1937 edition used
1902
Written by Charles Lang Neil
Work of Various
416 pages (Hardcover), published by David Kemp & Company
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
128 entries
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Charles Bertram Introduction
13
Charles Lang Neil The Principles of Natural Magic
19
Charles Lang Neil Manner and Gesture
23
Charles Lang Neil The Conjurer's Clothes for men & for ladies
27
Charles Lang Neil The Wand general comments
29
Charles Lang Neil The Table general comments
31
Charles Bertram The Two Handed Pass Charles Bertram's Method, "...it is the basis of, or used in, almost every card trick which requires any sleight of hand"
Related to 35
Charlier, Charles Bertram The One-Hand Pass Charles Bertram's Methods "after he had learnt the pass from Charlier himself"
38
Charles Bertram The Palm - A New and Perfectly Deceptive Method
40
Handing Pack for Shuffling with palmed cards
44
To Palm Cards from Bottom of Pack
45
The Back and Front of Hand Continuous Palm with Cards
46
Henri De Manche To Make a False Shuffle back and front throw, lift shuffle, three handlings
  • First Method of False Shuffle (top half)
  • Second Method False Shuffle (top and bottom stock)
  • Third Method False Shuffle (full deck, back-and-front with optical elements)
Related toAlso published here 51
To Force a Card with strategy if force fails
55
The "Change"
57
Dealing Seconds
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Dealing Second Card from Bottom of Pack glide
60
To Change the Front Card of Pack
62
L. Graham Lewis To Tell the Card at which any Members of the Audience May Cut a Pack people cut off small piles, bottom cards divined, stack
67
Top Card Glimpse
68
Mademoiselle Patrice Catching Two Chosen Cards from a Pack Thrown into the Air friction toss
69
L. Graham Lewis Novel Discovery of a Chosen Card table with deck on top tilted, only selection remains on table, thread with wax
71
To Shake a Chosen Card Through a Handkerchief
73
Paul Valadon Some Manipulations with Cards
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Paul Valadon Fake Transfer of Packet
80
Paul Valadon Bent in Half Palm from classic palm position
81
Charles Bertram Passing Twelve Cards up Sleeve into Pocket
83
Little Finger Riffle or third finger
87
Snapping Sound False Count six as seven in example
89
Charles Bertram The Diminishing Cards gaffed set
92
Back Palming and Recovery of Four Cards one by one, with upright metal rod, with four clips to display the four cards
97
Mademoiselle Patrice Discovering a Card Shuffled into Pack Blindfolded
102
Henri De Manche The Three-Card Trick slowly without throw, extra card
107
Henri De Manche Bottom Palm from Small Packet very brief
110
The Rising Card Trick assistant
113
Howard Thurston The "Thurston" Rising Cards card floats into hand, two methods (with or without reel)
119
Charles Bertram The Four-Ace Trick for more details see reference
Related to 124
Charles Bertram Cards to Spectator's Pocket load when extracting another card
125
Mademoiselle Patrice To Pass Several Cards from one Person's Pocket to that of Another
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To Palm a Coin classic palm with tips and covers
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The Pass with a Coin
143
T. Nelson Downs The Back and Front Palm T. Nelson Downs' Continuous Method
144
Finger Clip, Thumb Clip
147
The French Drop, or Tourniquet
152
Henri De Manche To Change a Coin one-handed
Related to 153
Friedrich Wilhelm Frikell Frikell Thumb Palm
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Frank Kennard To Extract a Marked Coin from a Handkerchief Gypsy Switch handling
Related to 159
L. Graham Lewis The Cap and Pence with small die and paper cap
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A Coin Wrapped in Paper Disappears
Related to 168
T. Nelson Downs To Pass Ten Coins Held in Left Hand into a Glass Held in Right Hand at Arm's Length
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T. Nelson Downs Multiple Coin Click Pass
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Charles Bertram The Aerial Mint with hat
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Charles Bertram The Cups and Balls
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Method of Palming the Ball small ball
183
To Hold the Ball whilst conveying under Cups
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Charles Bertram The Billard-Ball Trick
192
To Produce a Number of Real Hen's Eggs from a Handkerchief "not recommended for ladies", using handkerchief with threaded egg
Also published here 203
Frank Kennard The Sun and Moon Trick with Handkerchiefs centers cut out of two handkerchiefs, centers restored into wrong handkerchiefs, then fixed
Related to 207
Charles Bertram, Mademoiselle Patrice The Handkerchiefs and Soup Plate travel to under plate, two methods for man or woman (Bertram & Patrice)
215
Frank Kennard The Watch, Handkerchief, and Glass borrowed watch smashed and vanishes from handkerchief in glass, then handkerchief and glass vanish, all reproduced from hat
220
Mademoiselle Patrice The Changing Handkerchiefs in tube
227
Frank Kennard The Mysteriously-Joined Handkerchiefs 20th century silks
231
Frank Kennard Pulley Vanish from Glass
Related to 232
Mademoiselle Patrice The Chinese Rings
Related toAlso published here 241
Coin in Card, Paper in Candle Trick marked coin travels into card, piece of paper into candle
Related to 249
Frank Kennard The Mutilated Parasol
255
The Flag Trick tissue changes into many little flag, big flag finish
266
A Ring Passed on to Stick or Wand whilst both ends are held by Spectator
273
The Flower Trick spring flowers from paper twisted in cornucopia
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Mademoiselle Patrice The Tambourine Trick anything from tambourine
280
Charles Lang Neil Parlour Tricks and Puzzles
287
The Two Corks puzzle
288
The Suspended Knife simple
289
The Safety Reading Lamp non-magic tip
289
To Balance and Spin a Plate on the Point of a Needle puzzle
290
A Bottle Cannon and Seidlitz Powder non-magical science experiment
290
Shark in the Fish-pond non-magical science experiment
291
A Novel and Quickly Constructed Soup Tureen Stand non-magic tip
292
To Take Two Corners of a Handkerchief, one in each Hand, and Tie a Know in it Without Removing either Hand
292
A Dodge with a Sixpence non-magical science experiment
293
Experiment with Corks non-magical science experiment
293
Pins into a Small Glass already Full of Water non-magical science experiment
294
Magnetised Paper non-magical science experiment
294
A Simple Coin Trick coin in broken match into bottle, non-magical science experiment
295
To Pick a Floating Indiarubber Ball up from a Basin of Water with the Mouth non-magical science experiment
295
The Home-Made Cinematograph non-magical science experiment
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An Egg and Bottle Trick non-magical science experiment
Also published here 297
To Place Four Wine-Glasses so that the Centres of the Bottom of their Stands are all Equidistant one from Another puzzle
297
To Pass Yourself through a Playing-Card non-magical stunt
298
Perpetual Motion non-magical science experiment
299
Housekeeper's Weighing-Machine non-magical tip
299
A Rather Dangerous Trick stunt
300
Atmospheric Pressure liquid remains in glass swung around, non-magical science experiment
301
To Lift Three Matches with One
301
A Cup of Tea on the Point of a Knife puzzle
302
To Palance a Lead Pencil puzzle
302
Brute Force Useless blowing cork in bottle, puzzle
303
A New Umbrella Stand non-magical science experiment
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Electricity on the Spot non-magical science experiment
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"Try-Your-Lung Power" blowing books over, puzzle
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A Cheap Sprayer non-magical tip
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Cardboard Figures Blow Out and Light a Candle non-magical science experiment
306
Superior to the Spirit Level non-magical science experiment
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Objects Suspended Without any Support vacuum, non-magical science experiment
307
To Lift Four Straws with a Fifth puzzle
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A Ludicrous Experiment in Balancing on chair, non-magical thing
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Another Similar Feat non-magic balancing stunt
309
The Burnt Thread non-magical science experiment
310
Dancing Bubbles
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To Bore a Hole Through a Coin with a Needle non-magical science experiment
311
How Water Deceives non-magical science experiment
312
A Novel Way to Slice a Pear non-magical science experiment
312
The Japanese Ball Trick stop ball on string
313
Magnetised Marionettes non-magical science experiment
314
A Bridge of Matches
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To Empty a Glassful of Water with a Bottle also Full of Water non-magical science experiment
315
To Bore a Hole through a Pin with a Needle non-magical science experiment
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Egg Spinning non-magical science experiment
Also published here 316
To Suspend a Glass Full of Water non-magical science experiment
317
A Scissors Puzzle puzzle
317
The Travelling Egg non-magical science experiment
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Charles Lang Neil The Art of Plate-Spinning eight pages, photographs of J. N. Maskelyne
319
Charles Lang Neil The Art of Chapeaugraphy or "Many Faces under One Hat", nineteen pages, photographs of Trewey
329
Charles Lang Neil The Art of Paper Folding trouble wit, 18 pages, photographs of Ellis Stanyon
351
Charles Lang Neil The Art of Shadowgraphy fourteen pages
371
Charles Lang Neil Some Useful Books on Conjuring and Kindred Arts
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Charles Lang Neil Bibliography of Conjuring and Kindred Arts nineteen pages, with prices and estimation on prices
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Charles Lang Neil Apparatus and Requisits for tricks described in the book, with prices
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Data entered by Denis Behr, October 2013.