This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...of this monument of patience and learning, we have been appointed special sales agent for a limited number of copies only, each one numbered by hand and with the author's autograph signature. There are but few copies issued, and only one copy will be sold in one town or city. The binding is of dark red silk cloth, with ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...of this monument of patience and learning, we have been appointed special sales agent for a limited number of copies only, each one numbered by hand and with the author's autograph signature. There are but few copies issued, and only one copy will be sold in one town or city. The binding is of dark red silk cloth, with back and corners in Russia leather and edges full gilt, a superb and most practical makeup for a work of exceptional value to the student. We cannot commend the above too highly. Volume I, with portrait of Emma Calve, price, $3 50. Volume II. $4 00. Both volumes in neat box, 7 50 The following article over the signature of the well-known scientific writer Frederick Boyd Stevenson, appeared in The Journalist ("Devoted to All Who Make or Read Newspapers") of New York City, Vol. XXIII, No. 16, August 6, 1898. "Magic, in its original sense, meant light and knowledge. Then the term was looked upon with suspicion, and magicians, although still deemed wise men, were regarded as sorcerers. The word 'magic, ' in the modern acceptation, is a synonym for 'legerdemain, ' and thus we confound the terms magician, conjurer and prestidigitator. There is always a certain fascination about that word 'magic, ' whether we use it in the sense that it was originally used or apply it in the common understanding of the term--that is, an amusing trick performed for spectators. The modern magician is not the ancient alchemist searching patiently for the philosopher's stone, nor the meditative astrologer, nor yet the supernaturally wise physician. He is up-to-date. He knows all the latest tricks with cards and can give the Hindu conjurer, with his growing shrubs and headless boys, inside information. The Press Club of Chicago happens to have among its membe...
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