One Man Show By Wm. A. Bagley
Within the covers of one very moderately priced book the author has dealt in a practical way with all the leading "one-man" shows — among them Conjuring, Music, Juggling, Rope Spinning, Escape Artist, Ventriloquism, Impersonations, Monologues, Punch and Judy, Living
Marionettes, Clowning, Paper Tearing, Paper Folding, Shadowgraphy, Lightning Sketches, Rag Pictures, Smoke Pictures and Chapeaugraphy.
Though intended for the amateur (particularly the amateur who wishes to become a semi-professional) there is nothing amateurish about this book. The author, apart from being a well-known writer on handicraft and allied subjects, is also a practical magical entertainer of no small skill, having given hundreds of public performances. He thus writes from a thoroughly practical point of view. He writes, too, from the handyman's angle, showing, wherever possible, how to construct one's own apparatus.
Many of the chapters are alone worth the price asked for the complete book. For example, following the conjuring section, sixteen good tricks are described — very much different from the usual commonplaces rehashed in the average "amateur entertainer's" book. A complete concise course on ball-juggling is described and illustrated, and complete suggested "routines" are given for paper—tearing. shadowgraphy, lightning sketches, etc.
Fully illustrated with clear diagrams by the author.
