pages: unmaskingrobert00houdgoog.pdf, 26
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unmaskingrobert00houdgoog.pdf | 26 | INTRODUCTION posters or write advertisements in order to refute the claims of those who were to follow in the profession of magic. These programmes, advertisements, newspaper notices, and crude cuts trace the true history of magic as Philip Astley, Esq. Ruc. by Alex. Bogg. & c. Aug 1.1806. Philip Astley, Esq., an historical circus director, a famous character of Bartholomew Fair days, and author of "Natural Magic" (1784). From the Harry Houdini Collection. no romancer, no historian of a single generation possibly could. They are the ghosts of dead and gone magicians, rising in this century of research and progress to claim the credit due them. [r9] |