Hardin Jasper Burlingame (1852–1915) was an American magician and magic historian. Burlingame had taken lessons from the magician David Tobias Bamberg. He later used the stage name "Jasper Bamberg" when he performed in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

. Burlingame is most well known for his book ''Hermann the Magician'' (1897), a biography of the magician

Alexander Herrmann Alexander Herrmann (February 10, 1844 – December 17, 1896) was a French magic (illusion), magician, better known as Herrmann the Great. He was married to magician Adelaide Herrmann, known as the Queen of Magic. Biography Early years Alexande ...

. He also wrote a biography of

Baron Hartwig Seeman Hartwig Seeman (3 June 1833 – 25 March 1886) was a Swedish magician. He died while on a tour of the southwestern United States in Kosse, Texas. His father was a high-ranking officer in the Swedish army. His mother had died when he was ten years ...

, a noted Swedish magician.Siegel, Lee. (1991). ''Net of Magic: Wonders and Deceptions in India''. University of Chicago Press. p. 212.

Publications

''Tricks in Magic, Illusions, and Mental Phenomena''
(1895) *''Herrmann the Great: The Famous Magician's Wonderful Tricks'' (1897). Reprinted as ''Herrmann the Magician: His Life, His Secrets'' (1897)
''How To Read People's Minds''
(1905)
''Around the World With a Magician and a Juggler''
(1891)
''Leaves from Conjurers' Scrap books: Or, Modern Magicians and Their Works''
(1891)
''History of Magic and Magicians''
(1895) *''Magician's Handbook: Tricks and Secrets of the World's Greatest Magician, Herrmann the Great'' (1942)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burlingame, H.J. 1852 births 1915 deaths American biographers American magicians Historians of magic