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Magicol Index

Magicol No. 181

Sorcar | November 2011


Words of Welcome, David Ben • 4

Sorcar, the Maharaja of Magic, Tom Ewing • 6

Douglas Beaufort: Would-be Diplomat, Michael Claxton • 16

Houdini Foreign Language Books, Arthur Moses • 23

Gimmicks, Gadgets and Gizmos, John Carney • 36

Librarium Magicum, Clay H. Shevlin • 40

Conference Corner

42 MCW, Joe Culpepper • 36

European Conference on Magic History, Dr. Gene Matsuura  56

Book Reviews

The Lives of a Showman, Andrew Pinard • 64

Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic, David Ben • 67

Gibecière, Vol. 6, No. 2, Summer 2011, James Alan • 68

Memoirs of an Elusive Moth, Disappearing Nightly with Harry Blackstone & His Show of 1001 Wonders, James Alan • 69

Ramses, The Forgotten Star, James Alan • 70

Magical Mathematics, The Mathematical Ideas that Animate Great Magic Tricks, James Alan • 71

Wunder-Herrliches!, Suleyman Fattah • 72

And...

Magic Is Where You Find It, Richard Cohn • 75