"Lives of the Conjurers, Volume Two"Biographies of magicians, mentalists, illusionists, prestidigitators, and fraudulent mediums of the past* CARDINI He seemed bewildered by his own magic* BLACKSTONE "The Last of the Great Magicians"* LEON MANDRAKE He wore a turban or a top hat -depending on the gig* DUNNINGER Was it true that the renowned mindreader couldn't read the mind of a gnat?* DAVENPORT BROTHERS Their spirit cabinet brought them fame. But were they mediums or magicians?* PROFESSOR NEUMAN He had MISread a mind-and the police hauled him away* THE GREAT LESTER Did he have the exclusive rights to that name?* GEORGE MELIES A magician who transformed himself into a filmmaker* CHARLIER No one knew where he came from-or where he finally went* MAX MALINI He learned his trade as a youth, in a bar on the Bowery* MYRUS THE MENTALIST An ordinary fellow with extraordinary powers?* JOHN CALVERT At the age of a hundred he was still performing* DE SARAK Was he a Tibetan adept, with psychic powers, or an egregious fraud?* THE BANANA MAN From the pockets of his coat he pulled hundreds of bananas* PROFESSOR SOLOMON As promised, he produced an elephant (or at least its trunk)* DANTINI THE MAGNIFICENT Magician-in-residence at a Baltimore barIllustrated.