Modern Magic

MODERN MAGIC. BY M. SCHELE DE VERE. _Non fumum ex fulgore, sed ex fumo dare lucem Cogitat, ut speciosa dehinc miracula promat._ HORACE. [Illustration] NEW YORK: G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, FOURTH AVENUE AND TWENTY-THIRD STREET. 1873. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1878, by G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. LANGE, LITTLE & HILLMAN, PRINTERS, ELECTROTYPERS AND STEREOTYPERS, 108 TO 114 WOOSTER STREET, N. Y. PREFACE. The main purpose of our existence on earth--aside from the sacred and paramount duty of securing our salvation--is undoubtedly to make ourselves masters of the tangible world around us, as it stands revealed to our senses, an…

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