From Judge's Library, 1904.

"Blind to the magic and deaf to the melody."  From the 1921 Southwestern yearbook.

"Mighty the wizard who found me at sunrise sleeping and woke me and learned me magic."  From the 1921 Southwestern yearbook.  See The Young Wizard's Hexopedia and Magic Words: A Dictionary.

University of Massachusetts Boston yearbook, 1978.

"Treat the Master and sweet the Magic."  From the 1921 Southwestern yearbook.  See Magic Words: A Dictionary and The Young Wizard's Hexopedia.

The magic art of the Great Humbug.  An illustration by W. W. Denslow from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, 1900.

There's an ironic subliminal message in this book cover — the middle of the word "exposed," "pos," is highlghted by the box behind it, suggesting "positive."  Spirit Rapping Exposed by John Henry Anderson, 1860.  See Seance Parlor Feng Shui.

"I now call upon the spirits."  From Gilbert Chemical Magic by Alfred Carlton Gilbert, 1920.

"Caused him to be clothed in the royal vestmentrs."  From The Arabian Nights Entertainments, 1899.

From The Fashionable Science of Parlour Magic by John Henry Anderson, 1860.  See Seance Parlor Feng Shui.

Our planet's spokeswizard, Cyril the Sorcerer, honored us with an invitation to formulate a magical coin.  We jumped at the prospect of alchemical metallurgy, but this wizard added the twist that he wished to work with precious woods, not metals.  He sought something less silver than sylvan.  For his coin design, I was inspired by the wizard's remarkable eyeglasses.  They have marvelous loops at the ends of the ear pieces.  I overlapped those loops, like linking rings, to form a third eye of wizardly wisdom.  The lens pieces are emblazoned with the two heavenly luminaries most associated with our planet.  The coin's other side depicts an open hand reaching for a star, surrounded by Cyril's teaching that "the magic is in your hand."  What a privilege to be a part of our planetary spokeswizard's enchantment!

By "A Mere Phantom."  The Magic Lantern, How to Buy and How to Use It, Also How to Raise a Ghost, 1866.