![“From a small Illinois town 10 miles east of Keokuk and the mighty Mississippi, D. C. Cutler ran a mail-order business for cheap chapbooks, ‘splendid colored engravings,’ and handy devices such as the ‘magic comb … [which] will color gray hair a permanent black or brown,’ as listed in the 16-page catalog appended to this pamphlet. A few of these chapbooks Cutler published—or rather, reprinted—himself, complete with cheerfully disregarded copyright notice. The copyright for How ‘tis done, for example, was owned by Hunter & Co. of Hinsdale, NH, which published its own editions beginning in 1864. Only the first seven pages detail the card sharp’s tricks; the remaining pages discuss ‘cardiology’ (i.e. “the science of foretelling events by cards”), and offer recipes for useful concoctions such as ‘imitation liquors.’”
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“From a small Illinois town 10 miles east of Keokuk and the mighty Mississippi, D. C. Cutler ran a mail-order business for cheap chapbooks, ‘splendid colored engravings,’ and handy devices such as the ‘magic comb … [which] will color gray hair a permanent black or brown,’ as listed in the 16-page catalog appended to this pamphlet. A few of these chapbooks Cutler published—or rather, reprinted—himself, complete with cheerfully disregarded copyright notice. The copyright for How ‘tis done, for example, was owned by Hunter & Co. of Hinsdale, NH, which published its own editions beginning in 1864. Only the first seven pages detail the card sharp’s tricks; the remaining pages discuss ‘cardiology’ (i.e. “the science of foretelling events by cards”), and offer recipes for useful concoctions such as ‘imitation liquors.’”
