CONTENTS.
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
THE CONJURER’S DRESS， AND CONTRIVANCES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
The Coat
The Vest
The Trousers
Removable Pochettes
The Shirt-Cuffs
A Trick with the Ordinary Shirt-Cuff
The Hat
CHAPTER II
APPLIANCES AND EXPEDIENTS OF GENERAL UTILITY
Various Forms of the Servante
Bag Servantes
Methods of Fixing
A New Form of Portable Servante
The “Premier” Servante
The Revolving Servante
The Vest Servante
The Conjurer’s Cigar-box
A Special “Trap”
Improved “Pulls”
Willmann’s Vanisher
The Flying Ring
The “Lightning” Vanisher
Improvements in the Direct， or Non-Mechanical， Pull
Guides， for Use with Pulls
The Glass with Mirror Partition
Different Forms of the Glass
Illustrations of its Uses
Contrivances for “Passing Off”
The Hartz Bottle
The Hartz Matchbox
The Hartz Pistol
Another Form of Pistol for the Same Purpose
The “Excelsior” Clip
The Smoke Apparatus
A Magical Explosive
Suggestions for its Use
The Spider
The “Multum-in Parvo” Vanisher
The Hartz “Hook，” for Working Mechanical Pieces
The Magic Bell
The Crystal Cash-box
The Bird-Cage
Change (or Load) from Back of Assistant
The Pneumatic Sucker
The Ball Clip
The Velvet Changing Bag
CHAPTER III
A SPECIAL TABLE， AND SOME TRICKS PERFORMED BY ITS AID
The Heller and De Vere Table
The Bottomless Tumbler
Tricks Performed by the Aid of the Above Table
Concatenation Extraordinary
A Simpler Method， with the Mirror Glass
Devant’s Method
The Rose in the Glass
CHAPTER IV
THE MAGIC WAND， AND TRICKS THEREWITH
The Production of the Wand
From the Sleeve
From the Purse
From Decanter on Table
The Self-supporting Wand
Introductory Patter
Various Methods of Suspension
The Wand Supported without any Mechanical Aid
The Rapping Wand
The Auto-gravity Wand
The Climbing Ring
The Rising and Falling Wand
Various Methods
Special Wands for Various Purposes
Wands for the Production of Handkerchiefs
How to Change the Wand into a Handkerchief
A Wand for the Production of Cigars
The “Swallowing” Wand
CHAPTER V
TRICKS WITH WATCHES
(Keep in mind that although pocket watches are now obsolete， you can use these same methods with a cell phone or an iPod which are more familiar to modern audiences – Spellbinder)
Methods for Obtaining Secret Possession of a Watch
The Paper Bag (Various Kinds)
Wrapping in Paper
The Alpaca Bag
“Exchanging” a Watch (Various Methods)
The American Vanisher
A New “Palm” for Watches
The Noisy Watch-winder
An Improved “Repeater”
To Reproduce a Borrowed Watch in Any One Selected of a Number of Boxes
A Lost Watch Found in Performer’s Purse
Another Method
A Borrowed Watch Changed to a Lemon
A Borrowed Watch Reproduced from a Glass of Milk
A Watch Fired from a Pistol， Attaching Itself to a Borrowed Hat
A Novel Watch Trick
Watch It!
Another Method
The Locked and Corded Boxes
The Old Method
The Writer’s Own Method
The Hartz Method
The De Vere Method
The Flight of Time
CHAPTER VI
TRICKS WITH RINGS
Exchanging the Ring
To Catch Rings on the Wand
A Borrowed Ring Found in a Potato
The Ring and the Card
The Mystic Glove and Rings
The Old Method
The Hartz Method
The Wedding Ring and Flag
CHAPTER VII
TRICKS WITH HANDKERCHIEFS
The Recommendations of the Handkerchief for Magical Purposes
Section I
THE MAGICAL PRODUCTION OF HANDKERCHIEFS
The False Finger
The False Thumb
The Finger Shell and False Palm
The Rubber Band
Production from Bend of Elbow
Production from the Trouser-Leg
The Hand-Box
The Cache
The Hamley Handkerchief Ball
Production from the Wand
Production from a Match-Box
The “Monarch” Handkerchief Producer
Clips for Handkerchiefs
A Novel Method of Production
Section II
THE MULTIPLICATION OF HANDKERCHIEFS
From the Sleeve
Conradi’s Multiplying Tube
A Simple Appliance for Handkerchief Multiplication
Black， Red， and White
Handkerchief Multiplication on a Larger Scale
Stillwell’s Handkerchief Act
Simultaneous Production of a Desired Number of Handkerchiefs
Handkerchiefs Increasing in Size as well as Number
A Special Method of Producing the First Handkerchief
Section III
COLOUR-CHANGING TRICKS
The Inventors of the Colour-Change
Various Methods of Colour-Changing
The Conradi Tube
Sundry Appliances for Colour-Changing
Roterberg’s Colour-Change
Marcellin’s Colour-Change
Colour-Changing by the Aid of a Paper Tube
The Elementary Method
Willmann’s Colour-Change
A Six-fold Colour-Change
To Change the Colour of a Handkerchief by Merely Drawing it Through the Hand
The Brass Tube， with Sliding Cup， for Colour-Changing
Willmann’s “Metropolitan Railway” Trick
Section IV
METHODS OF “VANISHING” A HANDKERCHIEF
The Rubber Ring
A New Handkerchief Vanisher
Roterberg’s Vanisher， and Passes Therewith
Another Method of Using the Vanisher
The ” Eau de Cologne ” Bottle
A Handkerchief Changed to a Billiard-Ball
An Ingenious Device to Facilitate the Palming and Vanishing of a Handkerchief
The Glass Ball， for Changing a Handkerchief to a Billiard-Ball
The Nickel Tube for Vanishing a Handkerchief
Improved form
The Nickel Tube with Pull
The Vanish from a Paper Cylinder
The ” Lamp-Chimney ” Vanish
To Vanish Four Handkerchiefs Simultaneously
Section V
METHODS OF REPRODUCING A VANISHED HANDKERCHIEF
Reproduction Beneath a Soup-Plate
Reproduction from a Sealed Envelope
Two Vanished Handkerchiefs Reproduced from a Nest of Three Envelopes
The Drum-Head Tube
Reproduction from a Candle
Buatier de Kolta’s Method
The Glass Box， for Reproducing a Handkerchief
Section VI
MISCELLANEOUS HANDKERCHIEF TRICKS
Devant’s Handkerchief Trick
The Hat and Handkerchief
The Closed Glass Tube (L’Etui en Cristal)
The Handkerchief Cut and Restored (Modern Method)
The “Marvellous Metamorphosis” Silver Cylinder
A Handkerchief Changed to Paper Ribbons
A Handkerchief Transformed into Paper Shavings
The Egg and Handkerchief Trick (Modern Methods)
D’Alvini’s Egg and Handkerchief Trick
Egg， Handkerchief， and Onion
The very Latest Egg and Handkerchief Trick
Handkerchiefs Turned into a Snake
Hartz’s Method
The Dancing Handkerchief
Parlour Method
Stage Method
Right and Left
The Flying Handkerchiefs
The Shower of Sweets (Improved Method)
A Postscript
CHAPTER VIII
FLAG TRICKS
Bertram’s Flag Trick
Flags and Paper Shavings
Flags Converted into Silken Streamers
The Production of Flags on Staves Complete
The Flag and Worsted Ball
Devant’s “Transvaal Flag” Trick
CHAPTER IX
TRICKS WITH GLOVES
“Vanishing” the Gloves
The Glove Passed into the Wand
A White Glove Changed to a Black One
Glove-Dyeing by Magic
The Damaged Glove and Lady’s Stocking
A Glove Conjured into a Nut， Egg， Lemon， and Orange
Dr. Avon’s Glove Trick
CHAPTER X
TRICKS WITH EGGS
The Celluloid Egg
The Self-Balancing Egg
The Egg-cup， for Vanishing an Egg
An Improved Egg-Holder
The Magical Production of Eggs
Production of Eggs from the Mouth
Bellachini’s Method
A Smashed Egg Vanished from a Handkerchief
The Diminishing Egg
To Vanish an Egg from the Hand
A Special Egg Vanisher
The Wandering Eggs
Another Method
New Egg and Tumbler Trick
An Illustration of Free-Trade Principles
Eggs from Nowhere， and Back Again
An Egg-Laying Hat
A Novel Egg-Bag Trick
The Ribbon-Producing Egg
The Bewitched Orange
CHAPTER XI
TRICKS WITH HATS
To Cut a Piece out of a Hat， and Restore it
A Glass of Wine in a Hat
The Mesmerized Hat
A Billiard Cue Produced from a Hat
Methods of Loading a Hat
Various Productions from Hat
Half a Dozen Babies
Alarm Clocks
Flower-Balls
Bouquets
The Garland of Oak-leaves
A Cake Baked in a Hat (Improved Method)
The Wandering Oranges
A Glass of Wine Passed Visibly through the Crown of a Hat
The Vanished Cannon-Ball
CHAPTER XII
MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS
The Afghan Bands
The Chinese Paper-Tearing Trick
The Original Form of the Trick
Various Methods of Performing it
Ellis Stanyon’s Method
Maurice Garland’s Method， with Colour-Change
The Melting Coin (Improved)
The Great Dictionary Trick
My Friend in Thibet
The Flying Thimble
The Original Trick
The Thimble and Paper Cone
The Patriotic Thimble
The Multiplying Thimble
The Vanishing Thimbles
The Changing Dice
Improved Methods
Chameleon Water
Rainbow Water
The Magic Organ Pipes (Le Souper du Diable New Method)
Devant’s Jar of Water and Hat
Devant’s Bag of Mystery
