by Sheridan | May 29, 2013 | Articles By Magicians
It is with great pleasure that we avail ourselves of this opportunity of introducing to members of the magical fraternity and public generally, Selbit. The gentleman whose portrait appears below. Although but 21 years of age, he has made a study of magic in all its...
by Sheridan | May 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
Pleasing Himself, Charlie Chaplin On The Secret Of His Popularity. Charlie Chaplin traces the beginnings of his great success to the day when he began to take his eye off the public and to aim exclusively at pleasing himself. “In the early days,” he says,...
by Sheridan | May 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Programme of Mystery Delights Bradford Friends. A large gathering of friends and visitors enjoyed an entertainment full of mystery and dexterity at the Somerset Parlour last night, when the Yorkshire Society of Magicians held their fifth annual seance. Delighted with...
by Sheridan | Apr 12, 2013 | Articles By Magicians
I want to be converted to spiritualism. The big “But” that stops me. By Jasper Maskelyne, the world-famous magician. I believe in God, but my faith does not enter into spiritualism – as yet. The fact is that spiritualism has not come my way. But I am not out to fight...
by Sheridan | Feb 6, 2013 | Illusions
Briefly, the effect of the Indian Rope Trick is this: The conjurer sits cross-legged in an open space. He throws one end of a coil of rope in to the air and about fifteen feet of it (sometimes twenty or twenty-five) remains stiff, like a pole. A little boy climbs the...
