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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring

Professor Louis Hoffman (1839 - 1919)

This "how-to" book covers everything for the 1800's illusionist, from stage presence & dress, program and stage arrangement, to how to do tricks with cards, coins, watches, rings, handkerchiefs, dominoes and dice, cups and balls, hats, and other apparatus. "I have purposely limited my disclosures to such illusions as have been sufficiently long before the public to be fairly regarded as common property. Within this limit I have endeavored to make my explanations as complete as possible; but to go beyond it would be to infringe a moral copyright, and to deprive gentlemen to whom Modern Magic is especially indebted, of the well-earned fruits of their labor and invention." - Summary by TriciaG

Proof-Listeners: Joyful in MN, Billl Boerst

Genre(s): Performing Arts, Sports & Recreation

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Introduction	Bill Boerst	00:22:24
Play 02	General Principles of Sleight-of-Hand Applicable to Card Tricks, Part 1	Little Tee	00:27:30
Play 03	General Principles of Sleight-of-Hand Applicable to Card Tricks, Part 2	Lynne T	00:22:10
Play 04	General Principles of Sleight-of-Hand Applicable to Card Tricks, Part 3	KHand	00:11:57
Play 05	Card Tricks with Ordinary Cards, and Not Requiring Sleight-of-Hand, Part 1	Bill Boerst	00:21:13
Play 06	Card Tricks with Ordinary Cards, and Not Requiring Sleight-of-Hand, Part 2	Bill Boerst	00:19:47
Play 07	Tricks Involving Sleight-of-Hand, or the Use of Specially Prepared Cards, Part 1	Bill Boerst	00:23:20
Play 08	Tricks Involving Sleight-of-Hand, or the Use of Specially Prepared Cards, Part 2	Bill Boerst	00:20:56
Play 09	Tricks Involving Sleight-of-Hand, or the Use of Specially Prepared Cards, Part 3	Bill Boerst	00:21:47
Play 10	Tricks Involving Sleight-of-Hand, or the Use of Specially Prepared Cards, Part 4	Bill Boerst	00:24:32
Play 11	Tricks Involving Sleight-of-Hand, or the Use of Specially Prepared Cards, Part 5	Bill Boerst	00:21:38
Play 12	Tricks Involving Sleight-of-Hand, or the Use of Specially Prepared Cards, Part 6	Bill Boerst	00:19:09
Play 13	Tricks Involving Sleight-of-Hand, or the Use of Specially Prepared Cards, Part 7	Bill Boerst	00:14:07
Play 14	Card Tricks Requiring Special Apparatus, Part 1	Bill Boerst	00:24:52
Play 15	Card Tricks Requiring Special Apparatus, Part 2	Bill Boerst	00:17:08
Play 16	Card Tricks Requiring Special Apparatus, Part 3	Bill Boerst	00:18:01
Play 17	Principles of Sleight-of-Hand More Especially Applicable to Coin Tricks	Richard Shipp	00:21:48
Play 18	Tricks With Coin Without Apparatus, Part 1	KHand	00:15:55
Play 19	Tricks With Coin Without Apparatus, Part 2	KHand	00:14:47
Play 20	Tricks With Coin Without Apparatus, Part 3	KHand	00:12:00
Play 21	Tricks with Coin Requiring Special Apparatus, Part 1	Lynne T	00:23:05
Play 22	Tricks with Coin Requiring Special Apparatus, Part 2	ashleighjane	00:29:24
Play 23	Tricks with Coin Requiring Special Apparatus, Part 3	ashleighjane	00:31:15
Play 24	Tricks with Watches	Bev J Stevens	00:29:52
Play 25	Tricks with Rings	katetastrophe	00:30:52
Play 26	Tricks with Handkerchiefs, Part 1	Lynne T	00:23:20
Play 27	Tricks with Handkerchiefs, Part 2	Lynne T	00:27:33
Play 28	Tricks with Handkerchiefs, Part 3	Lucy Park	00:23:05
Play 29	Tricks with Dominoes and Dice	Megan Clavie-Parker	00:14:25
Play 30	The Cups and Balls, Part 1	April Walters	00:22:28
Play 31	The Cups and Balls, Part 2	April Walters	00:25:10
Play 32	Ball Tricks Requiring Special Apparatus	Shelley Stephen	00:25:06
Play 33	Hat Tricks	Wendy Almeida	00:26:14
Play 34	Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 1	S R Colon	00:20:32
Play 35	Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 2	KHand	00:20:18
Play 36	Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 3	TriciaG	00:26:40
Play 37	Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 4	TriciaG	00:22:03
Play 38	Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 5	TriciaG	00:25:22
Play 39	Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 6	TriciaG	00:20:17
Play 40	Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 7	KHand	00:18:22
Play 41	Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 8	TriciaG	00:19:52
Play 42	Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 9	Brian Mansi	00:16:06
Play 43	Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 10	Blaze Dragon	00:20:15
Play 44	Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 11	Lynne T	00:31:35
Play 45	Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 12	TriciaG	00:28:27
Play 46	Stage Tricks, Part 1	KHand	00:20:12
Play 47	Stage Tricks, Part 2	KHand	00:18:47
Play 48	Stage Tricks, Part 3	Lynne T	00:22:37
Play 49	Stage Tricks, Part 4	Caroline Shapiro	00:22:30
Play 50	Stage Tricks, Part 5	TriciaG	00:27:10
Play 51	Stage Tricks, Part 6	Blaze Dragon	00:17:04
Play 52	Concluding Observations	Lynne T	00:23:47

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