For Reverse and Continuous hand. wand, clothing, &c. No wax, hairs, threads, &c. Complete,
4d. Silvered, I/-.
Back and Front Palming (see MAGIC,Vol. I , p. 1 1 and 19 ; also
“ New Coin Tricks ” by.Ellis Stanyon). Well silvered, any pattern 30. Penny in Bottle.-A borrowed coin instantly passed into
in stock. Each, 2/9. narrowneckedbottle.Complete, 5d. Silvered, I / I . A genuine
I
florin, 5/3. A genuine halfxrown, 5/9.
12. A Novel “ S p i d e r ” Coin.-This coin may be palmed in
any position, on the back or frontof hand, or may be held at fin- 31. T h e T r a v e l l i n g Penny.-A coin placed in either hand
ger tips, yet is always in position for Reverse Palm. A pretty and disappears as often as desired andhand shown both sides. No
practical device. Complete, 3/9. pins, wax, hooks,elastic, etc. Complete, 4d. Well sill-ered, I/-.

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MODERN
MAGICIANS. ally he cares little for any game save Chess, his latest
II_
productionbeing
new.
a edition of The Games of
PROFESSOR HOFFMANN. Greco, the Morphy of the seventeenth century.
The subject of our portrait this month is Mr. Angelo I n addition to his labours as a writer of books, Mr.
Lewisj M.A., better known to themagical world as Prof. Angelo Lewis has had experience iu nearly every branch
Hoffrnann. I t iscuriousthatmany of theleading of the literarycraft. H e servedhisapprenticeshipto
wizards of thedayshould journalismasleader-writer
have owed their first lessons ~ _ _. . on a local paper, after which
in the art to him, an amateur, he was for some time on the
but
suchis the fact. At staff of the ‘ l Saturday
the time whenhis
best Review,” under
Douglas
knownwork, “ Modern Cook. Hehas contributed
Magic,’’ waswritten, Mr. largely
to ‘ l Chambers’
Lewis was practising at the Journal,”the “ Cornhill,”
Bar, which, by the way, has “ B e l g r a v i a , ” “London
numbered in its ranks many Society,”andotherserials.
distinguishedamateur con- In 1885 he was the winner
jurers, some having even of the prize of LIOO, offered
found theirway to thebench. by the “Youth’s Com-
For many years past, how- panion,” Boston, for the
ever, Prof.‘ ‘ Hoffmann ” has best short story for boys.
abandoned the wig and gown
in favour of literarywork. Prof.Hoffnlann has en-
Conjurersareindebtedto riched the catalogues oi
him €or Modern Magic (now dealers in magicalappara-
inits10thedition), More tus
with several effective
Magic, Tn2k.swith Cards, Con- illusions, though the author-
iurer Dick., The Secrets o f Con- shiphasusually been 1111-
juring & Magic, The Secrets acknowledged. In his
o f Stage Co?ajuri?zg,and Card younger
gave
days
he
Sharpizg Exposed, the three Erequent performances for
last named being translations charitableobjects,buthas
from the French of Robert- now for many years ceased
Houdin. Drawing-roonz Con- to
appearin public. His
juring, and Magic at Home, interest in MAGIC is how-
are likewise translations. He everunabated,andwe are
is also the editor of three glad to know that he has in
standard works, The Book o f handa new andimportant
Card & TabZe Games, work on the subject, a first
HoyZes Games Modernized, instalment of which may be
and Every Boy’s Book of Sport looked forsometime this
CY Pastime, in connection year.
with which his peculiar gift- An original Card Trick by
that of lucidexplanation- the Professor will appear in
has a specialPerson-
value. PROFESSOR HOFFMANN. our zlext issue.
 MAGIC. MAY, 1901.

MAGIC. by the performerto recover the lost handkerchief, but

all in vain, and he is about to give it up as a bad job
PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EVERY MONTH. when he remembers the wine bottle and exclaims, “Ah !
perhaps, by some means or other it has found its way
,Proprietors,ELLlSSTANYON h Co. Editor, a’LIS STANYON.
into this bottle,” and suiting the action to the word he
O f i e : 76, Solent Road, West Hampstead, London,N.W. takes a hammer and shatters the bottle, and there sure
enough is the handkerchief in a perfectly dry condition.
SUE$SCRIPTION.-I~ Monthsby post, 5/6 ($1.50); Single Copy, 6%d. (15c. ) As a matter of fact the bottle was dry from the com-
mencement and duly loaded with a duplicate handker-
ADVERTISEMENT RATES. chief, hence the necessity of an opaque bottle.
MISCELLANEOUS :Under this heading ConjuringApparatus,
13ooks, etc., “ For Sale,” and “ Wanted,” will be inserted at a The choice of the handkerchief is forced, which may
charge of 4d. per dozen word every additional three words, Id.
1
be done in severalways. One of thesimplest,andat
PROFESSlONAL CARDS Per insertion, I/- ; yearly, 816 ( $ 2 ) . the same time the best, is to call out the colors in this
DISPLAYEDADVERTISEMENT: Space of oneinch, 51- ;
Quarter Page, 211- ; Half Page, 37/6 ; Full Pagq, 631- ; Front way, Which color do you prefer, the red, green, or
( (

Page, with photo block supplied by artiste, 42/=($10) :or we can ---pink ? ’ ’ The lastnamed color owing to the
suppiy from any photo,finest quality half-tone block (4in. x gin.), pause will in nine cases out of ten be the one chosen,
which afterwards becomes the property of tile advertiser, at an but in addition the performer is safe-guarded by several
extra nominal cost of 10i6, ( $2.50).
HALF- PAOE (Column) : ForInterview ; or,Half Page for persons each callingout different colors when he of course
Circular, 30/- ($7.50.).. takes the one that best suits his purpose. The handlrer-
A deduction of 2 0 per cent. is allowed on all Advertisements, chief isthen vanished. S‘tanyon’s New A.I.Handker-
whenpaid three montlls it1 advance. Further special reductions chief Vanisher, nicely fashioned in thin spun brass, will
will be made for longer periods.
be foundthe best. and most efficacious for thiskind
Cheques and Postal Ordevs should be dyawn in favouv of M Y . Ellis Stanyon. of vanish.See lists.) The presence of the fluid in the
Money Ovdevs should be made payable at.“ Mill Lane, West Hampstead, N. W.” glass has next to be accounted for. This is really there
UNITED STATES STAMPS
CL N O T E S M A Y S E S E N T I N P A Y M E N T . from the commencement of the trick, but is not observed
as the glass is placed behind some object on a side table.
Having removed the cork from the bottle the performer
looks abouthim for aglassand at last finds the one
placed say, behind a flower-pot. H e takes it up in such
a manner that his hands hides the lower part containing
by Prof. ELLIS STANYON, the fluid, and simulates the action of pouring wine from
the bottle. The trick then proceeds as already described.
4zlthor of Co?tjuri?zgfor Amateurs,”
( (
A New Coin forReversePalm.--A prac-
(Co?@ring with Cards,” New Coin ( (
tical
mechanical contrivance
for
this
ever
Tricks,” ‘ ( N e wCard Tricks,” &c. popularsleight is that shown at Fig. 19. , A
couple of minute holes are drilled in thecoin from
the outer edge, diagonally to points on the sur-
face. The holes are exactly opposite each other
L
Conlimcedfro?n page 54. so that aflesh-colouredsilk thread, provided
with loops for the fore and little fingers, passed
The Handkerchief and Bottle.--The trick I am about throughthem will layacross the diameter of
to describe is, to say the least, a novel one. I t may be the coin. (SeetheFig),
performed anywhere independent of time and place, and
the accessories required for its production may be found The thread may of course be broken at anytime
in ,any home, The only articles the performer must of and the coin handled as an ordinary one if not
necessity carry with him are several small silk handker- actuallygivenforexamination.Severalother
chiefs of different shades, with theproviso that two be of mechanical coins designed for the same purpose
the same color. An ordinary winebottle,opaqueglass will befound explained and illustrated at p. xg
and quite clean inside, also a glass tumbler half full of of the present volume.
some kind of wine, aretheonlyotherproperties re- Fig. 19.
quired.
The effect is as follows : I n the course of the Enter- SpeciaI from this Date,April l s t , 1901.
tainmenttheperformerbegsto beallowed totake a
littlerefreshment. H e thereupon espies a bottlestand- Any piece of apparatus will be cheerfully shown and the working
ing on asidetable,removes thecork,poursout a explained to intending customers, if not approved, there is no com-
quantity ,of winewhichhedrinks,andre-corks the pulsion to purchase. Owing to the excellent workmanshipour
apparatus s e l l s readily at sight.
bottle.Feelingmuchr9freshed he proceeds withthe
Customers in thzcountrywho,having paidfor conjuringap-
entertainment and asks the spectators if they have seen paratuswhichis not approved, mayreturnsame,attheirown
the latestflyinghandkerchief. The replybeingin the risk, NEXT POST, unused and carefully packed, and makeone
negative he offers to show it to them. further selection from our lists.
Three or four silk handkerchiefs are now introduced We are the first to give magicians this facility in the purchase of
from which one is selected by the audience, the others apparatus, as we were the first to announce that United States Stamps
and Dollar Notes would be accepted in payment (which other firms
not being required in the trick are placed on one side. had to copy) thus facilitatingthepractise of magic as a hobby
We will suppose a blue handkerchief. has been chosen. between the two great English speaking nations.
This is now vanished. Strenuous efforts are now made ELLIS STANYON & Co.
 MAY, 1901. MAGIC.

Elfplanator9 Programmes.
CHUNGLING S O 0 (W. E. Robinson). ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
Programme,Alhambra,July7th, 1900.
Travesty on the Original Chinese Magician, Ching Ling Foo.
Performer is in Chinese costume.
- KING S T R E E X , Sl'. JAMWS.

The surprisingand interesting Performanaesof

2

I . Dove and Bran Plates worked as follows:-Shows

two unpreparedsoupplates for examination ; fills one
with bran from box and gives to attendant tohold-covers
plate of bran with second plate. Fans plates, then
removes uppermostone,andout fly two doves. The
plates are not turnedover; thefake,with doves, is
doubtless loaded into plate from box and removed under
cover of u2permost plate.
' 2. Organ Pz3e Prodzdction Trick.-Pipes numbered I to
5 and worked on a low form. Nothing novel in objects
produced, and none removed from pipe No. I-rather a
weak point.
3. Assistant pours a quantity of water into fancy drain-
pipe-shaped jar held by magician, who then takes from
jar one by one a number of silk flags. Magician shows
each flag and most obtain applause, but when he shows
Chinese flag (his own country) it is hissed (Boxer dis-
turbance rife),, and he throws it to the floor. The flags
are thrown on table, assistant gathers them all together
andhandsthemtoperformer,whoattachestwocords
(coming from wings) to each side of bundle, cords pulled,
and a large Union Jack is suspended (change made on
table),
4. Comes on withcandleand sixsquare pieces of
p:per ; lights and eats burning paper ; also eats candle.
bats papershavings from Chinese bowl and produces
ribbon andbarber's pole from mouth, with smokeand
sparksalternately.Finally, more ribbons from mouth,
which multiply intolarger ribbons (rightand left
pochettes) , and finally large sunshade.
5. Fish catching ; ordinary rod and line, fish caught
on end of line thrown in the air.
6. Swinging two bowls of fire on chain, U' Za juggler
with two balls, one on each end of a rope ; this is done
by anassistant, of which the performer has two. The
towls are bentiron work, containingcotton waste soaked
in kefosene oil.
7. Assistant, with Chinese wig j ~ m d y3 x e d on, places
his pigtail over pulley wheel attached to rope hanging
from above, and by pulling on pigtail raises himself from
floor, the rope at same time being drawn up in the air, ESCAMOTAGE EXTRAORDI'NAIRE,
DE ROBERT-HOUDIN, Fila,
8. Production from under cloth spread ox1 stage of a.
big bowl of water containing live ducks. This very large SUSPENSIBN~~~THEREENNE.
bowl is attached to waist belt of performer, and hangs
just at the back of his knees, hidden by his costume. It
is fitted rubber cover, which is kept on by suspending
apparatusand weight of bowl. The bowl coming in
contact with the floor when performer stoops to spread
cloth in front of himself, releases all ; performer takes a
couple of stepsbackwards andthe bowl isunderthe
cloth.

not 'Impossible. Magicians sending Five Annual

Subscriptions to this office will
receive their ownbooked gratis
-
and post free for one year.
We don't expect impossibilities or ask you to do too
much :the above is an interesting and simple task and
will pay you inmore ways than one.
 68 MAGIC. MAY, 1901.

@ographg of Prof. finderson. A S. cl.

Prizes for Conundrums, and for Souvenirs I 14 I 6 6
(THE ORIGINAL “WIZARD OF THE NORTH.”) Benefits
Charities
to - 3- 18417
-- Doorkeepers - - 161 13 o
Sketches from his Note Book, Anecdotes,Incidents, etc. SalariesSupers,
to &c. - - 81 17 o
-- ers t Gasfit - - 4 75 18
( Co?rtimed front page 57.) Photographers, &c. - - 6 2 4 0
Professor Anderson had, as his share of the expenses,
Exchange of Money, &c. - - 4 1 1 4
to provide and maintain his own servants,five in number,
Carpets - - 3 0 8 8
Storage
in Melbourne - - - 23 I O 6
ineluding a private secretary at a salary of LIOper week, Legal
Expenses, &c. - - 142 4 o
with travelling expenses paid ; to defray the expenses of Sundries - 16 - 243 o
those members of his own family, five in number, who Washing Bills - - 90 I 7 5
travelled with him-to provide and keep in proper order --
hisextensiveandvaluable paraphernalia-and topay
hotel bills ; his expenses for all these items amounting to
about LIOO perweek,payableout of one-half of the
Total Expenses during a period
of about
Fifteen
Months 1.€15,629 12 2
Having finished a second tour through Victoria,
grossreceipts, he soon hadreasontocomplain of the Mr. Anderson made arrangemnets to sail for San Fran-
terms of the agreement into which he had entered, and l cisco, callingon the way attheSandwichIslands,for
also of the manner in which that agreement was carried which purpose he had stipulated, in chartering a vessel,
out by the other party, who had undertaken personally thatsheshould remain thereforten days.Whilstat
to superintend the whole of the business arrangements ; Honolulu he spent his time not onlymost pleasantly, but
but immediately on arriving in Australia he appointed also veryprofitably, havinggainedalargeamount of
anagenttoactfor him. Findingthathehad been information, some of whichwas of use inhispeculiar
deceived, too, in his partner’s statement that he owned art ; and having likewise obtained an introduction to the
the whole of the theatres in the Australias,Mr. Anderson king, before whom he had the honour of performing.
wasindignant atthe mannerinwhichhehad been
treated, and that he should have been brought 16,000 miles
from England upon suchterms. This feeling of indig-
nation was heightened by the fact that the person who A Necromancer of the XVIII Century.
had been guilty of this deception was actually making a BY HENRYRIDGELYEVANS.
fortune by it, for the share of the receipts in Melbourne Author of “ Hours with the Ghosts,,” &C., &c.
alone which fell to him amounted to no less than L2,400.
Determined a t all events to get ridof him, Mr. Anderson (Contimed from page 58.)
sought by all means in his power to have the engagement AllParis,atanyrate, was setwondering athis
cancelled, and at lastagreed,after eleven weeks’ per- enchantmentsandprodigies,and it is seriouslystated
formances, to paytheparty A500 for that purpose. that Louis XVI. was so infatuatedwith ‘ l le
divin
During this shortperiod his partner’s drawings from these Cagliostro,” that he declared any one who injured him
entertainments had been L4,754 15s. 8d. should beconsidered guilty of treason. At Versailles,
This
unfortunate
engagement being cancelled, and in the presence of several distinguished nobles, he is
Mr. Anderson passed throughthe whole ofVictoria, said to have caused the apparition in mirrors and vases,
Tasmania,and New SouthWales.Hisgrossreceipts not merely of the spectres of absent or deceased persons,
inthese colonies, during a period of fifteenmonths, but animated and moving beingsof a phantasmal descrip-
amounted to A18,ooo ; while his expenses averaged, at tion, including many dead men and women se1ecte.dby
least, ,LI,OOO permonth, I n orderto show how this the astonished spectators.’’
large expenditure was cccasioned; it may be well to give Perhaps the truth of the matter was that Cagliostro
the followi~lg details in regard to it :- had stumbled upon some of the facts of hypnotism and
A S. d. telepathy, which when exhibited with the proper mise-
Rent and Gas, including, insome cases en-sche produced marvellous effects akintogenuine
of Sharing, Pritlting and Advertising; magic.
also Partner’sShareof A4254 15s.8d. 6728 17 L Aninterestingpen-portrait of the enchanteris con-
Paid to Partner, on separation - 500 o o tained in the memoirs of Count Beugnot, who met him
Hotel Expenses - - 1511 6 o at Madame la Motte’s house in Paris.
Salaries - - 1301 o 6 Says Beugnot : “ Cagliostrowas of medium height,
Property Bills - - 636 18 6 rather stout, with anolive complexion, a veryshort neck,
Fittings - - 632 2 5 round face, two large eyes on alevel with the cheeks, and
Printing - - 387 , 5 1 1 abroad, turned-up nose. . . . His hairwasdressed
Advertising - - 371 in a way new to France, being divided into several small
Bill Posting, - - I 292 I 1 I1O0 tresses that united behind the head, and were twisted up
CarriageHire - - 4417 7 into what was then called a club.
Drapersand
Clothiers - - 225 3 1 1 “ H e wore on that day an iron-gray coat of French
Carriageand
Luggage- - - 283 o 1 1 make, with gold lace, a scarlet waistcoat trimmed with
Fares, &c. - - - 457 1 2 5 broad Spanish lace, red breeches, his swordlooped to the
’Jewellers - - 210 15 6 skirt of his coat, and alaced hat with a white feather, the
Music - - 209 3 o latter a decoration still required of mountebanks, tooth-
Stage Dresses - - 124 1 1 g drawers,andother medical practitionerswho proclaim
 MAY, 1901. MAGIC. 69

and retail their drugs in the open air. Cagliostro set off A BIBLIOGRAPHY of CONJURING.
this costume by lace ruffles, several valuable rings, and
shoe buckles which were, it is true, of antique design, Col-ltpiZed with notes by EZZis Sfanyon.
butbrightenoughto be taken forrealdiamonds. . .
The face, attire, and the whole man made an impression Automaton Chess Player, of Mr. De Kempelen, An
on me that I could not prevent. I listened to the talk. attempt to analyse the. With an easy method of imi-
H e spoke some sort of medley, half Frenchand half tating the movements of that celebrated figure. Illus-
Italian,and mademanyquotationswhichmight be trated by original drawings, to which is addedcopious a
Arabic, but which he did not trouble himself to translate. collection of the knights’ moves over the chess board.
I could notrememberany more of [hisconversation] Anon.London, 182I . Pamphlet, 40 pp. 8vo. Frou-
than that the hero hadspoken of Heaven, of the stars, of tispiece.
theGreat-Secret, of Memphis, of thehigh-priest, of This work contains five large plates illustrating 13 diagrams,
purporting to expose the secret mechanism, and five plates ex-
transcendental chemistry,of giants andnlonstrous beasts, plainingthe klligllts’ moves. I t is mentiolled bySir David
of acitytentimesaslargeasParis,in the middle of Hrewster in his ‘(Letters on Natural Magic ” which work also
Africa, where he had correspondents.’ ’ contailis eleveu explanatory diagrams on the construction of the
On the 22nd day of August, 1785, Cagliostrowas figure.
arrested under a lettre-de-cachet and cast into the Bastile, Bacon, Roger. His discovery of the nliracles of Art,
charged with complicity in the “ Affaire du Collier,”* as Nature, and Magick. Faithfully translated out of
it is called in the musty archives of the French Parlia- Dr. Dee’s own copy by T.M.and never before in
ment.Acquitted by thecourts,he was banished from English, London, 1659. 12 mo., 51 pp.
This is the earliest printed English copy and contains 11 chap-
ters. Chap. 6, concerning strange experiments, Chap. 3, of the
force of speech and a check to magick, Chap. g, of the manner
to make thephilosopher’s egg, &c.
Bailey, F. H. HinduJugglery.Journal Gf Education.
(Boston). Vol. XLIV., p, 378.
Baldwin, S. S . The White Mahatma.
Secrets of
Mahatma LandExposed. New York, 1899. Cloth,
4to. 1 2 0 pp.Illustrated.
Ball, W. W. Rouse.Card Tricks. In hismathematical
recreations and problems of past and present times.
London, 1892. Cloth,8v0, 240 pp.
This isa nicely written book, but the conjuringportion is very
sparingly treated, card tricks andthose of the mathematical cal-
culating order with a few others of various kinds, are all that are
mentioned. The rest of the matter is a scientific exposure of
a-/ l
varionsexperiments,dynamic and mathematical. The book is
divided into two parts :-Part I. MathematicalRecreations.
Part 11, Mathematical Problems and Speculations.
Baker,Lady. Zuluwitches andwitch finders. New
York Eclectic Magazine, Oct. 1876, pp. 479-490. This
House pf Cagliostro, N o . I . Rue St. Claude, Paris. Plan by M . de Ricaudy, same number also contains an article entitled“ Natural
mdacteurL’EchoduPublic.” Under Louis Phiiippe numbsrs were changed : Magic,’’ pp. 496-502.
Cagliostro‘s house,
formeriy No. 30, has now become N o r.
Bancroft,Frederick.Yogi Magi6 inIndia. New York,
France byorder of Louis XVI. He went to England, 1897. ScientificAmericanSupplement.Vol. XLIII,
and there, on the 20th day of June, 1786, predicted the P* 17,845.
fall of the Bastile, declaring that it would be rased to the Barnello. The Red Demons. One hundredtrickswith
groundandconvertedintoapublic promenade. How Fire.Chicago (about 1893). Paper, I 2mo. Scarce
this prophecy was fulfilled history will testify. and interesting.
Cagliostro had peculiar a seal,uponwhich were Barnum, P. T.,Life of. Writtenby himself, author’s
engraved the mysteriousletters “ L. P. D.” These portraitonsteel,London, 1855. Cloth, W O . , 404pp.
lettersare supposed to stand for theLatinsentence, illustrated.
“ Lilia pedibus destrue,” whichtranslated signifies, p--- The Humbugsof the World. London, 1866.
“ Tread the lilies underfoot ”-alluding to the overthrow Cloth, ~ v o . 315
, pp.
of theFrench monarchy.Manytheosophical writers Barnumand Bailey. The Wonder Book of Freaksand
have placed implicit belief in the mission of Cagliostro as Animals. London, 1898-9. Paper, 4to. Illustrated,
the secret emissary of an Occult Body working for the 44 PP.
regeneration of mankind. Thls book contains short biographical notices of all the freaks,
&C., who were showing with Barnum, on his last visit to London
Taking this idea for a theme, Alexander the Great- It is illustratedwith blocks of nearly every artiste, and was sold
he of the pen, not of the sword-has built up a series of at 6d. in the form of a guide book and programme. It is perhaps
improbable thoughhighlyromantic novels aboutthe more interesting to showmen than conjurers. I t is interesting
personality of Cagliostro,entitled “ The Memoirs of a reading and the magical items are with
blocks and reading matter.
Wade Cochran (Memory Wonder), Matly (Needle King),
Physician ” and The Diamond Necklace.”Verily,
“
Alfonso (Human Ostrich), Mattie Lee Price ( Lady Magnet),
verily, Dumas pPre had an elastic imagination ! Mdm. Loretta (Snake Charmer), Prince Samonda (Illusiot~ist ),
* The robbery by Madame de la Motte of the Diamond Necklace of Queen Roltair (Illusionist), Miss K. Shimakina (Ja anese Conjurer),
Marie Antoinette, for a full account of which. including Cagllostro’s extra- SolStone ( Caculator),King(Paper Kingp, TheUrquharts
ordinaryreplytothechargesbroughtagainsthim,see“€$xtraordinary (Second Sight), Delno Fritz (Sword Swallower), &C., &c.
Popular Delusions ” (Charles Mackay)-€$DIToR.
Quotations, for any work in this listmay be had on application t o
( To be continued). the Office of MAaIC.”
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‘magic’ Emding Cibrary. Items of Intemst.

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An interesting article of a column altd a half on
In resjonse to many requests, covering Lightlling Calculators and their tltethorls appeared .
a period OJ‘ some years, 7uc have it1 the G/obe Special Edition for April rSth. The
decided to start a illtrociuctory subject is the recent perfortnances of
Iuaudi at the ‘ ‘ liippodrome ; ” the article is then
nlaillly historical, ~nentiol~ing the feats of Jecletliah
Buxton, 1754, also those of %erall Colburn, I 812.
The Julie number of MAC:ICwill cotitail1 a n Origillal Combination
Card Trick by Professor Woffmann.
Magicians may shortly exl’ect the next serial by Ellis Stallyo11
(yo.7 ) ,elltitlecl ’‘ New Juggling Tricks.” ’l‘hiswillbe a revelation,
Witll./ml exceptions we have on asltwill be the first treatise 0 1 1 genuille ( i . ~llot
, , ~ I I ~ I ~ L I Ijugglitt:;
II)
hand for the purpose every book on tricks. ’rile various tricks h x v e been selectecl with a view t o C O I I I -
1)illing sintplicity of esecutioll with the 111axitt1l1111 of effect, alltl as
Magic a11d Allied Arts published suitable to magicialls desiring to vary theirprogrmlltles. The
during tlle past IOO years. As many author is a n expert jltggler, ancl llot otlly underst:lllcls what he is
of the books are extremely rare alld writing about, but is preparetl to work every trick he tlescrihes ;
valuable,
and
their possession this being so, intentlit~greaders may be snre of a real treat alltl
value for 111oney.T11e price will be 3 / - , as before, and whe11 it is
jealously guarded by col!ectors, the take11 into cot~sideratio~t tllattheseserialsreallyfor,n v;lluable
greatmajority of Inagicians wvho lessons 0 1 1 the very latest tricks, we (lo ]lot thillk that, eve111)y a
would liketo rend certain works, stretch of tlle imagination, the p ~ i c ecan ?)ecotlsitlered exorbitant.
with a view toobtaining sug-ges- ‘ I NewCarcl Tricks ” (Secot1:l Series), No. S, will follow No. 7
very closely.
tions fortheir
programmes, are The subjectfor No. 9 callnot he given at present, as it will
debarred from’doing so by.tl1e scarcity of the sanle : this probably depend upon whnt new rl\agic act is presented in Lo11tlo11
need no longer be the case. in the autumn.
Those who would avail tllernselves of the advantages We are having a new wrapper, strong, durable, atld attractive,
offered bv the library, which m e believe will supply a long made for MAGIC,iu which the June 1rtItnl)erwill be sellt out
felt want, are requested to read carefully tlle following comp/ele/y euc/osed--this at the wish of Subscribers, who write u s
that they desire the paper to reach the^^^ withedges clem1a1111
perfect for the purpose of binding.
RULES,
I. The price charged for the reading of any modern work will SOUTH AFRICAN NOTES.
be One-Third of the published price ; for the reading of any rare
and consequently valuable work One-Third of the price for which The Magical Fraternity are still quiet in this part of the world,
it may be purchased outright from LIS. as far as public appearances, but all are busy in their owti “ dens,”
2. The full price of the book required must in all cases be sent working out new ideas an3 arranging programmes. --.\priI 1st.
with t h e j r s t order as security for the book while it is out of our I have had visits from several of then1 lately.
possession. On receiving backthebook,the balance, over and PROFESSOR AI.BBR’I‘, Conjuror and Ventriloquist, who has jnst
above charge, will be returned to the reder, 01’ il ?tray w m n i ? ~as returned from his tour, called a few (lays since (in colttpany with
sectrvify for tho wndzs~g-of‘ n setotrd n l l d jlwdher zelorK.s. The De Caston). IJe has received most favora1)le ‘. opinions ’’
amount on hand as security tnllst ltot i n any case be less tllall the inthe Press throughout his wantlerillgs. One “ cuttiug ’’ he
f u l l value of the book required. showed me colltpared his work with that of such men as Servais le
3. Books must be returnedwitbin seven days from thedate Roy and Carl Hertz, who ha:l visited the same town, sayittg it was
they are received ; for every day they are kept, over and above the equal toany. His
“handcufffeat ” has lxought hiltl great
seven days, an extra charge of one peuny per day will be made. renowu. He is looking very well after his trip. Fie has securetl a
4. Readers must undertake to return books zor.//pncketZ, and in month’s engagement at the “ Alhanllxa,” Cape ’l‘owl~.
the samecondition as received, andmust not inany case turn DE CAS’~’ON reports several offers of el~gageme~~ts.He is h s y ,
down the corners-book-markers cost nothing. Any books returned I understand, at hisnew programme for the coming season.
in a worse codition than sent out, ordinary wear excepted, will be DE GRUCHY, who spent an evening with me recently, is working
liable to a further charge. I
up some novel effects with cards ancl coins, a d is also elaboratiug
5 . To avoid confusio11we propose to open an account on our his ventriloquial sketch. He showed me some original ’ ‘ moves.”
books with all readers and to reltdx a statement monthly-or as Rosco, JUN., has been keeping up his reputation as a conjuror
desired. at various ‘‘ smoking concerts ” and variety shows, ancl has
6. Forwarding I3ooks.-On books valued at less than S/-,postage obtailled a good reputation.
will be charged. B3oks valued at S/-and upwards will be forwarded I had a letter a few days since from Mr. Bert Powell, up-to-date
post free. In all cases books must be rettlrned at the expense of magician. He writes from Lydenburg, Tratlsvaal, in which locality
the reader. he is worthily npholding the prestige of the magician. He is, like
7. A s stated ill rule 2 any balance will be returned at therequest all good coujurors, looking out for ’‘ origillal novelties.”
of the reader, or, on the return of the book, value may be taken The n ~ o l ~ emarket
y here beiug seriously depressed through the
out in Conjuring Apparatus. pro!ongation of the war, and a visitation of the Bubouic Plague,
S. 111 furtherance or Rules 2 and 7, and acting on the suggestions hasnaturally rendered “ sales nowhere, so tospeak, but there
of several customers desirillg to facilitate the purchase of the more has been aconsiderable amountof “ tradiltg ’’ done by “exchange,”
expensive Conjuring Apparatus, we shall be pleased to accept small &C.
instaluents of 5/-and upwards at any time, placing same to the I should like to intimate to allconjurers in this country, orwho
credit of custonler until the total amount received is sufficient to may come here, that I am always glad to receive a call from them,
purchase the apparatus required. N o charge is ?undeJor boohi?rg. or, failing that, to opena correspondence. Any assistance I can
render them
their
at
is disposal. T. HAYES,Magician.
The above Rules apply t o any part of the World. I
[ W e have appointed M r . C. Hayes (Magician) as South
For particulars o f t h e books obtainable, 011 the above lines the reader is Africa?~Corresjomient to MAGIC. MY. Hayes, who has
referred to Mr. Stanyon’s original “ Bibliography of Conjuring >published; ill
18% (a copy ofwllich Illay be had post free for 6 d ) , also t o theBibliograplly~low
ruunillg in these pages.
sn&5orted MAGICfrom the outset, wishes us to state that he
W e undertake to give every facility possible to readers and we hope that does not act in this capacity for a a y other japer, and that
the I,ibrary will have tQe heartyco-operation of all readeriof MAGIC. any statement to the contraryhas been madewithouthis
ELLIS S T A N Y O N & Co. consent. --EDITOR.]
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NEW
As
C A R D TRICKS.
b e i q fiel-fol-lned a t ihe PMm Ihcatre.
UOZJ
Coin, Card, 8 miscellaneous Cricks.
Being the fifth of a series of novel works on Conjuring and
Kindred Arts
B y Prof. E L L X S STANYON. 32. Marvellous V a n i s h for Four Coins.-First time listed,
positively new. An absolutely invisible apparatus, for cansillg the
CHAP. I .-Novel a r d origillnl slci:,.hts, including the new Reverse disappearance of FOUR BORROWED COINS (no duplicates) from
alld C o n t i ~ ~ u Back
o ~ ~ allcl
s Frollt Palm, and the productioll of either hand ; both liands sllown back and front yet coins repro-
tlle Cards one by olte fro111 tlle back of tlle hautl. Ch:~p.I 1.- duced at any moment ; quite practical. Complete, 4/9.
New Tricks,Combinations,&C., &c. Chap. rIr.-A novel
collectiou of 'l'ricks made possible by the new Reverse and 33. T h eD a v e n p o r t Cabinet,-A coin, watclr, orother
continuous back and front palm. I,ondon, 1903. i'aper 24pp. article actually placed i l l drawer of cabinet mysteriouslydisappears
fllustratetlwith llutnerous speciallyprepared blocks. Post and is found ally vhere desired : IMPROVED MAKE, AM, PARTS
free, sf-. 7 5 cts.. EXAMINED. Beautifullynladc a n d finished it1 mahogany; best
N.B.-For ?he I I C W " Risillg" Card 'l'rick (Palace 'l'lleatre) see qualityonly. Complete, 7/9.
" M A G I C ' l for February, 1901. I ~ ~ 5/6 ($1.50).
A I I I ~ LSub. 34. The Rattle Box.-Borrowed coin actually placed in this
No. r.-" NewCoin Tricks " ( FirstSeries).Colltainiug " The box and heard to rattle about ; suddenly disappears and is iound
M i s d s Dreanl " : I S perforlltecl at the Palace 'l'lleatre ( rS99) anywhere desired. Useful in connection with I I I ~ I tricks.
I ~ Com-
Jllustratetl. I'ost free, 3 / - (75 cts. ). plete, 1/9. Superior, 2/9.
No. 2.-"A Bibliograplly of Conjuri~lg." Particulars of 300 works
0 1 1 nlagic.Post free, 7cl. ( 15 cts.) 35. Coin Holder.-Forpalnling a nunher of coinsandto
produce then1 one by olle. 3/9.
No. 3.-" New Coi11 Tricks " (Secontl Series). Illustratecl. Post
free, 3/- (75 cts.). 36. The C a r d Box.-To produce,vanish,change,orrestore
a burntcard.Manyexcellent card tricks cat1I)e dofie with this
No. 4.-'' New Handkercllief Tricks." Illus. Post free, 3/-( 75 cts.). apparatus ; nicely made inmahogmy. Complete, 1/9. Superior,
No. 6.-" New Miscellaneous 'I'ricks." Illus. Post free,3/-( 75 cts.). 49.
No. 7.--" Juggling 'l'ricks.,'-In preparation. Many otherto 37. New P r o d u c t i v e C a r d Drawer.-Two or four selected
follow. cards are produced in the drawer of cahinet O W by one, or in pairs,
Ccmprehensive List of Tricks and Books, free, Id. List of Latest Novelties,2Y~d at thewill of performer. Any part of apparatus givenfor examina-
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76 S O L E N T RD. W E S T H A M P S T E A D , L O N D O N , N . W . I and fitlished in mahogany. Complete, 12/6.
l
EUREKA N.B.-Mauy new and startling trickscan be performed with Nos. 37 and 38
used in conlbination. or either one may be used with telling effect ill combina-
tion with sleight of haud and other card apparatus as Nos.36, 39 40 8~ 41.
39. R o t e r b e r g ' s New C a r d ,Box.-To produce, vallisI1, or
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London, N. 41. Stanyon's New Brass Card Box.-To produce, va11is11,
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IllustratedJournal i n G e r n ~ a nlallgunge of I 42. Bowl of Fire.--Tlle very latest for ITroduction from shawl,
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CARL WILLMANN, Editor, Neue A B C Strasse, Hamburg, Germany. 43. W a n d e r i n g Wine.--Two borrowed hats are placed mouth
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tomouth. O H top of them is placed a glass filled with wine,
which is covered with a paper cylinder open at both ends. Glass
FINE MAGICAL APPARATUS. the11 disappears frow top of hats and is fouticl filled with wine it1
11,LUSIONS. 'l'RICKS, Etc. the lowerhat. Cover shownenlpty. No rubber cover used.
Grand End of Century, fnlly illustrated BOOK Latest wine trick. Complete, 6/6.
CATALOGUE, free by mail for 1 2 stamps.
Catalogue of Parlor Tricks, free. 44. S p i r i t H a n d on Mirror. (Quite~~ew).--The performer
M A R T I N K A c4 CO., M F R S . ,
can cause the appearance of a ghostly hand 011 m y mirror, at any
493 6 1 H AVENUE, N E W Y O R K , U . S . A .
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MODERN
MAGICIANS.
' having had the Great Herrmann, a typical exponent of
the old Continental drawing-room school, performing for
Mr. E. T. SACHS. three years on end at the Egyptian Hall, London. The
influence of this school is perceived in his work on con-
Our last month's portrait of Prof. Hoffman11we follow juring and on it was modelled his personal style.
withone of Mr. E. T. whosework, " Sleight of Probably no amateur has had a more varied practical
Hand," was appearing, oddly enough, in serial formin the experience. In the course of some three years' travels
Exchange CY Mart, at the Same time as " Modern Magic'' in the Dutch Indies, Mr. Sachs found the native chiefs to
was being published elsewhere. be verypartialtomagic so he
The two works have since held sent home for a small selection
the field sidebysideformore of apparatus,andwithits aid
than a quarter of a century, and beguiled both whites and natives
only last year a new edition of as they never had been before.
" Sleight of Hand was called
) )
In Java he gave over a hundred
for. The book has brought. the performancesin Dutch andMalay
author communications literally tongues, usually mixed, like the
from allcorners of theearth, audiences, finishing up by filling
chiefly from professionals, who the large theatre in Surabaya.
first learned to walk through its The nativemagicianhas no
pages. The programme of an
American conjurer
who
per-
formed attheLondonHallsa
.
!
\ place in these parts, not
Chineseconjurerbeing
althoughtherearehundreds
even a
seen,
of
few years since was made up thousands of Chinamen inthe
from " Sleight of Hand, ,) and DutchIndies. I n India
they
the work h.as no greater admirer are plentiful and some aremet
than Harry Kellar, the finished with inBurma. One and all were
American magician, whose testi- fouud by Mr. Sachs to be very
monial is published in the intro- commonplace though he heardof
duction. On occasions whencon- others who were said to be other-
jurers, professional and amateur, 1 wise-but he never succeeded in
foregather,it is no uncommon finding any of these.
experience with Mr. Sachs to be By profession journalist,
a
warmlygreeted by astranger, Mr.Sachshas been formany
gladtomeet theauthorand years on the staff of the FieZd.
thank himfor having taughthim I n early life a successful athlete,
profes-
lucrativeand
a pleasant largely was he instrumental
in
sion which, moreover, is pursued introducing the beautifulgame
attheexpense of noone, but of Lacrosse into the
United
rather to the benefit of the MR. E. T. SACHS. Kinzdom.andhehaswritten
 74 MAGIC. JUNE, 1901.
MAGIC. but as black thread is absolutely invisible on anything
like a dark background this part of the operation escapes
PUBLISHED ON THEFIRST OF EVERYMONTH. the audience. The ascentanddescent of the ballis
Proprietors,ELLISSTANYON 6; Co. Editor, ELLIS STANYON. regulated by a movement of the head, which owing to
the position of the thread need be but slight to cause a
Ofice : 76, Solent Road, West Hampstead, London, N.W. very perceptible movement to the ball. Then again the
movement of the head is made in unison with that of the
right hand, thus, if perceived at all, it will appear quite
natural. The use of the plate is not absolutely necessary
but makes the trick muchmoremysterious ; it at the
same time strengthens the belief that the right hand is
Lessons in f’nagie the attractive power-why ? well, simply because its use
by the performer to show there is no connection with the
by Prof. ELLIS STANYON, righthand is sufficient toinduce the bulk of the
spectators to think otherwise. This is 1-/tis-direction,upon
Az~thorof “Conjuringfo? Amateurs,” which the success of any trick depends : it should there-
‘ ‘ Conjuring with Cards,’’ ‘ New Coin fore receive due attention.
- . - _. .- __
Tricks,” New Card Tricks,” &c. Materialization of a LIVING Tree on a Sheet of Glass.
Provide a wooden frame 36 in. square, with four I I in.
feet. The frame is to contain a sheet of strong plateglass
screwed in. Also providealargeordinary flower pot
Continued from page 66.
filled with mould, also a brass tripod large enough to cover
The Floating Paper BaI1.---This is a trick of a novel thetree you wish tomaterialize. A largeblackcloth
kindhavingfor its effect the suspension of aball of about 3 yards square is also rcquired to cover the tripod.
tissue paper in mid-air without visible means of support. The, flower pot is placed in the centre of the glass, and
The performershowsanordinarysheet,orrathera the tripod placed over the pot. Your attendant, wearing
half sheet, of tissue paper which he forthwith proceeds a frock coat and with the tree on his back, comes on the
to shape into a ball of about 4in. diameter. No sooner the stage, gradually, and sideways, hesitatingly awaiting
is the ball completed than it is seen to remain suspended instrwtions.He comes on presumablyto bring you
in the air, theperformer passing hishands all around and the piece of cloth.
aboutit,proving,thatthereare no connections, but To work the trick take the cloth from the attendant and
more is to follow. The performer holds the right hand illustrate its use by covering the tripod, then throw it
some 6in. above the ball, then slowly raising or lowering over your attendant’s shoulder for him to hold while you
thehand causes the ball to ascend or descend, it rearratzge the trz2od. When taking it again take the tree
seemingly, being attracted, in some mysterious way, by with it and stick it in themould under cover of the cloth,
the flngers, whose every movement it follows. The per- yourattendanthelping you. Thetree will be spiked
former,
meanwhile, passes
disengaged hand above, ready for use, and its branches tied to the stem that it
below, and all around the ball. may occupy as little space as possible while it is on the
The performer nextintroduces anunpreparedtea back of your attendant.
Aknife,
alreadyattached
plate which he holds, with the left hand, underneath the to the tree will enable you to quickly release the tied-up
ball. This donehebrings therighthandunderneath branches, when they will fall and make a large display.
the plate and the moment he does so the ball rises in the This illusion was witnessed by me some years agoat the hands of Mons.
Cazmaq ou the stage of the Royal Aquarium.
air, moving up and down in accordance with the move- I
ment of the hand OW the ojposite side of the plate. The The Coin Slide.-This piece of apparatus is designed
plate and the right hand are next brought over the ball, to enable the performer to secretly obtain possession of a
when,by alternately raising and lowering the right hand coin. I t is ~enerallvmade to contain some eight or nine
the ball is caused to repeat its mysterious movements. . v
coins and is worn in the sleeve or under the
The secret, as in most of the best tricks, is simplicity vest as occasion maydemand. The flat
itself, the whole of the effects described arebrought tubeisonlywideenoughtocontainthe
about by the use of a black silk thread. Eh ! yes, it’s a thickness of one coin, consequentlythe coins
‘ chestnut,’ but its roasted this time. Well ! one end of
must stand edge to edge one on top of the
the thread, about 4ft. long, is attached with a pellet of other. The clip atthe end of thetube
wax, or a tin tack, to the back of the performer’s head, keeps the bottom coin from fallinguntil
the opposite end is fixed, temporarily, in a similar man- pressure be applied, when the stud (see fig.
ner to his left shoulder. When ready tointroducethe 2 0 ) enterstheside of the tube, retaining
trick the performer picks up the sheet of paper, which the bulk of the coins, but allowing the bot-
should be placed in readiness over the back of a chair, tom one to fall into the hand. The appar-
and while apparently moving the chair a little out of his atus is placed in position for securing the
way, secretly attaches the end of the thread, previously second coin by the simple actionof releasing
removedfrom the shoulder,totheback of the -chair, the clip. The slide is attached to the cloth-
completing the arrangements. ing by the two hooks at the upper end. It
Turning his right side to the audience, the chair stand- is of some service in the coin catching act, as
ing in a direct line with his body, the performer walks its use enables the performer to occasionally
backwards until the thread is almost taut. He then pro- show the hand empty.
ceeds to fashion the ball, around the thread of course,
Fig. 20. ( T o be continued).
 JUNE,- 1901.
- MAGIC. 75

NEW SPIRIT-WRITING TRICK. simplyhands No. 2 to be examined.Should,however,

the choice falls on the right hand envelope he makes a
By Pyufessor Hu#mann. quick turn to the left, and in so doing “ changes ” the
two envelopes (this is the ordinary bottom change, with-
This is a trick of pure sleight-of-hand, and, well exe- out the pack), thereby transferring the blank to the left
cuted produces a surprising effect, and the only require- hand, and the written card to the right, for production
ments are apack of ordinary playing cards, a pack of plain in due course.
white cards of about the same size, a packet of envelopes,
andacouple of lead pencils,eachsharpenedtoa
point, so that a fragment can be readily broken off. On
fine Elfplanator9 Programmes.
the underside of the uppermost of the plaincardsis
written in pencil the name of a card, say the knave of CHINK0 (TheClever Boy Juggler).
hearts. PROGRAMME, HIPPODROME, SEPT. 14% 1900.
Advancingwith the plain pack to the audience, the
performershewscasually that they are blank on both A combination of movements in throwing and balanc-
sides, and invites a spectator to draw one. This he takes ing a Silk Hat ; balancing Hat on Umbrella and trick
back in his right hand, and after shewing unmistakeably movements with umbrella (closed) ; throwing the Hat,
that it hasno mark on either side, changes it by the sleight umbrella(closed)andball of paper,catchinghat on
familiar to every conjurer, for the top card, and throws head, then lifting hat from rear, and catching paper under
this latter, written side downwards, on a chair or table. hat ; throwing a small table, hat, and umbrella (open) ;
He now asks a spectator to choose one of the envelopes, spins a basin on billiard cue (right hand), and throws a
and places the card within it, first, however, again shewing pailandaplate (left hand) ; throwsa white top hat,
it on both sides. To do this, he picks it up between the umbrella,andtravellingbag ; throwsthreeteaplates
first and second fingers of the right hand, and holds it (inner, outer, and shower), nose movement, and three in
up perpendicularly with the unwritten side towards the onehand ; Indian clubs,firstthrowsandmanipulates
spectators, at the sametimepassing the thumb to the two, then kicks up a third, and throws the three (shower
front below the second finger. He now lowers the card as andbackmovements) ; throwingballs (a small size),
thoughtoshowtheoppositeside,but atthe same showers five, andthrows e&&, fourineachhand,the
moment, by a quick impulsion from the thumb, causes eight balls however are treated as four only two being’
it to describe a semi-revolution on its shorter axis-the handled at onetime(ordinarymovement) ; throwing
effect of this sleight is that the same side is again shown. fourteaplatestwoeachhand,concludingwith the
Having thus proved (?)that the card is free from guile, Boomerang Plates. The performancewasgivenin the
he places it in the envelope with a fragment of lead pen- arena, eminently suited to this latter act, which was well
cil, and sticks down the flap. done and produced loud applause.
H e now has a second blank card drawn, and placed in See ‘‘ NewJuggZing Ivicks,” No. 7 serial.
an envelope with a fragment of pencil in a like manner.
This we will call No. 2 , the firstbeing No. I. Leaving the
two closed envelopes in full view, he takes up the pack , , SOUTH AFRICAN NOTES.
of playing cards, and forces the knave of hearts, leavingit Bert Powell, the Military Mystic is still at Lydenberg,
in the possession of the holder. Transvaal. He reports Conjuring as highly appreciated
The trick is now practically done, but a further little in those parts and is arrangingsome “ eye openers.”
piece of sleight-of-hand is used to bring it to a brilliant Hayes,,De Caston and De Greechy are running their
conclusion. “ LadiesandGentlemen,”says the per- ‘‘ triple alliance ” of Conjuring, Ventriloquism and Jug-
former, “ we have here two envelopes, each containing gling,with success. The showhas beenwell received
a blankcard. A card has been freelychosenfrom the and is well spoken of.
pack, and still remains in the hands of the gentleman Bosco, jnr., is still here.
whodrew it. No one but himself knowswhat it is. I Vox, the Conjuror,and Moris, Conjuror and Chain-
will now ask the spirits to write its name on one of the breaker, arealso incapetown but arenot showing just now.
blank cards, which of them you shall choose for yourselves. Prof.Albert,ConjurorandVentriloquist.isfilling
Which do you say, this, or this. This one? Very good. engagement attheAlhambra, Capetown.Bradlaugh,
Will some gentleman kindly take the rejected one, open the American Humorist, is drawing well in his turn at
it, and see that there is no deception? Meanwhile, I will the Alhambra.
ask your indulgence for a few moments while the spirits
do their work. . . . That will be long enough, I think, South Ajyica, May 8th. T.-HAYES, Magician.
I heard them writing, but they seem to have leftoff now.
Will some one open the envelope,and you sir, please OBITUARY.
hold upthe cardyoudrew. Do you find anything
written? What is it ? The knave of hearts? The spirits We muchregret tohavetoannouncethedeath of
are correct for you see the card selected was the knave Mr. Alexander Ross, better known to the conjuring world
of hearts.” as Ross Conyears,Wizard of the Drawing-room,who
When giving the choice between the two envelopes, died on Saturday morning, May z5th, from pneumonia,
the performerholdsthem out beforehim, No. 2 (the after but a few daysillness. Mr. Ross made many friends
blank) in the right hand, between the first and second in Magic, his kindly and unassuming nature at all times
fingers.And No. I (the genuine)intheleft,between winning for him the esteemof all with whom he came in
the first finger and thumb. Should No. I be chosen, he contact.
 76 MAGIC. JUNE, 1901.

Biographg of Prof. enderson. A Necromancer of the XVIII Century..

(THE ORIGINAL “WIZARD OF THE NORTH.”) BY HENRYRIDGELYEVANS.
Author of Hours with the Ghosts,” &C., &c.
‘Sketchesfrom his Note Book, Anecdotes, lucidents, etc.
(Continned f r o m page 69.)
(Continuedf r o m page 68).
Having arrived at San Francisco, Mr.
Anderson L After makinghis prophecy about the Bastile, Cagliostro
succeeded in making a very successful and satisfactory departed for his old vantage. ground, the Continent. He
engagement, in course of which he visited the whole of was unable to impress the hard-headed, practical English
the mining district. people with his claims to occultpowers. The Freemasons
After continuing in California for a period of upwards repudiated him with scorn, and there is a rare old print,
of seven months, Mr Anderson sailed from San Francisco much valued by collectors, which depicts the unmasking
for New York, where he arrived on 2 1st of May, 1860. of the famous magician at.one of the London lodges.
Soon after his arrival, the Presidential election occured ; The police authorities had by this time become fullycog-
andthetremendousexcitement consequent uponthat nizant of Cagliostro’s impostures. He was forbidden to
eventhada most disastrous effect onthe business ol
those
whocatered for the public amusement. The
Professor felt this in several of the engagements whichhe
made in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and
Washington ; although in many instances he was wel-
comed by enthusiastic crowds, who were attracted by his
world-wide fame. It may be mentioned as an interesing
fact that, while in Washington, he was present at the
opening of thelastcongress of the administration of
James Buchanan, who, at a dinner some time previously,
had bostingly said, I will be the last President of the
United States.” While in the States, too, the Professor
clearly saw the great cloud of disaster which was over-
hanging the country, and which burst upon it with such
terrible effect. Before civil war was imminent, and before
the note of secession was struck by South Carolina,
Mr. Anderson had completed his arrangement for making
a tour of the Southern States, from Richmond to New
Orleans ; but the aspect of affairs had become so compli-
cated,thatit wasmanifestlyunsafeto carryoutthe
scheme ; and therefore he was compelled to put up with
the loss of all the money he had already expended on his
projected tour.
Returning again to the Northern States, he remained
there for the next two years, hoping always that the war
would end, and that thus he would be at liberty to carry
out his original intention ; but instead of this, the feud
between the partiesincreased daily and hourly inviolence.
Whatwiththeamounthe hadexpended on the pre-
parations for his visit to the South, from which there was
no return, and the bad state of business in the North,
Mr. Andersonlostthewhole of the moneys hehad
earned in AustraliaandCalifornia,andfoundhimself
once more reduced to the necessity of beginningthe Engraving of Cagliostro, published in 1791.
world afresh. practise his peculiar system of medicine and Masonry in
There being no reasonable prospect of retrieving his Austria,Germany,Russia, andSpain.Drawnlikea
affairs in America, he resolved toreturn to England, needle to theloadstone rock, hewenttoRome.This
which he did ; and re-commenced his professional career was in 1791. He was arrested by the Holy Inquisition
inLiverpool,on the11th of January, 1863, afteran mdcondemnedto death as a sorcererandFreemason,
absent from GreatBritain of nearly five years. During )utPope Pius VI. commutedthepunishment tolife-
this time, the Professor had travelled round the world, mprisonment in the gloomy castle of San Leon, Urbino.
and o ~ e ar space of no less than 235,000 miles, and had Kere inasubterraneousdungeonhefrettedawayhis
passed through his hands the enormous sumof ,&157,ooo ife in silence and darkness, until the year 1795,when he
sterling. lied. A French inspector of ’Italian prisons, who visited
But the character of Professor Anderson possesses one he fortress of San Leon, March 6th, 1795,reported that
feature more interesting, and which will more commend le saw a sentence with autograph written by Cagliostro
him to the estimation of the general public than even his lpon the dungeon wall. Cagliostro’s wife died in a con-
unquestioned magical abilities. rent, sincerely repentant of her sins.
( 20 be Continued) ( To be continued).
 MAGIC. 77
A BIBLIOGRAPHY of CONJURING. Bertram, Charles. Is’ntit wonderful. A History of
Magic and Mystery. Tricks
and Reminiscences.
Com#iZed wifh notes by EZZis Sfanyon. London, 1896. Cloth,4to., 301 pp,, Illustrated.
Ab& assisfed by MY. Arfhw Margery. -
A chat with Mr. Chas.Bertram. New Penny Mag-
azine,Xmas. No. 1899. pp. 48 1’7. Illustratedwith
seven photos.
Continned from page 69. -Are Indian Jugglers Humbugs. Strand, Dec., 1899.
pp. 657-644, Illustrated.
Barrett, T. S., F.S.S. ‘( Magic Squares and how to make Bertrand,Victor.LesSilhouettesAnimees a la Main.
them )’ from (‘Recreations in Mathematics ” by Jacques Avec 65 Figures de Pose, et 17 Patrons d’accessories.
Ozanam and Jean Etienne Montucla. Translated from Paris, 1893. Paper,4to., 2 0 0 pp.
,the French into Englishby Chas. Hutton, LLD, E‘.R.S. (The most complete work on Hand Shadows).
A new and revised edition with additions by T. S. Bar- Besant, W. Herr Paulus ; His Rise, His Greatness, His
rett, F.S.S., Berkhamsted, 1894. Cloth, ~ v o . ,32 pp., Fall.Anti-Spiritualistic, New York.Paper, 342 pp.
Illustrated. Bishop, Washington Irving. Houdin and Hellers Second
This work contains 34 figures of magic squares, and is devoted Sight.Edinburgh, 1880. Paper ~ v o . ,78 pp.,Rare.
only to this subject. Caatains some excellent Conj uring Tricks, apparentlyaccom-
Barter, J. A Wonderful Memory and how to acquire it. plished by Second Sight, The tricks are very cleverly arranged
London, 1890. Paper, ~ v o . 30 , pp. and do not appear in any other books on conjuring.
-How to Hypnotise, 32 pp. Uniform with the above. Blair, S. H. The Feats of a Lightning Calculator (Mr.
-How to become Ventriloquist.
a London, 1997. Sol. Stone). Penny Pictorial Magazine, N.D., pp. 84-
Uniform with the above. 86, Illustrated.
Three books of great interest to Conjurers. Blitz,Antonio. Fifty yearsin the Magic Circle, Being
Bartlett, J. Second Sight. New York, 1896. Scientific an account of the Author’s professional life, his won-
AmericanSupplement. Vol. XLII., pp. 17, 477-8. derfultricksandfeats,withlaughableincidentsand
Bayley, R. Child. Magic Lanterns, Modern. AGuide adventures as a Magician and Ventriloquist by. A. B.
to the Management of the Optical Lantern, for the use Hartford, Conn., 187I. Cloth, large ~ v o .with , Author’s
of Entertainers,Lecturers, Photographers,Teachers, portraitonsteel. 432 pp.,Illustrated.Veryscarce
andothers.
London, 1896. Paper, ~ v o . ,104 pp. and interesting.
Illustrated. Borlase, J. S. TheKing of the Conjurers.London,
Beaumont, John. A Historical, Physiological, and Theo- 1877. Clothand gilt, 8vo. 324 pp. Frontispiece.
logical Treatiseon Spirits, Apparitions, Witchcrafts, and Illustrated.
other Magical Practices, with accounts of Genii, Divin- This book is written in the form of a romance around facts in
ations,etc.,London, 1705. Calf, ~ v o . ,400 pp.,front- the life of Houdin and his assistant, and describes his perform-
ances in Paris and Algeria.
ispiece. Bowdoin, W. G.PlayingCards of allNations.Metro-
Beckmann,John. A History of Inventionsand Discov- politan, N.Y., Nov. 1899.
eries by Public Professor of the University of Goettin- Boyd, Mrs., A. S. IndianJugglers. Blackwood’s Mag-
gen. Translated from the Germanby William Johnston. azine, Dec., 1900, Vol. 166, p. 834.
Second Edition.London, 1814. Calf, large ~ v o . 4, Boys’Book of Pastime (The) or Fun for the Holidays
volumes. 2,050 pp. Scarce. andRecreationsforEvenings at Home. Containing
Somewhat in the style of an Encyclopaedia, contains valuable
and rare articles on Jugglers, Lotteries, Metals, Book Censors, every variety of practical puzzles, card tricks, enigmas,
Dresses, etc., etc. scientificrecreations,&C., &c. London, 1861, Boards,
Bellew, Clara. The Merry Circle. A book of new, ~ v o . ,120 pp., Illustrated.
graceful, and intellectual games and amusements. Lon- Boys of England Conjuring Book. bondon, N.D., paper
don, N.D., ? 1871. Cloth, ~ v o . ,282 pp.,Illustrated. 32pp., Illustrated.
Contains no mention of conjuring,beingsolelydevotedto Boys’ .OwnConjuring Book (The). Beingacomplete
gamesfortheparlour, &c. I t belongs t o andmatchesthe
‘‘ Secret Out ” Series. handbook of Parlour Magic, and containing over one
Bellew, Frank.TheArt of Amusing. A collection of thousand optical, chemical, .and magical experiments,
G a m a , Tricks, Puzzles, and Charades. London, 1870. sleights and subtleties, card deceptions, puzzles, &C.,
Cloth,WO., ,299 pp. 2 0 0 Illustrations.Rare. &c. NewYork, 1860, Cloth, Svo., 384 pp.,front-
Benjamin, M. Modern Magic and its explanations. ispiece, illustrated.
New York, Chautauquan, Sept., 1890.Vol. XI., Boys’ Own Paper Office. Indoor games and recreations.
A popular encyclopaedia for boys. Cloth and gilt, illus-
P. 731-736- trated. A voluminousworkonall kinds of indoor
This is a compilation, Chess player Ajeeb, Altar Fires of the
Ancients, Fire Trials, Ventriloquism, Optlcal Illusions, Mirrors amusements.
*in cabinets and suspensions. Boys’ Own Treasurery of Sports and’ Pastimes by Rev.
Benzon, A. Expos6 of the Back and Front Card Palm, J. G . Wood, J. H. Pepper, Bennett. Miller, and others.
with 30 illustrations.SundayExaminer Magazine. London, 1866. ClothandGilt,WO., 626 pp.,up-
San Francisco, April Ist, I goo. wards of 400 illustrations.
-How to become aCardManipulator. Illustrated This is a varied collectfon of sports, games, amusements, and
with IO Photos. “ The Bulletin,’’ SanFrancisco, pastimes, including conjuring and scientific amusements.
July 22nd, 1900. Braceland, Professor.
ParlourAmusements, or the
Berkeley & T. B. Rowland.Card Tricksand Puzzles. whole art of Natural Magic laid open and ‘explained.
London, 1894. Cloth, ~ v o . ,120 pp.,Illustrated. Philadelphia, 1889. Paper ~ v o . 96pp. ,
Bertino.Mystical NoveltiesUp-to-Date. Manchester The top line on the leaves reads“ Hocus Pocus.”
(about 1895). Paper,avo., 15 pp. Rare. ( To be continued).
 .78 MAGIC. JUNE, 1901.
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I t contains the latest tricks. Zealons Magicians readMAGIC. TheTheatre “ Robert-Houdin, Paris,willshortly be rebuilt,
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 JUNE, xgor. MAGIC. 79
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Mr. H. J, BURLINGAME.. .
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WE p
resent to our'readers this month the iuteresting
features
was one of the first American, conjurers to give perform-
of Mr. H. J. Burlingame of Chicago, senior ances in Europe, having during
member of the old and well-known firm of Chas. givenmanyperformances
the years 1873 to 1'879
throuchHolland.Germany, .~
I,. Burlingame & Co., o f , and:Switzerland.
Chicago, manufacturers of In his book " A r o u d t h e
Conjuring.Apparatusand World with a Magician and
Illusious. As the recog- a Juggler,'' hetells the story
nised leading American of the life of Baron Hartwig
Autlior of works o i conjur- S:enlan, also of D'Alvini
ing he is justly entitled .to (Peppercorn). His book
the position accorded him ' ' Hernnann.the Magi-
in this, the first Volume of ,cian,>"is full of goodstories
MAGIC, i.e., following in concerning Carl and Alex-
turn Professor Hoffnlann ander. H e has,also some-'
and Mr. E. 'F. Saclls, thing to say of Cazeneuve,
English Authors holding a ,Kellar. Robert Houdin, etc.
similar.position in the eyes 'One of his, nlost, entertain-,
of the nlngical fraternity. ., ing books is l ' Leaves from
Mr.. Burlingame wasborn Conjurer's 'Scrap Books,"
in Manitowec, Wis., June In his " 7'rick.s it?Magic ' '
14tl1, 1852, hisfather ant1 3 vols., will be forrnd a
motherbeinganlong the nmss of information of great
earliest settlers of Chicago. value to conjurers.
AfterJiving in Wisconsin During tllir.ty years of an
for some time they returned activecareerMr. Bmlin-
to Chicago. Whenhe was gamehasentertainedand
abouttwenty Burlingalhe illstructetl
artisalls,
mer-
went to Rotterdam,Hol- chants, statesmen, senators,
land, and entered the com- jltdges of the Supreme
mercial business, subse- Ikmch. and, nlen~bers of
quently travelliug through Royal Families. Descended
Germany and Switzerland, from the 012 Butterfield and
on foot, as correspondent Lamb families of London,
forAmerican Pspers.' H e and closely related tothe,
remained abroad for a nunl- renowned ecclekiastic PPre
ber of years,livingfor a Hyacinthe Leysol:, Mr.
time withhisuncle, P2re Burlingame, years ago, en
Hyacinthe,and becoming joyed exceptiollalfacilities
intimately associated with in obtainingthat knowledge
many old timemagicians, - . .I 'so necessary in adopting a
particularly the Basch and career as an .exponent of
Bamberg families of Ger- MR. H. J. BURLINGAME. the Mystic Art.
 82 MAGIC. JULY, 1901.

andshell aretogether,as one, in thelefthand. You

now actually take the ball in the right hand, palming the
shell in the left hand, which drops it into profonde while
by Prof. ELLIS STANYON, all eyes are centred on the visible ball. The ball is now
finally vanished by that exceedingly deceptive and subtle
vanish as given for the first time in (‘ New Miscellaneous
Tricks ” by Ellis Stanyon.

THE FAIRY FLOWERS & CHARMED

CARD.
Continuedfrom page 74.
BY RUPERTDE VERE.
A Billiard Ball Combination.-For this combination
you will require three solid balls I B i n . diameter, also For the purpose of this experiment you obtaitl a small
one half shell in thin spun brass,which shell will exactly boquet. Round the stem of the boquet twine a piece of
cover half of either of the balls. colored ribbon and to olle of the ends of the ribbon sew
Preparation.-One ball with shell inright handtrousers a small clip. Now take a card-say the Knave of Hearts
pocket, one ball in left breast pocket (inside coat), one -and, after marking it witha pencil, insert it into the clip.
ball under left arm. You next take a piece of newspaper and fashion it into
Ma?tz~uZatioIc.-Produce the ball from left armpit and a cone. Insidethis cone (which we will call cone A)
with it execute a number of passes ( a dozen is a good you must carefully place the flowers and card. Fold over
number), see L Conjuring for Amateurs ” also (‘New the top of the cone and place it in a box nearly full of
Miscellaneous Tricks ” by Ellis Stanyon. paperclippings of different colors. Having secured a
MuZ@Zicafio?z.- gentleman to assist you from theaudience you take
I. Vanish the ball by seeming to place it in the left another piece of paperand after showing it to be free
hand, really palming it in right hand and producing it a from preparation you fashion it into another cone which
moment later from right hand trousers pocket wifh cap. we will call cone B. Now fill ? cone Bwithclippings
2. Multiply totwo balls. frombox. To dothis you takethe cone intheright
3. Back to one ball, and produce the one :from breast hand, then tilting it mouth downward into the box you
pocket. pretend to push with the left hand the clippings into the
4. Multiply to three balls. cone. Under cover of this movement you will find that
5 . Back to two balls, andprodzue theone from trousers youcan easily introduce cone A into cone B secretly,
pocket. afterwards placing a few clippings on top of cone A , so
6 . Multiply to four balls, which arrange in left hand. that cone B will appear to be full of paper. Come for-
Dim in ishiwg . ward with the cone and show it to be full? of cuttings,
I. Apparently throw one ball to audience for examin- then fold over the top and give it to a gentleman to hold.
ation, really pushing one into half shell. Now force a duplicate Knave of Hearts on a lady, and
2. Toss one of the remaining balls in the air several giving her a pencil ask her to mark the card so that she
times, saying, ( ’ I will vanish one into thin air,” under will know it again. When she returns the card to you,
cover of which drop the one out of shell into profonde. you change it for a third Knave of Hearts,which card
You now appear to overllear a relnark to the effect that must be marked in exactly the same manner as the card
you have put one in your pocket. You appear snrprised in the cone, You show this card to gentleman who takes
and replacing ball i l l left Iland, explain. You try agait~, it to be the same card as the lady marked. Y o n now vauish
and this time you dispose of the ball into the now empty the card and 011 teavirzg ope11 the cone the clippings are
shell. found to have charlged to a boquet of flowers attached to
Pass right hand over t!~etwo balls in left hand, secretly which is the chosen card. Take the card from clip and
fiahzing one out of shell, and say, “ See ! I will just mes- show to gentleman, who seeing the mark takes it to be
merize these two, the11 give them a push, and one goes the same card as lady selected. Thenchange card for
up my sleeve” (really into shell) “ that ’S the way the the chosen card which you will remember is on top of
sleeve isactually employed inconjuring.”The ball pack, and give it to lady to identify. Now present her
palmed in right hand isnow produced from left elbow or with the flowers.
elsewhere. This latter combination of sleightsisquite My readers will notice thatthe above trickcan be
new and I can recommend it for effect ; it, in fact, makes varied to a great extent. If instead of using newspaper
this set of balls indispensable to the magician. for the cones you use paper of a very strong kind you
3. Pass the ball now in the right hand through the can use a dove instead of flowers. The effect of the
left knee, simply palming it and producing it at the back dove flying from the cone when you tear it in half is very
of the knee-this movement is made solely for the pur- good. The ribbon andcard would be attached to the
pose of giving cover to the action of dropping the ball neck of the dove. Again you can use the torn card
ont of shell intoprofonde. dodgeandinstead of havingthe card marked,simply
4. T h e solid ball (returned to left hand) is passed into retaina piece as in the old way, the remaining pieces
shell under cover of seeming to take it in the right hand beingvanished by means of the pistol. In thislatter
from which it apparently disappears 2 moment later. way plenty of full ruaybe obtained by pretendingto
N.B.-Before causing the disappearance of the last ball shoot assistant, etc. Always destroy the remains of cone
you dispose of the shell in the following manner,-Ball , after performance.
 JULY, 1901. MAGIC. 83

TO FORCE A CARD (Novel Method). branches of which he fixes six thin pieces of wood cut in
the shape of birds ; balances tree on forehead, then places
A NEW USE FOR AN OLD DEVICE. a pea-shooter in his mouth into which he makes a show
of loading several small balls ; blows through mouthpiece,
By F. Edward Cook. a bird falling at every shot.
The following will be found an effective and unfailing Bearded performer now comes on assisted by a young
method of forcing a card, lad. Assistance beingasked from audieucetwogentle-
Bring the card you desire to force to the top of the men ascend platform ; performer hatlds assistant No. I
pack, palm it off, and requestaspectator to shuffle a ring asking him “ Gold or silver ? ” getting the answer
the,pack thoroughly. After this has been done, replace “ Silver.” Performer now rolls up the ring inside s111al1
the card on the top. Hold the cards up so that all can handkerchief,giving itto No. I to hold. Proceeds in
see that .you do not in any way tamper with them, and same manner with assistant No. 2 ; he then says, “ Me
invite someone to select a number, say between I and 20. make ring go. You saree, you 110 saree it gone.” No. I
We will suppose that 15 isthenumber chosen. Com- now unrollshandkerchief and finds ring has vanished,
mencing with the top card (which it will be remembered while No. 2 on examining his handkerchief finds both
is the one to be forced) deal 15 cards face downwards rit~gstogether.
upon the table. As you near the selected number it will Old grey whiskered performer co~neson with a large
be well to count more rapidly, and in a less audible voice, ape which throwsseveral back somersaults,concluding
so as not to drawtoo nmch attention t p the fact that you by lifting a large stone over its head.
deal theexact 15 cards. As youthrow down the last To the sound of the tom-tom and a strange looking
card, suddenly assume an offended air, and remark, “ I pipe two other performers come forward with two large
fancy I overheard someone suggest that I am “ deaiing snakes which they proceed to wind round their bodies.
seconds,”really that is too bad. Perhaps,afterall, it Replace snakesin small hamper. At this moment a
will be more satisfactory if some gentleman will kindly third performer comes suddenly 011 to the stage dressed
count the cards.” Saying which, you hastily gather up in close-fitting white suit alld turban, making show of
the cards lying upon the table and replace then1 on the fight. ‘ You 110 fight here,” exclaims one of the others,
top of the pack. Now handthe cards to aspectator, I‘ we tie you up and put you in basket.” They now tie
with the request that he will count off and retain the his hands also. his feet and put him into a net the mouth
fifteenthcard.As the topcard was the undermost of of which theytieroundhis neck H e is now bundled
fifteen cards lying upon tlle table, it is evident that it into a basket and covered over with a large cloth. In a
now stands at that number in the pack, so you need not few seconds the net and turban are thrown from beneath
fear that you will fail in “ forcing ” the card. The fact the cover, and the cloth suddenly sinks a little. One of
that the cards have been counted by one of the audience the performersspeaksintobasket’anda voice replies
will certainlyadd to the final effect of whatevertrick frombehindstage. He jumpsintobasket,but finds it
you may be performing. empty. He next draws cloth off basket and covers door
N.B.-By adopting the following ruse the “Palm” is u1111eceSary
leading on to stage with it. The cloth now shakes as if
and the pack may be shuffled freely at the outset. a person were entering below it andisquickly drawl1
The performer would receive the shuffled pack in tile left hand, away and throw11 over basket. A voice is IIOW heard in
back uppernlost ; then when pulling up the right sleeve, with the basketand on liftingthe cover the performer is seen
hand containing the cards, he, with the thumb, pushes the top wedged tightly in mouth of basket.
card slightly off the pack. The placing of the hand 011 the upper-
most sideof the arm when hitchillg back the sleeve necessitates the This trick is well worked, tlle manipulationof the cloth
pack being reversed,when the index pip mayberead. The left by the performer when he brings it from door to basket
sleeve should next be hitched back 8 trifle in a11 exactly similar being very smart.
manner, when the trick would proceed as described.-EDIToR. The basket is a flat-bottomed one, egg shaped, with a
small opening 011 top which gives the idea of very small
capacity. When performer jumps into basket the occu-
pant has had time to arrange himself into a sort of frog
egplanatorg Programmes. posture at left side of basket.
N. B.-Does not the conjurer
arrange
his body
Entertainment given by HOOSANMIA GUREVA
and Troup (Indian around the wide bottom of the basket and close to its
Conjurers) at the sides. --ED.
GLASGOW I N T E R N A T I O N A L Particulars kind& sent by Mr. ]a vtes Catnerou, Gdasgow.
E X H I B I T I O N , M A Y 23rd, rgor.

T E R P O R M E R S , seven in number, introduce themselves, The Office of MAGIC is open a t ally time, by appoint-
then five retire Ieaving two only on platform. The ment, to those who would care for a chat with the Editor
one takes up a sitting position and proceeds to beat a re Conjuring and allied Arts. All are cordially invited.
tom-tom (small drum) to the sound of which the other
begins to juggle. Performer spins a top which he gets NOB.-A linefrom you withalittlenews, also a
on finger after which he places it on end of thin rod then miscellaneous orother advertisement (especially pro-
balances the whole on chin ; spins top again, this time fessional card) per return in time for the next issue is
having top spinning at an angle on end.of cane. Juggles respectfully solicited ; as is also anAnnual Subscrip-
three large broad bladed knives. Shows small tree to the tion-of 5 / 6 .
 84 M.AG I C. JULY, 1901.

Biogr,aphg of
, Prof. ,enderson. ProfessorAndersonwas a member of the Scottish
Society of Boston. During his stay in Boston, the funds
Condzrdedf r o m pnge 76. of the above Society (the object of which was to assist dis-
tressed Scotchmen and their families) became perfectly
. Not only was he the greatest traveller and magician of
exhausted, the knowledge of whichreachedProfessor
modern times, but, O N looking over 'Eiis " Note Book," Anderson ; he set to work to organise an Entertainment,
v e find thathecontributedprobably more thanany the result of which was 500 dollars, or ;GIOO. This sum
other public man to tlle charities of all parts of the globe. was invested in stocks, and formed a branch of the above
As an acktlowledgemeIlt of his princely donations to these fund, and was called the Andersonian h n d .
institutions, 1le wss e?lrolled a s a life governor of the hos- Professor Anderson was also a member of the Thistle
pitals of Edinburgh, Perth, Glasgow, Manchester, Dublin, Society in NewYork, the object of which was to assist dis-
I M f a s t , B i r ~ ~ ~ i n g iand
~ a nSheffield.
~,
He has give11 in G R b A T BRI'I'AIN- A S. d. tressed Scotchmen in New York.
An entertainmentgivenbyhim atthe Academy of
T o thePatriotic Ft111d inBirmingham - 49 0 0 Music raised the sum of 900 dollars; or L180.
DO. Do. Manchester , 73 0 0 On Christmas Day, 1851, he distributed amongst 1,000
DO. Do. Glasgow - 51 0 0
of the poor of New York I ,000 pounds of beef and I . o m
To the Pnh!ic Cllarities of Birn~inghanl - IO8 ' 0 0
loaves, which cost A75.
Do. DO. Edinburgh I39 0 0 I N S A N FKANCISCO (CALIFORNIA) 1-
One Week's'perforlllalices i n Manchester - 249 0 0 S. d.
Royal111firm:~ry of Aberdeen - 45 6 0 To Charities
Public - - I80 0 0
Infir'trlary and Public Schools of I,iverpool 130 o o To Five' Fire Companies, each - I 8 0 Dollars
Charities of CityPert41 of - - -,21 0 0 To theQueen'sHospital,Honolulu,Sandwich '3

Public Charities of Belfast 90 o o Islands,total proceeds of Benefit - I 15 o o

Royal Hospital of Belfast - 50 1 2 o
General Infir~naryof Sheffield - - 21 0 0 GRANDTOTAL given byProfessor Anderson
NorthumberlalldandNewcastleInfirmary 20 0 0 to the Charities in every part Ofthe GLOBE
Royal Infirmary and Asylum, Manchester - 216 o o
T o the Royal Infirmary,Dundee - 27- 0 ' o After a long and eventful career, Mr. Anderson made
Leeds Infirmary '- l- ." - .' - 21 0 0 a farewell tour of his native country previous to retiring
York
Hospital : - . - '- . - 5 6 0 from publiclife, buthe died shortlyafterwards. We
Lying-in-Hospital, Dublirl - 30 o o have been fortunate enough to secure a copy of his death
To the Fund -oftlie Disastrous Irish Famine card,probably the only one in existence, and which is
I ,coo Silver Rouble.. reproduced hereunder : -
In the COLONIES he gave :-
L S. d.
To Hospital and Infirmary in Sydney, New I n Hffectfonate 'Remembrance of
SouthWales - 78 o o
I N BATHURST, NEW SOUTH WALES
Benefit to Bathurst Hospita.1 - - I21 I 2
:-
0
tJ0m H E N R Y ANDERSON,
W I Z A R D OF T H EN O R T H ,
Benefit to Catholic Cathedral,
Bathurst - 1 2 1 69
Benefit to Maitland, N.S.W.Charities - 33 o o Born 1 8 ~ 4 .
I N CANADA :- Dz'ed at DarZia@on, Tuesday, Feb. 3rd, ~ 8 7 4 .
Hospital
Quebec - 2 - 3 5 0 0
Montreal
Charities ' - - 123 o o Interred at Aberdeen, with his Mother, at his special request,
I I N VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA) :- by his faithful friends, MAGGIEFOOTE and ALFRED HOLMES.
To Castlemaine
Hospital - - I5 IO 0
MELBOURNE (VICTORIA) :- REQUI.ESCATs--,TN PACE.
To ( ' Admella ) ' SchoonerShipwreck Fund 20 o o
T o various charities i n ME1,BOURNE a s follows :- In theCity Churchyard of Aberdeen, under the shadow
Melbourne Hospital, Half Benefit - - 28 17 o of St. Nicholas Tower, near a path which r u m from the
Charities
Catholic - - 65 1 2 o entrance beside St. Mary's Chapel at the south to the
Asyltlm
Benevolent - - 4 2 0 0 gateway in School Hill at the north, standsa simple slate
Trades' Hall andLiterary
Institrlte - - 67 1 1 o tombstone bearing the unpretentious inscription :-
Juvenile
Traders' Association - 6 IO o " Erected by John Anderson in memory of his beloved mother,
Charities
Jewish - - 5 9 7 0 Mary Robertson, who died 8th January, 1830, aged 40."
GEELONG (VICTORIA) :- Beneath this in small italic letters is the quaint stanza:
Benevolent Scottish
Society - - 6 0 0 0
Yes ! she had friends when
Hobartown(Tasmania)
Hospital - - 2 0 0 0 Fortune srnil'd-it frown'd-
I N THE UNITED STATES:- They knew her not ! She died
The Orphanswept-but liv'd to
To Hospitals in New York, Charleston, Phila- Mark this Hallow'd Spot.
delphia,
Boston, & C . , &c. - 284 o o Mary Robertson was the mother of John Henry Anderson, the
Grand Benefit to the m7ido~~7 .of Michael Kelly, mce famous, now well-nigh forgotten, Wizard of theNorth, whose
a Sergeallt of Police,cruellymurdered '' magic " used to electrify alike the young and old of Scotland and
England in the forties, fifties, and sixties of the last century. And
New
in
York,
the Sum of IO00 0 0 mderneath that little monument also lies all that retnains of the
This immense sun1 was the proceeds of one night's
p e r f o r ~ ~ ~ a ~and
l c ethe
, tickets were sold at &I and nagician himself, " unwept, unhonoured, and unsung," so far as
12s. each. my testimony on the tombstone is concerned.
 JULY, 1901. MAGIC.
Brewster, Sir David. Letters onNatural Magic. Lon-
Kghtning 5ketehes. don, 1832. Cloth, I 8mo., 351 pp. Scarce.
BY ELLISSTANYON. British Standard Handbooks.
( ConcZuded f r m page 38. )
Nos. 19. Parlour Conjurer.
-- 22. Chemical Wonders.
The drawing ‘hereunder forms a simple outline sketch -- 28. Puzzles and Riddles.
of a face whichever way it b? presented, -as ,drawn or 30. Hand and Fiqger Tricks,
turned upside down. , --- 32. Vocal and Optical Deceptions.
-- 36. Thought Reader.
London, N. D. Paper,192pp.,illustrated.
Broadwell, Albert, H. The most extraordinary Dinner on
Earth. “ Strand Magazine,” May, 1900; pp. 529-535,
illustrated with photos.
This is an interview with the “ Rambler’s Comedy Jugglers.
Brown, J. H. Spectropia, or surprising spectral Illusions,
showing Ghosts everywhere and of any color. London,
1864. Cloth,4to.,sopp. 16 colored plates.Rare.
Browne, Dr. W. H., M. A. Firework Making forAmateurs.
A complete, and accurate work on Making Simple and
High-class
Fireworks.
London, 1888. I n colored
wrapper, 8vo. . 200pp. illustrated.
Burgess, J. Tom. Knots,
Ties,
and
Splices. A
valuable work to Conjurers who practice instantaneous
and subtleknottying. London, 1884. Cloth, ~ v o . ,
IOI pp. illustrated.
Burlingame, H. J. Leaves from Conjurer’s Scrap Books.
Chicago, 1891. Cloth 8vo. 274 pp. illustrated.
A standard work.on Hypnotism, Mind Reading, Second Sight,
Instantaneous Memorization, Illusims, Foreign and American
Conjurers, etc.
-Herrmann, The Magician. His Life, His Secrets,
Chicago, 1897. Cloth, 8vo. 299 pp, 43 illustrations
and Photograph of Herrmann.
Among many curious revelations in the book is a com lete
elucidation e v e n forthe firsttime of the New MarveEous
Lightning Thought Transference.
-Around the World with a Magician and a Juggler.
From ‘thepapers of the late Baron Hartwig Seeman,
“ The Emperor of Magicians, ” and William D’Altini,
Fzk. 5.-A ReversibZe Mask. Juggler,’’ “ Jap of Japs.” Chicago, 1891. Cloth,
Instructions for enlarging these drawings by a simple 8vo. 172 pp. illustrated.
process will be foundexplained at lengthinourlast, Containsvaluableandrareinformation for the profession,
contractsandprogrammes,giving the renowned D’Alvini’s
article. entire programme, also life sketch of the celebrated Bellachini
In this series of short articles it has been the province and the trick that made him famous, together with the cele-
of the writer to introduce a series of novelties for Light- brated essay of Dr. Max. Dessoir on “ The Pyschology of the
ningSketchartistesratherthanto teach theart. In Art of Conjuring.”
conclusionhehasonlytohope thathis effortshave -Tricks in Magic,’Illus ions and Mental Phenomena.
served a double purpose in suggesting something useful A compilation of leading effects in Mental feats, Illu-
to skilled artistes, and in drawing the attention of others, sions,Anti-Spiritualistic effects, and miscellaneous
not previously interested, to an instructive and pleasing Tricks,3 volumes. Chicago, 1895-1898. Paper 8vo.
pastime alike to themselves and those they would enter- 258 PP.
tain. -Modern Magical Marvels : A Practical Treatise on
Magic and Conjuring for Professionals and Amateurs.
A BIBLIOGRAPHY of CONJURING. (In preparation).
-History of Magic and Magici,ans. Chicago, 1895.
Compiled with Notes by ElZis Sfanyon. Pamphlet. Svo., 41 pp.
A b l y assisted by M Y . Arthur Margery. See also under, Manning.
A contribpti0.n of .interesting and valuable books, by a well-
’ (Continued from page 77). known and competent Author.
Branch, .Charles E. The Juggling King. Carts; bicycles, Bursill, Henry.Hand Shadows. Novel andamusing
andcannonballshisfavouritetoys.PennyPictorial figures formed by thehand, fromoriginaldesigns.
Magazine, July 21st, rgoo. Illustrated. pp. 27s- Londonand New York. ? 1859. Quarto. 32 illustra-
277. tions.Veryrare;
Breslaw’s Last Legacy or Magical Companion. London, ’ A copy of this work also published in Germauy.
1784. Second edition. Sewn. Coloured frontispiece. Quotaffons for any work In this list may be had on application t o t h e
Office of MAGIC.”
132 pp. Very scarce and interesting. To be co~iilrrred.
 86 MAGIC. JULY, 1901.
SOUTH AFRICAN NOTES.
Items OQ Intepest.
Conjuring generally hasbeen lookitlg up. I t seems to be getting
more popular for winter entertaiuments, for schools, temperance
societies, smokers, etc.
The “ People’s Journal,” Glasgow, JuneIst, ProfessorsHayes,Malvern, and De Caston, who have united
1901, contains the first instalment of an article en- their forces, and are billed as “ ’l‘he Magical Trio,” have been
titled, ‘‘ The Life Story of John Henry Anderson, fairly busy. Their showconsists of Conjuring,Ventriloquism,
The Wizard of theNorth.’’The sameissuealso and Juggliug-withillusions. They appearedin a short turq at
containsan
interesting
article
entitled, “ Can Spirits be the Good Hope Hall, Capetown, 011 Whit Monday.
Materialized,” whichreferstoachallenge,madethrough the Prof. De Gruchy is busy at Concerts and Smokers with his Con-
“Referee,” accepted by Mr. J. N. Maskelyne, of theEgyptian juring and Ventriloquial Sketch.
Hall, to investigate thephenomenon known as ’‘ Spirit Materiali- Prof. Albert has left here alld will llow I presume be in 1,ondon.
zation. He will doubtless be on the look out for novelties.
Bert Powell, the Military Mystic, is still at Lydenburg, Trans-
vaal, where he is astonishing thenatives.
Verto, Australian Magician, with company, creates somewhat of Bradlaugh, the AmericanHumourist, is stillfillingdates in
a sensation in his up-to-date programme of Conjmring, Illusions, Capetown.
and GeorgiaMagnetTricks.One of the items reads:-“Mask- Yrofessor De Caston has added Juggling to his conjuringshows,
lyn’s Mysterious Box introduced by Verto, assisted by Miss Millie and is making rapid progress towards a good “ turn ” in this art.
Richardson. (This Box Trick is causing great excitement in 1,on- Professor Hayes is busy with Drawing-room Entertaillments at
don. Maskylynis now offering LIOOO toanyperson opening private parties, Schools, etc. He had the honour of appearing at
same. ) a children’s party,in the drawing-room at theGovernment House,
Newlands, near Capetown, on the evening of the 30th May, 1 9 0 1 ,
where he gave an hour’s entertainment in sleight-of-hand.
I n connnectionwiththe “ Bibliography of Conjuring,” now South Africa, 5th
June, ~gor. ’l’. HAYES,Magician.
running in these pages, the Editor desires to acknowledge his in-
debtedness to Dr. Saram R. Ellison, of New York, for the loan of - -
his voluminous type-written catalogue. (See Note on p. 79).
HULL NOTES.
On June 15, Messrs. Martinka & Co., held .a social..evening. at Dr.Walford Bodie, Ventriloquist and Mesmerist,fiuislledhis
their place of businesson Sixth Avenue.Theyhadfixed up a fortnight’s stay here on June 8th. The ‘*draw” of the perform-
stage in their large shop, having curtained the walls. benches, etc., ancewas “ The Electrocuted Man,” in which Dr. Bodie, after
and had placed chairs for the guests to witness the perfortllance. n~esn~erisillg an assistant,places him in a chair, which he says is
The differentmagicians present were each, in turn, called upon to exactly the same as the oue used at the Sin Sir1 Prism in New
work a t least one trick, preferably that in which they were most York. He then goes through the whole performatlce of electro-
expert.Manyhadbroughttheir wives, andrefreshments were cution, giving his assistant, as he says, the nuniber of volts suffi-
served during the evening. Among those present were Bertram, cient to kill a man i t 1 America. Needless to say, however, after
Ransom,Reeder,Walsh, AnklePlate,Werner,Wilder,Sheck, about 15 minutes he brings llinl rourld again.
Muller, Bucha (Kellar & Co. ), and Dr. S. R. Ellison. The evening I understand that Dr. Bodie is about to start a tour through
was a success and will, doubtless, be repeated. America.
Welsh Millar came here for a week on June 10th and gave his
entertainment of “ Art,notMagic,”atthePalace.” His turn
Anent the Chinese FishCatchingTrick whicheverybody is consisted of the “ Miser’s Dream.’’ He is the third coil1 mnnipu-
working, is not this a little overdone at this date and does it not lator we have had here that claims to be the o d y performer who
confirm the .idea that Eastern conjurers are nomore prolific than can palm 42 coins at once. His back and front palming with cards
their Western confreres. Fish catching and Back Hand Coin and is very neat and clever. He concludes his performance with the
Card palming are now stale, in fact worked and exposed to death. new rising card trick (See MAGIC for I:ebruary), which is very
Who will be first with something new ? taking.
, What would Houdin think of the returu to the Flowing Robe- Professor Dent is giving a ventriloquial turn at the Empire.
worse-the use of a counterpane for magical productions ? June 131h. J, C. SKELSEY.

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MODERNMAGICIANS. entertainment I was giving at PraedStreet Chapel,

Edgware Road in the year 1889,he had just taken up the
MR. ROSS CONYEARS. subject of magic as a hobby, and I had the pleasure of
The sltbject of our sketch this monthis Mr. Alexander givinghimhisfirstserious lesson in sleight-of-hand. 1
Ross, better known to the conjuringworld as ROSS Con- well remember our first meeting when he approached me
years,Wizard of the Drawing-Room, whose sad death i u a very long overcoat, and very long hair, looking to
from pneumonia and compli- my mind then more liiiea
cations was reported in our gentlenlanswindler of the
issue of June. If onlyin genuine type than anything
recognition of his kindly and else on earth,and offering
unzssuming nature and sym- to carry my bag, ( I expected
pathy with others at timesall to lose sight of him and the
when requiring that help he bag every minute)andthe
could give, we are pleased to many hearty lauglls we have
accord him the position of hadtogetherwhen I would
honour inour pages this recalltohis ~nind my first
month ; aud we regret that impressions of his good self.
the opportunity of doiug so The majority of performers
did not present itself at an havetheir pet sleight or
earlier date. trick,
andin
this respect
Mr. Ross was born, not Ross was 110 exception ; the
manymilesfrom thebirth trick
that
thus associated
place of the illustrious John itself with hiln was the Old
Henry Anderson, in the vil- Chinese Puzzle known as
lage of Invergordon, North the Lidi?zg Ri7lg.s which he
Britain, intheyear 1856, was wonttopresentwith
hisearlyhomebeingKin- great deftness and skill.
Craig Cottage. H e re- Next, perhaps,to the rings
membered as a boy seeing the trick thatfascinated Ross
several of the entertainments most was the Cap a7td P e ~ ~ c e ,
givenbyAnderson on his known some fifty years
farewell tour prior to retiring ago,asthe PiZe of Mags.
from public life, and I recall I am afraid the trick is now
many pleasant chats relative somewhat despised, but such
to this and other equally in- should not be the case, as its
.teresting
subjects
apper- limitless variations may well
taining tomagic, dating from enableconjurers to baffle even
the time I firstmethim their co?zJ??.i.res. I well rem-
(during the season of 1889- ember the delight of Ross
go), to a week or so before MR. ROSS CONYEARS. when he first worked it for
his death. me, to find thatI, yes I ! had
Most successful magicians take to magic at an early been caught. I could say more but-of Ross it may truly
age, but this cannot be said of Mr. Ross, as at thetime I besaid : “ H e offered hope tothe weary heartin
first met him, when he introduced himself to me at an charity’s sacred name. ”
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MAGIC. Simulate the action of catching a coin in the air (to the
PUBLISHED ON THEFIRST OF EVERY MONTH. left), and without showing it, apparently put it into the
hat. This catch is quite imaginary but is made to appear
Proprietors,ELLIS STANYON & Co. Editor,ELLISSTANYON.
real by the sound of the coin falling into the hat : the
Ofice .I 76 Solent Road, West Hampstead, London, N.W. coin is of course one released from the left hand. This
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‘ i catch ” which for sheer audacity surpasses anything I
have yet met, is repeated several times, the last time the
ADVERTISEMENT RATES. right hand secures a couple of coins from the left hand :
MISCELLANEOUS :Under
this heading Conjuring Apparatus,
Hooks, etc., “ For Sale,” and “ Wanted,” will be inserted at a
when makingthenextcatchthe coin is shown and
charge of 4d. per dozen word ; every additional three words, Id. openly dropped into the hat : the: next time the coin is
PROFESSIONAL CARDS :Per insertion, l/- ; yearly, 816 ( $ 2 ) . palmed usual way and one let fall from left hand. This
DISPLAYEDADVERTISEMENT: Space of oneinch, 51- . imaginary “ catch ” avoids the necessity of palming the
QuarterPage, 21/= ; Half Page, 37/6 ; Full Page, 63/- ; Front
Page, with photo block supplied by artiste, 42/= ( $ 1 0 );or we can first coin or coins in the right hand.
supply from any photo,finest quality half-tone block (4in. x gin. ), Seem to throw a coin in the air (palmil1g) and catch in
. which afterwards becomes theproperty of the advertiser, at an hat (drop one from left hand) : repeat this movenlent and
extra nominal cost of 1016,( $ 2 . 5 0 ) . as the coin falls into hat produce palmed coin at crown ;
HALF PAGE (Colun~n): ForInterview ; or, Half Page for
Circular, 30/= ( $ 7 . 5 0 ) . it seems tohave passed rightthroughhat. Seem to
A deduction of 2 0 per cent. is allowed on all Advertisements, place a coin in mouth (palming) and blow into hat-or
when paid three months in advance. Further special reductions rightthrough crown as above.Make a turntothe
will be made for longer periods. right reverse palming coin (see “ New Coin Tricks ’.’ 11)
Cheques u?ld Postal Orders shouZd be d m w n i a f a v o u r of M r . EZZis Stutzyon. showhand back andfrontasemptyandcatch coin -
Money Orders should be ?mxdepuyabZeut ‘‘ Mill L a m , West Hunrpsteud, N. W.” repeat if desired. Next seem to see coinsfalling in a
UNITED STATES STAMPS
& NOTES MAY S E S E N T I N P A Y M E N T . shower and holding the hat a little above your head and
moving it about from point to point, simulate difficulty of
catching coins, which however are heard to fall into the
lressons in magiC hat-the coins are let fall from the hand holding hat ;the
right hand is not used in this “ catch ” and under cover
by Prof. ELLIS STANYON, of the greater movement of the left hand may very well
secure a second “ load,” but this is not necessary as when
1 4 u t h oo~ f o r Amateurs,”
f “ Co?~juri?g making a display of the coins in the hat several. may be
‘ (Co?tjzcri?~g with Cards,” ‘ ‘ N e w Coi?z retained in the right hand for subsequentproduction ;
Tricks,” “ N e z ) Card Tricks,” &c. or a second load may be secured from the trousers pocket
(see p. 7 “ New Coin Tricks, ” I).
The exact numberof coins caught is never made known,
but will appear greater or less according to the degree of
violence with which the hat is shaken. Make a turn to
Co?tti)zuedfrom page 82. the left and catch several coins, secured in the right hand
by one or other method suggested above, from the air
Suggestions forProgramme of a Coin Manipulator.
dropping them into the hat in quick succession. Remark
INTRODUCTION.--‘ Ladies
and
Gentlemen, I take to the effect that as so many people wonder how its done
pleasure in introducing to your motice a few experiments you will explain thetrickand proceed to pass a coin
in I,egerdemain, including my original creation entitled : throughthecrownand f h m to remove it. (Reverse palm
‘ ‘ The Miser’s Dream.” No. 2 “ NewCoin Tricks,11.”) Makea turntothe
N.B.-It is interesting to note that the majority of conjurers now right and show right hand empty by means of yewyse
working the act refer to it as their origiual creation, but seeing
that the trick was in existence 1011g before theadvent on this palm ;use that palm where the coil1 is transferred from
sphere of ally presetit day performer, it is somewhat difficult to the tips of the fit-st and second fingers (back of hand) to
locate the actual creator-. For the benefit of the wizards of younger- the tips of the second and third fingers (the third finger
generations it may be well to here state that it is really a revival passed over coin pulls it from one position to the other)
of a n old time trick, ad~nittedlyone of the best, as being the most
suitable for an exposition of the skilful palming (Back hattad and which then place it edgeways in the palm proper ( “ New
Reverse) of modern times. Coin Tricks ” second series. ) Remark “ when I wish
“ I shall first require the loan of a hat. ” The hat is the money I simplyreachfor it-I will explainit.”
the property of the performer and is ‘‘ planted ” in the Catch coin and repeat several times, finally “ loading ”
auditorium(seeexplanationonpage 54). Having ob- righthand from left as already explained.Next
tained the hat the performer places it in a casual way catch acouple of coins front palm (toleft) which
crown upwards on table and rolls up sleeves to elbow. drop visibly into hat : repeat, loading from the left hand
These movements give plenty of cover for securing the as before. Displaycoinssecuringa dozen which mani:
first ‘ load ” unobserved. Taking up the hat he handles pulate on rim of hat to show hands empty as previously
it, for the purpose of showing hands empty, exactly as explained : these twelve coins are now caught at finger
explained at page 7 of our ‘ New Coin Tricks ” (first tips (‘ New Coin Tricks, ” I ) and are finally counted one
series)andnotelsewhere.Instead of handling the hat by one into the hat. I t will be well to ask the audience
with the coins atthe side, it may,toadvantage, be to name the number of coins to be caught in this way-
handled at one end as suggested to me by Mr. McMahon, you force the choice uf tlle desired number, say twelve,
a very clever amateur conjurer. by seeming to understand that a smaller numberhas been
The hat and coins in position in the left hand, the pro- asked for, then to overhear the remark “ make ittwelve.”

cedure is as follows : - To be co?zfinued,

 Facsimile reproduction of one of Anderson's early Programmes .
Chinese Magician . French attired in ridiculous costume,

STRAND THEATRE. with,,. red wig and dilapidated top hat, enters on one small
bicycle wheel, running around the stage, hat falls off,

PROPESSOR and a large notice on his back reads ` ` There's hair . "

JLINDERSONIS
Ring's very large bell standing in centre of stage,
attendant enters and enacts funny business while per-

WHOM SOIREIS MYSTINEISES

former juggles a plate and balances same on nose . Juggles
four odd objects, (plate &c .) two in each hand-dexter-
ARE ACKNOWLEDGED TO RE THE ous dropping and catching of plate .
Legitimate Wonders of the Nineteenth Centurdyl Throws hat, plate, small ball of paper ; catches hat oil
HW Farewell Performance at the Strand Theatre will he shortly announce
MONDAY ; .4,VD DURING Titer, WECK . head and paper ball under hat, lifting hat from behind .
NEW WONOnS OF DEMONOLOGY, WITCHCRAFT, AND MAGIC! Small table, 15 to 18 inches square laid with cloth and
This Evening, Monday, Jan. 8th, do during the Week, crockery-removes cloth with a quick jerk without dis-
turbing crockery . Attendant attempts to do the same at
HE WILL MAKE HI3
Hid

Mft
APPEARANCE . ASD G[%'E

table on opposite side of stage and smashes everything,

~., 'y
~ l . exasperated goes to opposite table and proceeds to deliber-
Wastrative of the Fallacy of Magic, Necromancy,Witchcraft, and DemonoloLV.
ately smash and pitch its contents at French .
Lights candle and pockets lighted match, jerks cigar
from table into mouth, lights cigar at candle held in
right hand, extinguishes candle by causing it to describe
a half turn in air and to fall back into candle-stick .
Juggles candle-stick on arm, and finally throws candle,
candle-stick, and table (a small gueridon) .
Jerks top hat from seat of chair oil to head, froin head
oil to peg of hat stand . Throws hat from toot to head .
Throws cigar, hat, and umbrella . Lays cigar on hat ;
throws hat-cigar goes in mouth and hat on head .
Holding umbrella at the centre with hat on ferrule
end, jerks hat, causing it to roll along body of umbrella
and right fore-arm and to fall on the handle of umbrella ;
throws hat from handle to head then jerks it on to peg of
hat stand .
Throws egg, ball, and plate ; then throws egg very
high and catches on plate several times without breaking
egg . Breaks egg on plate to show real . Attendant
catches smell of egg makes grimace and lights a cigar .
French also endeavours to light cigar at electric light
which goes out, he then rubs it as he would a match on
seat of trousers when it re-lights .
Keeps ringing big bell to re-call attendant .
Puts large jar and a quantity of plates on end of pole
and attempts to balance on head, but all fall to ground
when attendant shouts ; French throws plates &c . at the
attendant who retires hurriedly . Rings bell again .
Throws three Black wood balls , about five inches
diameter, occasionally letting one bounce on floor, sud-
denly one hits him on the head and he appears stunned,
but eventually goes on throwing the balls until struck
again . When he throws all three one by one, violently
on the stage-the two first are wood, the third i. e . the
one that struck him turns out to be indiarubber .
Throws iron wash-stand basin and jug and afterwards
pours a quantity of water from jug into basin . (Applause) .
Throws three revolvers firing them at same time, and
eventually blowing off wig and revealing French .
Speaks for the first time announcing that he will give an
imitation of the greatest Chinese conjurer .
Four attendants, attired in Chinese costume, enter and

Pnopammes .
clear away mess from juggling show by lifting it bodily
r*eplanatony away in carpet-afterwards putting down a fresh carpet .
HENRI FRENCH (Conjurer) . French enters with rod and line and works the Fish
PROGRAMMU, EMPIRE, JUNU 18TH, 1901 . Catching Trick . (This is a bit over done at this date,
Stage carpeted and furnished as drawing-room, wings and gives one the idea that the Eastern Conjurers are no
closed with curtain screens, small entrance to stage at more prolific than their Western Confrères . Fish catch-
rear . The Entertainment is divided into two parts, ing and Back hand coin and card palming are now stale,
Comic juggling and`a travesty on Chung Ling Soo, in fact, worked and exposed to death) .
 Next follows several j r o d z ~ t i o n swhich are well worked The sombre old mansion has had a peculiar history. Cag-
but which are really not suprising when one takes into liostro vacated it on the 13th of June, 1788, on the occasion
consideration that they take place under cover of flowing of his exile fromFrance. All during the greatRevolution
skirts and a cloth as large as a counterpane-and further the house remained closed and intact. Eighteen years of
the performer leaves the stage by the opening at rear at undisturbed repose passed away. The dust settled thick
the close of eachproductionobviouslyto load up the upon the laboratories, upon the dance-rooms andsaloons,
next in order. The several productions were in order as spiders built their webs upon the gilded ceilings. Finally,
follows.--A fullgrown collie dog. Bowl of waterwith it1 the Napoleonic year, 1805, the doors of the mansion
ducks and pigeous. Bowl of fire. A piccanniny. In con- were unfastened, andthe furniture and rare curios belong-
cl~~sion theperformergives the inlpression that heis ingtothe deadconjurerwereauctioned off. An idle
about to cause the disappearanceof the piccanniny under crowd of quid-nuncs gathered to witness the sale of the
the cloth, but really prodtwes a second picanniny by the retorts, crucibles, elixirs, &c. : to pry about, and specu-
sic!e of the first. The mis-direction proves all that could late upon the secret staircases that ran through the walls
be desired. of the building. In 1855 their were some repairs made.
N. ll.-'I'l~e performer retires and loads up the second piccanniny The great salons were cut up into smaller apartments.
while the audience areamused at the antics cutby the one march-
ing around the stage. There is really ,no necessity for the per-
fornier to carry tlle piccanniny on this person ; the childconld very
well rull secretly into cloth wllicll is waved about quite near to,
and in R manner at tillles to completely hide the lower part of
entrance at tile rear of the stage.

conjuring v. Juggling.
Conjurers are now combining juggling with their con-
jurillg shows-see Explanatory Programme on page g1 of
this issue. The idea is not absolutely novel as our editor
has adopted it in his entertainmentfor the past ten years.
and " Nen7 Juggling- Tricks " is the outcome of his
experience.
The addition of jt~gglingto a conjuring show may be
made at once. Experiencedconjurersverynaturally
possess many of the qualities of the juggler, especially
present day performers, and quickly take to the expert
handling of the different objects ; but at the outset, what
the conjurer adopting juggling lacks in dexterity makes
he
up in burlesque,and if applausegoes for anything,is
even more successful than if he presented dexterity pure Cngliostro's House, Paris. See also plan nt page 9 of this volume.
andsimple.
I t is frequently on record that a man having spent a People pass and repass this ghost-house every day but
great part of his life perfecting some feat of dexterity is not one in a thousand knows that the great enchanter
pushed on one side to make room for a questionablecomic once resided there,and held highcourt.Like a huge
smg Shouldthis be ? Well ! it is reasonableenough sphinx, it slumbers in the sunlightof the twentieth cen-
for people, having paid to be amused, to expect to enjoy tury, blissfully unconscious of the bustlingworld about it,
the exhilirating effects of a good heartylaugh(magic and dreatns old world dreams of love and beauty, of magic
makesthem think) and it is 011 this account that con-
and mystery. If those dumb walls could but speak, what
jurers will probably find it to theirinteresttoadopt fascinatingstories of superstition and folly they might
juggling,burlesque or otherwise, as a novel means of unfoldto ourwonderingears ! Yes, inthisancient
breaking the Iuonotony of too long wondering how it is house, dating back to pre-Revolutionary Paris, to the old
done. regime, the great necromancer known as Cagliostro lived,
in the zenith of his fame, powerful as a noble, admired,
nay, worshippedbyprincelydupes. I n thesegolden
A Necromancer of the XVIII Century. years of his life,was he never haunted by disturbing
BY HENRYRIDGELYEVANS. visions of the dungeons of the Holy Inquisition, yawning
to receive him? Ah, who can tell ! Thanks to the gos-
Authop- of '' Hours with the Ghosts," &C., &c. sipy memoir-writers of the period, I am able to give a pen-"
( Com?imbedjrompage 76. ) portrait, composite if you will, of some of the scenes that
were enacted in the antiquatedmansion.
11. I t is night. The lanterns swinging in the streets of old
Cagliostro'shousein the Marais quarter,Paris,still Paris glimmer fitfully. Silence broods over the city with
stands-amemorial in stone of its former master. I t is shadowy wings. No sound is heard save the clankof the
situated in the rue St.Claude at an angleof the boulevard patrol on its rounds. The rue St. Claude, however, is all
Beaumarchais. It wasoriginally the property of the bustle and confusion.
Marquis d'orvilliers, and was selected and furnished by
Cardinal de Rohan as a residence for the Grand Cophta. To be continued.
 A BIBLIOGRAPHY of CONJURING. Clarke, J. A. White Magic. “ EucyclopzdiaBritan-
Comjiled with Notes by Elcis Sfanyou. nica.” London, 1875. D m y 4to. Vol. XV., pp.
207-212, Other editions it1 SI, 89. 94, 95, 93.
A b l y assisfed by .Wr.Arthur Mrr-eevy.
(Continued from page 85).
Classel and Faust. Neiv and StartlingTricks. An
Cabinet of Arts.Antornatoms,magneticexperiments, Advanced treatise on Leger,-iemain. Lmdon, rS93.
fireworks,
card
and
other
tricks. Magic mirrors, Boards, 8vo. 50pp. Veryrare. \
Chineseshadows,&C., &c. Paper, 16mo., 238pp. Clever Hindoo Tricks Exp >sed. “ New York Sunday
A very o!d ant1 interesting work. Title page an(l several other News,” January 13, 1901.
pages mtssrng. Clulow, Geo. Peculiar I4ayi11gCards. ‘ Strand M a p -
Cagliostro, Cotnte (Joseph Balsanlo). His D2fense. zine,” Vol. 5, pp. 77 S3. January, 1893. IllustrateLl.
Paris, 1786. Forfurtherparticularsand facsimile of Coats,James, Ph.D., F A.S. How to Mesmerise. Lon-
the title page see MAGIC, Vol. I. , page 44. doll, 1894.Boards,120pp. Illustr,lted.
His Life, Traduite d’aprits l’original italien, im- --How to Thought-Read. Companion to the above.
prim6 ii lachambreApostolique ; enrichiedenotes 128pp.
ctlrieuses, etornee de son portrait.Paris, 1791. For Cole, Lieut.Walter. Veutriloqr1i:tl Vngyarie; i n Variety
furtherparticularsand facsimile of titlepage, see Stars.Pamphlet, 8vo. London (N.D.) about1895,
MAGIC,Vol.’ I . , p. 58. 4OPP-
Callahan.Easy method of Ventriloquism.Particulars For the above article see pp. 22-27, which ;tlso corrtairrs his
portrait. ,
and copy wanted.
Collier’s,
Cyclopedia. New York, 1Q82. Cloth,
4to.
Calculating Boys. “Strand Magazine,’’ Vol. X . , pp. 277-
280. Illustrated.September, 1895. 758pp. Illustrated.
Containsarticles 011 1,iKhttring Calculators, Magic, Games,
Contains photos of Lacy, Colburtl, Bidder, etc. Knots and Splices, etc., etc.
Carlyle,Thomas.CountCagliostro. In hiscritical and Colquhoun, J. C., Esq. A History of Magic,Witch-
miscellaneous essays. Second edition.London, I 840. craft, and Aninla1Maguetism. Lotldon, 1S51. z vol.
I 2mo. Cloth, 8vo. 642pp. Scarce.
A more detailed account of Cagliostro’s romantic careeris to be
found in the series of articles by WilliatIl B. A. AXOII.published Concannon. A Spiritualistic
fake
exposed.
Albany,
in the DublinUniversity Magazine. Vols. LXXVIII. and New York. Telegram, December16tl1,1896.
LXXIX, 1S71-2. In all about Sspp. September, October, --.-Has more trouble. E. C. Rise takes him bodily out
November and December, 1S7r. ? 1S72. of his cabinet.Worcester, Mass. Tekgram. Decem-
Carpenter, W. H. At an Algerian Aissaoua. New York. ber, z m d , 1896.
CurrentLiterature, May, 1896. Vol. XIX., pp. 409- Confessions of a Medium. London, 1882. Cloth, 8170.
41 I . 232pp. Illustrated. Veryscarce.
The Aissaoua arethe Miracle-mongers of Algeria. For ex- A rare collection of Anti-Spiritualistic Tricks Tor- Conjurers.
planations of their tricks see “ Robert Houndin’s Memoirs.”
Carus, Dr. Paul. The Old and the NewMagic. Priest- Conjurers’
Guide (The). A curious old pamphlet.
craft, Cagliostry, Zolluer andSlade ; Magic Swing, Glasgow, I 850.
Ghosts, Basket Trick, Rapping Tables, Spirit Slates, Conjurer’s Guide (The). A New andImproved Hocus
SwordTrick, &c. Chicago. Opencourt. Vol. XIV. Pocus. London, 1So8. Paper, 8v0, 36pp. Colored
Nos. 6 and 7., JuneandJuly, 1900 ; pp. 333-347, frontispiece.
Conjurer’sGuide (The),or, only real fortune-teller.
422-436. Illustrated.
Being a new and well experienced fortune book. For
“ Cassell’s Book of Indoor Amusements.” Card Games
the benefit of young men, maids, wives, and widows,
andFireside Fun. London (N.D.) ? 1882. Clothand
gilt, 4to -224pp. Illustrated. etc. Glasgow (N.D.) 18502 Paperpamphlet, 121110.
Contatnmg Parlour Games, Arithmetical and Mechanical pp. 24.Chap-book. Illustratedcover.
Puzzles, “Parlour Magic,’’ etc. + The signification of
mole:, etc., dreams ant1 physiognomy
are treated, butno mention of conjuring.
‘ ‘ Cassell’s Popular Recreator. ’A Key to Indoor and
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8vo. Illustrated. Vol.. I., 384pp. ; Vol. 11.)384pp. A TRUE INCIDENT OF LAST DERBY DAY.
The above work contams 1 2 arttcles on Legerdemain, viz.,
vol. I., pp. 25. 81, 148, 241, 283,358. vol. It;, pp. 5 5 , 127, THE CONJURER AND THE PICKPOCKET.
145,247. 312,344. Written“by a professional, and amongst By E. 7 . SACHS.
thetricks exposed are the Fish-bowls, Inexhaustible Bottle,
Hat Trick, Magic Cauldron, etc., etc. The rings at Epsom are always infestedwith gangs of pick-
pockets, who make a rareharvest. On Derby Day one gang in
Cepak, Abel, Ce qu’on peut faire avec les ueufs. Collec- Tattersall’s ring made a mark of at1 innocent-looking person who
tion compl2te et vari6e des experiences faciles et amu- was seen to place a bundle of notes in a breast pocket. He was
santes pouvant etre executbes par tout le monde avec “Stuckup”, as the phrasegoes, but thougll his pockets were
des
ceufs. Paris, 1889. I 2mo. 163pp. searched inturn no notes could be found. Later on he was
ollce more “Stuck up” and his pockets again gone over, but with-
Chapeaugraphy,or 25 HeadsunderoneHat.London, out result. Shortly afterwards to the disgust of the pick-pockets,
I 895.
Boards. Quarto. 65pp. Illustrated. their inteuded victim produced a ten-poundnote and put it on
Chapeaugraphic Artist (A) ; or the way to make a hat Volodyovski for the Derby, and the thieves have been discussing
makeaman. “ RoyalMagazine,”November, 1898. eversincewhere the notes were concealed. The explanationis
that the mall knew something of’ sleight of hand and what he did
Vol. I., pp. 56-59. Illustrated. was to affect to take the notes in the right hand and. ostensibly
Chinese
Puzzle, The Fashionable.
London. N.D. place them in the left hand breast pocket, but whilst the arm was
Boards, 28pp. 323 figures.Rare. stretched across the body the uotes were rammed up the shirtsleeve
Christmas, H. The Cradle of the Twin Giants, Science, of therighthand.Each time the search was takirlgplace the
owner of the notes was fully aware of what was going on, but took
History,Automata,Astrology, Magic, Arithmetical no notice so long RS attention was confined to his empty pockets.
Magic, Alchemy,etc.London, 1849. rzmo. 2 vols. One of the thieves said “why he must have hidden the notes under
in I . 756pp. his skin.’ ’
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Items of Intet+e.st. trated with five or six original pen and ink sketches.
Many of our older members will recollect Ellis Stanyon, one
of our fellows who developed into. a first-class conjuror, and gave
exhibitions of his sleight of hand tricks at our annual Re-unions
Ouite recelttly magicians have discovered a new a few years sillce, when all who saw him were amused and mys-
ob&t for collectiotl. alld to the anlassing of ap- tified by his skill. Stanyon has made great progress ; he is the
paratus, allcient (quaint) and modern ( Higl1-cl:iss) editor and proprietor of a successful little monthly, MAGIC, and
old and young. atllnteur and r,rofe.;sional, are de- Itns also written an? published four or five hatld-bookson his
voting themselves with ,&reat‘eagerlless. Maiy wllo are the happy craft, which are recognized as standard books of their kind.”
possessors of exceptionally fine collections of books on Magic and Pidytrch?cicMignzine, July loLh, 1901.
kindredarts,are now pritlitlu thetnselves on their mweurtls of
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possess the rarest and fillest collections. taitlsa long article on Cards and Card Tricks, illustrated with
fifteen photos, includitlg one of Houdini of Handcuff fame.
“ ;Many thanks for your “New Juggling Tricks.” The little
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it with mucl1 interest. I an1 glad to see MAGICis to be co~~tinuetl.” (Ernperor of Coins) i l l Kansas Clty eu mute for Australia : he hns
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Extract from the RHEINISCHWESTFALICHEZEITUNG, (Germany)
July 3rd, 1g01.-“ On Monday in Essen Ruhr, there appeared an Have you seen the Half \Voman Illusion at the Alhanlbra? It
artiste, Cirnoc, at tlle establisllnlent of Widow Kratz,. as Haudcuff has been suggested that she lost her legs in a railroad accideat, and
Expert, with the intention of tlemol\strating that the Handcuff that she receive11 a million nlarks for the injury. If report is true
King Houdini, had wilfully deceived tlle puhlic, and thati t was his she is tlle daughter of a big circus manager, wllo formerly had a
(Cirn. c’s) desire to pulAicly ant1 openly expose him. lior the place in Collt on tlle Rhine.
so-called exposltres Cirrloc het1 his own locks, tllnt he co~tlrlopen
with a sllarp knock or blo r , or tltrough tlle nletliutn of false keys,
which he clainlecl was all that Houdini did. The first performance
open to the public was advertised to take place ln-t night, but in 0IBI:TUARY F O R 1900.
the meantime the police learned that Cirnoc was being looked for F r o m “ E m Almanack.”
by the State for swindling, so they were undertllepainful ne- DALE, Ed. J. (Illusionist & Optician) March22nd.
cessity of arrestitlg 11itn.
Will this police baffler. who had the nerve to invite the local DE; L U R (Israel
~ Clark) Illusiollist.April 8th.
police to his openillg exhibitiotl, use his methods to release him- GRANT(Prof.) Ventriloquist, aged48. June13th.
self from the clutches of the law? He will hardly he able to do HIAM(Frank), aged 5s. Dec. 26th, 1899.
this since he was very politelv but thorougllly seal-clled.” HIAM(Henry) aged 35. August 27th.
N.B.-This Cicnoc is the ConreicL who gave n trial show at the Oxford Music
Hall, June, 1900,but did not get the work. The German police are very strict
with regard to Spoof Shows-it will be remembered they put out Anna Eva
HOWARD, Ed. (GhostIllusionProprietor), aged 55.
Fay, arrested Dr. Slade, etc., efc.-[€$d.] Aug. 20th.
HURGINI, (Herr), J.aggler.April 4.
An intf2resting article on Hoop Rolling, illustrated with seven PBPPER(John Henry), “ Pepper’s Ghost,” aged 79.
photos, will be found in Pearson’s IUagazine for July, 1 9 0 ~ . March 25th.
In the St. Nicholas Magazille (New York) for April, r g o ~ ,will
RIVALLI(Jolm Watkins) , The Fire Prince. Feb. 16th.’
be found an important article entitled “ A Modern Magician.”
ZILCA, Madame, (Mrs. Eliza Lind)Clairvoyant.
The article, which deals mainly with facts in and around the life Aged 49. Nov. 3rd.

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MODERNMAGICIANS. day of H.R.H. the PrincessRoyal (the latelamented
* L
Empress Frederick) ; Her Majesty,the Queen graciously
COLONEL STODARE. honoured Stodare with her presence during the perform-
Some thirty-five years ago, prior to the adrcnt
of Mzsk- ance. The Spinx and The Indian Basket, and a Ventrilo-
elyneand Cook, visitors totheEgyptianHallwere quial sketch were performed twice in compliancewith
astonished by such, at :that time novel, illusions as The a special request for the repetition.
Sphinx, The Indian-
Basket The Sphinx is supposedto
Trick., etc., there presented by have been invented by Thomas
Col. Stodare. Tobin,secretary of the Poly-
Stodare’s
real
namewas technic at that time under the
Alfred Englishanduptothe direction of John Henry Pepper.
time he decided to try his luck Tobin offered the illusionto
in London he ,had met with in- Pepper who declined it, when
different success as an itinerant i t was afterwards purchasedby
performer. His first appear- Stodare whose powersas a ven-
ance at the Egyptian Hall under triloquist in apparently causing
his assumed name, now almost thedummy head
to speak,
household
a word,was on doubtless, increased ten-foldthe
Easter Monday, April 17, 1865, value of the originalillusion.
when he introducedfor the first The Times f o r October 1 - 9 4
time in this country those cele- says : - l ‘ Davusmighthave
brated illusions of Hindu magic solved the ‘ Anthropoglossus,’
known as The Instantaneous but Colonel Stodare presents
Growth of Planfs (The Mango 11swith a sphinx that is really
TreeTrick),and theIndian worthy of an Gdipus. ”
Basket Feat; illusions
often Magical Literature is indebted
heard of from Eastern travellers to the Colonel for a couple of
who have“done”India,and veryinterestingthough small
long regarded as wonders never works
entitled respectively
to be witnessed savewithin “TheArt of Magic” (1865)
that
land of mystery and and “Stodare’s Fly
Notes”
superstition. (1867). Copies of which we
It was on the occasion of his have in our Libraryof Magic.
200th consecutiverepresenta- Stodare was not destined to’
tion at thesaid Hall that Stodare enjoy for long the good fortune
introduced an entirely new and produced him by the Sjhinx for
originalillusion entitled The COLONEL STODARE. he died in London of consump-
Sfihizx which at once attracted tion in 1866. The photo accom-
ciowds and made his undertaking, hitherto of question- panyingthissketchhas been securedat n o t alittle
.ableprofit, a brilliant success. ApartfromtheHall, troubleand expense. It isprobablytheonlyone in
private engagements of all kinds, and Royal Commands existence, but .we feel amplyrepaid by beingableto
were numerous. On.Tuesday evening, Nov. 2 I, 1865, he placepermanently oti record themainevents in the
had the distinguished honour to appear by Her Majesty’s life of such illustrious
an Magician as Colonel
command at Windsor Castle on the occasion of the birth- Stodare.
 MAGIC. SEPTEMBER
1901.

MAGIC. LESSONS MAGIC.

PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EVERY MONTH. Suggestions forProgramme of a Coin Manipulator.
Proprietors,ELLISSTANYON & Co. Editor,ELLIS STANYON.
( Contiwed from last issue. 1
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Tip coins from hat on to table and proceed with the
SUBSCRIPTION.-rzMonths by post, 516 ($1.50) ; Single Copy, 654d. (15c.)
- following tricks-with two pieces-Two coins shown to-
getherinrighthandseparateandoneappearsinleft
TO OUR READERS. hand-and back again. A duplicate (third) coin is used
This issue of MAGIC completes theFirst Volume, andin andreverse palm No 2. ( “ NewCoin Tricks. I . ) is
presenting the salue to our readers we feel we must ask their worked with both hands simultaneously.
indulgence whilewe congratulate ourselves on having accomplished At the close of the last sleight, when the two coins are
whatmany friends thought impossible, and what some, hardly
to be comideredfriends, did not desire to see us accotnplish ; back again in the right hand, one coin is thrown on the
thelatter class, who doubtlessconsiderthemselves good con- tableleaving,apparently,oneonlyintherighthand,
jurors, were not crtte enough in this case to allow for contin&encies. thisis passed throughtherightkneetolefthand
Well, Vol. I of MAGIC is complete, and it has been produced, (duplicate)and back again.Thenthrough bothknees
without cessation, on tlle first of each month in accordance with
our guarantee, and,we are glad to say, withsome success. Further, ( ‘‘more painful but-”) and back again ; coins are re-
if the testimony of onr .nunlerous readers is anything -to go. by- turned to table as one m&. The first ,of these two sleights
alld we consider it is an improvement has been visible from start is obviouslyemployed to lead np to the second for the
to finish,” and ‘‘ the paper has surpassed all expectations.’’ better conceallnent of the dnplicate coin which, however,
Any success is, of course, due mainly to the generous support
we have received from all parts of the world, and we now desire to is palpable in the sleight in question at all times.
tender to all alld sundry our siucere thanks ; and also, and what, To Vanish a number of Coins.-Stand with your table
perhaps, is of very great importance, tosolicit a continuance of the on whicll is a number of loose coins, on your right. Take
same, and where possible, more generous support in connection up one coin with the left hand and place it 011 the fingers
with our Second Volume, that we may permanently increase the
size of the paper. of the right hand, extended over table, in position for
We would not complain, but considering the large number of reverse palm No 2 . (“New Coin Tricks, 11”) by which
personsknown to be interestedinconjuring, we should have rlleatls it is caused to disappear. This is continued with
tllougllt thennmber of ANNUAL subscribers would have been six or seven coins. With the first finger and thumbof left
greater. Perhaps many were dubious about our guarantee ; that
is perfectly natural.and we are philosophical enough,though hand, place the second coin in position on the right hand,
lacking, to know that the conduct of others reflects on ourselves. the second, tllird and fourth fingers secretly remove the
Allowance has also been made for the bad start we had, due to tlle first coin from tlle back of the hand, returning it to the
depression of trade by theprolongztiot~ of hostilities inSouth tablewhenpickingupthenext in order--and so on
Africa, and the suddencessation of work amongstentertainers
generally through the deathof our beloved Queen. Now, however, tllroughout. The last coin is never really placed on the
anticipating a good season all round, and a little more ,Kaith iu right hand, but is retained in the left hand with others,
connection with our Second Vohnze, we hope to make MAGIC of representillg the total number vanished, secretly picked
even better value than hitherto, andof still greater interest to the up from the table. Performer comes forward with right
magical fraternity.
Any lack of advertisements in the past has been due, doubtless, hand still extended (to induce spectators to believe that
tothe causes above noted,but we would particularlycallthe he has the coins palmed on the back of the hand) and
attention of all who may be desirous of handling a sixteen-page shows back and front of hand as when actually working
MAGIC eachnlonth,tothe necessity of theirsupportinthis the revevse @ h . ! He next draws attention to the right
.direction. A small advertisement from every reader would
accombiish all this, and our Editor, who is constantly complaining hand wit11 tlle fingers of the left, executes thechange ove?
of want of space, would be able, each month, to dispose of a few palm and back again to leave coins on the fingers of the
mort lessons, ideasof others, facsimile programmes, hand shadows, left haud. Now when making a left turn to get back to
chapeaugraphy, explanatory programmes, interesting articles, original position at table the coins are transferred, under
scielltific experiments, illusions, etc., etc., all of which, wit11 many
more, will be featuresinthe coming volunle. In a word, by cover of body to the back o f right hand it1 asimilar
ndvertisilzg you popularize your nnnze, y o r ~stand to g a i n o?z fhe position to the cards in Fig 2 0 our “New Card Tricks
merits of your advcrtisemenl, a d you also have the satisfactiou p. 19, from which position they are produced, one by o y
of knowiug- that your support will enable u s io increase the number (exactly as i n the case of the cards,) to be dropped on
of pages, and thus to gzve you a Zarger panttty of zlaluable
mformation ecch month. table in quick succession as they arrive. The ChaTzge over
Several attempts havebeen made to‘founda ‘‘ Magical Society,’’ painz with several coins is made with the coins palmed
regretably, with little or no stwcess, the reason being, doubtless, exactly as at Fig 3 . “New Coin Tricks, I,” it will be
due to theabsence of any periodical and the consequent exclusion only necessary to grip well the edges of the outside coin.
of all conjurors resident in the country and abroad. We would
now suggest that MAGICacts the partof such a society, and one i t 1 This applies equally well to the back or front of the hand
which ell, no matter where domiciled, can take a lively interest. --practice only is required to become expert.
At present, the Office of MAGICis open at any time, by appoint- Next in order execute the Turnover with a stack of 40
ment, to allwho would care for achat with the Editor on conjuring or 50 coins(See “New Coin Tricks ” I ) this is an
and allied arts, and the time and space will be extended as occasion
demands. You are asked to support the paper ; there are 110 fees. absurdly simple thing, butI believe the audacity of some
Much opposition is dead, and much more shows signs of weak- mauipulators has induced many tobelieve it a. remarkable
ness ; but this, beyond showing that our efforts are appreciated, is feat-it is nothing of the kind, it may be done by anyone
of no great consequence. Our idea has always been, “ the more, at the first attempt.
the merrier.” Popularize the art !
Finally, we would request that you send us your opinionof Vol. I , The same stack of coins is next palmed in the right
also any suggestion for theimprovement of the second and hand while seeming to place it in the left hand, left hand
subsequent volumes. is eventually shown empty and coins producedfrom vest.
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 SEPTEMBI~R,
1901. MAGIC. 99
PROGRAMME of M. J. de ROYERE, 1888. This is merely an illustration of the property of inertia
Theatre Royal, Haymarket. and may beaccon~plished with but little practice. To ensure
Under the Authority of the Right Hon. the Lord Chamberlain. success, however, observe to place any small articles i.e.
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articles with small bottoms, on trays not less than 8 . h
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Extraord-inary N o v e l t y I 1
The decided success of the FRENCH PERFORMANCES, a n d the square.
unbounded Applause they have been honor’d with from lull and The next trick is that entitled New Vanishi?zg Water,
FrrshionaMe Audiences, has induced
M, a. de - 0 Y E R E and described at length at page 4 of our “New Miscel-
to repeat them, with a Variety of laneous Tricks’’ theonly exception beingthat a glassj u g ,
E N T I R E L YN O V E LF i E A T S instead of a china one, is employed.
FOR THREE NlaHTSmMORE A couple of canaries are 11ow removed from a cage ancl
T h i s E v e n i n g , MONDAY, Oct. 27th, placed in a paper bag. The bagis suspended on a slender
On WEDNESDA-Y 29th. & FRIDAY the 31st. 1828.
Upon which occasion he will have the honor 6f Performing those that excited such’Astonishment on 1 wire stand about 4 ft high. Goldin standing a few paces
the preceding Evenings, Viz :- l
from stand fires revolver a t bap, where-upon the birds are
FORTUNATUS’S CAP;:
Or, the HORN of P L i E N ’ X ’ Y y
seen to re-appear in cage held by assistant at a similar
i distance on opposite side of stand. The weak point of the
Flora’s Paviflion, The Whlte Rabbit, trick is that the birds are never seen in the hand of per-
abe 50tcecec’~appograpbp ; former, as a matter of fact they never leave the cage, but
Among the Novel Feats the following prominent ones will he introduced,
-THEF U G X T X Y E : DOUE, are pressed through a kind of trap bottom under cover of
The
Enchanted Flower Basket. The Dutch-Liquor House, the fore-arm of assistant who is holding cage. Performer
must rehearse to hold his hand and shape the bag in a
Some Novel ZMZTA TIONS by
manner to induce the belief that all is fair and above board.
Assistant still holding cage has but to release trap when
Mon.sieur ANDRIEUX, birdsreappear. It maybe foundmoreconvenient to
Of M . ODRY, in the Soldut Laboureur, and of a n Old Blind Minstrel,
He will also repeat have a second cage, duly loaded, for the re-appearanceof
THE T W O P R I V A T E ACTORS. the birds.
During the Evening, several FAVOURITE SYMPHONlES will be executed
Here follows another exampleof the property of inertia.
B y After Inrrisible Musicians. A smalloblongtray is placed over four tumbiers each
which, M. ROVERE will resume his Performances with The
partly filled with water., on the surface of the tray near
ENCHANTED VO&JAG€ ! ! ! the corners are placed four metal rings, one exactly over
And a Novel Experiment in Aerostation, entitled
each of the tumblers. On each of the rings is placed an
The Aerial Naxiga&ion- egg sn~allend down. All ready, performer gives the edge
’ The whole will conclude with of tray a smart blow with the flat of the hand sendiug it
An Historical Picture in Action, entitled
FIVE MINUTES at MlSSOLONGHl; of flying into the hands of assistant-the eggs fall, into each
OR THE GREEK HERO. the four tumblers:--This experiment forms a finale to
THE ORCHESTRA (which is Numerous) will be conducted a series of Juggling Tricks in throwing and catching the
BY Mr. B. BARNETT. eggs (see explanatory programme on page 9 1 , also our
Tickets, Places and Private Boxes may he had of Mr. MASSINGAM,at the Eox Offlce of the lheatre,
Daily, from 10 till 5. “New Juggling Tricks”).
BOXES Ss. PIT 3s. Lower GALLERY Is. UFper GALLERY 1s. Vanislhg Lamp. A smalllamp,about 15 in.high,
SECONDPKlCE A T A UAKTEK BEFQKE NINE. fitted glass globe and chimney, is .seen burning on small
BOXES %.-PIT 2s -LOWER G%&ERY ls.--CPPER GA,LLERY Gd.
Doors to be Opened at Six and the perfofmances to commence at Se\en precisely. roulld top table, performer covers the lamp with a special
l cover leaving only about I in. of top partof glass chimney
Selected f r o m the Portfolio of Mr. A R T H U R M A R G E R Y .
visible (coverrests on top of globe). In this condition
Egplanatorp ‘Programmes.
- -
the lamp is removed by assistant, and placed on seat of a
tricky looking chair.Goldinholdsahandkerchiefin
( S e e also pages 45, 56, 67, 7.5, 83, 90 91.)
%l
front of lamp for few a seconds, then, appearingdissatisfied
HORACE GOLDIN. Illusionist. with the arrangements, replaces the lamp still covered on
Programme, Palace Theatre, July 26, r g o r . table. ‘ A revolver is now fired at lamp which collapses on
Goldinenters,inconventionaleveningattire,and table,itsprototypeappearing simultaneously on small
without speaking (theentertainment is
carried on shelf incentre of at1 elegantframe,mounted on brass
throughout in dumb-show) proceeds to produce from a supports,andstanding at rear of stage. Thetrick is
good sized neck-handkerchief, respectively a b o d of fire spoiled by the necessity of removing the lamp from table
(ordinary small sized bowl) andabouquet,(ordinary to chair for the purpose of ringing the changes, this is
sized folding
feather bouquet). * accomplished under cover of the handkerchief and with
Next follows a few ordinary sleights with a small sized the aid of a chair provided with a ‘revolving back. The
silkhandkerchiefwhich is eventually placed over the lamp replaced on the tableisbutanupright rod and
nuzzle of a not over dangerous looking gun. Performer, a ringsurmountedwith a piece of talc, the pull of a
by signs, indicates to audience that he is about to shoot thread causes the rod to fall into thehollow centre support
the silk into their midst, it disappears, being drawn into of table, the ring falling flat on the table top. A second
barrel by a spring released by pulling the trigger-(no genuine lamp would be placed in readiness on small shelf
explosion) duplicate silk, ostensibly that fired from gun, at rear of revolving piece in centre of frame or if screens
is now taken from collar. were placed in convenient positions, as is the case in the
Goldin next goes to a small, but firm, square table, on showunderconsideration, thelampmight be secretly
hisright, covered smallclothandcontaining sundry removed by assistant from backof chair toback of frame.
articles as glass jug of water, tumblers, etc, etc. Taking Next in order follows the now familiar Fish Catching
hold of two corners of the cloth he, with a quick jerk, Trick-if the way these fish make their presence felt is
removes it bodily from table lea.ving articles undisturbed. anything to go by, they must be realindeed.
 100 bs A G I C. SEPTEMBQR,
1901.

A Necromancer of the XVIlI Century. highestdegree of the Rosicrucians. Upon thisstrange

shekinah is placed the cabalistic apparatus of the necro-
BY HENRYRIDGELYEVANS. mancer-odd little Egyptian figures of Isis, Osiris, vials
A z ~ t h o vof “HOUYS
wilh the Ghosts” &C., &c. of lustral waters, and a large globe fullof clarified water.
It is all very uncanny. Presently the guests are seated
(Coniimled from page 92) in a circle about the altar, and form a magnetic chain,
As theold chroniclers phraseit, to them enters Cagliostro.
A grand “soiree magique” is being held at the house the Grand Cophta, the man who has lived tl~ousandsof
of Momieur le Comte de Cagliostro. Heavy old-fashion- years, habited in gorgeous robes like the arch-hierophant
ed carriages stand in front of the door, with coachmen of an ancient Egyptian temple. The clairvoyant is now
lolling sleepily 011 the boxes, and linkboys playing rude brought in, a child of angelic purity, who was born under
games with each other in the kennel. A rumble in the a certain constellation, of delicate nerves, great sensitive-
street-ha, there, lackeys! out of the way!Herercomes ness and withal, blue eyes. She is bidden to kneel before
the globe, andrelatewhatsheseestherein.Cagliostro
makes passes over her, and comn~ands the genii to enter
the water. The very soul of the seeress ispenetrated
with the magnetic aura emanating fromthe magican. She
becomes convulsed, grinds her teeth, and declares that
she sees ereqts taking place that very mon~ent at Vienna,
St. Petersburg, Rome and Kamschatka.
Every one presentis tra~lsported with joy. Monseigneur
leCardinal de Rohan is charmed,delighted,andlauds
the necron~nncer to the skies. How weird and wonder-
ful! Albertus Magnus, Nostradamus and Apollonious of
’I‘yana arenotto becompared withthe all-powerful
Cagliostro. Truly he is the descendant of the Egyptian
thaumaturgists.
The seance is followed by a banquet. Rose-leaves are show&ed
over the guests from the guildecl ceilillgs. perfumed water splashes
in fountains, and, a hidden orchestra of v i o l i ~ ~flutes
s, and harps
plays sort melodies. The scene remilltls one of the splendid feasts
of the Roman .voluptuaries in the decadent days of the empire.
The lovely ‘Lorenza Feliciani,wifeof the enchanter, discourses
learnedly of sylphs, salamanders and gnomes, in.the jargon of the
Rosicrucians. The Cardinal, hisveins 011 .fire with love and
champagne, gazes amorously at her. But he is thinking all the
while of the aristocraticMarie Antoinette, who treats him with such
cruel disdain. But Cagliostro has promised to win the Queen for
,

him. to melt her icy heart with love-philters aud magical talismans.
Let him but possess his soul in patience a little while. All will be
well. Aye, indeed, well enough to land the haughty prelate in the
Bastile. andstartthe magiclan on that downward pathtothe
Inquisition at Rome.
The night wanes. The lights of the banqueting-hall burn lower
and lower. Fnally the grandesdames and the se~gneurs take their
departure. When the last carraige has rolled away into the dark-
ness, Cagliostroand his wife yawn wearily,and retire to their respec-
tive sleeping-spa:-tments. The augurs of Rome, says a latin poet,
could not look at eachotherwithoutlaughing. Cagliostroand
h r e n z a i n biddingeachother good-night exchangesmiles of
.E%gravi?rg-of Caz/ioslroin fhe A w ~ yAfedicnl Mlrsewz at incalculable cunning. The sphinx masks have droppedfrom their
Wnshillgtolz. faces, and they know each other to be-charlatans and impostors,
the coach of my Lord Cardinal, Prince Louis de Rohan. preying upona superstitious society. The magician, is alone. He
places his wax light upon anescritoire and throws himself into an
There is a flash of torches. Servants in gorgeous liveries arm-chair before thegreat fireplace, carved and gilded with manya.
of red and gold, with powdered wigs, open the door of grotesque image. The flames of the blazing logs weave all sorts of
the vehicle, andlet down the stepswithacrash, fantastic forms011 floor and ceiling. The wind without howlsin the
chimney like a lost spirit. The figures embroidered on the tapestry
Monseigneur leCardinal,celebrant of the mass in the assume n~ons€rous shapes of evil portent-alguazils, coweled Inquisi-
royal palace at Versailles, man of pleasure and alchemist, tors and jailers with rusty keys and chains.
descends. H e is enveloped in a l a r k cloak, as if to court But the magician sees nothing of i t all, hears not the w a r n i ~ ~cry
g
disguise, but it is only a polite pretense. H e enters the of the wind: he is thinkiug of his newly hatched lodges of Egyptian
Occnltisnl, and the golden louis d’orto be conjured outof the strong-
m a n s i o ~of~ his bosom friend,Cagliostro the magician. boxes of his Parisian dupes.
Within, all is a blaze of light. A life-size bust of the
divineCagliostro ornaments the foyer. Visitors are
received in ahandsomelyfurnished apartmentonthe
second floor. Beyond that is the seance-room, a
not Tmpossible, Magicians thiswill Annual
to Subscriptions
office Five
sendi
mysteriouschamberhungwith somberdrapery. Wax receive their own booked gratis
candles in tall silver sconces, arranged about the place in and post free for one year.
mystic pentagons and triangles, illuminate the place. We don’t expect impossibilities or ask you to do too
In the centre of the room is a table with a black cloth, much : the aboveis an interesting and simple task and
onwhichare embroideredinred the symbols of ,the will pay you in more ways than one.
 SEPTEMBIZR,
xqor. hf A G I C .
A BIBLIOGRAPHY of CONJURING. Conradi, F. W. Der Moderne Kartenkunstler. Dres
den, 1897. Cloth,4to., 231 pp. Illustrated.
ComjiZea? with Notes by EZZis Stanyon. Coupin, M. Henri. A New Optical Illusion,N.Y.The
A b l y assisted by Mr. Arthur Afargmy. LiteraryDigest,Feb. 23rd, 1901. Translated from
“ La Nature.”
(Continued from page 93).
Coxe’s Francis. Treatise declaring the detestable wick-
Conj urer Umnasked(The) or, La Magic Blanche DPvoillire ednesse of Magical Sciences,Necronlancie,Conjura-
Being a clear and full explanation of all the surprising tions of Spirits, CuriouseAstrologie,and suchlyke.
performances, exhibited as well in this Kingdom as on London, N.D. 8vo. Copy wanted.
theContinent, by the mosteminent arid dextrous Craft, Rev. Arnos N., A. M EpiderxicDelusions. With
Professors of Sleight of Hand, together with Descrip- special reference to Modern Spiritualism.Cincinnati,
tions, Observations, and Directions for the tricks of the 1881. Cloth, SVO. 341 pp.
Divining Rod-Automaton Clless Player-Self-per- Crane, L. ModernMagic Explained. New York.
forming organ-Speaking figures-Artificial serpents- Metropolitan,May, 1898, pp. 509-512. (Tyinghand-
Mechanical Birds-Automaton Flute Player -Transpar- kerchief; Egg Palming ; Front and Back Card Palm-
ent MagicalTables, &c, &c.(Translated from the French ing, &C.)
of Mons. Decremps). London I 785 121110., pp 89. Crane,W. B. Tjle Mechanics of Magic.New York.
(Contains about 25 tricks of the Period, and 2 sections devoted
to Automataetc. The frolltispiece reads-The Professor of Metropolitan, November, 1898, pp. 551-4.
Amusing Pllilosphy who having burned R card itake11 at Cremer, W. H., Jr. The Secret Out, or One Thousand
chance) throws the pack in the air, atM hich he fires a pistol and TricksinDrawing Room, or White Magic. London,
ye card is found nailed to the wall (See Chap. 5). 1871. Cloth 8 ~ 0,. 307 pp. 300 Illustrations.
Conjurers and Conjuring. By a London Professor. Boy’s -Hanky Panky. A Book of Conjuring Tricks.
Own Paper. London, Vol 3. pp. 206-251-270-310. London, rS75. Cloth 8\70., 32spp. Coloured Front-
Conjurers Magazine (The) or Magical and Physiognonlical ispiece. 250 Illustratiom.
Mirror.London, Aug. 1792 to July, I 793. 2 Vols. Magic No Mystery. Tricks with Cards, Dice, Balls,
Bou~ld in ClothSvo. Vol I . 498 pp. Vol 2. 52 I pp. etc.
London, 1876. Cloth, Svo. Illustrated. Scarce.
(This was continued as The Astrologers Magazille, and Philo-
sophical Miscellany-which made up V013 all puldished. This -The Magician’s Own Book. London. 1871. Cloth,
last Vol was published in 1794,252 pp. 8vo. 250 Illustrations.
Conjurer’s Properties.Leisure Hour,London, March, Cruikshank (George). A Discovery concerning Ghosts :
6th and 20th) 1880, pp 150-152 and 189-191. with a rap at the “ Spirit Rappers,” to which is added
Conj urer’s Repository(The) or thewhole art and mystery a few parting raps at tlle ‘ l Rappers )’ with questiom,
of magic displayed by the following celebrated charac- suggestions, and advice to tlle “ Davenport Brothers.”
ters;Pinetti,Katterfelto,Barrett, Breslaw, Sibley, Dedicated tothe “ GhostClub,” 2nd Edition.Lon-
Lane, &c, embellished with anengraving.London don, 1864. Paper, large Svo., 60 pp.
Illustrated.
I 795. Boards I 21110 146 pp, (Col’d frontispiece. ) Very rare.
(This work appearsacotupilatior~ of matter fromvarious Culin (Stewart). Chinese Games withDice and Dorrlilloes.
sources. It contains nothitlg original for its tirue of publislrillg With 12 platesandwoodcuts. 1825. Rareandinter-
although it is full of information, and explai~ls all rllanner of
!deceptions, from the “ Invisible girl ” to “ Chinese Shadows esting.Anotheredition,Pllifadelphia, 1889. Paper,
and l‘Sympathetic Inks,” The frontispiece is of a typical old large 8vo. , 2 I pp. Illustrated.
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demain.” “ Boys’ Own Paper,” London, 1892.
A series of six articles on Conjuring. ‘ HYPNOTISM AND CONJURING.
Conjuring in the East. U.S.A. Current Literature, Jan.
1899, Vol. XXV. p. 84. We have been askedto give our opinionon thefuture of
Conjuring. The Conjurer
Unmasked. Thetricks of HYPNOTISM i l l co~lnectionwith Conjuring.The idea is almost
the most eminent and dexterous professors of Sleight too absurd for words. If what is meantis for 11sto give our opinion
of Hand. London, I 790. 12mo. Frontispiece. on the future of CONJURING in connectionwith Hypnotism-a
totally different matter,-the nnmerous stupid stories of the Indian
Original Sheep. fakirs, a class ridiculed by thesane, form fitting examples. Is
Conjuringfor Christmas. New PennyMagazine, Dec. thereunderlying all this allother effort-allied to Spiritualisnl,
1 5 t h ~rgoo, pp. 316-320. Illustrated. Theosophy, etc.-being made to extort nloney from the credulous?
Conjurer, The London, or, The Complete Art of Leger- I t may seem incredible to many, but we actually had a man-old
enough to be the father of many present-day magicians, and sane
demain.London,N.D. Paper, ~vo.,36pp.Coloured enough, we believe-call at this office only a few days since, who
Frontispiece.Veryrare. made a desperate effort to induce out Editor to believe that sore
Conjurer’s Museum, The, or, Hocus Pocus in Perfection. and achiag- feet collld be instantly cured by I~olding them outof
Tricks with Cards, Dice, and Philosophical Apparatus the window in the dwection of the E a s t and making hypnotic
passes orer them wit11 the hands. Rut how this quackery is to
as practised by Ingleby, Breslaw, Pinetti, the Caledon- affect.Conjging and the beautiful nrl of Sleight of Hand is to 11s
ian Conjurer (Prof. Anderson, Ed,), The WhiteDevil, an enlgma. ’!’ ’
&C., &C., London, 1800. Paper, ~ v o . 36 , pp. Col- N.B.-The Quacks would doubtless select for their operations soma
oured Frontispiece. form of malady to which the monied class are prone.
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who exposes some really good tricks) and Major Devono, an old
Items of Intepest. fashioned conjurer who does not glory in the ability of R card and
coin manipulator, but who’s one aim isto mystify his audience, and
We have rcceived for publication quite a number of excellent thathe does by showingcomplicatedmysteries thatare very
tricks from cotljurers in all parts of the world. Many of these rarely see11 at the present time.
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have beell withheld, not from any lack of merit, but solelyon 1 Ile McKays, who are very clever at lightning sketch business,
account of want of space. We hope to be able to make use of are here this week for Moss and Thorntoll.
these in our second volume, and we would ask the generous sup- “ Thaurlla,” * The Crystal Palace Mystery is being performed
port of all interested to enable us to permanently increase the size here in a penny show, the effect is as follows.-A girl’s head and
of MAGIC,that there may be space enough and to spare for this bust are show11 on a short board which is suspended at each end by
class of matter. ropes in the form of ;I swing. The showmau passes his hantl under-
Have you overlooked the fact that you can obtain the loan of any neat11 atld above the swing and says there are 110 mirrors connected
book on conjuring and allied arts from this office. For particulars with it whatever. J. C. SKEI,SEY, Aug. 15th.
of our Lending Libraryof MAGIC,see p. 70 of this volume. * T h i s i l l u s i w will be found illustrated and explained at p. 272 of Modern
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We have it on good authority that several individuals, and one C o t ~ j u r i ~ ~[Garenlie],

g,” Ed.
in particular, begin to realize the true philosoplly of the trite say- ---
ing, “ Comparisons are odious.” With apologies to Mr. Rudyard
Kypling we print the following appropriate lines :-
“ They copy all they can follow, but they cannot copy our mind,
Diaersified Diaersions.
And we leavethem sweating and toiling, a y e p atid a half behind.”
Professor Ahmed, Court Magician, Central India, sends us his A Novel Trick wilh Bread.-Take a piece of moder-
circular nicely printed in English on the lines of European per-
formers. This is interesting, as it goes to prove that our efforts to ately new bread and mould it between the fingers until it
popularize the mystic arthave far reaching effects. becomes of thecot~stituency of stiff dough. Finally
Friends of the late lamented Mr. Ross Conyears will be pleased shape it intothe form of apyramid, i.e., havingfour
to know that the tribute to his memory poor our ability enabled us equal triangular sides and four sharp points or corners.
to give, in our lastissue, has been reprinted i t 1 full in the “ Inver- You will find that the bread readily assumes the lequired
gordon Times ” of August 7th, thelocal paper of his home district,
form if pressed between the tips of the two fore-fingers
Madam Herrmann sailed from New York 011 August 2nd for
Europe toopen at the Winter Garten,Berlin. a11d the two thumbs.
I n connection withthe Avenue Garden A1 Fresco Concerts, The bread properlymoulded,throw it, withall the
Herne Bay, Prof. Owen Clarkproduces anexcitingand clever violence you can exert, at the wall and llote the result.
sleight of hand entertainment twice nightly. His chef d’Ozrvle is You naturally expect to find it smashed to atoms or at
the Fish-Catching Trick with novel variations. least to be: minus one or more of its delicately fashioned
According to the Australian Papers, Percy Verto, described as poillts. You will be surprised, however, to find it quite
the Handcuff King, is exciting,on that side of the earth, as mnch
interest as did Houdini, at theAlhambra last January. uninjured.Exasperatedyou will throw itatthe wall
At the Workman’s Hall, New Tredegar, for week ending July again with still greater violence, but the resultwill be the
17th, was Dr. I,ind’s American Co. One of the items on tllepro- same, in short it will be found impossible to destroy or
gramme reads, ‘‘ Special Engagemellt extraordinary of the great even damage it by such means. The reason is that any
LoudounCameron,Magician,from the Egyptian Hall, London, one of the flat sides, being heavier than either one of the
who caused such a sensation with the Billiard Ball Feat.”
points, must come in contact with the wall and the same
The Baildon Moor Brigands gave a most successful concert at
Baildon during August.Mr. Arthur Green-e-wood caused acon- rule applies when the bread leaves the wall and strikes the
tinuousroar of laughterwithhis ventriloquial sketch, while floor-it is really col~solidatedby the force of the impact.
Mr. Arthur Feather with his “ Magic and Mystery ” was highly I know of no simple experilnetit that will create more
appreciated. amusement as an after-dinner trick than the above.
TO MR. STANYON.-The box containing money apparatus
ordered from you arrivedsafe an$ in good order, and I am glad to A n Experiment with an Egg and a Playing Card.-
say I am greatly pleased with same : another proof of the excel- The feat described and illustratedbelow is an enlargement
lency of your workmanship. I shall forward you another order 011 thatprettylittletrick,illustratingtheproperty of
soon, which I hope willhave the same promptandcareful
attention.-Bosco, JR., South Africa, July 3Ist, 1901. inertia, and performed with a penny and a playing card,
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It may interest many to know that the Conjurer, in plain even- is given to the card
ing dress, and Madam Olivette, working mathematical problems which is sent flying
at the Tivoli, 22nd August, 1901, are none other than the‘‘ Salam- across the room while
bos, ” described as electrical marvels, and who appear at the same the penny remains
house later onin the programme. Mr. Chas. Morritt, with conjur-
i n g and illusionswasalso appearing at the samehouse at the poised on the finger.
same time. A niore interest-
Professor Field has, we understand, retired, having given up his ing feat is thatwhere
stall, which he held for so many years, at the Royal Aquarium,carda is placed over Fig. I.
Westminster. a tumbler three psrts filled with water, On the card is
HULL NO’I’ES- poised an egg kept in theperpendicular by the help of a
Ituro Fox proves a star turn at theAlhambra. finger ring (see Fig I.) A sharp fillip is given to the card
Anyone visiting the Scarbro’ Aquarium will be struck by the as in the instance above noted ; the egg falls uninjured,
number of side shows, illusions, and conjurers, that appear there cushioning on the water contained in the tumbler.
during the season. At the timeof writing there aretwo side shows,
viz.--‘* The Flying Lady ” and “She” both of which take well. A still further enlargement on this amusement will be
On the variety programme are Mc’Aske! (a humourous conjurer found under our Explanatory Programme in this issue,
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