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Card Magic: a Practical Treatise on Modern Card Conjuring | |
Author | John Northern Hilliard |
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Editor | Carl Waring Jones |
Publication Date | 1945 |
Language | English |
Pages | 586 |
Card Magic - A Practical Treatise on Modern Card Conjuring by John Northern Hilliard contains all the card work from his larger previous book, Greater Magic.
Contents
- 1 Contents
- 1.1 Chapter I - The Master of the Playing Cards
- 1.2 Chapter II - Card Fans and Locations
- 1.3 Chapter III - Locations
- 1.4 Chapter IV - Locations by Marked Cards (1)
- 1.5 Chapter V - Locations by Marked Cards (2)
- 1.6 Chapter VI - Locations by Key or Locator Cards
- 1.7 Chapter VII - Locations by Means of Subtleties and Ingenious Arrangements
- 1.8 Chapter VIII - Locations
- 1.9 Chapter IX - Old Wine in New Bottles
- 1.10 Chapter X - Shuffle, Force, Cut, and Pass
- 1.11 Chapter XI - Impromptu Card Tricks
- 1.12 Chapter XII - Sleight of Hand Card Tricks
- 1.13 Chapter XIII - The Spelling Bee
- 1.14 Chapter XIV - Clairvoyance with Cards
- 1.15 Chapter 349 XV - The Four Aces
- 1.16 Chapter XVI - The Rising Cards
- 1.17 Chapter XVII - Prepared Cards
- 1.18 Chapter IX - The Short Card
- 1.19 Chapter X - Double Backed Cards
- 1.20 Chapter XI. Divided Cards
- 1.21 Chapter XII - Sundry Prepared Cards
- 1.22 Chapter XVIII - The Tuned Deck
- 1.23 Chapter XIX - Card Stars of the U.S.A.
Contents
Chapter I - The Master of the Playing Cards
- Page 1 The Master of the Playing Cards
Chapter II - Card Fans and Locations
- Page 7 Card Fanning and Fan Locations
- Page 10 How to Make the (Pressure) Fan
- Page 13 The Thumb Fan
- Page 13 The Reverse Fan
- Page 17 The Giant Fan
- Page 17 The Dovetail Shuffle
- Page 19 The One-Hand Fan
- Page 20 Vanish and Recovery
- Page 21 The Fan "Steal" (Jack Lathrop)
- Page 24 Dual One-Hand Fans
- Page 26 False Shuffle
- Page 27 The Fan Location
- Page 27 1. By Means of the Regular Fan
- Page 28 2. By Means of the Reversed Fan (A Glimpse)
- Page 30 3. The Third Fan Location (A Crimp)
Chapter III - Locations
- Page 31 Section I. By Means of Sleight of Hand
- Page 31 1. The Pass
- Page 31 2. The Side Steal
- Page 32 Little Finger Break (Two Handlings)
- Page 33 Flesh (Greek) Break
- Page 34 3. A "Side-Steal' Location (Paul Le Paul)
- Page 34 4. The Pick-Up Location (A Palm-less Transfer)
- Page 35 5. The Push Location (Tap Injog)
- Page 36 6. The Push-Back Location
- Page 36 7. Another Push Location (A Key Glimpse-Tom Sellers)
- Page 37 8. The "Slap" Location (A Drop Injog)
- Page 38 9. The Shp Location (Insertion of Key or Short in Spread)
- Page 40 A Reversed Card Discovery
- Page 41 10. The Shuffle Location (Overhand Shuffle Injog)
Chapter IV - Locations by Marked Cards (1)
- Page 45 Section II. The Crimp
- Page 46 The Crimp Location
- Page 46 First Method (With Both Hands)
- Page 47 Yank Hoe Method
- Page 49 Second Method (With One Hand)
- Page 50 Third Method (With Both Hands)
- Page 51 Fourth Method (With Both Hands--Dr. James Elliott)
- Page 52 Sid Lorraine Addition
- Page 52 Dai Vernon Subtlety
- Page 53 Fifth Method (Card Control by Means of the Crimp)
- Page 54 Riffle-Shuffle Positioning of Crimped Card
- Page 55 Sixth Method (Crimp and Table Spread--Ted Annemann)
- Page 57 Jack Merlin Crimp Technique
- Page 57 Jack Merlin Wax Technique
- Page 57 Seventh Method (The "Snap" Crimp--John Scarne)
- Page 59 Scarne Ridge Technique
- Page 59 Crimp Trick
Chapter V - Locations by Marked Cards (2)
- Page 61 Section III. Various Ruses
- Page 61 1. Nicking the Edge of a Card
- Page 62 Ben Erens Technique
- Page 62 Luis Zingone Technique
- Page 63 Henry Gordien Pencil Technique
- Page 63 Nail-Pricking the Surface of a Card
- Page 64 "It's Up To You
- Page 65 2. The Knife-Blade Detection
- Page 65 3. The Pencil-Line Detection
- Page 66 4. The Daub Location (Lead-Pencil Dust aka Graphite)
- Page 67 A Problem in Plumbago (Al Baker)
- Page 69 Carbon-Paper Daub
- Page 69 Carrying Daub
- Page 70 Golden Glow Daub
- Page 72 Application of Daub
- Page 72 Ace-Cutting (John Scarne)
- Page 72 Daub Application with Cardcase (Dai Vernon)
- Page 73 Newspaper-Piece Daub
- Page 74 A Problem in the Fourth Dimension (Paul Rosini)
Chapter VI - Locations by Key or Locator Cards
- Page 77 Section IV
- Page 77 The Warring Principle (Permanent Metal Tab)
- Page 78 Removable Metal Clip
- Page 78 Crescent Locator Card
- Page 78 Double Locator Card
- Page 79 Court Locator Card ("Master Card!')
- Page 79 Pip Locator Card
- Page 79 Silk Locator Card
- Page 79 Eclipse Locator Card
- Page 80 Celluloid Key Card (Alfred Caroselli)
- Page 81 Reversed Key Card (U.F. Grant)
- Page 81 Off-Tone Key Card
- Page 81 Sun-Marked Key Card
- Page 82 Worn-Back Key Card
- Page 82 The Inked Card
- Page 83 Double-Backed Key Card
Chapter VII - Locations by Means of Subtleties and Ingenious Arrangements
- Page 85 Section V
- Page 85 A. The Divided Pack
- Page 85 1. The Red and Black Location
- Page 88 2. The Odd and Even Location
- Page 88 3. The Improved Odd and Even Location (Charles T. Jordan)
- Page 88 4. The "Reversible" Location
- Page 90 B. The Bottom Card Location
- Page 90 Bottom Card
- Page 91 Bottom Card of Upper Half
- Page 91 Joker Discard to Locate Key
- Page 91 Face-Down Ribbon-Spread Key Placement
- Page 91 Face-Up Ribbon Spread Key Placement
- Page 91 Deal-Down Key Placement
- Page 92 The Positional (or Remote) Key Card
- Page 92 Cardcase Load of Key Card
- Page 92 "Experiment in Mind Reading" (J.N. Hilliard)
- Page 93 Jardin Ellis Reducing Mirror (Shiner)
- Page 95 C. The Top Card Location
- Page 96 D. The Top and Bottom Location (Two Key Cards)
- Page 96 a. The Overhand Shuffle
- Page 97 b. The Dovetail Shuffle
- Page 97 The Master Card Location
- Page 99 E. The New Pack Location
- Page 100 The Perfect Card Trick
- Page 101 Reverse Order Location
- Page 102 Under Which King, Bezonian?
- Page 103 The Incomprehensible Detection
Chapter VIII - Locations
- Page 105 Section VI. The "Slick Ace" and Some Tricks Therewith
- Page 105 The Story of the "Slick Ace
- Page 109 "The Master Card
- Page 111"Slick Ace" Technique
- Page 111 First Method
- Page 111 Second Method
- Page 112 Third Method (Frank Lane's Favorite)
- Page 112 Fourth Method (On the Table)
- Page 113 An Alternate Procedure
- Page 113 Trick Wherein a Packet's Number of Cards is Divined
- Page 113 Trick Wherein a Card is Thrust Beside a Predicted Card
- Page 115 Dai Vernon Handling
Chapter IX - Old Wine in New Bottles
- Page 117 Old Wine in New Bottles
- Page 120 Mutus, Nomen, Dectit, Cocis (J.N. Hilliard)
- Page 128 The Miracle Divination
- Page 129 The Problem of the Three Coins (Mahendra Presentation)
- Page 136 The Problem of the Four Aces (S.S. Blodgett)
- Page 139 The Problem of the Three Poker Chips
- Page 142 The Twenty-Five Card Trick (S. Leo Horowitz)
- Page 145 The Mystery of the Penthouse (S. Leo Horowitz)
- Page 150 The Incomprehensible Divination (Al Baker)
- Page 153 Another Baker Twist to the Old'Ten-Card Trick
- Page 154 Magic Number Revealment (R.W. Hull)
- Page 157 A Matter of Debit and Credit
Chapter X - Shuffle, Force, Cut, and Pass
- Page 163 Shuffle, Force, Cut, and Pass
- Page 164 Overhand Shuffle Positioning of Four Cards (Dai Vernon)
- Page 164 Cards. The Best Kind to Use
- Page 164 False Shuffles
- Page 165 I. To Get Control of a Selected Card
- Page 165 II. To Keep Certain Cards in View
- Page 165 1. The Bottom Card
- Page 165 2. The Top Card
- Page 165 3a, A Number of Cards (With Two Shuffles)
- Page 166 3b. A Number of Cards (With One Shuffle)
- Page 167 III. To Retain the Whole Pack in a Certain Order
- Page 167 la. By Means of the Overhand Shuffle (G.W. Hunter)
- Page 167 lb. By Means of the Overhand Shuffle
- Page 169 2a. By Means of the Riffle Shuffle
- Page 169 2b. The Inverted V Shuffle
- Page 170 Variation
- Page 171 3. The Haymow or Charlier False Shuffle
- Page 171 4. The Weave or Greek Shuffle
- Page 172 5a. The Push Through
- Page 173 6b. The Strip Out
- Page 174 6. False Riffle Shuffle
- Page 174 7. Red and Black Location
- Page 175 False Cuts
- Page 175 I. False Cuts on the Table
- Page 175 a. Three Cuts on the Table
- Page 176 b. Three Cuts to the Table
- Page 176 c. Multiple Cuts on the Table
- Page 176 d. Three Cuts (Arthur Finley)
- Page 177 e. Two Cuts to the Table
- Page 178 f. Three Cuts on the Table
- Page 179 g. Running Cut
- Page 180 II. False Cuts with the Pack in Hand
- Page 180 a. Three Cuts in the Hand (Riffle-Shuffle Grip)
- Page 181 b. Three Cuts in the Hand (Riffle-Shuffle Grip)
- Page 181 c. Three Cuts in the Hand (Hindu-Shuffle Grip)
- Page 182 The Pass
- Page 182 Practicing the Pass
- Page 182 Covering the Pass
- Page 183 The Delayed Pass (End Crimp Technique)
- Page 184 The Herrmann Pass
- Page 185 Wandering Jacks Fragment
- Page 185 The "Bluff' Pass
- Page 186 Substitutes for the Pass
- Page 186 I. Misdirection
- Page 187 II. The Hindu Shuffle
- Page 187 Genuine Shuffle
- Page 188 To Control a Selected Card
- Page 188 To Control Several Selected Cards
- Page 189 III. The Optical (Overhand) Shuffle
- Page 189 IV. The Break and (Overhand) Shuffle
- Page 190 V. The Fan
- Page 191 S. Leo Horowitz Finesse
- Page 191 The Force
- Page 192 Advice on the Classic Force
- Page 193 Contingency Correction (Stanley Collins)
- Page 195 The Handkerchief Force (Jean Hugard)
- Page 196 Forcing Cards Behind the Back (John Scarne)
- Page 197 A Card Force (Stewart Judah, H. Adrian Smith)
- Page 198 A Psychological Force
- Page 198 To Force the Number 9
- Page 199 For Forcing One of Two Cards or Piles on the Table
- Page 199 A Psychological Force
- Page 199 Modern Methods of Palming Cards
- Page 199 An Imperceptible Method of Palming the Top Card
- Page 200 1. The Top Card, One Hand Only (Judson Cole, Jean Hugard)
- Page 201 2. The Top Card with Left Hand Only (Prof. Morris Lowey)
- Page 202 3. Palming One Card (Tenkai Ishida)
- Page 203 4. A Number of Cards (Left Thumb Push-Up)
- Page 203 Holding a Break in the Pack
- Page 204 1. The Base of the Thumb (Greek) Break
- Page 204 2. With the First Joint of the Middle Finger (Flesh Break)
- Page 204 One-Hand Pass from Flesh Break on the Deal
- Page 205 3. Holding the Break After the Peek (S. Leo Horowitz)
- Page 206 Switching the Pack (Capt. J.E. Stone)
- Page 206 I. Using a Well in the Table
- Page 206 II. Using a Hat and Blindfold
- Page 207 III. Using a Handkerchief and Coat Pocket
- Page 207 IV. Using a Cardcase and Coat Pocket
- Page 207 V. To Exchange Decks During a Trick (Two Methods)
- Page 208 VI. Using a Prepared Cardcase
- Page 209 Final Observations and Caution
- Page 209 Dealing Seconds
- Page 209 One Hand
- Page 209 a. Dealing Face Upwards
- Page 210 b. Dealing Face Downwards
- Page 210 By Means of a Faked Card (Dai Vernon)
- Page 211 The Bottom Deal
- Page 211 With One Hand
- Page 211 a. Dealing Face Upwards
- Page 212 b. Dealing Face Downwards
- Page 212 Chosen Card at any Number
- Page 212 Flourishes
- Page 212 The Tenkai Color Change (Tenkai Ishida)
- Page 213 The Horowitz Color Change (S. Leo Horowitz)
- Page 214 The Fan Steal (S. Leo Horowitz)
- Page 215 Reversing Whole Pack-First Method
- Page 216 Reverse Sleight
- Page 216 Second Method
- Page 217 A Fan Reverse
- Page 218 The Elbow Catch
- Page 218 A Card Juggle
- Page 219 Passing a Card Through the Crown of a Derby Hat
- Page 219 A True Cut with One Hand
- Page 220 A Flourish Count (Dai Vernon)
Chapter XI - Impromptu Card Tricks
- Page 223 New Finishes for Card Tricks
- Page 223 1. Card Dropping (Ted Annemann)
- Page 224 2. Adaptation of the "Spring" Flourish
- Page 224 Card Under the Napkin (Henry Gordien)
- Page 225 A Card Changes in the Spectator's Hand
- Page 226 Revealed by Fire
- Page 226 The Spectator Does it All
- Page 227 A Mental Discovery
- Page 227 First Method (by Dealing)
- Page 228 Second Method (by Spelling)
- Page 229 Third Method-The Lie Detector (W. Fred. Heaman)
- Page 230 Card Through a Hat
- Page 231 The Flying Card (Nate Leipzig)
- Page 231 Card in the Matchbox
- Page 232 A Master Card Trick (Max Holden)
- Page 234 The Three Pile Trick (C.W. Jones)
- Page 237 The Salt Trick
- Page 237 A Good Impromptu Trick
- Page 237 A Self Working Trick (William H. McCaffrey)
- Page 239 A "Think Stop" Trick (J.N. Hilliard)
- Page 239 Trick with Two Packs
- Page 240 A Joker Trick
- Page 241 A Few Words Anent the Joker
- Page 241 The Aces and the Criminal
- Page 242 Obedient Cards
- Page 242 Final Suggestions
Chapter XII - Sleight of Hand Card Tricks
- Page 243 The Fadeaway Cards
- Page 246 A Miracle Discovery
- Page 248 The New Torn Corner Card (Al Saal)
- Page 251 The Stabbed Card. New Version (Capt. J.E. Stone)
- Page 253 Card in Pocket. I
- Page 256 Card in Pocket. II (William H. McCaffrey)
- Page 256 Two Card Location (Paul Rosini)
- Page 258 Saliva Sorcery. I (Paul Rosini)
- Page 260 Saliva Sorcery. II (Paul Rosini)
- Page 261 The Magic Thrust. I
- Page 262 The Magic Thrust. II. (Al Baker)
- Page 264 The Magic Thrust. III (Ted Annemann)
- Page 265 Relativity and Cards (Annemann, Hugard)
- Page 267 Two Card Reverse
- Page 269 The "Impossible" Location (George Kaplan)
- Page 270 "You Do as I Do
- Page 271 A. The Sympathetic Cards
- Page 272 B. A Second Example with a Prearranged Deck
- Page 275 C. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Part I
- Page 277 Part II
- Page 278 D. Variation Without the Use of a Waxed Card
- Page 279 E. Domination of Thought
- Page 280 Variation
- Page 280 An Effective Follow Up
- Page 281 F. The "J.N. Hilliard" Method
- Page 281 Do As I Do (Rolland Hamblen)
- Page 283 Prearrangement of Packs
- Page 283 The Five Card Problem (George Kaplan)
- Page 285 A Brain Teaser (George Kaplan)
- Page 286 Modern Long Distance Mind Reading (George Kaplan)
- Page 287 A Test Discovery (Dr. Buell)
- Page 289 The Up-to-Date Prophet
- Page 290 "Tearing the Pack" Trick
- Page 291 A Spirit Writes (John Mulholland)
- Page 292 Tricks with Two Decks; Red and Blue
- Page 292 The Migrating Cards (Al Baker)
- Page 293 "And the Spectator Blew" (Jean Hugard)
- Page 295 Color Changing Backs (William H. McCaffrey)
- Page 297 Poker Tricks Section
- Page 297 A Poker Deal (Frank Lane)
- Page 298 Unique Bridge and Poker Deal (William H. McCaffrey)
- Page 303 The Perfect Poker Trick
- Page 305 The Four Ace Deal (William W. Larsen)
- Page 306 A Maneuver for Stud Poker (Glimpse)
- Page 307 A Si Stebbins System Wrinkle
- Page 307 Two Card Monte with the Torn Corner Added
- Page 308 Card Mouthful (John Scarne)
Chapter XIII - The Spelling Bee
- Page 309 I. Impromptu Method with Ordinary Cards (Lawrence Gray)
- Page 311 II. Prearranged Cards
- Page 311 1. "The T. Nelson Downs Speller
- Page 313 2. Spell It Yourself (Ted Annemann)
- Page 315 III. Spelling a Card Merely Thought Of
- Page 315 1. Commander Slayton's Method
- Page 317 2. J. N. Hilliard's Method
- Page 318 IV. Spelling a Number of Cards After a Genuine Shuffle
- Page 319 1. Charles T. Jordan's Method
- Page 320 2. A Card Fairy Tale and Automatic Spelling (Jean Hugard)
- Page 322 V. Special Pack
- Page 322 The "Perfect" Spelling Trick
- Page 323 A Suggested Routine of Spelling Tricks
Chapter XIV - Clairvoyance with Cards
- Page 325 IA. With Unprepared Cards, Without Forcing (Robert-Houdin)
- Page 326 Prof. Hoffmann Variation
- Page 326 Another Method
- Page 327 IB. The Three of Clubs
- Page 327 The Mexican Turn-over
- Page 329 II. Forcing the Mental Selection of a Card and Tricks Therewith
- Page 329 By Spreading the Cards
- Page 330 By Ruffling the Cards
- Page 330 a. With Two Spectators (Robert-Houdin)
- Page 331 b. With Two Spectators
- Page 333 Forcing the Mental Selection by Prearrangement. a
- Page 333 Forcing the Mental Selection by Prearrangement, b
- Page 333 Forcing a Corner-Shorted Court Card
- Page 334 Passing the Cards Before a Spectator
- Page 334 c. With Two Spectators
- Page 335 Variation
- Page 335 Forcing a Card by Springing the Cards
- Page 336 Locating a Card After the Spectator's Cut
- Page 336 III. By Means of the Fan Spread
- Page 336 a. Raising a Neat Fan
- Page 337 b. Raising a Ragged Fan
- Page 338 c. Spreading on the Table
- Page 339 d. Displaying a Reverse Fan
- Page 339 IV. With Prearranged Pack
- Page 339 a. With the Nikola System
- Page 340 b. With Two Packs
- Page 340 V. Psychological Forces
- Page 341 Red or Black
- Page 341 The Seventh Position
- Page 341 The Second Card
- Page 342 The Second and Third Cards
- Page 342 Memorizing Five Cards
- Page 342 The Third Card
- Page 343 Dai Vernon's Psychological Force
- Page 343 VI. With Prepared Cards
- Page 343 Al Baker's Force
- Page 344 VII. By Elimination
- Page 344 Ralph Hull's Trick
- Page 346 VIII. Special Deck
- Page 346 The Magician's Dream, with Prepared Cards (Audley Walsh)
- Page 347 With Unprepared Cards (Dai Vernon)
- Page 346 The Magician's Dream, with Prepared Cards (Audley Walsh)
Chapter 349 XV - The Four Aces
- Page 349 I. U-Do-It Ace Trick (U.F. Grant)
- Page 351 II. The Four Aces (S. Leo Horowitz)
- Page 355 III. The Four Aces (Stewart James)
- Page 357 IV. The Four Aces (William H. McCaffrey)
- Page 361 V. The Four Aces (Jess Kelly)
- Page 363 VI. Aces for Experts (Dai Vernon)
- Page 365 VII. Annemann's Aces (Ted Annemann)
Chapter XVI - The Rising Cards
- Page 370 I. Cards Freely Chosen. No Assistant
- Page 370 Method No. 1
- Page 374 Method No.2 (M. Laissus)
- Page 375 Method No. 3
- Page 376 Method No.4. The Book Houlette
- Page 377 II. Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise. No Assistant
- Page 377 Method No. 1. Duplicate Cards Concealed on Table
- Page 378 With an Assistant
- Page 378 Without an Assistant
- Page 378 By Fanning the Deck
- Page 379 Pip Change
- Page 379 Addressing the Queen
- Page 379 Card Rises Reversed then Turns Around
- Page 379 The Blank Card Gag
- Page 380 The Broomstick Rise (Robert Heller)
- Page 380 With a Silk in the Glass
- Page 380 Method No.2. Threaded Packet From Vest Pocket
- Page 381 Method No.3. With a Borrowed Pack
- Page 382 Method No.4. Cards Rise Spontaneously from Vest Pocket
- Page 382 Method No.5. Card Rises from Pack Held in the Hand
- Page 383 Method No.6. The All Rising Cards
- Page 385 Method No.7. The Swinging Rising Cards
- Page 386 Method No.8. The Joker Rising Card Trick
- Page 386 Method No.9. The Celebrity Rising Card Trick
- Page 377 Method No. 1. Duplicate Cards Concealed on Table
- Page 387 III. The Hair and Wax Pellet
- Page 387 Method No. 1. The "Albertf' Method
- Page 388 Method No.2. Adrian Plate's Method
- Page 389 Method No.3. Card Rising from Hand to Hand
- Page 390 Method No.4. From a Glass
- Page 391 Method No.5. Tube and Thread
- Page 391 Method No.6. The Wand and Rising Card
- Page 392 IV. Impromptu Methods
- Page 392 Method No. 1. Cards Rise from the Pack Held in Left Hand
- Page 393 Method No.2. The Little Finger Rise
- Page 394 Method No.3. The Thumb Rise (S. Leo Horowitz)
- Page 395 Method No.4. A Comedy Rising Card
- Page 396 Method No.5. The Fluted Glass
- Page 396 Method No.6. The Window Pack
- Page 396 Method No.7. Wand and Houlette (Ottokar Fischer)
- Page 397 Method No.8. The Cardini Rise
- Page 397 Method No.9. Card Rising Through Handkerchief (Brush)
- Page 398 Method No. 10. Card Rises From Cardcase Tied to Hand
- Page 400 Method No. 11. The "Plunger" Rising Cards (Jack McMillen)
- Page 402 Variation without Sleight of Hand, Using Wax
- Page 402 V. Prepared Cards
- Page 402 Special Cards
- Page 403 With a Svengali Deck
- Page 403 VI. Mechanical Rising Cards
- Page 403 A. The Mechanical Pack (Hartz)
- Page 404 B. The Holmes Spindle (Donald Holmes)
- Page 405 C. The Card Case and Finger Tip
- Page 405 D. The Wand and Glass Houlette
- Page 405 E. The "Lyre" Rising Cards
- Page 406 F. The Walking-Stick Rising Cards
- Page 407 The "Sandu" Rising Cards (Harlan Tarbell)
- Page 407 G. The Tray and Houlette
- Page 408 H. The Gordien Rising Cards (Henry Gordien)
- Page 410 I. The Hand Houlette
- Page 412 VII. The Aerial Cards
- Page 412 1. The "Thurston" Rising Cards
- Page 413 2. A Method for the Parlor
- Page 413 3. A Second Method
- Page 414 4. The Queen of the Air
- Page 414 VIII. Any Card Called For Rises
- Page 414 1. M. Guimard's Method
- Page 415 2. M. Ceilher's Method
- Page 416 3. The "Neyhart" Houlette
- Page 423 4, The Stull Rising Card Trick
- Page 424 Dr. Hooker's Impossibilities
- Page 426 The Card Windlass or Reel
- Page 427 Dr. Jacob Daley's Routine
Chapter XVII - Prepared Cards
- Page 429 SECTION I
- Page 429 The Cards Alone Prepared
- Page 430 I. The Svengali Deck (Burling Hull)
- Page 438 II. The Mene Tekel Deck (Burling Hull)
- Page 439 1. Chosen Card Passed into Vest Pocket
- Page 439 Three Chosen Cards Discovered From Pack in a Hat
- Page 440 2. A Curious Coincidence (Glenn G. Gravatt)
- Page 441 III, Double Faced Cards
- Page 441 1. The Triangle (David Devant)
- Page 442 2. Infallible Prediction (Paul Curry)
- Page 444 3. A Pocket Change (U.F. Grant)
- Page 445 4. The Princess Trick (S. Leo Horowitz)
- Page 448 IV. Ivory and Air Cushion Finish
- Page 449 Blindfold Multiple Detection (William H. McCaffrey)
- Page 450 V. Forcing Packs
- Page 450 Three-Way Forcing Deck and Switch
- Page 450 Three-Way Svengali Forcing Deck
- Page 451 Rogers' Ever Ready Forcing Pack (Dr. Ford Rogers)
- Page 452 Cards Plus Jugglery (Charles A. Leedy)
- Page 453 VI. Strippers
- Page 454 1. To Surreptitiously Reverse a Stripper Deck
- Page 455 Half and Half Subtlety
- Page 455 2. Bringing the Reversed Card to the Top
- Page 454 1. To Surreptitiously Reverse a Stripper Deck
- Page 456 Tricks with a Stripper Deck
- Page 456 1. A Novel X-Ray Trick
- Page 457 2. Another Method
- Page 457 3. A Triple Discovery (Professor Hoffmann)
- Page 459 Two Good Wrinkles
- Page 459 1. Reversing the Deck
- Page 459 2. Not Reversing the Deck
- Page 460 VII. End Strippers
- Page 461 VIII. Bevelled Cards
- Page 461 Poker Demonstration
- Page 461 Card and Number (Harry Blackstone)
Chapter IX - The Short Card
- Page 463 The Short Card
- Page 464 I. The Use of Cards Marked in Advance
- Page 463 Types of Short Cards
- Page 464 Cutting a Short Card
- Page 464 Impromptu Short Card
- Page 464 1. It's in the Bag (H. Adrian Smith)
- Page 464 Effect No. 1
- Page 465 Effect No. 2
- Page 466 Effect No. 3
- Page 466 Effect No.4
- Page 467 Effect No.5
- Page 468 2. A Bewildering Change (Cardini)
- Page 469 3. Two Card Discovery (Billy O'Connor)
- Page 471 4. The Torn Deck Discovery
- Page 471 5. Ne Plus Ultra, New Version
- Page 473 6. Mr. Snyder Makes a Prediction (John Snyder)
- Page 475 7. The Double Lift with a Short Card
- Page 475 Ambitious Card Routine
- Page 475 Open One-Hand Top Change
- Page 475 Ambitious Card Routine
- Page 476 8. The Four Aces (Mickey McDougall)
- Page 477 9. The Long Card (Paper Clip)
- Page 478 10. Two New Locator Cards
- Page 478 1. Coin Impression (Will De Sieve)
- Page 479 2. Another 'Ridge" Preparation (Jontay)
- Page 479 II. Impromptu Marking of Cards (Punching or Pegging)
- Page 479 1. The Tooth Pick Method
- Page 479 2. Thumb Tack Marker
Chapter X - Double Backed Cards
- Page 480 Double Backed Cards (J.N. Hofzinser)
- Page 481 1. The Self Reversing Cards
- Page 481 2. The Ambitious Card (Vernon, Finley, Horowitz)
- Page 484 3. The Power of the Will
- Page 485 4. The Five Cards Do As I Do-You Can't
- Page 486 5. Cagliostro's Card, A Prediction (George Kaplan)
Chapter XI. Divided Cards
- Page 489 The Four Sevens and the Four Deuces
- Page 490 The Protean Pack of Cards (Robert-Houdin)
Chapter XII - Sundry Prepared Cards
- Page 491 1. A Visible Transformation (W. Fred Heaman)
- Page 492 2. Prepared Carbon Card (James Maxwell)
- Page 493 A Mindreading Trick
- Page 494 Annemann's Method with Prepared Cardcase
- Page 495 3. The Daub. A Miracle -Location (Paul Rosini)
- Page 496 4. One Way Cards. "Think Stop" a. (William H. McCaffrey)
- Page 497 One Way Cards. b. Spectator Reverses Cards Himself
- Page 497 5. Diachylon Thought Control
- Page 499 SECTION II
- Page 499 Card Tricks with Apparatus and in Combination with Other Objects
- Page 500 Spirit Cartography (Harry Blackstone)
- Page 500 The Cross-Cut Force
- Page 501 The Card in the Frame
- Page 503 The Knowing Dart
- Page 504 Stand for the Vanish and Recovery of Four Cards
- Page 505 The Card and Ribbon Trick (J.J. Kolar)
- Page 508 The Card and Stamp Mystery (Harlan Tarbell)
- Page 510 The Enchanted Card Slide (Nishan Andounian and Joe Berg)
- Page 512 "Cherchez La Femme" (Al Baker)
- Page 513 The Balloon and Card
Chapter XVIII - The Tuned Deck
- Page 517 The Tuned Deck (Ralph W. Hull)
- Page 530 The Rough and Smooth Principle
- Page 531 The Pop-Eyed Eye-Popper (R. W. Hull)
- Page 531 1. The Force
- Page 532 2. The Pop-Eyed Eye-Popper Trick
- Page 532 3. "Knock'em Off with a Stick
- Page 533 4. Skilled? Second Dealing
- Page 533 The Magnetic Mental Control (R.W. Hull)
Chapter XIX - Card Stars of the U.S.A.
- Page 537 I. Theodore Annemann
- Page 538 1. The Princess Trick
- Page 539 2. The Five Card Stabbing Mystery
- Page 542 II. Al Baker
- Page 542 1. Red-Black Detection
- Page 544 2. Mysterious Divination
- Page 545 III. Cardini
- Page 545 1. The Cardini Ace Trick
- Page 546 Cardini's Multiple Shift (Overhand Shuffle Style)
- Page 548 2. Cardini Method of Backhand Production of Cards
- Page 545 1. The Cardini Ace Trick
- Page 548 IV. S. Leo Horowitz
- Page 549 1. A Psychological Discovery
- Page 552 2. The Magic Tunnel
- Page 555 V. Stewart Judah
- Page 555 1. The Three Heap
- Page 557 2. The Guessing Game
- Page 559 VI. Nate Leipzig
- Page 560 1. Five Hands
- Page 561 Poker-Hand Switch
- Page 562 2. The Sympathetic Clubs
- Page 560 1. Five Hands
- Page 563 VII. William H. McCaffrey
- Page 564 1. The Prize Winner
- Page 566 2. The Telephone Trick
- Page 567 VIII. Paul Rosini
- Page 567 1. Everywhere and Nowhere
- Page 570 2. A Great Location Trick
- Page 572 IX. John Scarne
- Page 572 1. The Card in the Wallet
- Page 575 2. The Transposed Cards
- Page 575 X. Dai Vernon
- Page 576 1. Do As I Do
- Page 578 2. Follow the Leader