“I have not drawn a very rosy picture of the magician. I did not intend to do so. To the novice entering the life and promising himself ease, indolence, and wealth, I should say, "Don't!"”

—  Alexander Herrmann

The Art of Magic (1891)

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French magician 1844–1896

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