Fresno magic club

• Preface (p. iii)

• Introduction (p. xvii)

CHAPTER I

The Conjurer’s Dress, and Contrivances in Connection Therewith

• The Coat (p. 2)

• The Vest (p. 4)

• The Trousers (p. 5)

• Removable Pochettes (p. 6)

• The Shirt-Cuffs (p. 8)

• A Trick with the Ordinary Shirt-Cuff (p. 10)

• The Hat (p. 12)

CHAPTER II

Appliances and Expedients of General Utility

• Various Forms of the Servante (p. 16)

• Bag Servantes (p. 17)

• Methods of Fixing (p. 18)

• A New Form of Portable Servante (p. 19)

• The “Premier” Servante (p. 20)

• The Revolving Servante (p. 24)

• The Vest Servante (p. 25)

• The Conjurer’s Cigar-box (p. 28)

• A Special “Trap” (p. 30)

• Improved “Pulls” (p. 33)

• Willmann’s Vanisher (p. 33)

• The Flying Ring (p. 35)

• The “Lightning” Vanisher (p. 37)

• Improvements in the Direct, or Non-Mechanical, Pull (p. 39)

• Guides, for Use with Pulls (p. 40)

• The Glass with Mirror Partition (p. 42)

• Different Forms of the Glass (p. 46)

• Illustrations of its Uses (p. 47)

• Contrivances for “Passing Off” (p. 49)

• The Hartz Bottle (p. 50)

• The Hartz Matchbox (p. 50)

• The Hartz Pistol (p. 52)

• Another Form of Pistol for the Same Purpose (p. 53)

• The “Excelsior” Clip (p. 54)

• The Smoke Apparatus (p. 55)

• A Magical Explosive (p. 60)

• Suggestions for its Use (p. 61)

• The Spider (p. 62)

• The “Multum-in-Parvo” Vanisher (p. 67)

• The Hartz “Hook,” for Working Mechanical Pieces (p. 68)

• The Magic Bell (p. 71)

• The Crystal Cash-box (p. 73)

• The Bird-Cage (p. 74)

• Change (or Load) from Back of Assistant (p. 77)

• The Pneumatic Sucker (p. 78)

• The Ball Clip (p. 81)

• The Velvet Changing Bag (p. 81)

CHAPTER III

A Special Table, and Some Tricks Performed by its Aid

• The Heller and De Vere Table (p. 85)

• The Bottomless Tumbler (p. 92)

• Tricks Performed by the Aid of the Above Table

• Concatenation Extraordinary (p. 94)

• A Simpler Method, with the Mirror Glass (p. 98)

• Devant’s Method (p. 99)

• The Rose in the Glass (p. 100)

CHAPTER IV

The Magic Wand, and Tricks Therewith

• The Production of the Wand

• From the Sleeve (p. 102)

• From the Purse (p. 103)

• From Decanter on Table (p. 104)

• The Self-supporting Wand (p. 105)

• Introductory Patter (p. 105)

• Various Methods of Suspension (p. 108)

• The Wand Supported without any Mechanical Aid (p. 112)

• The Rapping Wand (p. 113)

• The Auto-gravity Wand (p. 116)

• The Climbing Ring (p. 118)

• The Rising and Falling Wand (p. 120)

• Various Methods (p. 121)

• Special Wands for Various Purposes

• Wands for the Production of Handkerchiefs (p. 122)

• How to Change the Wand into a Handkerchief (p. 126)

• A Wand for the Production of Cigars (p. 130)

• The “Swallowing” Wand (p. 132)

CHAPTER V

Tricks with Watches

• Methods for Obtaining Secret Possession of a Watch

• The Paper Bag (Various Kinds) (p. 134)

• Wrapping in Paper (p. 138)

• The Alpaca Bag (p. 140)

• “Exchanging” a Watch (Various Methods) (p. 142)

• The American Vanisher (p. 145)

• A New “Palm” for Watches (p. 146)

• The Noisy Watch-winder (p. 148)

• An Improved “Repeater” (p. 149)

• To Reproduce a Borrowed Watch in Any One Selected of a Number of Boxes (p. 150)

• A Lost Watch Found in Performer’s Purse (p. 152)

• Another Method (p. 154)

• A Borrowed Watch Changed to a Lemon (p. 156)

• A Borrowed Watch Reproduced from a Glass of Milk (p. 157)

• A Watch Fired from a Pistol, Attaching Itself to a Borrowed Hat (p. 162)

• A Novel Watch Trick (p. 163)

• Watch It! (p. 165)

• Another Method (p. 167)

• The Locked and Corded Boxes (p. 172)

• The Old Method (p. 173)

• The Writer’s Own Method (p. 174)

• The Hartz Method (p. 176)

• The De Vere Method (p. 180)

• The Flight of Time (p. 183)

CHAPTER VI

Tricks with Rings

• Exchanging the Ring (p. 189)

• To Catch Rings on the Wand (p. 191)

• A Borrowed Ring Found in a Potato (p. 194)

• The Ring and the Card (p. 196)

• The Mystic Glove and Rings (p. 198)

• The Old Method (p. 199)

• The Hartz Method (p. 199)

• The Wedding Ring and Flag (p. 204)

CHAPTER VII

Tricks with Handkerchiefs

• The Recommendations of the Handkerchief for Magical Purposes (p. 207)

Section I

The Magical Production of Handkerchiefs

• The False Finger (p. 209)

• The False Thumb (p. 214)

• The Finger Shell and False Palm (p. 215)

• The Rubber Band (p. 216)

• Production from Bend of Elbow (p. 217)

• Production from the Trouser-Leg (p. 217)

• The Hand-Box (p. 218)

• The Cache (p. 219)

• The Hamley Handkerchief Ball (p. 220)

• Production from the Wand (p. 222)

• Production from a Match-Box (p. 222)

• The “Monarch” Handkerchief Producer (p. 223)

• Clips for Handkerchiefs (p. 224)

• A Novel Method of Production (p. 225)

Section II

The Multiplication of Handkerchiefs

• From the Sleeve (p. 226)

• Conradi’s Multiplying Tube (p. 227)

• A Simple Appliance for Handkerchief Multiplication (p. 228)

• Black, Red, and White (p. 229)

• Handkerchief Multiplication on a Larger Scale (p. 232)

• Stillwell’s Handkerchief Act (p. 234)

• Simultaneous Production of a Desired Number of Handkerchiefs (p. 238)

• Handkerchiefs Increasing in Size as well as Number (p. 239)

• A Special Method of Producing the First Handkerchief (p. 240)

Section III

Colour-Changing Tricks

• The Inventors of the Colour-Change (p. 241)

• Various Methods of Colour-Changing (p. 242)

• The Conradi Tube (p. 242)

• Sundry Appliances for Colour-Changing (p. 242)

• Roterberg’s Colour-Change (p. 244)

• Marcellin’s Colour-Change (p. 246)

• Colour-Changing by the Aid of a Paper Tube (p. 247)

• The Elementary Method (p. 248)

• Willmann’s Colour-Change (p. 252)

• A Six-fold Colour-Change (p. 256)

• To Change the Colour of a Handkerchief by Merely Drawing it Through the Hand (p. 258)

• The Brass Tube, with Sliding Cup, for Colour-Changing (p. 260)

• Willmann’s “Metropolitan Railway” Trick (p. 262)

Section IV

Methods of “Vanishing” a Handkerchief

• The Rubber Ring (p. 268)

• A New Handkerchief Vanisher (p. 269)

• Roterberg’s Vanisher, and Passes Therewith (p. 270)

• Another Method of Using the Vanisher (p. 273)

• The “Eau de Cologne” Bottle (p. 275)

• A Handkerchief Changed to a Billiard-Ball (p. 277)

• An Ingenious Device to Facilitate the Palming and Vanishing of a Handkerchief (p. 278)

• The Glass Ball, for Changing a Handkerchief to a Billiard-Ball (p. 279)

• The Nickel Tube for Vanishing a Handkerchief (p. 279)

• Improved form (p. 281)

• The Nickel Tube with Pull (p. 283)

• The Vanish from a Paper Cylinder (p. 284)

• The “Lamp-Chimney” Vanish (p. 284)

• To Vanish Four Handkerchiefs Simultaneously (p. 287)

Section V

Methods of Reproducing a Vanished Handkerchief

• Reproduction Beneath a Soup-Plate (p. 290)

• Reproduction from a Sealed Envelope (p. 292)

• Two Vanished Handkerchiefs Reproduced from a Nest of Three Envelopes (p. 294)

• The Drum-Head Tube (p. 297)

• Reproduction from a Candle (p. 299)

• Buatier de Kolta’s Method (p. 299)

• The Glass Box, for Reproducing a Handkerchief (p. 302)

Section VI

Miscellaneous Handkerchief Tricks

• Devant’s Handkerchief Trick (p. 303)

• The Hat and Handkerchief (p. 315)

• The Closed Glass Tube (L’Etui en Cristal) (p. 317)

• The Handkerchief Cut and Restored (Modern Method) (p. 319)

• The “Marvellous Metamorphosis” Silver Cylinder (p. 320)

• A Handkerchief Changed to Paper Ribbons (p. 322)

• A Handkerchief Transformed into Paper Shavings (p. 323)

• The Egg and Handkerchief Trick (Modern Methods) (p. 326)

• D’Alvini’s Egg and Handkerchief Trick (p. 327)

• Egg, Handkerchief, and Onion (p. 329)

• The very Latest Egg and Handkerchief Trick (p. 331)

• Handkerchiefs Turned into a Snake (p. 333)

• Hartz’s Method (p. 335)

• The Dancing Handkerchief (p. 335)

• Parlour Method (p. 335)

• Stage Method (p. 336)

• Right and Left (p. 338)

• The Flying Handkerchiefs (p. 341)

• The Shower of Sweets (Improved Method) (p. 344)

• A Postscript (p. 345)

CHAPTER VIII

Flag Tricks

• Bertram’s Flag Trick (p. 349)

• Flags and Paper Shavings (p. 351)

• Flags Converted into Silken Streamers (p. 352)

• The Production of Flags on Staves Complete (p. 353)

• The Flag and Worsted Ball (p. 357)

• Devant’s “Transvaal Flag” Trick (p. 361)

CHAPTER IX

Tricks with Gloves

• “Vanishing” the Gloves (p. 366)

• The Glove Passed into the Wand (p. 368)

• A White Glove Changed to a Black One (p. 369)

• Glove-Dyeing by Magic (p. 371)

• The Damaged Glove and Lady’s Stocking (p. 376)

• A Glove Conjured into a Nut, Egg, Lemon, and Orange (p. 378)

• Dr. Avon’s Glove Trick (p. 385)

CHAPTER X

Tricks with Eggs

• The Celluloid Egg (p. 390)

• The Self-Balancing Egg (p. 391)

• The Egg-cup, for Vanishing an Egg (p. 392)

• An Improved Egg-Holder (p. 394)

• The Magical Production of Eggs (p. 396)

• Production of Eggs from the Mouth (p. 399)

• Bellachini’s Method (p. 401)

• A Smashed Egg Vanished from a Handkerchief (p. 403)

• The Diminishing Egg (p. 405)

• To Vanish an Egg from the Hand (p. 405)

• A Special Egg Vanisher (p. 407)

• The Wandering Eggs (p. 409)

• Another Method (p. 412)

• New Egg and Tumbler Trick (p. 417)

• An Illustration of Free-Trade Principles (p. 418)

• Eggs from Nowhere, and Back Again (p. 425)

• An Egg-Laying Hat (p. 426)

• A Novel Egg-Bag Trick (p. 429)

• The Ribbon-Producing Egg (p. 432)

• The Bewitched Orange (p. 434)

CHAPTER XI

Tricks with Hats

• To Cut a Piece out of a Hat, and Restore it (p. 438)

• A Glass of Wine in a Hat (p. 440)

• The Mesmerized Hat (p. 444)

• A Billiard Cue Produced from a Hat (p. 447)

• Methods of Loading a Hat (p. 448)

• Various Productions from Hat

• Half a Dozen Babies (p. 450)

• Alarm Clocks (p. 451)

• Flower-Balls (p. 453)

• Bouquets (p. 454)

• The Garland of Oak-leaves (p. 455)

• A Cake Baked in a Hat (Improved Method) (p. 456)

• The Wandering Oranges (p. 459)

• A Glass of Wine Passed Visibly through the Crown of a Hat (p. 463)

• The Vanished Cannon-Ball (p. 468)

CHAPTER XII

Miscellaneous Tricks

• The Afghan Bands (p. 471)

• The Chinese Paper-Tearing Trick (p. 473)

• The Original Form of the Trick (p. 474)

• Various Methods of Performing it (p. 475)

• Ellis Stanyon’s Method (p. 478)

• Maurice Garland’s Method, with Colour-Change (p. 483)

• The Melting Coin (Improved) (p. 484)

• The Great Dictionary Trick (p. 490)

• My Friend in Thibet (p. 497)

• The Flying Thimble

• The Original Trick (p. 502)

• The Thimble and Paper Cone (p. 506)

• The Patriotic Thimble (p. 506)

• The Multiplying Thimble (p. 508)

• The Vanishing Thimbles (p. 513)

• The Changing Dice (p. 514)

• Improved Methods (p. 515)

• Chameleon Water (p. 519)

• Rainbow Water (p. 522)

• The Magic Organ Pipes (Le Souper du Diable) (p. 525)

• New Method (p. 531)

• Devant’s Jar of Water and Hat (p. 538)

• Devant’s Bag of Mystery (p. 544)

• L’Envoi