Conradi was the largest manufacturer of magic apparatus in Germany in the early 20th century. He wrote and published several major magic books and his magazine Zauberspiegel (Magic Mirror) predates Mahatma, the first American magic magazine. We should not forget that around 1900 Germany was dominating the magic market. Some of the largest magic retailers in the US, such as Roterberg, built their entire business on importing goods from various German manufacturers, such as Conrad-Horster, and then reselling them in the US. Roterberg's most successful book New Era Card Tricks was little more than a translation of effects taken from various German publications. It is therefore no surprise that Conradi attempted to address the English market directly and publish books in English. This was his first attempt at doing so.

Translation and patter by Eugene Harkewitz.

Foreword
The Darts Of Cupido!
Aquarium Humanum
"Phoenix"
Tagrey's Latest Original Handkerchief-Colour-Change "Fix"
Cortini's Original Tumbler Illusion
Ben Akiba's Secret
The Giant-Cards-Clairvoyance-Deck
- The Omniscient Artist
- Telepathic Cards
- The Power Of Suggestion
Livingstone's Secret
The "Ephemere" Or The One-Day-Fly
The "Floating Ball"
Conradi's Mysterious Sleigh-Bell Combination
The "Sleigh-Bell Pigeons"
Cloth-Painting (Rag-Pictures) by H.W. Tagrey