ELLIOTT, Dr. James William (1874 ? 1920). Dr. Elliott's Experimental Pack of Cards. A pack of USPC 999 Steamboats bearing a typed label affixed to one side of the box stating, ?Experimental or ?practice" playing cards from the effects of the late Dr. James William Elliott, greatest card manipulator of his time, and originator of many brilliant sleights and effects used by present-day card experts. Died January 28th, 1920. Presented to The Worthington Collection by Clinton Burgess, New York." The cards bear a series of numbers penciled on their backs. Burgess was largely responsible for the publication of Elliott's Last Legacy, a controversial book of Dr. Elliott's creations published several years after the Doctor's death. The text was edited by Burgess, but the volume was published by Houdini, who also considered himself a ?card king." From Ken Klosterman's Salon de Magie.