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Preface  Edwin A. Dawes
Publisher’s Note  Todd Karr
The Barrister in the Circle  Edwin A. Dawes

THE ANNALS OF CONJURING
Introduction
1. Ancient Conjuring
2. The Mediæval Jugglers
3. The Jugglers’ Tricks
4. Hocus Pocus
5. The English Showmen
6. Continental Conjurers
7. The Decline of Conjuring
8. The Wizard of the North and the Mechanical Conjurers
9. Robert-Houdin
10. From Robert-Houdin to Maskelyne
11. Maskelyne and Cooke
12. Conjurers of Yesterday and To-Day
13. Oriental Conjurers
Conclusion
Notes

APPENDICES
1. Installments of The Annals of Conjuring in The Magic Wand
2. Illustrations for The Annals of Conjuring in The Magic Wand
3. Clarke’s Annotations  Edwin A. Dawes
4. Principal Writings of Sidney W. Clarke  Edwin A. Dawes

Additional Resources
1. The Research of Arthur Watson
2. Hippolytus
3. Early English Records of Conjuring
4. Scotto  Hjalmar and Thierry Depaulis
5. Early Italian Conjuring Works  Hjalmar and Thierry Depaulis
6. Entertainment in The Spectator  Bob Read
7. Southwark Fair News Items   Bob Read
8. Fawkes Notices
9. Colonial American Magic
10. Magic in Early Literature
11. Charlier  Herbert E. Pratt

Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index