DRAWING-ROOM CONJURING
TRANSLATED AND EDITED, WITH NOTES, BY
PROFESSOR HOFFMANN (1887)
CONTENTS
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS
THE FLYING COIN
THE MONEY-PRODUCING CARD
THE MAGIC COIN
DEMATERIALISED MONEY
THE TWO HALF-CROWNS
SOLUBLE MONEY
TRANSPOSITION EXTRAORDINARY
THE SHOWER OF MONEY
A FINANCIAL OPERATION
THE FLYING HALF-CROWNS
MESMERIC SYMPATHY
THE AMBITIOUS CARD
THE TWO CARD-BOXES
THE PEREGRINATIONS OF A CARD AND A COIN
THE RISING CARDS (IMPROVED)
UNCONSCIOUS DIVINATION
THE ELASTIC CARDS .
AN IMPROMPTU TRANSFORMATION
THE MYSTERIOUS LETTER
A SUPERNATURAL MEMORY
THE PENETRABLE HAT
THE MYSTERIOUS SHOT
THOUGHT CONTROLLED OR ANTICIPATED
THE TEETOTUM
WITH CARDS
WITH DOMINOES
WITH FLOWERS
THE MYSTERIOUS ADDITION
THE BURNT HANDKERCHIEF
THE SECRET SENTENCE
FLORICULTURE EXTRAORDINARY
THE FLYING BOTTLE AND GLASS
THE BEWITCHED RING
A HUMAN HEN
THE METAMORPHOSES OF A GLOVE
THE JAPANESE BUTTERFLIES
AN ILLUSTRATION OF FREE TRADE PRINCIPLES
THE THREE RINGS
THE FAKIR’S WAND
THE SPIRIT PADLOCK
EXPERIMENTS OF A PSEUDO-SPIRITUALISTIC CHARACTER
THE INTELLIGENT COIN
THE DANCING DOLLS
THE ABODE OF THE SPIRITS
THE KNOTTED POCKET-HANDKERCHIEFS
THE HAT AND THE CHOSEN CARD
THE CARD FRAME AND THE HALF-CROWN
THE SPIRIT PADLOCK
THE TWO HATS
THE CORD FEAT
SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY
A FEAT OF DIVINATION
CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS