Description

Erudite and eloquent, John Northern Hilliard was one of the greatest magic writers ever to set pen to paper, and this fifty-page booklet brings together a series of articles he contributed to Thayer’s Magical Bulletin in the 1920s. Four routines are given in-depth explanations, and there’s something for everyone here — a card mystery complete with delightful patter that sees three cards found in a manner that fans of Dani DaOrtiz’s “Triple Intuition” will enjoy; what looks like an eight-ring Linking Ring routine that makes ingenious use of an additional prop; a Living-and-Dead test that’s simple to perform but powerful in effect; and a wonderful quick trick in which a cigarette instantly forms from tobacco and paper. Leaves from My Notebook offers readers highly entertaining magic that continues to pack a punch almost a century after it was first published.