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    Indian Conjuring
    Indian Conjuring
    Indian Conjuring
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    Indian Conjuring

    By L. H. (Lionel Hugh) Branson

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 25, 2013
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      Indian Conjuring - L. H. (Lionel Hugh) Branson

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Indian Conjuring, by L. H. Branson

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

      almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or

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      with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

      Title: Indian Conjuring

      Author: L. H. Branson

      Release Date: November 28, 2008 [EBook #27353]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK INDIAN CONJURING ***

      Produced by Sankar Viswanathan and The Online Distributed

      Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was

      produced from images generously made available by The

      Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

      INDIAN CONJURING

      BY

      MAJOR L. H. BRANSON M.I.M.C.

      Indian Army

      With 8 Illustrations

      LONDON

      GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS LTD.

      NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO.

      I dedicate this small volume to

      MY WIFE

      who has always been my best audience and my keenest critic

      at the innumerable sleight-of-hand performances that I have

      had the pleasure of giving in her presence.

      Portions of this book were published by

      the TIMES OF INDIA, ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY, by whose kind permission

      they are reprinted.

      CONTENTS

      LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

      INDIAN CONJURING

      CHAPTER I

      A COMPARISON

      Since the world began Magic and wizardy seem to have held a great fascination for mankind, an example being in the story of the Witch of Endor. That this tendency has in no wise altered is clear from the popularity of conjurors, illusionists, and so called magicians who still, be it East or West, attract an audience so easily and so surely. This little volume is written in the hopes that it may prove of interest to the thousands who reside in India, and those other thousands who, visiting its coral shores from time to time, often discuss in wondering amazement how the Indian conjuror performs his tricks. It is also written to uphold the reputation of the Western conjuror against the spurious ascendancy held by his Eastern confrere.

      Before describing the many well known tricks that are shewn by the house to house Jadoo-wallah, and explaining how they are done, we will compare the average Indian conjuror with his mystic friends in Europe, America and China.

      Let us for a moment picture in our mind's eye the stage and person of the European or American conjuror. A few small tables with spindle legs (upon them a steel frame or so, transparent and decorative) are exposed to our view. The performer appears with rolled up sleeves in close fitting clothes and by the end of his performance has filled the stage with several large flags, a bouquet of flowers and, may be, a beautiful lady, all, possibly produced from a top hat. His performance is given to the accompaniment of amusing patter and is brightened with the colour of the articles he produces.

      He may be an illusionist pure and simple and does not indulge in sleight-of-hand at all. In this case the comparison with the Indian Jadoo-wallah is not a fair one, as the latter has not the means to purchase the complicated mechanism necessary for up-to-date illusions as shewn by European magicians.

      Whether or no his superior education is the reason, the European conjuror gains in skill and shows his inventive genius as time goes on. His effects are studied, and his paraphernalia embraces more and more varied articles. The disappearance of a Christmas tree with all its candles lighted is an excellent example to what he has risen. He takes an interest in his profession or calling and strives to outdo others in neatness or by inventing an exclusive trick to which his name can be given and handed down to posterity. This may be the result of large fees that can be earned at the Halls or by private entertainments by those at the top of the tree. But these fees are open to a conjuror of any nationality, and I am confident that the

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