Despite Hofzinser’s wish to have all his apparatus and magic records destroyed， a lot has been preserved because his wish was never carried out. Ottokar Fischer wrote two books in German about Hofzinser: Kartenkünste and Zauberkünste. This ebook here is Richard Hatch’s authoritative translation of the Zauberkünste book.
[A translation of Kartenkünste is also available as ebook from us: Hofzinser’s Card Conjuring.]
Kartenkünste focuses exclusively on card magic， whereas Zauberkünste deals with everything else.
This ebook describes more than 80 effects created by Hofzinser including more than 100 photos and illustrations. Most effects were designed for use in Hofzinser’s salon under close-up conditions， and over half include Hofzinser’s original patter used in presentations.
Among the effects are Hofzinser’s unique cups-and-balls routine， a copper/silver coin transposition， his linking ring routine， “The Word” (a brilliant book test)， his legendary card rise， and “The Apotheosis of the Rose”. A special feature of this ebook is its Appendix， which contains selections from letters which Dr. Hofzinser wrote to two of his students.
The Magic of J. N. Hofzinser contains all the material in the original German edition， as well as numerous new annotations， photographs and illustrations， and a comprehensive historical introduction.
1st edition 1985; PDF 309 pages.
Table of Contents
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Contents
Translator’s Preface
A Note on the Fischer Collection
Acknowledgements
In Memoriam: Ottokar Fischer
Publisher’s Preface
Introduction
I. Balls
1. Dr. Hofzinser’s Original Billiardball Sleights
2. The Cups-and-Balls
2a. The Cups-and-Balls
3. Living and Dead
4. A Multiplication
II. Banknotes and Coins
5. The Banknotes The Effect
6. The Ducats
7. The Miser’s Dream
8. The Twenties
9. The Stockmarket Speculator
III. Flowers
10. The Apotheosis of the Rose
11. The Magical Greenhouse
12. The Resurrection
IV. Books
13. The Album of German Poets
14. The Library of German Poetry
15. The Word
16. Sympathetic Actions
V. Eggs
17. A Delicate Subject: The Egg
18. An Egg Dish (The Omelette)
19. The Omelette
20. The Opal Goblet
VI. Electrical Experiments
21. The Flower Casket
22. The Bell
23. The Flower Bell
VII. Flags and Helmets
24. The Patriot
25. The Toast
26. The Shako
VIII. Liquids
27. The Fountain of Love
28. The Ink of the Enamoured
29. The Liqueur Effect
30. The Wineshop
31. The Wine Analysis
32. The Self-filling Glass
33. The Coffee Trick
34. The Glass
IX. Cards
35. The Rosebush
36. The Card Automaton
37. The Card Mirror
38. The Lonely Card
39. The Cardbox
40. Winter – Summer
X. Skittles
41. The Grandpapa
42. The Magical Game of Skittles
43. The Skittle
XI. Numbers
44. The Spiritist
45. A Calculation
46. The Slate
47. Mathematicians
48. The Number Disks
XII. Rings
49. The Chinese Rings
50. The Ring in Danger
51. The Ring Case
52. The Magic Key
XIII. KERCHIEFS
53. The Memoirs of a Handkerchief
54. The Red Kerchief
55. The Puzzled Tailor
56. The Protocol of Knots
57. The Mysterious Parasol
58. Dr. Hofzinser’s Original Sleights with Silk Kerchiefs
59. The Serpent Handkerchief
XIV. TIMEPIECES
60. The Watch
61. Corresponding Clocks
XV. Birds
62. The Migration of Birds
63. The Migrating Canaries
64. The Bird-Sword
65. The Bird
XVI. Non-Magical Experiments
66. The Paper
67. The Plates
XVII. Tricks with Sundry Objects
68. The Flying Objects
69. The Glove
70. Four is One
71. The Metal Bell
72. The Lantern of Diogenes
73. The Thought of Photograph
74. The Pearls
75. The Glass Mirror-Goblet
76. The Ball of Wool
77. The Die
78. The Cartesian Diver
79. The Butterflies
80. Magnetic Forces
81. The Wonderful Wand
82. The Sugarbox
Appendix
Without Tailcoat or Wand: J.N.Hofzinser， the Man
Excerpts from Hofzinser’s Correspondence with his Friends
Ten Letters to Carlo Marchini
Works Cited
