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Excerpt from Magie Et Physique Amusante: OEuvre PosthumeJ'ai pensé qu'il serait peut - être agréable au public de connaître ces petits secrets dont on a beaucoup parlé, et j'ai cru ne pou voir mieux faire, pour leur publicité, que de les placer en tête d'un ouvrage plein de ré vélations et de confidences.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is...

Excerpt from Magie Et Physique Amusante: OEuvre PosthumeJ'ai pensé qu'il serait peut - être agréable au public de connaître ces petits secrets dont on a beaucoup parlé, et j'ai cru ne pou voir mieux faire, pour leur publicité, que de les placer en tête d'un ouvrage plein de ré vélations et de confidences.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is...

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Excerpt from Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, Ambassador, Author, and Conjuror, Vol. 1 of 2IN my humble capacity of translator of Robert Rondin's life, I may be permitted to make one or two remarks, and answer in anticipation the objections which I feel confident will be raised.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important hi...

Excerpt from Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, Vol. 2 of 2: Ambassador, Author, and ConjurorWhen one of these gentlemen rang at my door, an electric communication struck a bell in my workroom I was thus warned and put on my guard. My servant opened the door, and, as is customary, inquired the visitor's name, while I, for my part, laid my ear to a tube, arranged for the purpose, which conveyed to me every word. If, according to his reply, I thought it ...

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This 1877 translation of Robert-Houdin's 1868 conjuring manual reveals the techniques used in popular stage performances during the Victorian period.

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Excerpt from Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, Vol. 2 of 2: Ambassador, Author, and Conjuror This scene, with some others that preceded and fol lowed it, compelled me to take measures to guard. Myself against bores of every description. I could not dream, as formerly, of exiling myself in the country, but I employed a similar resource: this was to shut myself up in my workroom, and organise around me a system of defence against those whom I called, i...

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The author was a French magician, widely considered to be the father of the modern style of conjuring. First published in the original French in 1861, this work exposing the tricks of card sharpers appeared in English translation in 1863.

Excerpt from Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, Ambassador, Author, and Conjuror, Vol. 1 of 2 IN my humble capacity of translator of Robert Rondin's life, I may be permitted to make one or two remarks, and answer in anticipation the objections which I feel confident will be raised. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an impo...