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Mystic key that unlocks the door to the soul of man! : hypnotism, the world's greatest mystery! : the master science of the 20th century

Young, M. (Martin), Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) · 1900 · Brooklyn, N.Y. : M. Young, publisher, c1900. · 13 pictures

A c1900 Brooklyn advertising booklet by publisher M. Young, part of the Harry Houdini collection, promoting hypnotism lessons to a general reading public. The pictures are four small decorative text panels with slogans such as 'Hypnotism Makes You Attractive' in heavy Art Nouveau-style lettering, set in framed ornaments of scrolls, foliage and hearts that a designer could borrow for bold headline blocks.

Hypnotism · Study and teaching

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