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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). | |||
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 | |||
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Latest revision as of 07:16, 6 May 2011
| Quicker than the Eye | |
| Author | John Mulholland |
|---|---|
| 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