History of "The Art of Modern Conjuring "

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History of "The Art of Modern Conjuring "

Postby Guest » September 16th, 2004, 1:14 am

Regarding the book
The Art of Modern Conjuring
by anonymous (?)

I have two questions :

1. Why is the order of the table of content not chronological? weird.. no?
2. I have the same book but with a different title : The boy's book of conjuring anyone knows the history of this? Why two different titles? No author mentioned? Is this book supposed to be an "exposing" book?

thanks

Jacky
www.magicbooks.be
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Re: History of "The Art of Modern Conjuring "

Postby Philippe Billot » September 19th, 2004, 11:26 am

The only book I find is :
The Art of Modern Conjuring, Magic & illusions by
Henru Garenne - 1886

To quote Bart Whaley :"It's a partial plagiarism of Hofmann's Modern Magic"
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Re: History of "The Art of Modern Conjuring "

Postby Guest » September 19th, 2004, 11:31 am

Thanks for the info Philippe !
If anyone else has more info.. it's still welcome :)

Cheers
jacky
www.magicbooks.be
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