Check out this big list of Professor Hoffmann magic books free online found from Google search results page.
For your convenience, I have gathered them all together in this post.
Many of Professor Hoffmann or Angelo John Lewis’ books are in the public domain.
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Have you heard of the story of Conjurer Dick Hazard magic book?
Actually this 1886 children novel is by Professor Hoffmann.
This was the first book that had his pseudonym, Professor Hoffmann, as well as his real name, Angelo J. Lewis, on the cover.
It is just titled “Conjurer Dick”, and the protagonist of the story is a boy magician named Dick Hazard.
The story of “Conjurer Dick” is about the boy magician, Dick Hazard and his travels and adventures.
Dick Hazard started off as an apprentice to the eccentric and vice-ridden magician Professor Vosper.
At the end of the novel, Hazard quit conjuring when he finds life as a conjurer is no bed of roses.
He becomes a lawyer with a stable home and social life.
Hoffmann included the workings of several magic tricks in the fiction, that included: the “Egg Bag,” “Coin Box,” “Production of Sweets,” Die Through Hat,” “Dancing Sailor,” “Torn-and-Restored Card,” “Second Sight,” “Miser’s Dream,” and the “Inexhaustible Bottle”.
There are twenty-four chapters in this magical book by Professor Hoffmann.
Angelo John Lewis who is more popularly known by its nom de plume Professor Hoffmann in the conjuring fraternity.
It is said that John Lewis used the pen name, Professor Hoffman, because his profession as a lawyer.
He also wrote another short story entitled “The Haunted Hat: A Magical Short Story” which was first published in Chambers’s Journal, January 7, 1905.
This story was reprinted in Stanyon’s Magic Magazine, Volume V, Number 8 – May 1905.
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Angelo John Lewis even wrote a satirical play for the stage, titled “King Koko” or “The Pretty Princess And The Lucky Lover” .
Basically it is a drawing-room conjuring entertainment in the guise of a stage play.
It is an entertaining farce about a colorful King, his beautiful daughter, her fairy godmother, and the two suitors who try to win her hand in marriage.
In this play, it is filled with 20 magical illusions that enhanced the enchanting fairy tale.
There are twenty-seven illustrations help to explain the effects in this book.
All this time, Angelo John Lewis, or better known as Professor Hoffmann, was known for his classic book “Modern Magic”.
“Modern Magic” completely sold out its first edition of two thousand copies within seven weeks.
When this book was first published, it caused an outrage among the fellow magicians.
One magician even wrote “Hoffmann deserves to be hanged” for exposing their cherished secrets of their trade.
In fact, this book inspired many great past conjurors, that include Howard Thurston, William Robinson (aka Chung Ling Soo), and Claude Alexander Conlin (aka Alexander: The Man Who Knows).
After the success of this magic book, he came out with three sequels: “More Magic”, “Later Magic”, and “Latest Magic”.
Besides writing his own materials, Professor Hoffmann/Angelo John Lewis also translated a couple of books in magic by Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin.
Below here I have curated a collection of twenty-one (21) Professor Hoffmann’s books relating to conjuring and stage magic which are available free online.
Thirteen of the books were written by Professor Hoffmann, while the other three were by French watchmaker, magician and illusionist, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin.
Angelo John Lewis translated and edited them.
Professor Hoffmann Free Magic Books
Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise On The Art Of Conjuring By Professor Hoffmann (Public Domain)
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More Magic By Professor Hoffmann (Public Domain)
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Hoffmann’s Later Magic By Professor Hoffmann (Public Domain)
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Latest Magic By Professor Hoffmann (Public Domain)
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Magical Tidbits By Professor Hoffmann
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The Haunted Hat: A Magical Short Story By Professor Hoffmann
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Tricks With Cards: A Complete Manual Of Card Conjuring By Professor Hoffmann (Public Domain)
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Card Trick With Apparatus By Professor Hoffmann (Public Domain)
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Card Tricks Without Apparatus By Professor Hoffmann
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Conjuring Tricks With Coins, Watches, Rings And Handkerchiefs; From “Modern Magic”
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Magic At Home: A Book Of Amusing Science, Translated And Edited By Professor Hoffmann (Public Domain)
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Hoffman’s Book Of Mystery By Professor Hoffmann (Public Domain)
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Conjuror Dick By Professor Hoffmann By Professor Hoffmann (Public Domain)
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King Koko or The Pretty Princess And The Lucky Lover By Professor Hoffmann
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Hoyle’s Games Modernized Edited By Professor Hoffmann (Public Domain)
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Four Magic Books In French Translated By Professor Hoffmann:
Drawing Room Conjuring (Prestidigitation Moderne: Recueil de Tours De Physique Amusante)
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* The free book in French “Prestidigitation Moderne: Recueil de Tours De Physique Amusante” is found here. (Public Domain)
The Secrets Of Conjuring And Magic: Or how To Become A Wizard
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* The free book in French “Les Secrets De La Prestidigitation Et De La Magie” by Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin is found here. (Public Domain)
The Secrets Of Stage Conjuring (Magie Et Physique Amusante By Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin ) (Public Domain)
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* The free book in French “Magie Et Physique Amusante” by Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin is found here. (Public Domain)
Card Sharping Exposed (Les Tricheries Des Grecs Dévoilées) Translated And Edited By Professor Hoffmann (Public Domain)
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*The free ebook in French “Les Tricheries Des Grecs Dévoilées” by Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin is found here. (Public Domain)
Professor Hoffmann also published a few books on puzzles and games.
You may want to check them out as well.
Puzzles Old And New By Professor Hoffmann
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The Illustrated Book of Patience Games By Professor Hoffmann (Public Domain)
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The Book Of Table Games Edited By Professor Hoffmann (Public Domain)
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The Cyclopædia Of Card And Table Games Edited By Professor Hoffmann (Public Domain)
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Card Tricks: How To Do Them And Sleight Of Hand (Public Domain)
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New Era Card Tricks By August Roterberg (Public Domain)
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