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The Magic of J. N. Hofzinser
by Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser & Ottokar Fischer & Richard Hatch

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The Magic of J. N. Hofzinser by Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser & Ottokar Fischer & Richard Hatch

Despite Hofzinser's wish to have all his apparatus and magic records destroyed, a lot has been preserved because his wish was never carried out. Ottokar Fischer wrote two books in German about Hofzinser: Kartenkünste and Zauberkünste. This ebook here is Richard Hatch's authoritative translation of the Zauberkünste book.

[A translation of Kartenkünste is also available as ebook from us: Hofzinser's Card Conjuring.]

Kartenkünste focuses exclusively on card magic, whereas Zauberkünste deals with everything else.

This ebook describes more than 80 effects created by Hofzinser including more than 100 photos and illustrations. Most effects were designed for use in Hofzinser's salon under close-up conditions, and over half include Hofzinser's original patter used in presentations.

Among the effects are Hofzinser's unique cups-and-balls routine, a copper/silver coin transposition, his linking ring routine, "The Word" (a brilliant book test), his legendary card rise, and "The Apotheosis of the Rose". A special feature of this ebook is its Appendix, which contains selections from letters which Dr. Hofzinser wrote to two of his students.

The Magic of J. N. Hofzinser contains all the material in the original German edition, as well as numerous new annotations, photographs and illustrations, and a comprehensive historical introduction.

  1. Contents
  2. Translator's Preface
  3. A Note on the Fischer Collection
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. In Memoriam: Ottokar Fischer
  6. Publisher's Preface
  7. Introduction

  8. I. Balls
  9. 1. Dr. Hofzinser's Original Billiardball Sleights
  10. 2. The Cups-and-Balls
  11. 2a. The Cups-and-Balls
  12. 3. Living and Dead
  13. 4. A Multiplication

  14. II. Banknotes and Coins
  15. 5. The Banknotes The Effect
  16. 6. The Ducats
  17. 7. The Miser's Dream
  18. 8. The Twenties
  19. 9. The Stockmarket Speculator

  20. III. Flowers
  21. 10. The Apotheosis of the Rose
  22. 11. The Magical Greenhouse
  23. 12. The Resurrection

  24. IV. Books
  25. 13. The Album of German Poets
  26. 14. The Library of German Poetry
  27. 15. The Word
  28. 16. Sympathetic Actions

  29. V. Eggs
  30. 17. A Delicate Subject: The Egg
  31. 18. An Egg Dish (The Omelette)
  32. 19. The Omelette
  33. 20. The Opal Goblet

  34. VI. Electrical Experiments
  35. 21. The Flower Casket
  36. 22. The Bell
  37. 23. The Flower Bell

  38. VII. Flags and Helmets
  39. 24. The Patriot
  40. 25. The Toast
  41. 26. The Shako

  42. VIII. Liquids
  43. 27. The Fountain of Love
  44. 28. The Ink of the Enamoured
  45. 29. The Liqueur Effect
  46. 30. The Wineshop
  47. 31. The Wine Analysis
  48. 32. The Self-filling Glass
  49. 33. The Coffee Trick
  50. 34. The Glass

  51. IX. Cards
  52. 35. The Rosebush
  53. 36. The Card Automaton
  54. 37. The Card Mirror
  55. 38. The Lonely Card
  56. 39. The Cardbox
  57. 40. Winter - Summer

  58. X. Skittles
  59. 41. The Grandpapa
  60. 42. The Magical Game of Skittles
  61. 43. The Skittle

  62. XI. Numbers
  63. 44. The Spiritist
  64. 45. A Calculation
  65. 46. The Slate
  66. 47. Mathematicians
  67. 48. The Number Disks

  68. XII. Rings
  69. 49. The Chinese Rings
  70. 50. The Ring in Danger
  71. 51. The Ring Case
  72. 52. The Magic Key

  73. XIII. KERCHIEFS
  74. 53. The Memoirs of a Handkerchief
  75. 54. The Red Kerchief
  76. 55. The Puzzled Tailor
  77. 56. The Protocol of Knots
  78. 57. The Mysterious Parasol
  79. 58. Dr. Hofzinser's Original Sleights with Silk Kerchiefs
  80. 59. The Serpent Handkerchief

  81. XIV. TIMEPIECES
  82. 60. The Watch
  83. 61. Corresponding Clocks

  84. XV. Birds
  85. 62. The Migration of Birds
  86. 63. The Migrating Canaries
  87. 64. The Bird-Sword
  88. 65. The Bird

  89. XVI. Non-Magical Experiments
  90. 66. The Paper
  91. 67. The Plates

  92. XVII. Tricks with Sundry Objects
  93. 68. The Flying Objects
  94. 69. The Glove
  95. 70. Four is One
  96. 71. The Metal Bell
  97. 72. The Lantern of Diogenes
  98. 73. The Thought of Photograph
  99. 74. The Pearls
  100. 75. The Glass Mirror-Goblet
  101. 76. The Ball of Wool
  102. 77. The Die
  103. 78. The Cartesian Diver
  104. 79. The Butterflies
  105. 80. Magnetic Forces
  106. 81. The Wonderful Wand
  107. 82. The Sugarbox

  108. Appendix
  109. Without Tailcoat or Wand: J.N.Hofzinser, the Man
  110. Excerpts from Hofzinser's Correspondence with his Friends
  111. Ten Letters to Carlo Marchini
  112. Works Cited

1st edition 1985; PDF 309 pages.
word count: 121597 which is equivalent to 486 standard pages of text