Book/Printed Material The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic and conjuring illusions : containing also complete instructions for acquiring & practising the art of ventriloquism.
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Image 1 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … GV 1547 P88 Copy 1- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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- Date: 1876
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- Date: 1876
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- Date: 1876
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Image 5 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic …- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 6 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic …- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 7 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic …- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 8 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic …- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 9 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … 08 THE MACNET HAND BOOKS Price Twentyfive Cents ie By y SSE a 1 Meizu No i il CVA NW Nil NEWYORK HURST CO PUBLISHERS- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 10 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic …- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 11 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … Practical Magician VENTRILUQUIS TS GUIDE A PRACTICAL MANUAL OF FIRESIDE Mai AND CONJURING ILLUSIONS CONTAINING ALSO COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACQUIRING PRACTISING he dy of Pentidogim HURST CO Publishers 75 Nassau Srreet Entered…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 12 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … s BEST BCOK ON THE BLACK ART PARLOR PASTIMES A NEW LOOK ON MAGIC CONJURING LEGERDEMAIN AND PRESTIDIGITATION BY THE CELEBRATED PROFESSOR RAYMOND This work is certainly the most exhaustive one on…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 13 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … CONTENTS _e___ PAGE Introduction SE ASE a ee oe Saree Pe Oy amen rs SPE EINIBLEY G20 TRG PASSES o oc cna scscccsncenssserac 9 To command a dime to pass into the…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 14 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … i CONTENTS iii PAGE A chemical trick to follow one where a young friend has as ete ces sn wae aR ee ae Sane k a peia yeni 43 To draw three…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 15 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN ASD VENTRILOQUISTS GUIDE CHAPTER IL INTRODUCTORY Y object in writing these hints on Consurine is for the bene fit of amateurs to promote lively and entertaining amuse ment for…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 16 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … VS Clr rs rl i 6 THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN shall not therefore in these elementary papers advert to those experiments which require ample resources or a prepared stage for exhibiting themor which…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 17 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN q in their exhibition of wonderful results They are content to let the exhibition of their art appear marvelous They some times mystify the matter and so increase the…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 18 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … 8 THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN lence to be obtained by proportionate intelligence and dexterity There are attainments in the art at which by natural qualifica tion and peculiar adaptation special study practice and…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 19 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN 9 CHAPTER II K OF PALMISTRY AND PASSES HE true nature and limit of the art of Conjuring has now been definedwhat it is that we assume to do…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 20 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … 10 THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN Fie 1 First Position of Pass 1 SECOND POSITION OF PASS 1 The left hand must appear to close over the object that is brought toward it at…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 21 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN 11 right hand is brought toward the left hand but only appears to grasp it Fic 3 First Position of Pass 2 SECOND POSITION The left hand secretes the…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 22 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … 12 THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN always remains in the hand where it was first visible to the spec tators The Back of that hand where the object is first displayed must afterwards be…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 23 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN 13 Holding it upin your right hand you maysay Now ladies and gentlemen this is the marked dime which I shall experi ment with The gentleman bas accurately marked…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 24 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … 14 THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN Draw attention to how completely the coin is wrapped up till you arrive at the very last circles when it will drop into the wl Hand the dime…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 25 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN 15 irfted out of the bowl that the glass bowl contains nothing but Borrowing a silk handkerchief place it for a few seconds over the bowl and feigning to…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 26 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … 16 THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN You must not allow people to handle the egg on the thread af terwards for when they see the simplicity of the process they will undervalue the trick…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 27 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN 17 My young friends must remember that it is absolutely neces sary to keep up in spectators their belief in the mysterious and therefore must decline on the spot…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 28 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … 18 THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN The gentleman declined for a considerable time but at length being overcome by the importunity in order to get rid of the matter assented The time of the…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 29 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN 19 OCHAPTER IIl TRICES WITH AND WITHOUT COLLUSION TN resuming my hints to amateurs I shall now offer some ree marks upon two subjects FrrstI will notice the class…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 30 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … 90 THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN cally into the possession of its owner The ring was borrowed and some mysterious gesticulations practised but instead of the contemplated result being produved the false confederate pro…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 31 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN 21 I myself prefer doing without the aid of any confederate nd without mechanical aids but I must remember that Iam writ ing for amateurs and novices in the…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 32 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … 22 THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN tors and to mislead their imagination so that they shall fancy that they see him po things which he only aprrars to do and shall blindly fail to…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 33 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN 23 TRICE 5To make a quarter and a penny change places while held in the hands of two spectators PREPARATION Have a quarter of your own secreted in your…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 34 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … 24 THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN Borrow a marked dime Take out your handkerchief and while pretending to wrap this dime in the handkerchief conceal it in your palm and take care that the…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 35 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN 25 retaining them in your right hand which is to fall by your side as if empty Afterwards get rid of four of the five cents into your pocket…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 36 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … 26 THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN Pretend to blame the person who cut the two inches off say ing Dear me sir what have you done You have quite de stroyed this nice handkerchief…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 37 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN 27 Commence the trick by borrowing two hats place one with its rims upwards on the table and show that you place in that hat the die with its…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 38 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … 4 28 THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN hand so as to take up the bag while catching hold of the middle of the handkerchief Taking the handkerchief up by nearly the centre the edges…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 39 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN 29 CHAPTER Iv PRACTICE N conjuring as in all other arts and sciences perseverance is requisite in order to become expert and successful There is no royal read or…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
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Image 40 of The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic … 30 THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN and accurate manipulation the astonishment at the result will be infinitely greater than any one would i imagine possible to be produced by such simple means There is…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1876
About this Item
Title
- The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic and conjuring illusions : containing also complete instructions for acquiring & practising the art of ventriloquism.
Names
- Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- New York : Hurst & Co., c1876.
Headings
- - Magic tricks--Handbooks, manuals, etc
- - Ventriloquism--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
- - LAC tnb 2019-07-01 no edits (1 card)
- - LAC tnb 2019-07-02 no edits (1 card)
- - LAC nsk 2019-07-03 no edits (1 card)
Medium
- 92 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- GV1547 .P88
- GV1542 .H6 vol. 10 Copy 1 With: Black art of magic and ventriloquism combined ... New York, [187-?]. Issued separately.
- GV1557.A1 H6 vol. 1 Copy 1 With: Moncrieff, W.T. The adventures of a ventriloquist ... Duncombe's ed. London, [182-]. Issued separately.
Library of Congress Control Number
- ca05001911
Online Format
- online text
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