The Old and the New Magic

by Henry Ridgely Evans

EN·~11 hours·19 chapters

Chapters

19 total

THE OLD AND THE NEW MAGIC, by Henry Ridgely Evans.

0:22

SKETCH OF HENRY RIDGELY EVANS.

2:02

INTRODUCTION. BY DR. PAUL CARUS.

36:10

HISTORY OF NATURAL MAGIC AND PRESTIDIGITATION.

39:42

THE CHEVALIER PINETTI.

35:23

CAGLIOSTRO—A STUDY IN CHARLATANISM.

1:36:42

GHOST-MAKING EXTRAORDINARY.

38:04

THE ROMANCE OF AUTOMATA.

29:19

ROBERT-HOUDIN—CONJURER, AUTHOR AND AMBASSADOR.

1:15:18

SOME OLD-TIME CONJURERS.

49:27

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~11 hours (660K characters)

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by deaurider, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2018-05-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57077

Subjects

Magic tricks Magicians -- Biography GV

About the author

Henry Ridgely Evans

1861–1949

A journalist turned authority on magic and illusion, he wrote lively books that opened the world of conjuring, spirit tricks, and famous performers to general readers. His work helped preserve the history of stage magic at a time when vaudeville and theatrical illusion were thriving.

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