Meyer, David: The Wizard Exposed Magic Tricks, Interviews, and Experiences ©1987 David Meyer, MeyerBooks, Glenwood, IL Softcover, 175 pages

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Comments: "A wondrous collection of articles which protray the Magical World of the English Variety Stage"

Contents:

vii Memories Are Made of These: An Appreciation of Duncan Johnstone (Edwin A. Dawes)
xv A Note to the Reader

3 Masters of Mystery
3 A Clever Card Manipulator (Howard Thurston): from The Coloured Pictorial, August 1902
5 The King of Cards (Howard Thurston): from Black and White Budget, January 1901
7 The Queen of Coins (Talma): from The New Penny Magazine, August 1900
12 Talma’s Tricks (Talma): from Black and White Budget, April 1901
14 A House of Mystery (Servais Le Roy): from Black and White Budget, March 1901
17 Marvels of Sleight of Hand (Servais Le Roy): The Royal Magazine, October 1899
23 Modem Magic Explained (Lawrence Crane): from Metropolitan Magazine, circa 1900
27 A Master of Magic and Mystery (P T Selbit): from The Penny Magazine, circa 1903
30 Billiards in the Air (Clement de Lion): from Health and Strength, October 1905
33 A Master of Mysteries (Malini): from The Penny Magazine, circa 1900
36 The Man with the Wonderful Hands (T Nelson Downs): The Penny Pictorial Magazine, circa 1900
40 The King of Handcuffs (Houdini): The Royal Magazine, September 1900
43 The Handcuff King (Houdini): from Black and White Budget, January 1901

47 The Wizard Exposed
47 The Wizard Exposed (Houdini): from The Royal Magazine, July 1901
52 The Best Trick for Amateur Conjurors (A Symposium: David Devant, Horace Goldin, et al): from The Strand Magazine, circa 1905
59 Card Tricks (Charles Bertram): from The London Magazine, circa 1903
65 Card-Sharpers and Their Work: from The Strand Magazine, circa 1896
70 Card Tricks Exposed (Houdini): from The New Penny Magazine, circa 1901
74 Race Course Swindles: from The London Magazine, circa 1924
82 A Parlour Seance with David Devant: from The Strand Magazine, circa 1901

93 Houdini The Enigma And Some Others
93 The Experiences of a Conjurer (Horace Goldin): from The Strand Magazine, January 1901
98 Royalty’s Magician (Charles Bertram): from The New Penny Magazine, December 1899
105 A Master of Magic (Charles Bertram): from The Home Magazine, circa 1898
107 The Prince of Puzzle Makers (Sam Loyd): from The Strand Magazine, December 1907
114 A Ventriloquist’s Stories (Arthur Prince): from The Strand Magazine, February 1923
119 Conjurers of All Countries (Fred Culpitt): from The Strand Magazine, December 1915
124 Jesting with Death: from The Royal Magazine, circa 1898
130 Professor Hoffmann’ and Conuring: from The Windsor Magazine, circa 1896
133 The Great Wizard of the West (J N Maskelyne): from English Illustrated Magazine, January 1895
142 Fifty Years of Magic (Nevil Maskelyne): from Pearson's Magazine, May 1926
149 Thrills in the Life of a Magician (Houdini): from The Strand Magazine, January 1919
153 Houdini the Enigma by A Conan Doyle: from The Strand Magazine, August and September 1927

169 Notes on Contributors
171 British Illustrated Magazines: A Bibliographic Note on Those Represented
in This Book (Edwin A Dawes)