From Chris Turner, Magician by James Brady and illustrated by Lloyd Coe.

Having friends over sure can light up an evening.  From the Wizardry Gaiden: The Third Episode: Scripture of the Dark handbook.

The reason we so rarely see giant dogs emerge from top hats anymore is simply that the effect wears out the hats so quickly.  There's almost always an economic reason for everything.  From Chris Turner, Magician by James Brady and illustrated by Lloyd Coe.

From The Magic Shop by Maurice Dolbier and illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg.

From Together, 1969.

From Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling, 1912.

From Santa Clara's 1988 yearbook.

From The Magic Shop by Maurice Dolbier and illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg.

From Lumen de Lumine, or A New Magicall Light Discovered and Communicated to the World by Thomas Vaughan, 1651.

A demonstration of mysterious powers in Salem's 1969 yearbook.

It's common mistake to begin an acronym with the word itself, simply because that particular word is foremost in one's mind.  Here, the first letters of C.H.A.R.M.S. is "charms."  From The Magic Shop by Maurice Dolbier and illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg.

"A trick shot."  From The Gateway, 1979.

From Unfamiliar Magic by R. C. Alexander.

How the stock market actually works.  From The Magic Shop by Maurice Dolbier and illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg.

From I Am the Only Running Footman, by Martha Grimes

From The Magic Shop by Maurice Dolbier and illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg.

From Unknown, 1941.

From The Purple Parrot, 1928.