Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring, credited to Professor Louis Hoffman, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring by Professor Louis Hoffman. Read in English by volunteer readers. This "how-to" book covers everything for the 1800's illusionist, from stage presence & dress, program and stage arrangement, to how to do tricks with cards, coins, watches, rings, handkerchiefs, dominoes and dice, cups and balls, hats, and other apparatus. "I have purposely limited my disclosures to such illusions as have been sufficiently long before the public to be fairly regarded as common property. Within this limit I have endeavored to make my explanations as complete as possible; but to go beyond it would be to infringe a moral copyright, and to deprive gentlemen to whom Modern Magic is especially indebted, of the well-earned fruits of their labor and invention." - Summary by TriciaG

Recording facts

• Recording title: Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
• Author credits: Professor Louis Hoffman
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 52
• Listed recording duration: 19:08:46

Catalogue topics

• conjuring
• illusions
• magic tricks

Opening tracks: first 24 of 52

1. 01 - Introduction — 22:24
2. 02 - General Principles of Sleight-of-Hand Applicable to Card Tricks, Part 1 — 27:30
3. 03 - General Principles of Sleight-of-Hand Applicable to Card Tricks, Part 2 — 22:10
4. 04 - General Principles of Sleight-of-Hand Applicable to Card Tricks, Part 3 — 11:57
5. 05 - Card Tricks with Ordinary Cards, and Not Requiring Sleight-of-Hand, Part 1 — 21:13
6. 06 - Card Tricks with Ordinary Cards, and Not Requiring Sleight-of-Hand, Part 2 — 19:47
7. 07 - Tricks Involving Sleight-of-Hand, or the Use of Specially Prepared Cards, Part 1 — 23:20
8. 08 - Tricks Involving Sleight-of-Hand, or the Use of Specially Prepared Cards, Part 2 — 20:56
9. 09 - Tricks Involving Sleight-of-Hand, or the Use of Specially Prepared Cards, Part 3 — 21:47
10. 10 - Tricks Involving Sleight-of-Hand, or the Use of Specially Prepared Cards, Part 4 — 24:32
11. 11 - Tricks Involving Sleight-of-Hand, or the Use of Specially Prepared Cards, Part 5 — 21:38
12. 12 - Tricks Involving Sleight-of-Hand, or the Use of Specially Prepared Cards, Part 6 — 19:09
13. 13 - Tricks Involving Sleight-of-Hand, or the Use of Specially Prepared Cards, Part 7 — 14:07
14. 14 - Card Tricks Requiring Special Apparatus, Part 1 — 24:52
15. 15 - Card Tricks Requiring Special Apparatus, Part 2 — 17:08
16. 16 - Card Tricks Requiring Special Apparatus, Part 3 — 18:01
17. 17 - Principles of Sleight-of-Hand More Especially Applicable to Coin Tricks — 21:48
18. 18 - Tricks With Coin Without Apparatus, Part 1 — 15:55
19. 19 - Tricks With Coin Without Apparatus, Part 2 — 14:47
20. 20 - Tricks With Coin Without Apparatus, Part 3 — 12:00
21. 21 - Tricks with Coin Requiring Special Apparatus, Part 1 — 23:05
22. 22 - Tricks with Coin Requiring Special Apparatus, Part 2 — 29:24
23. 23 - Tricks with Coin Requiring Special Apparatus, Part 3 — 31:15
24. 24 - Tricks with Watches — 29:52

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