Modern magic. : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. (1885)
Hoffmann, Professor, 1839-1919, Hawkins, Arthur, ca. 1940 · London ; New York : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 24
he scarcity of treatises on WhiteMagic is easily accounted for. The more important secrets of theart have been known but to few, and those few have jealouslyguarded them, knowing that the more closely they concealed the clueto their mysteries, the more would those mysteries be valued. Indeed,the… … 2 MODERN MAGIC. kept j and there is hardly a trick performed upon the stage which theamateur may not, at a sufficient expenditure of shillings or guineas,procure at the conjuring depots. There being, therefore, no longerthe same strict secresy, the literature of magic has improved a little,though…
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