This "how-to" book covers everything for the 1800's illusionist, from stage presence & dress, program and stage arrangement, to how to do tricks with cards, coins, watches, rings, handkerchiefs, dominoes and dice, cups and balls, hats, and other apparatus. "I have purposely limited my disclosures to such illusions as have been sufficiently long before the public to be fairly regarded as common property. Within this limit I have endeavored to make my explanations as complete as possible; but to go beyond it would be to infringe a moral copyright, and to deprive gentlemen to whom Modern Magic is especially indebted, of the well-earned fruits of their labor and invention." - Summary by TriciaG
Chapters
1 Introduction 22 min 2 General Principles of Sleight-of-Hand Applicable to Card Tricks, Part 1 28 min 3 General Principles of Sleight-of-Hand Applicable to Card Tricks, Part 2 22 min 4 General Principles of Sleight-of-Hand Applicable to Card Tricks, Part 3 12 min 5 Card Tricks with Ordinary Cards, and Not Requiring Sleight-of-Hand, Part 1 21 min 6 Card Tricks with Ordinary Cards, and Not Requiring Sleight-of-Hand, Part 2 20 min 7 Tricks Involving Sleight-of-Hand, or the Use of Specially Prepared Cards, Part 1 23 min 8 Tricks Involving Sleight-of-Hand, or the Use of Specially Prepared Cards, Part 2 21 min 9 Tricks Involving Sleight-of-Hand, or the Use of Specially Prepared Cards, Part 3 22 min 10 Tricks Involving Sleight-of-Hand, or the Use of Specially Prepared Cards, Part 4 25 min 11 Tricks Involving Sleight-of-Hand, or the Use of Specially Prepared Cards, Part 5 22 min 12 Tricks Involving Sleight-of-Hand, or the Use of Specially Prepared Cards, Part 6 19 min 13 Tricks Involving Sleight-of-Hand, or the Use of Specially Prepared Cards, Part 7 14 min 14 Card Tricks Requiring Special Apparatus, Part 1 25 min 15 Card Tricks Requiring Special Apparatus, Part 2 17 min 16 Card Tricks Requiring Special Apparatus, Part 3 18 min 17 Principles of Sleight-of-Hand More Especially Applicable to Coin Tricks 22 min 18 Tricks With Coin Without Apparatus, Part 1 16 min 19 Tricks With Coin Without Apparatus, Part 2 15 min 20 Tricks With Coin Without Apparatus, Part 3 12 min 21 Tricks with Coin Requiring Special Apparatus, Part 1 23 min 22 Tricks with Coin Requiring Special Apparatus, Part 2 29 min 23 Tricks with Coin Requiring Special Apparatus, Part 3 31 min 24 Tricks with Watches 30 min 25 Tricks with Rings 31 min 26 Tricks with Handkerchiefs, Part 1 23 min 27 Tricks with Handkerchiefs, Part 2 28 min 28 Tricks with Handkerchiefs, Part 3 23 min 29 Tricks with Dominoes and Dice 14 min 30 The Cups and Balls, Part 1 22 min 31 The Cups and Balls, Part 2 25 min 32 Ball Tricks Requiring Special Apparatus 25 min 33 Hat Tricks 26 min 34 Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 1 21 min 35 Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 2 20 min 36 Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 3 27 min 37 Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 4 22 min 38 Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 5 25 min 39 Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 6 20 min 40 Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 7 18 min 41 Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 8 20 min 42 Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 9 16 min 43 Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 10 20 min 44 Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 11 32 min 45 Miscellaneous Tricks, Part 12 28 min 46 Stage Tricks, Part 1 20 min 47 Stage Tricks, Part 2 19 min 48 Stage Tricks, Part 3 23 min 49 Stage Tricks, Part 4 22 min 50 Stage Tricks, Part 5 27 min 51 Stage Tricks, Part 6 17 min 52 Concluding Observations 24 min
