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* ...it was in the [[1600s]] when one of the earliest documentations of the [[bullet catch]] appeared.
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* ... Author [[Clayton Rawson]] organized an informal exclusive magic organization in New York City called the [[Witchdoctors Club]]...
* ... when [[Mahatma]] was started by George H. Little, it was was the only a [[Magic Periodical]] at the time in the United States devoted to the interests of magicians.  
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* ... George Casaubon was the pen name of [[Monsignor Vincent Foy]], a  Roman Catholic priest and magic collector.
* ... [[Nouvelle Magie Blanche Dévoilée]] (New White Magic Explained) by J. N. Ponsin was the first book written in French that dealt exclusively with magic...
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* ... [[Professor Henderson]] (Milton H. Grannat) was one of the crew on the Monitor, during the [[Civil War]]. After retiring from the Federal Navy at the close of the Civil War, became a magician.
* ... [[Nouvelle Magie Blanche Dévoilée]] was used by [[Prof. Hoffmann]] to write [[Modern Magic]]. A translation of parts not used by Hoffmann was published by [[S.H. Sharpe]] as [[Ponsin On Conjuring]]...
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* ... [[Houdini]] wrote under the name "N. Osey" for both [[Mahatma]] and his own [[Conjurers' Monthly Magazine]]....
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* ... American author John Ball (who wrote the mystery novel "In the Heat of the Night" involving the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs in 1965) performed as a semi-professional magician in college as [[Jacques_Morintell]]...
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''See also  [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]]''.
 
''See also  [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]]''.

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  • ... Author Clayton Rawson organized an informal exclusive magic organization in New York City called the Witchdoctors Club...
  • ... George Casaubon was the pen name of Monsignor Vincent Foy, a Roman Catholic priest and magic collector.
  • ... Professor Henderson (Milton H. Grannat) was one of the crew on the Monitor, during the Civil War. After retiring from the Federal Navy at the close of the Civil War, became a magician.
  • ... Houdini wrote under the name "N. Osey" for both Mahatma and his own Conjurers' Monthly Magazine....
  • ... American author John Ball (who wrote the mystery novel "In the Heat of the Night" involving the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs in 1965) performed as a semi-professional magician in college as Jacques_Morintell...


See also Recent changes.