Stewart James (May 14, 1908 ? November 5, 1996) was a Canadian postman who became one of magic 's most prolific inventors . ^[1] He spent most of his life in Courtright, Ontario . ^[2]

Biography [ edit ]

Stewart James was highly respected for his creativity and invention of magic tricks; inventions of James's are used by many magicians despite his low name recognition ^{[3] : 265} Martin Gardner described him as "a magician who has probably devised more high-quality mathematical card tricks than anyone who ever lived". ^{[4] : 35} James ran a publishing company named Jogestja, Ltd.

Books [ edit ]

• One More Thought on Cards (1955)
• Compiled and edited the Abbott Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks
  • Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks , Vol. 1 (1941)
  • Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks , Vol. 2 (1968)
  • Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks , Vol. 3 (1980)
• Stewart James in Print: The First 50 Years (1989), edited by P. Howard Lyons and Allan Slaight
• The James File , Vol. 1 and 2 (2000) by Allan Slaight, contains nearly 1700 pages of Stewart James's magic.
• The Essential Stewart James (2007)

Awards [ edit ]

• The Academy of Magical Arts Creative Fellowship (1981) ^[5]

References [ edit ]

[1]

Further reading [ edit ]

• James Bibliography, Ibidem #22 (October 1960), and reprinted in Ibidem, Vol. 2 (2001).
• Cover Linking Ring, November 1990.
• Cover Genii 1991 March
• Obit - Genii 1996 November
• The Life and Magic of Stewart James online exhibition
• David Ben post on Genii