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'''Latest Magic'''  was the last book in a quadrilogy series of four books by [[Professor Hoffmann]].


== Availability ==  
It contains Hoffmann's own creations.
 
==Table of Contents==
 
*Portrait of Professor Hoffmann Frontispiece
*Preface vii
*Some New Appliances of General Utility 1
*Magical Mats 1
*Fairy Flower-Pots 5
*Patter Introducing the Flower-Pots 8
*Adhesive Cards and Tricks Therewith 10
*The Missing Card 12
*Novel Applications of the "Black Art" Principle 17
*Black Art Mats and Black Art Patches 17
*A Magical Transposition 23
*The Detective Die 26
*Dissolving Dice 32
*Where is It? 38
*Card Tricks 46
*Arithmetic by Magic 46
*Those Naughty Knaves 49
*Magnetic Magic 55
*The Telepathic Tape 57
*A Card Comedy 60
*The Fast and Loose Card-Box 63
*A Royal Tug of War 64
*Sympathetic Cards 66
*Tell-Tale Fingers 68
*Divination Doubly Difficult 72
*A New Long Card and Tricks Therewith 77
*The Mascot Coin Box 83
*Miscellaneous Tricks 88
*Money-Making Made Easy 88
*The Missing Link 92
*Culture Extraordinary 97
*The Bounding Beans 104
*Lost and Found 110
*The Riddle of the Pyramids 115
*The Miracle of Mumbo Jumbo 123
*The Story of the Alkahest 130
*The Oracle of Memphis 137
*The Mystery of Mahomet 146
*The Bewildering Blocks 156
*An "Od" Force 162
*The Mystery of the Three Seals 170
*The Wizard's Pocketbook 180
*Concerning Patter 192
*The Use of the Wand 203
*A Few Wrinkles 215
*L'Envoi 222


Copyright has expired for this book in the United States (and likely many other countries as well). Two editions are available in their entirety on Google Books: [http://books.google.com/books?id=dSEuAAAAYAAJ&dq=inauthor%3A%22Hoffmann%20(Professor)%22%20magic&as_brr=1&client=firefox-a&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q=&f=false Latest Magic (1919)], [http://books.google.com/books?id=pyEuAAAAYAAJ&dq=inauthor%3A%22Hoffmann%20(Professor)%22%20magic&as_brr=1&client=firefox-a&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q=&f=false Latest Magic (1918)]. The books are also available for PDF download from the same location.


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Latest revision as of 16:15, 23 July 2018

Latest Magic
LatestMagic.jpg
First Edition
AuthorProfessor Hoffmann
PublisherSpon & Chamberlain
Publication Date1918
LanguageEnglish
Preceded byModern Magic (1876)
More Magic (1890)
Later Magic (1911)
Pages222
 
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Latest Magic was the last book in a quadrilogy series of four books by Professor Hoffmann.

It contains Hoffmann's own creations.

Table of Contents

  • Portrait of Professor Hoffmann Frontispiece
  • Preface vii
  • Some New Appliances of General Utility 1
  • Magical Mats 1
  • Fairy Flower-Pots 5
  • Patter Introducing the Flower-Pots 8
  • Adhesive Cards and Tricks Therewith 10
  • The Missing Card 12
  • Novel Applications of the "Black Art" Principle 17
  • Black Art Mats and Black Art Patches 17
  • A Magical Transposition 23
  • The Detective Die 26
  • Dissolving Dice 32
  • Where is It? 38
  • Card Tricks 46
  • Arithmetic by Magic 46
  • Those Naughty Knaves 49
  • Magnetic Magic 55
  • The Telepathic Tape 57
  • A Card Comedy 60
  • The Fast and Loose Card-Box 63
  • A Royal Tug of War 64
  • Sympathetic Cards 66
  • Tell-Tale Fingers 68
  • Divination Doubly Difficult 72
  • A New Long Card and Tricks Therewith 77
  • The Mascot Coin Box 83
  • Miscellaneous Tricks 88
  • Money-Making Made Easy 88
  • The Missing Link 92
  • Culture Extraordinary 97
  • The Bounding Beans 104
  • Lost and Found 110
  • The Riddle of the Pyramids 115
  • The Miracle of Mumbo Jumbo 123
  • The Story of the Alkahest 130
  • The Oracle of Memphis 137
  • The Mystery of Mahomet 146
  • The Bewildering Blocks 156
  • An "Od" Force 162
  • The Mystery of the Three Seals 170
  • The Wizard's Pocketbook 180
  • Concerning Patter 192
  • The Use of the Wand 203
  • A Few Wrinkles 215
  • L'Envoi 222


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