CONTENTS.PAGEIntroduction.8Of palmistry and the passes.9To command a dime to pass into the centre of a ball of wool, so that it will not be discovered till the ball is unwound to the very last of its threads.13To change a bowl of ink into clear water with gold fish in it.14The dancing egg.15The walking cent.16Tricks with and without collusion.19To make a quarter and a penny change places while held in the hands of two spectators.23Trick with the dime, handkerchief, and an orange or lemon.23How to double your pocket money.24The injured handkerchief restored.25To make a large die pass through the crown of a hat without injuring it.26To produce from a silk handkerchief bon-bons, candies, nuts, etc.27Practice.29A sudden and unexpected supply of feathers from under a silk handkerchief or cloth.31Heads or Tails?33To cook pancakes or plumcakes in a hat over some candles.34To eat a dish of paper shavings and afterwards draw them from your mouth like an Atlantic cable.36How to cut off a person’s nose without injuring him.37Tricks by magnetism, chemistry, galvanism and electricity.39The watch obedient to the word of command.41No title..43A chemical trick, to follow one where a young friend has assisted.43To draw three spools off two tapes without those spools having to come off the ends of those tapes, and while the four ends of the tapes are held by four persons.44To restore a tape whole after it has been cut in the middle.46On the continuity of tricks.49The invisible hen, a very useful trick for supplying eggs for breakfast or dinner.53Tricks with a plain gold ring.56Friendly suggestions.59The conjuror’s “bonus genius” or familiar messenger.61The shower of money.63To furnish the ladies with a magic supply of tea or coffee, at their selection, from one and the same jug.64To furnish a treat to the gentlemen.66Ventriloquism.67Ventriloquism among the ancients.70Modern professors of the art.71The theory of ventriloquism.76The means by which it is effected.79Practical illustrations.81Polyphonic imitations.87A mountain echo.88Points to be remembered.88Concluding remarks.90To make the magic whistle.91
PAGEIntroduction.8Of palmistry and the passes.9To command a dime to pass into the centre of a ball of wool, so that it will not be discovered till the ball is unwound to the very last of its threads.13To change a bowl of ink into clear water with gold fish in it.14The dancing egg.15The walking cent.16Tricks with and without collusion.19To make a quarter and a penny change places while held in the hands of two spectators.23Trick with the dime, handkerchief, and an orange or lemon.23How to double your pocket money.24The injured handkerchief restored.25To make a large die pass through the crown of a hat without injuring it.26To produce from a silk handkerchief bon-bons, candies, nuts, etc.27Practice.29A sudden and unexpected supply of feathers from under a silk handkerchief or cloth.31Heads or Tails?33To cook pancakes or plumcakes in a hat over some candles.34To eat a dish of paper shavings and afterwards draw them from your mouth like an Atlantic cable.36How to cut off a person’s nose without injuring him.37Tricks by magnetism, chemistry, galvanism and electricity.39The watch obedient to the word of command.41No title..43A chemical trick, to follow one where a young friend has assisted.43To draw three spools off two tapes without those spools having to come off the ends of those tapes, and while the four ends of the tapes are held by four persons.44To restore a tape whole after it has been cut in the middle.46On the continuity of tricks.49The invisible hen, a very useful trick for supplying eggs for breakfast or dinner.53Tricks with a plain gold ring.56Friendly suggestions.59The conjuror’s “bonus genius” or familiar messenger.61The shower of money.63To furnish the ladies with a magic supply of tea or coffee, at their selection, from one and the same jug.64To furnish a treat to the gentlemen.66Ventriloquism.67Ventriloquism among the ancients.70Modern professors of the art.71The theory of ventriloquism.76The means by which it is effected.79Practical illustrations.81Polyphonic imitations.87A mountain echo.88Points to be remembered.88Concluding remarks.90To make the magic whistle.91