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+ | '''Quicker than the Eye''': '''The Magic and Magicians of the World''' was [[John Mulholland]]'s second book (the first by himself). | ||
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+ | It includes a colored frontispiece, as well as original illustrations (including an image of [[Long Tack Sam]] producing his famous bowl of water). | ||
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+ | == Contents == | ||
+ | * Chapter I – Peddlers of Wonders | ||
+ | * Chapter II – Of the Old World | ||
+ | * Chapter III – First Magicians in America | ||
+ | * Chapter IV – Books of Magic | ||
+ | * Chapter V – The Way You're Fooled | ||
+ | * Chapter VI – Eastern Magic | ||
+ | * Chapter VII – Holy Men and Jugglers | ||
+ | * Chapter VIII – The Red Man's Magic | ||
+ | * Chapter IX – Romany Tricks | ||
+ | * Chapter X – The Great Magicians | ||
+ | * Chapter XI – Those Who Get Not Their Living Thereby | ||
+ | * Chapter XII – Forecasting and Its Frauds | ||
+ | * Chapter XIII – A Modern Mountebank | ||
+ | * Chapter XIV – Near Royalty and Real | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:16, 6 May 2011
Quicker than the Eye | |
Author | John Mulholland |
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Publisher | Bobbs-Merrill Company |
Illustrator | Cyrus Leroy Baldridge |
Publication Date | 1932 |
Language | English |
Pages | 259 |
Quicker than the Eye: The Magic and Magicians of the World was John Mulholland's second book (the first by himself).
It includes a colored frontispiece, as well as original illustrations (including an image of Long Tack Sam producing his famous bowl of water).
Contents
- Chapter I – Peddlers of Wonders
- Chapter II – Of the Old World
- Chapter III – First Magicians in America
- Chapter IV – Books of Magic
- Chapter V – The Way You're Fooled
- Chapter VI – Eastern Magic
- Chapter VII – Holy Men and Jugglers
- Chapter VIII – The Red Man's Magic
- Chapter IX – Romany Tricks
- Chapter X – The Great Magicians
- Chapter XI – Those Who Get Not Their Living Thereby
- Chapter XII – Forecasting and Its Frauds
- Chapter XIII – A Modern Mountebank
- Chapter XIV – Near Royalty and Real