Clarke, Sydney: The Annals of Conjuring ©2001 The Miracle Factory, WA Hardcover, 608 pages ISBN: 0-9710405-0-8

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Comments: Edited by Edwin A. Dawes, Todd Karr, in association with Bob Read. From Genii's Magicpedia, "The Annals of Conjuring was advertised beginning in 1919. The prohibitive cost of book production and illustration, coupled with the disappointing response by intending purchasers, prevented the work being issued as originally intended. Thus it was first published serially in the pages of The Magic Wand from March, 1924 to 1928, then later in book form in 1929 (four copies), 1983 (reprint by MagicCo), 2001(reprint)"

Contents:

7 Illustrations
19 Preface (Edwin A. Dawes)
23 Publisher's Note
29 The Barrister in the Circle (Edwin A. Dawes)

57 Introduction
63 1. Ancient Conjuring
71 2. The Mediaeval Jugglers
87 3. The Jugglers' Tricks
103 4. Hocus Pocus
119 5. The English Showmen
155 6. Continental Conjurers
185 7. The Decline of Conjuring
203 8. The Wizard of the North and the Mechanical Conjurers
239 9. Robert-Houdin
267 10. From Robert-Houdin to Maskelyne
295 11. Maskelyne and Cooke
343 12. Conjurers of Yesterday and To-Day
373 13. Oriental Conjurers
403 Conclusion
409 Notes

469 Appendices
469 1. Installments of The Annals of Conjuring in the Magic Wand
471 2. Illustrations for The Annals of Conjuring in the Magi Wand
475 3. Clarke's Annotations (Edwin A. Dawes)
477 4. Principal Writings of Sidney W. Clarke (Edwin A. Dawes)

483 Additional Resources
483 1. The Research of Arthur Watson
489 2. Hippolytus
499 3. Early English Records of Conjuring
507 4. Scotto (Jjalmar and Thierry Depaulis)
519 5. Early Italian Conjuring Words (Jjalmar and Thierry Depaulis)
527 6. Entertainment in The Spectator (Bob Read)
531 7. Southwark Fair News Items
537 8. Fawkes Notices
547 9. Colonial American Magic
563 10. Magic in Early Literature
571 11. Charlier (Herbert E. Pratt)

591 Bibliography
603 Acknowledgements
605 Index