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Will Goldston

#3 Illusions, Escape & Stage author

(23rd September 1878 - 24th February 1948)

Born in Liverpool, England. Stage name of Wolf Goldstone. British Jew. Inspired at age 11 or 12 by a box of tricks. Learned 1892 from visits with Prof. Alexander and reading Hoffmann's Modern Magic. Debut as apprentice at age 17 in 1898. Aka 'Carl Devo' c1898-1907, initially with Black Art. Pro magician to pro magic dealer. Managed the Conjuring, Theatrical, and Entertainment Departments at Gamage's 1905-14. Founded The Magicians' Club in 1911, serving as Treasurer throughout but running it as a one-man self-serving club, until it passed into limbo in WW II. Owner-manager of Aladdin House (Will Goldston Ltd) 1914-48 in London. Uncle of Dolly Spence.

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Will Goldston
Sensational Tales of Mystery Men (used) by Will Goldston

This is the Magico reprint of this classic title. Hardcover without dustjacket in excellent condition. For the content see the digital edition.

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Will Goldston
Great Magicians' Tricks by Will Goldston

This is an interesting compilation of material - a mix of short portraits and Goldston's personal recollections of various magicians - some famous, some not, as well as some of their tricks and secrets. The result is a fairly extensive collection of tricks of all kinds and denominations. Includes many illustrations and photos of the contributors.

The first edition was issued in the same style as Goldston's famous Locked Books series, but without the clasp.

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Great Magicians' Tricks is divided into two complete parts, "Magicians of the Past" and "Modern Magicians."...

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Will Goldston
Tricks You Should Know by Will Goldston

This book is the trick section of Sensational Tales of Mystery Men. Goldston felt that the trick section was the part that magicians would be most interested in and thus made it available as a separate book.

And a very good title too! The magician who does not know the contents of this volume will soon be behind the times.

  • Introduction
  • The Newest Chinese Bat
  • The Thought Reader
  • Performing Matches
  • The Best Penetrating Coin
  • A Borrowed Handkerchief Burned
  • A Mysterious Match
  • Swallowing A Solid Wand
  • Which Cigarette?
  • The Vanished Egg
  • The Expanding Egg
  • The Newest Card Changing Box
  • The G. W. Hunter Pull
  • Cigarettes...
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Will Goldston
Magical Hints and Valuable Information by Will Goldston

Programmes, ventriloquial dialogues, juggling, cartooning, paper folding, care of animals and birds.

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The suggestions for suitable programmes for different occasions form a unique feature of this book. Many books of magic give away secrets of tricks but leave the reader to judge for himself which tricks should be shown to children, which to adults if children are present, which to an audience of adults, and so on. By suggesting the right tricks for different occasions I trust I have helped some readers along the difficult road to success. After all, if the road...

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Will Goldston
Tricks that Mystify by Will Goldston

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In this book I deal with the latest and best small tricks. The majority of the professional conjurers to-day are presenting small tricks in their programmes. I have been asked by subscribers not to include illusions requiring stage traps, but to confine myself to secrets of tricks that can be done by the average performer, and the apparatus not to be costly.

I have taken care to meet with the wishes of all subscribers to this book. I have omitted complicated tricks and combinations likely to fog an audience. The magician to-day understands that he must be...

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Who's Who in Magic by Will Goldston

There are not many short biography compilations in magic and this one by Goldston is still one that is being consulted frequently. The most extensive one is by Bart Whaley (Who's Who in Magic) but while Whaley covers many more magicians he does not include portraits. Goldston includes many portraits of magicians and his biographical sketches can sometimes be much more extensive than in other such compilations. Goldston groups magicians as professionals, semi-professionals, and amateurs. He covers 90 professional magicians, 50 semi-professional magicians, and 69 amateurs.

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Will Goldston
Great Tricks Revealed by Will Goldston

From the introduction by Horace Goldin:

The present book is, I think, one of Will Goldston's best perhaps - the best. I am quite certain that the man who cannot learn magic from this book will never be a magician. All kinds of tricks are clearly explained and, to make quite sure that his readers will understand every word, the author has supplemented his clear explanations of tricks with numbers of equally clear illustrations. Looking through the book I find that in many places the letterpress is hardly necessary; the pictures "do the trick".

I should like to add a word of advice to any young man who...

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Will Goldston
Will Goldston's Card System of Exclusive Magical Secrets (used) by Will Goldston

Hardcover in landscape bound with string. This copy is in excellent condition. For details on the content see the digital edition.

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Will Goldston
Latest Conjuring (used) by Will Goldston

Hardcover in green cloth stamped. Former retail sticker on back. For details on content see the digital edition.

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Will Goldston
Will Goldston's Easy Road to Magic: in seven lessons (used) by Will Goldston

Softcover hole punched. Probably had a string through the holes which is missing. On the cover the name Stanton Carlisle is written with a ballpoint pen. Likely this copy belonged to Stanton Carlisle at some point. Cover somewhat damaged and torn at the spine. For details on the content see the digital edition.

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Will Goldston
Secrets of Magic by Will Goldston

This was Goldston's first magic publication, a mix of magic, some juggling, and a bit of other variety arts such as shadowgraphy and chapeaugraphy.

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To make this work more attractive than the general run of books on Magic, the following articles have been introduced: - Hypnotism, Smoke Pictures, Hand Shadowgraphy, Elocution, Art of Making-up, Hoop Rolling, Ventriloquism, Stage Illusions, Lock Tricks, etc., in conjunction with Conjuring.

  • Introduction
  • The Wedding Ring passed through a Handkerchief
  • The Candle and Handkerchief Illusion
  • The Devo Card Trick
  • The...
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Will Goldston
Will Goldston's Card System of Exclusive Magical Secrets by Will Goldston

Contents:

  • CARD TRICKS
    • A Forcing Pack which can be Shuffled
    • The Card on Tape
    • A Card Changing Stand
    • A Trick with Giant Cards
  • COIN TRICKS
    • A New Coin Box
    • A New Stack of Coins
    • A New Coin Vanish
    • The Travelling Farthings
    • The Chinese Coin Trick
    • The Linked Coins
    • The Newest X-Ray Block
  • CLOCK TRICKS
    • The Tell-Tale Clock
    • The Clock Maker
    • The Vanishing Clock
  • HANDKERCHIEF TRICKS
    • The Burned and Restored Handkerchief
    • A Handkerchief and a Bottle of Ink
    • Thought Reading with Silk Handkerchiefs
    • The Newest Matter Through Matter
    • Improved Pistol to Vanish a Handkerchief
    • A Mysterious...
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Will Goldston
Simple Conjuring Tricks by Will Goldston

As the title suggests, this is a collection of simple magic tricks, stunts, and experiments separated in two parts. The first part teaches tricks which require no special apparatus, the second part teaches tricks which require some gimmick or apparatus.

  • Introduction
  • Part I: Tricks Without Apparatus
    • The Movable Fetters
    • A String Trick
    • The Paper Loops
    • How To Make A Paper Tree
    • Making A Basket
    • The Magic String
    • The Wonderful Die
    • The Broken Match
    • Picking Up The Ring
    • The Penny And The Paper
    • A Match Trick
    • Balancing The Penny
    • The Revolving Penny
    • Flicking The Card
    • Squeezing The Shilling ...
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Will Goldston
Latest Conjuring by Will Goldston

This is an early publication by Will Goldston. It is a kind of smorgasbord of tricks, illusions, apparatus, hand shadows, plays, and advertisements for his Gamage Ltd.

  • PREFACE
  • CHAPTER I
    • Latest Method For Performing Soup Plate And Handkerchief Trick
    • The Egg, Card, And Wand Balance
    • A Novel Trick
    • A Good Slate Trick
    • The Wine Bottle And Card Trick
    • The Latest Pip Card Trick
    • A Neat Handkerchief Trick
    • Mystic Canteen And Birdcage
    • The Egg And Straw Balance
    • Handkerchief Spinning Trick
    • The Table Lifting
    • A New Slate Trick
    • Slate Writing
    • Twenty-Five Balloons Produced From A Hat
    • Rifle And...
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Goldston's Magical Quarterly (1934 - 1940) by Will Goldston

This bundle includes all issues including the two page supplement from volume 5 which is missing in most files. This magazine was cut short due to the start of WWII. It is an eclectic collection of - at that time - completely new and innovative tricks, apparatus, and effects. It also covers the magic scene with reports, reviews and other newsworthy contributions. Will Goldston was very well connected and could draw contributions from the best magicians world-wide.

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Will Goldston
Goldston's Magical Quarterly Volume 6 (Dec 1939 - Sep 1940) by Will Goldston

84 pages

  1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 6 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
  2. Volume 6 Index
  1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 6, Number 1 - December, 1939 - 24 pages
  2. Contents
  3. Will Goldston wishes all Readers in the Army, Navy and Air Force ... A Happy Christmas and Good Luck in 1940
  4. Book Reviews - Charles Hepworth
    • Books
      • Entertaining Children With Magic - Eddie Clever
  5. Editorial
  6. Ventriloquism in War Time - Arthur Prince
  7. News of Magicians
  8. The Magicians' Club
  9. The Aladdin Brotherhood of Magicians
  10. Contributed By
    1. Two Tiny...
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Goldston's Magical Quarterly Volume 5 (Dec 1938 - Sep 1939) by Will Goldston

111 pages [1 double page]

  1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 5 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
  2. Volume 5 Index
  1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 5, Number 1 - December, 1938 - 40 pages
  2. Contents
  3. Editorial
  4. Let's Have Spectacle - Hilaire White
  5. Seen This Trick? - John Carpenter
  6. News of Magicians
  7. Contributed By
    1. The Mexican Coin Vanish - Rupert H. Slater
    2. Two Good Tricks for Your Christmas Party - J. P. Donovan
      • Is Seeing Believing?
      • A Coin and a Packet of Cigarettes - Gravity Defied
    3. The Mysogynist - Capt. J. R. Cleland
    4. Production of Flags...
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Will Goldston
Goldston's Magical Quarterly Volume 4 (Dec 1937 - Sep 1938) by Will Goldston

96 pages

  1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 4 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
  2. Volume 4 Index
  1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 4, Number 1 - December, 1937 - 24 pages
  2. Contents
  3. Editorial
  4. News of Magicians
  5. What is a Book Club Worth? - Hilaire White
  6. Reviews - Charles Hepworth
    • Books
      • It's Fun to be Fooled - Horace Goldin
      • Keith Clark's Encyclopedia of Cigarette Tricks
      • Aus Eins Mach Zehn - Ottokar Fischer
      • Watch Me Closely - Louis Lam
      • General Magic - Will Dale
  7. Contributed By
    1. "Zara" Passing a Solid Steel Rod...
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Will Goldston
Goldston's Magical Quarterly Volume 3 (Jun 1936 - Mar 1937) by Will Goldston

160 pages

  1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 3 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
  2. Volume 3 Index
  1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 3, Number 1 - Summer, 1936 - 40 pages
  2. Contents
  3. Editorial
  4. Elections, 1936
  5. Question of the Next Wearer of Thurston's Mantle - Caryl S. Fleming
  6. Contributed By
    1. Divination with Cards - Hubert Elliott
    2. Thought Reading Extraordinary
    3. A New Billiard Ball Producer - E. Lewis Philpot
    4. Okito's Inexhaustible Chinese Mat
  7. Don't Discard Your Old Apparatus - Will Goldston
  8. Bodies for Burial - A Short Story - Howard Jones
  9. Ceeley...
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Will Goldston
Goldston's Magical Quarterly Volume 2 (Jun 1935 - Apr 1936) by Will Goldston

160 pages

  1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 2 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
  2. Volume 2 Index
  1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 2, Number 1 - Summer, 1935 - 40 pages
  2. Contents
  3. Editorial
  4. Elections 1935
  5. A Letter to all Members of the Magicians' Club - Horace Goldin
  6. Contributed By
    1. A Trick for Card Manipulators - Royal V. Heath
    2. Mento-Test Card Effect - John B. Ward
    3. The Melting Knot - E. Brenton Jennings
    4. Writes Right - Rupert H. Slater
    5. Cyro's Mass Production
    6. The Mysterious Cut
    7. A Goldin Flight - Horace Goldin
    8. The "Do It Again" Rope...
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Will Goldston
Goldston's Magical Quarterly Volume 1 (Jun 1934 - Mar 1935) by Will Goldston

160 pages

  1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 1 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
  2. Volume 1 Index
  1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 1, Number 1 - Summer, 1934 - 36 pages
  2. Contents
  3. Editorial
  4. A Word to Students - Louis Gautier
  5. Elections
  6. Contributed By
    1. An Original Bowl and Silk Production - Shu Foo Yai
    2. The Human Penetration Mystery - "Cyro"
    3. Coincidence Extraordinary - Brian Godfrey
    4. "Could You Deal Me a Nap Hand?" - G. W. Hunter
    5. Simplified Reckoning with Hammond's Set-Up Pack - Carlo Rossetti
    6. A Good Production Tube - Le Walke
    7. Cutting a Cigarette...
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Will Goldston
Magazine of Magic (1914 - 1922) by Will Goldston

A total of nine volumes spanning the time from October 1914 to May 1922.

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Will Goldston
Magazine of Magic Volume 9 (Apr 1921 - May 1922) by Will Goldston

144 pages

  1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 9 - bound volume cover and Index
  2. Index
  1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 9, Number 1 - April, 1921 - 20 pages
  2. Contents
  3. Dr. "S."A.M. Wilson Objects!
  4. Cartoon - A. M. Wilson in Magic World
  5. Our Views
    • Magical Depots
  6. The Great Maurice [with photograph]
  7. News Notes and Notices
  8. The Magicians' Club
    • Magicians' Club Dinner to Compeer and Mrs. H. Rea Fitch
    • Our Welcome by the Magicians' Club
    • Who? - Mr. & Mrs. H. Rea Fitch
  9. Accepted for Review - Geoffrey Clayton
    • The Magic Art - Donald Holmes
  10. Herbert Brooks Retires from Magic
  11. American...
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Magazine of Magic Volume 8 (Oct 1920 - Mar 1921) by Will Goldston

148 pages

  1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 8 - bound volume cover and Index
  2. Index
  1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 8, Number 1 - October, 1920 - 24 pages
  2. Contents
  3. Our Views
    • The Coming Season
  4. Oswald Williams - article & photograph
  5. News Notes and Notices
  6. The Magicians' Club
    • Opening Night of the Season
    • New Members
  7. Mediums and Magic - Harry Price
  8. Tricks, Tips & Talk
    1. The Newest Rising Cards - Invented by Will Goldston
    2. Silver from Copper
    3. Which Pencil is in the Box? - Charles W. Seers
    4. The Alan Adair Billiard Ball Stand
    5. The Mysterious Lemon -...
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Magazine of Magic Volume 7 (Dec 1919 - May 1920) by Will Goldston
  1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 7 - bound volume cover and Index
  2. Index
  1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 7, Number 1 - December, 1919 - 24 pages
  2. Contents
  3. Our Views
    • Magic Must Flourish Again
  4. Will Goldston's More Exclusive Magical Secrets
  5. Welcome!
  6. Recent Publications - Geoffrey Clayton
    • More Miscellaneous Magic - Percy Naldrett
    • Original Mysteries for Magicians - Brunel White
  7. News Notes and Notices
  8. Back to Life - Guy K. Austin
  9. Tricks, Tips and Talk - Contributed by Arthur Ainslie, "Delveen", "Karnack", G. W. Hunter, "Yettmah", Will Goldston
    1. The New Bangle Trick ...
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Magazine of Magic Volume 6 (Jun 1917 - Nov 1917) by Will Goldston
  1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 6 - bound volume cover and Index
  2. Index
  1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 6, Number 1 - June, 1917 - 16 pages
  2. Contents
  3. For the Soldiers - An Appeal by Will Goldston
  4. Our Views
    • The Old Order Changeth
  5. Correspondence
    • from Hugh Herring
    • from G. Clayton
  6. News Notes and Notices
  7. The Perpetual Almanac
  8. The Dissolving Cigar and Glass
  9. My Magical Pupils - Will Goldston
  10. Tricks, Tips and Talk - Contributed by C. Thompson, Anon., Will Goldston
    1. The New Four Ace Trick
    2. Telescopic Flag Rod
    3. The Tweezers Trick
    4. Humour as an Aid to...
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Magazine of Magic Volume 5 (Dec 1916 - May 1917) by Will Goldston
  1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 5 - bound volume cover and Index
  2. Index
  1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 5, Number 1 - December, 1916 - 16 pages
  2. Contents
  3. Magical Questions & Answers - A. Ainslie
  4. Our Views
    • The Christmas Wishes
  5. Cartoon - "Carlton" Taking a Call - Will Scott
  6. News Notes and Notices
  7. Tricks, Tips and Talk - Contributed by "Welshneck", E. E. Smith, Will Golston
    1. The New Production Chimneys - "Welshneck"
    2. The New Dove Pan - E. E. Smith
  8. New Patter for Popular Tricks
    1. Bundle of Wood from hat
    2. Reticules from hat
    3. Balls from hat
    4. Baby from...
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Magazine of Magic Volume 4 (Jun 1916 - Nov 1916) by Will Goldston
  1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 4 - bound volume cover and Index
  2. Index
  1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 4, Number 1 - June, 1916 - 16 pages
  2. Contents
  3. Our Views
  4. Interview and Photograph - Theo. Bamberg
  5. News Notes and Notices
  6. Magicians of the Past
    • No. 6 - Alexander Herrmann
  7. Tricks, Tips and Talk - Contributed by Chris Van Bern, Gordon Freeman, Stanley Collins, E. B. Cole, "Alba", Prof. Hoffman, Theo. Bamberg, B. B. Low
    1. The Ever-Full Glass of Wine - Invented by Chris Van Bern
    2. The "Freeman: Smoke Vase
    3. The Famous Vanishing Cage Trick - Patter
    4. Cravat to Sailor's...
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Magazine of Magic Volume 3 (Oct 1915 - Mar 1916) by Will Goldston
  1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 3 - bound volume cover and Index
  2. Index
  1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 3, Number 1 - October, 1915 - 32 pages
  2. Contents
  3. Our Views
    • The Second Year
  4. cartoon - Gordon Freeman
  5. News Notes and Notices
  6. The Theodore Bamberg Section - A Chinese Wonder
    • The Production of a Marble Pedestal and Fire Bowl
  7. Tricks, Tips and Talk - Contributed by "Alba", Woolf-Clyne, "Welshneck", E. E. Smith, Harry Exley
    1. Billiard Ball Squeezed from Thumb
    2. The Famous Drum Head Tube - Patter - Woolf-Clyne
    3. The Double Dissecting Boxes - "Welshneck" ...
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Magazine of Magic Volume 2 (Apr 1915 - Sep 1915) by Will Goldston
  1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 2 - bound volume cover and Index
  2. Index
  1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 2, Number 1 - April, 1915 - 32 pages
  2. Contents
  3. Our Views
    • The Second Volume
  4. News Notes and Notices
  5. De Biere's Appearing Billiard Ball
  6. The Cubitt Section
    • Hop, Skip and Jump
  7. The Malcolm-Movas Section
    • The Dematerialisation of a Ghost
  8. Magical Mems - Professor Hoffmann
    • The Elusive Card
  9. Stage Sketching - Eric Stone
    • part II
  10. My Tricks and how to Work Them - Stanley Collins
    • Improved Penetrating Card Effect
  11. Gautier's Astral...
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Magazine of Magic Volume 1 (Oct 1914 - Mar 1915) by Will Goldston
  1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 1 - bound volume cover and Index
  2. Index
  1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 1, Number 1 - October, 1914 - 32 pages
  2. Contents
  3. To My Brother Magicians all over the World - Will Goldston
    • A Word of Welcome - Louis Hoffmann
  4. Patter for the Turban Trick - Wolfe Clyne
  5. News Notes and Notices
  6. Arthur Price speaks on Ventriloquism
  7. My Tricks and how to Work Them - Stanley Collins
    • The Stanley Collins Four Ace Experiment
  8. Our Views
    1. Success or Failure
    2. One of the Best - re: Stanley Collins
      1. Illuminated Address presented to Stanley...
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The Young Conjurer Part 2 by Will Goldston

It is a bit odd to teach productions of lighted cigarettes in a book for young conjurers, but perhaps those were the days when smoking was considered good for you.

From the introduction:

That brings me to another point. Don't be afraid of a mistake, and don't allow yourself to be discouraged by one. The best men make mistakes sometimes. Still, it is as well to guard against mistakes by rehearsals. Take one trick at a time and go over it many times until you know it thoroughly. Then - and not till then - go on to another trick. In this way you will soon build up quite a little store of...

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Will Goldston
The Young Conjurer Part 1 by Will Goldston

From the introduction:

Before the young conjurer sets out to try and entertain his friends he should first devote a little time every day to practice. I always believe in a little practice every day. Every trick that one is going to present should be rehearsed over and over again until one is practically tired of it. When the conjurer knows a trick in that way he finds, when he is presenting it to an audience, that he is by no means tired of it, because the trick goes so well that he is bound to like it and it probably becomes one of his favourite tricks.

  • How to give a Conjuring Entertainment ...
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