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
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 Life and Five Years Before the Public, of ROBERT NICKLE, the World's Prestidigitateur
By this time most of you have heard of me and my wonderful doings, and would like to know who I am, what I am, and where I came from.
By Robert Nickle