Talk:The Bottle Conjuror

A fact from The Bottle Conjuror appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 February 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in 1749, London newspapers advertised that at the Haymarket Theatre, and in full view of the audience, the Bottle Conjuror would climb into a wine bottle?

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I suggest to add a better ref to the original ads: https://books.google.it/books?id=hTIoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA49#v=onepage&q&f=false — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.25.120.180 (talk) 21:29, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Bottle conjuror in Melville[edit]

In Moby Dick, the Bottle Conjuror appears in C. 112 in the story of the Pequod’s blacksmith. Here, the conjuror reference is to alcohol and alcoholism’s ruination. 2600:1008:B11D:3171:FC4C:63A7:6D6B:EB67 (talk) 15:30, 6 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]