_EF Latest Magic is the last book in Hoffmann’s series “Modern Magic”, “More Magic” and “Later Magic”. Hoffmann had quite some problem finding a publisher for this book. The reason being the quality of the contents. When “Modern Magic” came out it explained new tricks and tricks which were performed at the time. Thus it …
_EF This is the second volume of the Hoffmann trilogy. If you liked “Modern Magic” you will love “More Magic”. There is too much to list. Refer to the ‘Table of Contents’ below for details. This book was rated one of the ten basic books for a working library of conjuring by H. Adrian Smith, …
_EF In the mid-19th Century, Angelo Lewis, a British lawyer and writer with a passion for sleight of hand, wrote a series of articles on conjuring for several boys’ magazines. In 1876, using the pseudonym “Professor Hoffmann”, Lewis expanded these articles into a book entitled Modern Magic, the first in a series of books penned …