Greater Magic

see also additional material from the 1994 edition
1938
Written by John Northern Hilliard
Work of Various
1005 pages (Hardcover), published by Carl Waring Jones
Illustrated with drawings by Harlan Tarbell
Language: English
809 entries
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Tenkai Ishida The Tenkai Knots three knots vanish
 		613
Unknown Vanishing Knots silks are tied together, false knot
 		613
Harlan Tarbell Tarbell Color Changing Handkerchief popular gaffed handkerchief
Variations 614
Ade Duval Duval's Dyeing Handkerchiefs dye tube
 		617
John Northern Hilliard Billiard Balls
621
Unknown Palming classic and finger palm
 		622
Unknown Palming a Ball in Apparently Taking it in the Other Hand
623
Unknown Palming a Ball in the Act of Apparently Placing it in the Other Hand
624
Unknown The Change Over Palm two methods
 		625
Unknown Billiard Ball Gimmicks - The Shell
626
Unknown Ball Holders: 1. Individual Holders
2. Holders for Several Balls 		two individual and four multiple ball holders
 		627
Unknown Pockets topit, application for billiard ball or deck of cards
 		628
Unknown Pulls for billiard ball vanish
 		628
Unknown The Cuff Servante sleeve cuff servante for billiard ball
 		629
Unknown Table Wells and Servantes
630
Eric Peterson Special Balls - Pin Ball
630
Unknown Thimble Ball
631
Unknown Ball with Hole
631
Unknown Needle and Cork Ball
631
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Billiard Ball Stands - Conradi Stand to vanish and produce balls
 		631
Unknown Wooden Stand to hold and produce balls
 		632
Unknown The Lozenge dummy part of a ball for a convincing vanish
 		633
Unknown The One to Four Multiplication with shell
 		634
Unknown Filtration Through a Handkerchief
636
Unknown A Billiard Ball Phantasy four different colored solid balls
 		637
Unknown Playing Card Changed to a Billiard Ball
640
Unknown Production of a Billiard Ball from a Playing Card
641
Unknown A Subtle Vanish
642
Unknown The Best Dminishing Billiard Ball Trick gaffed
 		642
Laurie Ireland The New Multiplying Golf Balls description of set of balls
 		644
Unknown Multiplication to Four Solid Balls two shells used, "modern"
 		644
Unknown Simultaneous Production of Four Balls in Each Hand four shells and four solid balls, roll-out with both hands
 		646
Henry Gordien Knee Penetration
647
Laurie Ireland The Diminishing Golf Ball gimmick applied to golf ball
 		649
John Northern Hilliard Sponge Balls
651
Unknown The Fist Vanish for several balls one by one
 		652
Unknown To Palm a Sponge Ball
653
Unknown A Sponge Ball Routine several phases, hollow egg or lemon finale
 		654
Henry Gordien Another Sponge Ball Routine
Variations 656
Unknown Gimmicks for Sponge Balls holders and comments
 		657
John Northern Hilliard The Cups and Balls The Wand
The Balls
The Cups
 		658
Unknown The Vanish
659
Unknown Loading a Cup tip over load
 		660
Unknown Removing a Ball Secretly from Under a Cup
660
Unknown Routine
661
Laurie Ireland No-Sleight Sponge Ball Method
663
Dai Vernon A Coin Vanish
666
Martin Chapender The Chapender Vanish see reference for credit information
Related to 667
John Northern Hilliard A Hilliard Vanish
Related to 669
John Northern Hilliard Another Hilliard Vanish back palm
 		669
Unknown A Complete Vanish coat pocket drop
 		670
Unknown A Vanish with a Pencil pencil clip
Variations 671
Jardine Ellis A Jardine Ellis Vanish
671
Unknown A Novel and Easy Coin Change using double backed card
Related to 672
Unknown A Change for a Small Coin sleeving
 		672
Max Malini A Coin Multiplication three coins
Related to 673
Harry Kellar Coin Holders - The Kellar Holder
673
Al Meiner The New Coin Holder
674
Unknown New Coin Dropper
674
Unknown Paper Clip Holder single coin
 		674
Unknown Fountain Pen impromptu holder
 		675
Unknown Folded Newspaper as a Tray impromptu coin tray
 		675
Unknown The Wand vanish with wax
 		675
Unknown Coin on Thread
676
Unknown Folding Coins construction and use including: To Make One Coin and a Folded Coin Appear as Three Coins, Formula for Silver Cement to Fill the Gap
 		676
Harry Blackstone The Half Dollar and Ginger Ale Bottle folding coin
 		677
William H. McCaffrey, S.S. Blodgett The Penny and the Dime one of two coins vanish
 		678
Unknown A Coin Vanishes from Between Two Glasses
680
Charles A. Leedy Coin to Pocket from hand to trouser pocket
 		681
Al Baker Dime Under One of Three Cards spectator puts dime beneath one of three card, performer divines which card
 		681
Unknown The Coin in the Handkerchief marked coin into handkerchief
Related to 682
Unknown The Vanishing Dime
683
Unknown False Turnover
683
Unknown Another Vanishing Dime simulated pick up from pile of coins
 		684
Unknown A Trick at the Counter
685
Unknown Two Cards and a Coin coin appears between two cards
 		685
Unknown The Dime and the Penny
685
John Northern Hilliard A Date Divination with cards the date of a borrowed coin is divined
 		686
Unknown Coin Changed to an Alarm Clock
687
Unknown A Coin Penetration through cloth bag, using a wire ring
 		688
Yank Hoe The Sympathetic Coins corners of handkerchief assembly, shell
 		689
Unknown Coin Through a Handkerchief shell
 		690
Unknown Invisible Flight of Six Coins
690
Unknown Gold and Silver
692
Unknown The Rising Coin up in glass and over lip, thread
Related to 693
Unknown The "Perfect" Coins Through Table Trick ungaffed
 		694
Arthur Sherwood The Coin and the Chocolate Box coin from chocolate box to envelope and back again
 		697
Unknown A Coin Producing Fan gaffed
 		699
Unknown The Coin Easel for vanish and reproduction
 		700
Unknown The Miser's Dream - Coins from the Shoe sequence to fit into routine
 		701
Unknown The Hooked Coin sequence to fit into miser's dream routine
 		702
Unknown A Very Good Method of Holding a Load of Coins is This hole through stack of coins
 		702
T. Nelson Downs Mysterious Date Changing date increases by number thought of
 		703
T. Nelson Downs Reading the Dates of Coins with Finger Tips
703
T. Nelson Downs A Neat Coin Fold
704
T.J. Crawford Migratory Coins coins on corners of black cloth, with two postcards
Variations 705
T.J. Crawford The Okito Coin Box coin from box transposes with coin from hand
 		708
T.J. Crawford The Brema Coin Box six coins in box penetrate box and hand
 		710
T.J. Crawford Using the Sleeves coin travels from hand to hand, two methods
Related toVariations 712
T.J. Crawford Curious Coins three coins in each hand
 		713
Unknown Click Pass
715
T.J. Crawford An Old One Revised coin from coin box on top of book on top of glass into glass
 		716
T.J. Crawford The Illusive Coin Pass 1 or several coins
 		717
T. Nelson Downs The Downs Coin Star on tips of fingers
 		719
Unknown The Thumb Grip
722
Unknown The Passage of a Cigarette from One Hand to the Other Through the Knees
724
Unknown Method of Showing the Hands Empty by Means of the Thumb Grip
724
Unknown Production of a Number of Cigarettes from the Thumb Grip unlight
 		725
Unknown The Pinches palming positions
 		726
Unknown The Finger Hold palming positions
 		727
Unknown The Finger Palm
727
Unknown The Tiptilt
728
Unknown The Vanish, Real and Apparent
728
Unknown The Push Vanish and Recovery
729
Unknown "Tongue"-ing a Cigarette
730
Unknown Switching a Lighted Cigarette for a Dummy
732
Unknown Production of Five Lighted Cigarettes, Full Size
733
Unknown Production of a Lighted Cigarette from the Air
734
Unknown Producing Sparks
735
Unknown A Routine Using Lighted Cigarettes and Dummies
735
Unknown A Finale. Production of a Pipe
737
Unknown The Dropper
737
Unknown Tanks for Lighted Cigarettes
737
Unknown Vest Holder
738
Unknown The Finger Clip
738
Unknown Preparation of Load for Production of Several Cigarettes at Once
739
Unknown Cigarette Switch two methods
 		741
Unknown Vanishing a Cigarette with a Pull. Correct Method
741
Unknown Another Vanish of a Lighted Cigarette thumb tip
 		742
G. W. Hunter Continuous Impromptu Production of Cigarettes
Variations 743
Unknown The Growing, Glowing Cigarette stretched to double length, then diminished and vanished
 		745
Glenn G. Gravatt The Cigarette Rising from a Package
745
Unknown Another Method impromptu method for cigarette rising from a package
 		747
Unknown A Cigarette Rising from a Bottle
747
Al Baker The Reborn Cigarette with initialed cigarette
 		748
Unknown Lighted Cigarette Passed Through Handkerchief
750
Unknown The Phantom Cigarette lighted cigarette through handkerchief
 		751
Unknown Half a Cigarette from hand to hand
 		753
Unknown A Cigarette Interlude magical lighting of cigarette, impromptu
 		753
Unknown Bending a Cigarette Double bending without breaking
 		754
Unknown The Knotted Cigarette
754
Unknown The Pantomime Cigarette
755
Henry Gordien Cigarettes and Hats matrix with four cigarettes and two hats
 		756
Samuel Berland The Immortal Cigarette broken in three pieces
 		758
Samuel Berland Cigarettes Through a Handkerchief full contents of package
 		759
William Larsen, T. Page Wright The L.W. Card in Cigarette
760
Unknown The Levitation of a Cigar at the fingertips
 		762
Unknown Another Levitation at the fingertips
 		763
Unknown With Three Borrowed Cigars rolling on their own, thread
 		764
Unknown The Travelling Cigar Ash from hand to hand
 		764
Unknown The Torn Bill
767
Unknown Switching a Bill I
768
Unknown Switching a Bill II
769
William H. McCaffrey Cut and Restored Bill
770
Dave Roberts The Climbing Bill climbing up the wall, reel
 		771
Unknown "The Perfect" Lemon and Bill Trick
771
Unknown A Good Wrinkle for Rolling Bills method for a tight roll for insertion into lemon etc.
 		774
Bluey-Bluey The Bill in the Envelope burned in envelope, reproduced from spectator's sleeve
 		774
William H. McCaffrey The Five Dollar Bill Trick $5 to $1 bill, humorous presentation
Related to 777
Dai Vernon The Short Change with the Long Green
Variations 779
Carl Brema Dollar Bill and Tube Trick Bill Tube
 		781
John Northern Hilliard Magic With Ropes
783
Karl Germain Cut and Restored String
785
Harlan Tarbell Cut and Restored Rope with Snap Fasteners
786
Harlan Tarbell Caesar Gimmick connection
 		786
Harlan Tarbell The Tarbell Hindu Rope Mystery - Loop method. Simplified form
787
U. F. Grant Impropmtu Method
790
Mihlon Clayton Mehlon Clayton's Method
Variations 792
Henry Gordien Henry Gordien's Method
793
Milbourne Christopher Stretching a Rope
794
Unknown Second Method
796
Harry C. Bjorklund The Slow Motion Restoration
797
Herman Hanson The Climax Rope Trick
799
John Northern Hilliard The Chinese Rings
803
Jean Hugard For Parlor or Club Presentation full routine
Also published here 804
Jean Hugard Stage Presentation full routine
Also published here 810
Unknown Various Artifices of Modern Invention - The Large Ring secretly using a slightly smaller ring for some moves
 		814
M. Odin The Odin Count false count with the rings
 		817
Victor Farelli Mr Farelli's Variation Using Two Large Rings false count & routine
 		818
Dariel Fitzkee The Small Ring false count with the rings
 		820
Eugene Laurant, Chung Ling Soo, Charles Waller Methods of Obtaining the Key Ring Secretly With a Silk
With a Japanese Basket
On the Back of a Chair
J. N. Hilliard's Method
Eugene Laurant's Method
Charles Waller's Method
With a Vest
Chung Ling Soo's Method
 		821
Unknown The Opening in the Key Ring construction methods
 		823
Unknown Bibliography list of publications of Linking Ring Routines
 		823
Unknown The Four Sugar Cubes matrix type assembly
 		825
Unknown The Travelling Matches hand to hand
 		825
Unknown A Pretty Match Flourish "The effect is that of a lighted match suddenly materializing in the air."
 		826
Unknown Divination with Matches number of matches moved is divined by performer
 		827
Unknown The Linking Matches between the fingers and thumbs, two methods
 		827
Unknown Striking a Match in the Air flourish
 		828
Unknown The Flying Matches matches from matchbook to pocket
 		829
William H. McCaffrey The Jumping Match or Toothpick
Related to 830
Unknown Vanishing Matches vanishing from box
 		830
Unknown The Floating Match up and down on top of matchbox
 		830
David E. Swift The Pencil Fountain water is produced from borrowed pencil
 		831
Unknown The Three Cigarette Papers paper with dead name moves by itself
 		832
Unknown The Butterfly on the Shoe butterfly from paper flaps its wings
 		832
Unknown The Tricky Thumble match appears under thimble with gag presentation
 		832
Unknown A Novel Thimble Vanish
833
Unknown Three Useful Wrinkles - With a Matchbox as memory aid
 		834
Unknown To Tear Cellophane you can tear cellophane and the spectator can't
 		834
Unknown New Prepared Envelope
834
Unknown To Number the Sides and Yet Have a Message Written on One Side
835
Unknown The Empty Frame Idea
836
Stewart Judah Slate Writing Without a Flap writing appears on slate
 		836
Unknown The Rolling Golf Ball rolling itself up in a borrowed handkerchief, ungaffed objects
 		837
Unknown The Rising and Falling Tube. A Genuine Hindu Trick bamboo tube travels up and down a cord
 		838
Al Baker The New Rice Bowls
839
Petrie Lewis The New Die and Hat Trick large die from tube to hat
 		842
Edward Massey Glass Through Glass glass rod through glass in frame
 		843
Ludwig Krug The Penetrale Glass rod through glass in frame
 		845
Unknown The Hindu Thread Trick
846
Don White The Chinese Prayer Vase vase on rope
 		847
Unknown The Porous Broomstick rope through broomstick
 		850
Unknown The Flying Ring I ring from right hand to any finger on left hand
 		851
Unknown The Flying Ring II ring from right hand to any finger on left hand
Variations 853
Percy Abbott The New Vanishing Glass "Squash", with rubber ball pull
 		854
Unknown The Wooden Block Divination Trick four numbered blocks in box are arranged, performer divines their arrangement
 		856
Unknown The Divination Candles four candles, one is put in tube, performer divines it
 		856
Henry Gordien A Compact Divination Trick spectator sets clock to any hour, performer divines it
 		857
Henry Gordien The Salt Trick salt from hand to hand
 		858
James Wobensmith The Afghan Bands wellknown topological thing
 		860
Ellis Stanyon The Evolution of the Afghan Bands extension for wellknown topological thing
 		861
Ellis Stanyon The Miracle Torn and Restored Paper
863
Eugene Laurant The Sands of the Desert method of preparation
Variations 865
Charles Bertram The Sands of the Desert - Charles Bertram's Method
867
Unknown The Sands of the Desert - Wax Paper Method
868
Unknown The Sands of the Desert - Veterinary Capsule Method
868
David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg The Sands of the Desert - Fu Manchu's Presentation
869
Harlan Tarbell The Sands of the Desert - Harlan Tarbell's Presentation
869
Don White Piff, Paff, Pouf!! The Magic Safety Pins
Related to 871
Baffles Brush Tricks of the Trade - Magician's Wax
873
Baffles Brush Elastic
873
Unknown Flesh Color Paint
873
Dave Roberts A Novel Pull for birdcage
 		873
Unknown A useful Pull
873
Unknown Hand Levitation
873
Unknown Flash Paper recipe
 		874
Unknown Thread or line
874
Unknown Bent tube for thread
874
Unknown Beer fake beer recipe
 		874
Unknown Ropes fixing ends
 		874
Unknown Egg Stains cleaning for nickel, copper, brass
 		874
Unknown Grease Spots cleaning
 		874
Unknown Silk Stains cleaning
 		875
Unknown Pulls tip
 		875
Unknown Candle Shells tip
 		875
Unknown Velvet tip
 		875
Unknown Colored Fluids tip
 		875
Unknown Gold paint tip
 		875
Unknown Plush goods tip on cleaning
 		875
Unknown Feather Flowers tip on cleaning
 		875
Roy Chapman A Practical Flashpot
875
Caryl S. Fleming Inflating Balloons for Production
876
Eugene Bernstein the Spirit Grip spectator feels two hands, while only one is touching him
 		877
Theodore Annemann Diabolo Pellet Reading
881
Unknown The One Ahead System
883
Wm. Hewitt Modern Mind Reading
Related to 884
John Mulholland The Telephone Book Test
885
Jean Hugard The Dictionary Trick
887
Sid Lorraine The Sealed Message sealed and burned message is divined
 		889
Sid Lorraine The Magic Blotter answer to question appears on paper
 		890
William H. McCaffrey Geomancy drawn design is duplicated, carbon
 		891
Carl Waring Jones Divination with Marbles color is correctly named
 		893
Theodore Annemann The Three Pellet Trick three cards written on billets are divined
 		894
Unknown Billet Switch
895
William H. McCaffrey Magic Addition
896
Frank Lane Mind Reading at a Distance assistant in other room names cards touched by spectator
 		897
Unknown The Best Impromptu Mind Reading Trick
898
Bert Allerton Mind Reading with the Finger Tips as Bert Gustafson, two thought-of-cards are removed behind back
 		900
Bert Allerton Deck Switching Gimmick for a switch behind the back...
 		900
Bert Allerton Card Index for twelve cards
 		901
H. Adrian Smith Mnemonics with Cards
  • An Outline of the System
  • The Table of Fixed Ideas
  • The Card List
  • Association of Ideas
  • Memorizing a Shuffled Pack
 		902
H. Adrian Smith A Unique Mental Problem missing cards are named, real memory
Variations 906
H. Adrian Smith Memorizing a List of Objects
907
H. Adrian Smith A Method for a Set-up Deck mental aid to keep track of suits while dealing for cyclical stacks
 		908
Unknown Concluding Observations
909
Royal Vale Heath Magic Squares chapter on Magic Squares, discussing
  • The Three Square
  • The Five Square
  • Odd and Even Cell Squares
  • The Eight Square
  • The Six Square
Variations 911
Unknown Fun with Magic Squares
915
Unknown Transposing Magic Squares
916
Unknown The Birthday Magic Square Trick
920
Unknown An Historical Magic Square
921
Unknown Segregation of the Odd and Even Numbers Routine
922
Unknown A Mathematical Magic Square
923
Unknown An Intersting Curiosity
924
Unknown Old and New Apparatus from the Charles H. Larson Collection with pictures of:
  • The Vanishing Cannon Ball
  • A Magic Periscope
  • The Magic Kettle
  • The Silks Stand
  • The Mysterious Disc
  • The Mysterious Case
  • The Inexhaustible Barrel
  • Cord and Books
  • The Ivory Card Blocks
  • The Hut of Madagascar
  • The Umbrella Table
  • Pack of Cards Changed to Silk
  • The Latest Block and Cord
  • Silk Production Balls
  • Silk Production
  • The Card Table
  • Latest Mirror Glass
  • The Cigarette Candle
  • The Penetration of Matter
  • Other Collections
 		927
David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg Stage Presentation tips on stage presentation, discussing:
  • Stage Entrance
  • Settings
  • The Opening Illusion
  • The Follow On
  • Patter
  • Balance
  • Assistants
  • Audience Work
  • Routining
  • Apparatus
  • Working to Magicians
  • The Climax
  • Résumé
 		936
Jack Gwynne The Turn-Over Box
949
W.J. Nixon The Floating Ball thread
 		950
Russel Walsh The Vanishing Cane
953
Silent Mora The Vanishing Lamp
954
Unknown The Sword Box
955
Unknown The New Sword Cabinet
956
U. F. Grant The Head Pincushion
957
Fred Culpitt The Doll's House
958
W.J. Nixon Where do the Ducks Go?
960
Unknown Burning a Woman Alive skeleton remains
 		961
Amac Find the Lady
963
Lester Lake, Percy Abbott The Chinese Chopper for head and both arms
 		966
Chung Ling Soo Shooting an Arrow and a Rope Through a Woman
968
Unknown Walking Through a Ribbon
971
Herr Boelke Creo kind of puppet becomes person
Related to 973
David Devant The Ghost
975
Charles Waller Transmogrification one person becomes another
 		976
Torrini Sawing a Woman in Half
978
P. T. Selbit Selbit's Version of Sawing a Woman in Half
 		980
Horace Goldin Horace Goldin's Version of Sawing a Woman in Half
 		982
Unknown Method Using One Girl of Sawing a Woman in Half
 		986
Unknown A Living Miracle - The Circular Saw Method of Sawing a Woman in Half
 		988
Unknown The Headless Woman
989
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Data entered by Denis Behr.