The life of a showman, and the managerial struggles of David Prince Miller
Subtitle: with anecdotes and letters of some of the most celebrated modern actors and actresses, the art of fortune telling, an expose of the practices of begging impostors, mountebanks, jugglers, and various deceivers of the public, together with the secrets of conjuring, and an explanation of the most celebrated and striking tricks of wizards and conjurors.
Contributors: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: 2nd ed., with considerable additions.
Publisher: Thomas Hailes Lacy
Published: 1866
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Miller, David Prince.; Entertainers -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Magicians -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Theatrical managers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Notes: NUC pre-1956, NM 0585397
Autobiography.
"Eliza Cook, on the life of a showman": p. [3]-4.
Source: Gift of John J. and Hanna M. McManus and Morris N. and Chesley V. Young, Oct. 12, 1955.