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Professor Hoffmann
| Professor Hoffmann | |
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| Born | Angelo John Lewis July 23, 1839 London [1] |
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| Died | December 23, 1919 (age 80) Bexhill, Sussex [2] |
| Nationality | British |
| Notable works | Modern Magic (1876) More Magic (1890) Later Magic (1903) Latest Magic (1918) |
| Categories | Books by Professor Hoffmann |
Professor Louis Hoffmann (July 23, 1839 - December 23, 1919), born Angelo John Lewis in England, was a lawyer, professor and the leading writer on magic, and on the games, amusements and puzzles of his time.
Biography
Professor Hoffmann wrote a series of articles on magic for a boy's magazine (Every Boy's Annual) that was later expanded into his classic book on magic, Modern Magic, first published in 1876. He used the pen name, Professor Hoffman, 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).
Another of his works is entitled The Haunted Hat: A magical short story.[1] (If someone knows when it was published...)
His classic Modern Magic (1876), and three sequels (More Magic (1890), Later Magic (1903), and Latest Magic (1918) have been reprinted numerous times in many different editions since their original publication, and are still in print and enjoy popular sales today to magic enthusiasts. First edition copies of the original works command high values in the collector's market.
- 48 articles first serialized in Routledge's Every Boy's Paper became Modern Magic in (1876)[3]
- The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic by Robert-Houdin (1878) (Translator)
- Drawing Room Conjuring by L.P. (1887) (Translator)
- Herrman's Tricks With Cards (unauthorized, 1889)
- Tricks With Cards(1889)
- More Magic (1890)
- Puzzles Old and New (1893)
- Conjuring Tricks with Coins, Watches, Rings, and Handkerchiefs (ca. 1900)
- Later Magic (1903)
- King Koko (1904)
- Magical Titbits (1911)
- Latest Magic (1918)
References
- ↑ Books at Brown, VOLUME XXXIV, 1987, ©1989 Brown University, Professor Hoffmann and his Modern Magic, page 80
- ↑ James - Haxton Correspondence No. 11 1964-1967, 15th April 1966, page 403
- ↑ Hoffmann's Five Foot Shelf of Magic by H. Adrian Smith in Tops, Vol. 1, no. 12, december 1936, page 47.
- Photo Genii 1951 May
- The Sphinx, Vol. XXXVIII, No. Six, August 1939, Professor Louis Hoffmann's Centennial, Biograhy, page 155