The Magician's Own Book, or, the Whole Art of Conjuring

Name: The Magician's Own Book, or, the Whole Art of Conjuring
Author: George Arnold

by George Arnold, Frank Cahill

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The Magician's Own Book, or, the Whole Art of Conjuring Being a complete hand-book of parlor magic, and containing over one thousand optical, chemical, mechanical, magnetical, and magical experiments, amusing transmutations, astonishing sleights and subtleties, celebrated card deceptions, ingenious tricks with numbers, curious and entertaining puzzles, together with all the most noted tricks of modern performers.

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Chris Curnow, Jane Robins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2019-11-14

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Public domain in the USA.

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Magic tricks -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.Tricks -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

About the authors

George Arnold

1834–1865

A 19th-century American poet and journalist, he was known for light verse, songs, and sentimental poems that reached a wide magazine audience. His best-known work, “Drifting,” helped keep his name alive long after his early death.

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Frank Cahill

Best remembered for co-authoring lively Victorian-era books of entertainment and parlor magic, this little-documented writer helped create manuals meant to amuse families and amateur performers at home.

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