The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 75
the creditof originators; and one man soimproved the art of conjuring asto be called the father of mod-ern magic. This man was once a littleFrench boy, the son of a watch-maker. He was born in Blois four days afterNapoleon I. won the great battle of Austerlitz.During his boyhood he was attracted by… … J toys; and he was so pleased by the ingenuityof the eight-year-old boy that he used to sayheartily, Why, the young scamp can makeanything he likes ! The boy—his name was Jean EugeneRobert—loved toy-making better thanschool, and says that a long ill-ness gave him leisure to try hisskill. Even at…
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