Leat, Harry: Forty Years In & Around Magic ©1923 Harry Leat, London Softcover, saddle-stitched, 80 pages

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Comments (JayAnd Lefy): Harry Leat describes incidences during his magic life, some odd, some funny, some unbelievable. Often another well known magic celebrity was involved, such as Houdini, Selbit, Trewey, ... This book makes a great read. No tricks.

Contents:

4 Preface
5 Forty Years In & Around Magic
5 My First Trick
5 Messrs Hamleys
6 A Minstrel
7 Mr. George Munro
8 Colonel Gouraud
11 Magic
12 Maurice Garland
14 Phil Davis
15 German Exhibition
16 Eugene Sandow
16 Professor Field
17 Herr Fritz
17 Sulphuric Acid
18 Press Bazaar
19 H. Hinks Martin
19 Cinematograph
20 I Join Garland
24 Garland's Life
25 The Polytechnic
25 Bruxelles
25 The Old Playgoers Club
26 Duke Street
28 The History of the Magic Wand (George Johnson)
29 The First Society of Magicians
29 Enemies
29 Exit Garland
29 The Wizard is Published
31 I Fool Selbit
31 The Magic Wand
35 Charles Munro
37 Douglas Beaufort
38 Douglas Dexter
38 Dr. Byrd Page
38 I Leave Munros
39 Ye Old Saint Martin
40 Bertie Bretma
43 The Montpelier
44 Wm. J. Hillier
44 Harry Houdini
45 Mr. Bradley Alexander
45 Horace Goldin
46 Henri Bekker
48 Howard Thurston
48 Bijou Theatre
49 Harry Kellar
50 Trewey
50 Monsieur C. De Vere (Charles Williams)
51 Louis Hoffmann (Angelo Lewis)
51 Blands, Hiams, Theobalds, and Millikin & Lawley
53 Mr. Wm. Galley
53 Mr. Fred Wilkinson
54 A Sample
56 Percy Hart
56 McLaughlin Electric Belt Co.
57 The Old London Cabby
58 Praise
58 Magical Societies
60 Covent Garden Qualifications
60 Dr. Wilson
61 Card Tricks
63 Founder of the Magic Circle
64 John Warren
65 The Savage Club
65 Luton
65 The New Page
65 Cabby
66 Snuffy
66 Chung Ling Soo
66 George Webb
68 Carlton
69 Swank Memo
69 Hat Coil Stops Traffic
70 Miss Letty Lind
70 Sir Charles Hawtrey
70 Barclay Gammon
70 Swami
71 Robert Crawford
71 Mons. C. Lebert
71 Julien Wylie
71 Placed Under Arrest
74 A Jazz Band
74 Tom
75 Customers
75 The Prize Idiot
76 Mr. Ainslie Pain
77 I Move
78 Diversified Magic (Ad)
79 Thoughful Magic (Ad)
80 Magic of the Depots 1923 (Ad)