From Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century, 1882.   Also very much of interest: The Young Wizard's Hexopedia and A Snowball's Chance in Hell.

"The moving figure came nearner, and stood before him."  From God's Winepress by Arthur Jenkinson, 1896.

Here's a poster from 1875.

From The Merry Ballads of the Olden Time, 1880.  Also very much of interest: The Young Wizard's Hexopedia.

"It tells how you can charm those you meet."  From an 1899 advertisement.

From L'Espagne Pittoresque, Artistique et Monumeatale by Manuel Galo de Cuendias, 1848.  Also very much of interest: The Young Wizard's Hexopedia.

From St. Nicholas magazine, 1877.

"Magic figure," from The Eastern Wonderland by D. C. Angus, 1882.

Is this any way to refer to a rabbit?  The caption reads, "Take that thing out of your hat, sir!"  From The Story of New York by Elbridge Streeter Brooks, 1888.  Bonus -- notice that the author has "bridge," "street" and "brook" in his name.

The Gentleman Who Vanished: A Psychological Phantasy by Fergus Hume, 1890.  Also very much of interest: The Young Wizard's Hexopedia.

Here's a wizard from The Bashful Earthquake by Oliver Herford (1899).  Also very much of interest: The Young Wizard's Hexopedia.

"Thought reading extraordinary," from A Rambler's Recollections and Reflections by Alfred Capper, 1915.

There's more going on with a magician's hat than we're at liberty to discuss, as we see in this ad from 1891.

"Teague and the witch's stick," from The Oxford Thackeray.

"In an instant the red wig disappeared," and we wish we were at liberty to reveal the secret of this mystification.  From Dicks' English Library of Standard Works, edited by Percy Bolingbroke Saint John, 1884.

One of the secrets of a magician's top hat.  From The Forfar Directory and Yearbook, 1900.  See How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.