Larsen, Geraldine Conrad: The Diary of a Magician's Wife ©1941 Midwest Magic Service, OH Hardcover, w/dj, 96 pages

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Comments: Illustrated by Tom S. Lawless. From the title page, "Being one week a month taken from the diary of Mrs. Lotta Hocus, the fascinating young wife of that famous amateur magician, Al Hocus." A humorous but insightful look. After the introduction, William Larsen writes that, "the character of Al Hocus...is entirely fictitious and any similarity between him and me is purely coincidental..."

Contents (from book ToC):

5 Introduction (Mrs. Harry Houdini)
Chapter 1. Four Aces Too Many
Chapter 2. How Did Houdini Do It?
Chapter 3. A Goldfish Cat-Astrophe
Chapter 4. The Magic Of Christmas
Chapter 5. Ghostly Goingson
Chapter 6. Bells To “Waist”
Chapter 7. Not In The Cards
Chapter 8. “My Trusty Blades!”
Chapter 9. Cards And Music
Chapter 10. To Do Or Di-Al
Chapter 11. Only A Cabbage Head
Chapter 12. A Reno-Vated Marriage