Secrets of my magic by David Devant
Description
This Ebook/PDF(177 pages) is filled with David Devant’s Magic and thoughts on performing.
Contents:
Introduction (S.H. Sharpe)
Chapter I Card Magic
- Misdirection of the Senses
- How Cards are Forced
- Tricks with Forcing Cards
- The Pass and the False Shuffle
Chapter II Card Magic (continued)
- The Art of Palming Cards
- Changing a Card
- La Carte Generale and How it is Done
- The Multitude of Cards Trick
Chapter III Billiard Ball Magic
- Multiplication of Billiard Balls
- Transformation of Balls into Eggs
- Transfers, Sleights, and Apparatus Used in Ball Conjuring
- Sleights
- Apparent Transfer With Palm
- Aparent Transfer With Finger-Palm
- Apparent Transfer by Combination Palm
- Preparations
Chapter IV Billiard Ball Magic (continued)
- How to Present a Billiard Ball Illusion
- The Cup and Balls Trick: with transformation of Balls into Oranges
Chapter V Flower Magic
- The Dream of the Dove Illusion
- Flower Materialisation
- Bautier’s Flower Trick: Devant’s version
- Producing Blooms from Seeds
- he Mascot Moth
- The Electric Conservatory and The Beast Who Turns into a Prince
Chapter VI Opening Illusions
- Producing a Rabbit from a Top Hat
- Importance of Details: How Maskelyne Began
Chapter VII Mechanical Magic
- The Golliwog Ball
- Juggling with Milk
- The Paper, Ribbon and Flag Trick explained
Chapter VIII Famous Illusions RevealedChapter IX More Famous Illusions
- Beau Brocade
- The New Page-Boy
- The Mystery of the Magic Mirror
Chapter X Egg Magic
- A Boy, a Girl, and Some Eggs
- Hatching a Chicken from an Egg
- The Egg-Bag Trick Improved
Chapter XI The Indian Rope Trick
- A Stage Version of this Mythical Illusion Presented and Explained
Chapter XII Magical Mysteries
- The Window of the Haunted House
- The Ink that Becomes Water
- The Chocolate Soldier Illusion or The Man who Diminishes
Chapter XIII More Magical Mysteries
- The Obliging Kettle: Wines and Liqueurs from a Kettle
- The Burmese Gong Illusion
- The Magician who Vanishes Himself
Chapter XIV Magical Sketches
- St. Valentine’s Eve, or The Envelope which Becomes a Girl
- The Enchanted Hive Illusion
- The Great Ghost Trick
Chapter XV Masterpieces of Magic
- Borrowed Bill Shot Into Candle
- Biff, or The Disappearing Motor-Cyclist
- The Gnome’s Grot
- The Educated Fly Illusion
Chapter XVI Mental Magic
- Thought-Reading Extraordinary
- Articles and Actions
- The Secrets of Mental Magnetism
- Translucidation, or The Blindfold Letter-Reader
Chapter XVII Three Unproduced Illusions
- The Advent of Peter Pan
- Transformation
- The Cage of Good Luck
Chapter XVIII Creating an Illusion
- Ideas and Effects
- A Novel Illusion
- The Man who Makes Money
- Misrepresentation
Chapter XIX Some Awkward Moments
- In the Eyes of the Law
- An Unexpected Wetting
- The Gunpowder Plot
Chapter XX Magic of My Contemporaries
- A New Method for the Spirit Slates (Oswald Williams)
- The Card and Tack Trick (Horace Goldin)
- Invisible Dye (Douglas Dexter)
- A New Thought-Wave Experiment (H. Park Shackleton)
- Surprising Finish to Cigarette Production (Len Burnell)
- The Spirit Message (G. W. Eade)
- £1000 Challenge Effect (Fred Hocking)
- A “Tee Bee” Effect (Tom Burnett)
- Misdirection (Arthur Sherwood)
Chapter XXI Magic of My Contemporaries (continued)
- A.B.C. Watch and Card Trick (Herbert J. Collings)
- A Pack of Cards (Graham Adams)
- The Caledonian Mystery (W. Donald Forsyth)
- The Diminishing Card Trick (Edward Victor)
- The Indestructible Handkerchief (Allen Benbow)
- The Torn Strip of Paper (Ralph Delvin)
- The Miracle Paper (Ellis Stanyon)
- Handkerchief, Tumbler, and Flowers (Will Blyth)
- The Allottment (Vincent Dalban)
- Shopping by Wireless (Ralph Chart)
- Blindfold Card Reading (George Johnson)
- The Vanity Bag Illusion (Cecil Lyle)
- The Presto Painting Mystery (W. G. Stickland)
- The Optical Pass (Chris Van Bern)
- New Spirit Message Effect (Oswald Rae)
- Coin and Card Divination (Edward Bagshawe)
- The Multiple Laundry Mystery (Kershaw Thomas)
- Tests of the Court Magician (Francis White)
- Early Days of Magic (Charles Moritt)
- The Mystery of Asrah (Servais Le Roy)
- The Sunshade Trick (L. Davenport)
Appendix
- Notes for the Construction of Conservatory in The Advent of Peter Pan Illusion