Around the World with a Magician and a Juggler

Tales from life on the road, drawn from the papers of the touring magician Hartwig Seeman and the juggler William D'Alvini. Theatres, royal shows and adventures across many countries in the golden age of travelling magic.

What’s inside

1. Life of Professor Seeman
2. Thrilling experiences with Ole Bull
3. A visit to the Pyramids — the shooting adventure with the Mussulmen
4. The Czar befriends the magician — tricks of Prof. Alexander with Ole Bull
5. To England, Africa and India — teaching magic to the Zulus
6. Experiences with a great fakir
7. A problem solved — Seeman’s quest to solve the fakir’s invisible suspension
8. Martin Luther’s wedding ring — Seeman unmasks a clairvoyant, a wholesale treat
9. William D’Alvini, “Jap of Japs” — early life, English and Continental contracts
10. The first Japanese troupe — Indian jugglers and their feats
11. To South America with Patrizio
12. D’Alvini’s experiences in the West Indies — a show for a “struggling cemetery”, spiritualistic excitement
13. D’Alvini in the United States
14. Reminiscences of D’Alvini
15. D’Alvini’s programmes — before the footlights, behind the scenes, his own juggling and conjuring programmes
16. Psychology of the art of conjuring
17. Bellachini

H. J. Burlingame, 1891 · Clyde Publishing Co. Complete 196-page PDF. Free to download: check out at $0 and the file arrives by email and on your order page.

This classic is in the public domain. Scans come from library copies, so expect the odd stain or stamp of an old book.