Help us get to over 8,756 articles in 2024.
If you know of a magician not listed in MagicPedia, start a New Biography for them. Contact us at magicpediahelp@gmail.com
Professor Hoffmann: Difference between revisions
(→Books) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
He wrote a series of articles on magic for a boy's magazine that was later expanded into his book [[Modern Magic]]. The pen name, Professor Hoffman, was used because he feared that his professional prospects as a lawyer would be injured if it became known that he possessed such an intimate knowledge of the arts of deception. | He wrote a series of articles on magic for a boy's magazine that was later expanded into his book [[Modern Magic]]. The pen name, Professor Hoffman, was used because he feared that his professional prospects as a lawyer would be injured if it became known that he possessed such an intimate knowledge of the arts of deception. | ||
He was also the author of a novel for kids entitled, Conjurer Dick. | He was also the author of a novel for kids entitled, [[Conjurer Dick]] (1886). | ||
== Books == | == Books == | ||
* Modern Magic (1876) | * [[Modern Magic]] (1876) | ||
* The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic by Robert-Houdin (1878) | * [[The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic]] by Robert-Houdin (1878) (Translator) | ||
* Drawing Room Conjuring by L.P. (1887) | * [[Drawing Room Conjuring]] by L.P. (1887) (Translator) | ||
* | * [[More Magic]] (1890) | ||
* | * [[Later Magic]] (1903) | ||
* King Koko (1904) | * [[King Koko]] (1904) | ||
* Magical Tidbits (1911) | * [[Magical Tidbits]] (1911) | ||
* [[Latest Magic]] (1918) | |||
[[Category:Biographies|Hoffmann]] | [[Category:Biographies|Hoffmann]] | ||
Revision as of 06:48, 14 July 2008
Professor Louis Hoffmann (July 23, 1839 - December 23, 1919) was born Angelo John Lewis in England. He was a lawyer, professor and the leading writer on magic, games, amusements and puzzles of his time.
He wrote a series of articles on magic for a boy's magazine that was later expanded into his book Modern Magic. The pen name, Professor Hoffman, was used because he feared that his professional prospects as a lawyer would be injured if it became known that he possessed such an intimate knowledge of the arts of deception.
He was also the author of a novel for kids entitled, Conjurer Dick (1886).
Books
- Modern Magic (1876)
- The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic by Robert-Houdin (1878) (Translator)
- Drawing Room Conjuring by L.P. (1887) (Translator)
- More Magic (1890)
- Later Magic (1903)
- King Koko (1904)
- Magical Tidbits (1911)
- Latest Magic (1918)