The Old and the New Magic

The Old and the New Magic is a book on the history of conjuring by Henry Ridgely Evans first published in 1906.

An introduction was written by Dr. Paul Carus.

Contents

• History of Natural Magic and Prestidigitation
  • Heron of Alexandria , Philo of Byzantium
• The Chevalier Pinetti
  • Naples , Piacenza , Grisy
• A Study in Charlatanism
  • Cagli , Cardinal de Rohan , Marie Antoinette
• Ghostmaking Extraordinary
  • Peter III , phantasmagoria , spectres
• The Romance of Automata
  • automaton , Schlumberger , Catherine II
• Conjurer Author and Ambassador
  • Robert-Houdin , Palais Royal
• Some Oldtime Conjurers
  • Bartolomeo Bosco , Harry Houdini , Alexander Herrmann
• The Secrets of Second Sight
  • Svengali , Robert Heller , second sight
• The Confessions of an Amateur Conjurer
  • Martinka , Robert Heller , Kolta
• A Day with Alexander the Great
  • Alexander Herrmann , Vanishing Lady , Mephisto
• A Twentieth Century Thaumaturgist
  • Fakir of Ava , Harry Kellar, , Davenport Brothers
• As Gentleman of Thibet
  • Sarak , Madame Blavatsky , Theosophical Society
• Have Met
  • Chung Ling Soo , Buatier de Kolta , Harry Houdini
• The Riddle of the Sphinx
  • looking-glass , ventriloquism , Egyptian Hall
• Treweyism
  • Trewey , Paul Carus , Carl Heinrich Cornill

Editions

• Open Court Publishing , Chicago, 1906.
• 2nd edition 1909.

References

• http://books.google.com/books?id=DrUFAAAAIAAJ