The Original Bosco - - - The Famous Italian Magician
Bosco was not only a clever magician, but a man of many adventures, so that his life reads like a romance.
By Dr. A. M. Wilson & Harry Houdini
A Paradoxical Perplexity
None other has essayed such variety, continuity of effects in sequence, and in such manner as to hold the attention of scientific adepts in the art of mysticism in such hypnotic spell of bewilderment from start to finish, climaxed with unanimous acclamation of surprise and acknowledgment of the superiority and marvelousness of the mysteries involved.
By Oscar S. Teale
Magic and Magicians,—Past and Present
A vast and sweeping epic history of the magic and magicians touring Australia and New Zealand from the 1850s to the 1920s.
By Robert Kudarz
Aesthetic Magic
The possibilities of aesthetic magic in the hands of high class artists are boundless.
By Oscar S. Teale
The Story of The Gift Shows
The years have labored faithfully and the gift show of erstwhile lies under the stone. It comes to us all, this fleeting incident, yet we love to dwell upon the things we remember and twitch the ears of the listener with the story that lies beneath.
By Kit Clarke
Battles of Famous Mystifiers
In this rapid age and the scarcity of authentic history of magic and magicians; the world in general does not know that a bitter argument waged between John Henry Anderson, "Wizard of the North," the greatest advertising magician that ever lived, and Charles James Mathews, a renowned comedian.
By Harry Houdini
Outwitting Herrmann’s Manager
A success like this could not well be concealed and very soon every magician, and every man who could pull a string and make a card rise from the pack or pull a rabbit from the coat of a "plant" in the audience started a gift show.
By Kit Clarke
Animal Magic
There is a growing feeling among audiences that healthy, able-bodied men and women should find some other way of earning a living and amusing the public than at the expense of a few unfortunate animals, and the time will surely come when animal acts will be so unpopular that no theatrical manager will book them.
By H. Syril Dusenberry
Conjuring By Electricity
Students of magical history know that all arts and sciences were born of magic and were first applied by the wonder workers of past ages.
By G. G. Laurens
A Bit of Magical Archeology
The writer has spent hours delving through ancient tomes in search of the concepts of ancient days, endeavoring to penetrate the origin of superstitious customs as well as their secret practices.
By G. G. Laurens
Random Thoughts on Magic
Some boys obtain their introduction to magic through the medium of a box of tricks, others from reading a book on the art. But believe me, dear reader, when I say that the best, the most perfect introduction to the magic art is to see a magician on the stage, and not to have the slightest inkling as to how his feats are done.
By Henry R. Evans, Litt. D
Zanzic, Charlatan Supreme!
Zancig spent some $5,000.00 in fitting up a house on Michigan Avenue in Chicago with trap doors, slides, panels, secret telephones, and numerous other devices, and with their aid, built up the strongest Spiritualistic studio.
By Harry Houdini
Rival Magicians Battle Over Infringed Trick
Waters accused Maurice of infringing on tricks which he (Waters) had originated, to which Maurice replied that Waters was another, and several of them. Waters retaliated in like language, in the course of which he called Maurice everything but a magician.
A Marvelous Coincidence
I was myself startled and so was everyone else, the performer possibly most of all. I have never seen anything like it in my experience with the art of conjuring.
By Harry Houdini
“A Carnival of Magic”
A letter in detail describing the Carnival of Magic Performance; or how a Magical Performance looks through the eyes of this young girl.
By Juliet Sawyer
T. Nelson Downs Mystified
Mr. Bertram said: "Very clever, young man, but—Why don't you do "tricks." I then replied, "the reason I don't do tricks is because other magicians do tricks." I believe neither Mr. Bertram nor I realized the full significance of the remark until several years later.
By T. Nelson Downs
Addressing An Audience
Say it as if you mean it and believe it yourself. If you believe your own claim to miracle doing and are sincere in your work, you are bound to succeed.
By Harry Houdini
The Evolution of Superstition
Mysticism in some form has held the human race in bondage from the earliest time. In all ages the credulous have been easy victims of the crafty designing minds.
By Joseph F. Rinn
Unknown Facts About Phillipe
The One time Celebrated Conjuror, and Father of the "GIFT" Show
By Harry Houdini
A Comparison of The Oldest Magic with Modern Illusions
Even our modern illusive creations do not appear to transcend the ancient effects to a very marked degree.
By G. G. Laurens