Professor Lewis Hoffmann was the pseudonym of barrister Angelo John Lewis. The author of many popular conjuring handbooks, such as Modern Magic (1876) and More Magic (1889), in this volume Professor Hoffmann tries to present a comprehensive compilation of magic tricks. With 266 in-text illustrations demonstrating conjuring techniques and equipment.    This enlarged edition includes “New Miscellaneous Tricks” and “Recollections of Hartz the Wizard.

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