Zenner wrote:It took me four years to find the name of the man who wrote the Shakespeare works.
That name would be William Shakespeare, I believe.
Zenner wrote:It took me four years to find the name of the man who wrote the Shakespeare works.
Zenner wrote:
Thanks for an interesting thread, everybody, but, I am pleased to say, nobody has even mentioned my man.
Peter Zenner
The newspaper reporters who saw Houdini do card work in the 1890s and wrote about it would disagree. Pretty strongly.In the Vernon Chronicles, Vernon discusses that Houdini was not much of a Card Magician.
crandash wrote: In the 50's when Martin Gardner searches for Erdnase and Vernon's conversation(s) with Sprong, I just think it odd that this was not a big enough deal to point out in print or in either of the Revelations/Revelation books (unless I missed it) from the individuals that are/were still around during the time of the printings.
Am I trying to make too much of this connection?
Bill Mullins wrote:Zenner wrote:It took me four years to find the name of the man who wrote the Shakespeare works.
That name would be William Shakespeare, I believe.
El notable professor de cartomancia, Houdini . . . practicaba un bonito juego titulado el nuevo cambio, que consiste en tomar una baraja con las cartas vueltas hacia el público.
Se ruega á uno de los espectadores mostrándole la primera carta que diga el palo que es, y enseguida se pasa la mano sobre la carta y como si al hacerlo se hubiera borrado el palo, debe aparecer otra carta distinta causando la admiración de los concurrentes.
The notable professor of card magic, Houdini . . . practiced a nice trick entitled the new change, that involves taking a deck with the cards turned toward the audience.
Request to one of the spectators by showing the first card stating what it is, and then passes his hand over the card as if doing so would have vanished it, a different card should appear causing the admiration of the audience.
Marty Demarest wrote:The article and photographs of Houdini from "Por Esos Mundos" are the same as printed in "The New Penny Magazine," No. 120, Vol. X. "The New Penny Magazine" doesn't give any date, but a copy in the New York Public Library was sent from Howard Thurston to Saram Ellison in January of 1902. (According to a hand annotation on the article.)
Bill Mullins wrote:Zenner wrote:It took me four years to find the name of the man who wrote the Shakespeare works.
That name would be William Shakespeare, I believe.
Richard Kaufman wrote:You can judge Houdni's ability with cards for yourself. Pretty good, I'd say.
Richard Kaufman wrote:Houdni is cited by Gaultier, I believe, for being a master at doing the Pass with a face-up card inserted into the face-down deck and bringing it to the top.
Oh come on put the card back in the middle
No way - it's back on top. How did you do that?
Bill Mullins wrote:And Daniel Madison has a printed edition I just learned about.
Has anyone seen it? Any comments, good, bad or indifferent?
MarkAndrew wrote: when the offer itself is done with subterfuge/blatant misleading,
Bill Mullins wrote:MarkAndrew wrote: when the offer itself is done with subterfuge/blatant misleading,
The offer is pretty straightforward: "Send me 25 pounds, I'll send you a book."
Not much subterfuge.
I'm missing your point, I guess.
Bill Mullins wrote:I don't know if Daniel Madison's persona reflects his actual life history, or not. Johnny Thompson's presents himself as a slightly baffled Polish aristocrat. Pretty sure he's not from Poland.
Not everything on the order page is the literal truth (and that is probably true of many order pages for many magic products . . . .). I was interested in the product itself -- is it a quality binding? Is there any content beyond the original text? Has it been reformatted and typeset?
Bill Mullins wrote:So you bought one?
Marty Demarest wrote: If someone has read the Genii article and feels the need to pursue the subject no further, I'm not sure the Montana article will add very much to the pleasure of their lives.