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VOL. I For THe Professional, Amateur AND Beginner TRIBUTE TO MAGIC'S GREATEST TEACHER DR. HARLAN TARBELL 1890—1960 There is no one in any magic club who has not at some time or other learned from Dr. Tarbell. There are many who lay the credit for their en- tire professions to the Tarbell Course, that vast storehouse of magical knowl- edge, painstakingly illustrated in great detail, with a text so crystal clear in simple English that students were do- ing the tricks almost as they read about them. Dr. Tarbell had two great God-given talents that fitted in per- fectly with his acquired talent of — magic he drew like an angel and he wrote with amazing clarity. He alone had been able to put be- fore magicians, beginners or other- wise, in a form they could quickly and easily understand. You may never have met him per- sonally, although he was so faithful in fraternal magic that seldom was he away from any national or local con- vention, any gathering of the clan. \^hen you met him for the first time, you thought—of him as a little like \\ ill Rogers slender, wiry, five foot eight, never weighing over 130 pounds, keen of eye, ready of tongue, a little nervous and restless, kind to everyone, comfortable to be with, easy to know. Dr. Tarbell is not only for this generation. He will be known as the greatest teacher in magic. The man who laid down the rules, and played the game according to them. (Continued on backflap) Digitized by the Internet Archive 2010 in http://www.archive.org/details/tarbellcourseinm01tarb THE TARBELL COURSE IN MAGIC 5?4.i^2>^v^^^2^£_. TARBELL The COURSE IN MAGIC WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY HARLAN TARBELL Edited by Ralph W. Read Revised Edition Volume I (Lessons 1 to 19) PUBLISHEDBY D. ROBBINS & CO., INC. 70 Washington Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201 FIFTEENTH PRINTING, 1999 Copyright, 1927, by Tarbell System, Int. Copyright, 1941, by Louis Tanncn Copyright, 1944, by Louis Tannen Copyright, 1953, by Louis Tannen Copyright Nov. 1971by D. Robbins&Co. Inc. COPYRIGHT IN CANADA AND IN ALL COUNTRIES SUBSCRIBINC. TO THE BERNE CONVENTION All rigbts reserved: No part of this book, text or iliustrationsi, may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the publisher. Printed in U.S.A.
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