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Charles Bertram The One-Hand Pass "Charles Bertram's Method", Charlier Pass
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
22
Charles Bertram The Palm - A New and Perfectly Deceptive Method "immeasurably superior to any other", handing deck to be shuffled with right hand
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
23
C. O. Williams An Easy Pass bottom section palmed with selection on top, later replaced on top
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
28
To Palm Cards From Bottom of Pack
1904
Modern Card Manipulation
29
Paul Valadon The Back and Front of Hand Continuous Palm with Cards illustrated with photographs of Paul Valadon
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
30
Henri De Manche To Make a False Shuffle lift shuffle handling
  • First Method of False Shuffle (top stock)
  • Second Method of False Shuffle (top and bottom stock)
  • Third Method of False Shuffle (full deck)
Also published here 1904
Modern Card Manipulation
35
To Force a Card one-handed force briefly mentioned
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
38
C. O. Williams The Turned Card selection turns over in deck, deck reversed under cover card
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
40
Mademoiselle Patrice Catching Two Chosen Cards from a Pack Thrown Into the Air top and bottom cards held back by friction
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
41
C. O. Williams The Unique Card selection lost, three piles made, selection is bottom card of center pile
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
43
L. Graham Lewis Novel Discovery of a Chosen Card deck placed on table, table tilted forwards, only selection remains on table, wax on thread
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
44
C. O. Williams The Artful Card wrong card found behind back, then selection produced from pocket
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
46
C. O. Williams A Simple Card Discovery card placed in glass, covered with glass, then selection is face card of deck
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
47
To Shake a Chosen Card Through a Handkerchief
1904
Modern Card Manipulation
48
John Hamley A Smart Production and Vanish of Cards hands empty, cards produced and vanished again, attached to outside of sleeve and stolen when sleeve is pulled up
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
52
Paul Valadon Some Manipulations with Cards
1904
Modern Card Manipulation
55
John Hamley The Bottle and Card Trick card shot with pistol on clear bottle, appears at top
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
58
Mademoiselle Patrice To Pass Several Cards From one Person's Pocket to That of Another
1904
Modern Card Manipulation
60
Charles Bertram The Diminishing Cards
1904
Modern Card Manipulation
66
Mademoiselle Patrice Discovering a Cards Shuffled Into Pack Blindfolded
1904
Modern Card Manipulation
72
Henri De Manche The Three-Card Trick without throw
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
77
The Rising Card Trick several selections
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
81
Howard Thurston The "Thurston" Rising Cards five cards rise out of deck and float into hand one by one
  • First Method
  • Second Method for Stage
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
88
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Zum Jahreswechsel happy new year
 		Jan. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 2)
17
T. Nelson Downs, Dr. Reinhard Rohnstein Die Kartenfächer-Eskamotage a few cards held separate as one-handed fan is made, those cards are palmed into other hand as fan is displayed
 		Jan. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 2)
17
H. F. C. Suhr La carte du diable card vanishes in flash of fire, made from flash paper, ignites by itself
 		Jan. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 2)
18
Dreifache Verwandlungskarten gaffed card that changes twice, double facer with double-ended picture card on one side
 		Jan. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 2)
19
Dr. Reinhard Rohnstein Wer spielt mit? part two
Related to Jan. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 2)
20
Ten Ichi Die vier Teller und die vier Papierkugeln four paper balls under four plates, the balls assemble
 		Jan. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 2)
22
Wilhelm Zimmermann Ein Tuchkunststück in verschiedenen Variationen part two
Related to Jan. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 2)
23
H. F. C. Suhr Der neue Chamäleon-Federbusch color changing feather flowers
 		Jan. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 2)
25
Woldemar Richter-Braun Ein Intermezzo in Dr. Fausts Bibliothek two books of different color wrapped in newspaper transpose, same method as billiard balls (color piece in double layer of newspaper)
 		Jan. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 2)
27
Papierfaltekunst
Jan. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 2)
29
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Zick-Zack De Bière at Wintergarten with short description of act
 		Jan. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 2)
31
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster "Berliner Amateur-Vereinigung für magische Kunst"
Jan. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 2)
32
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Briefkasten answering questions
 		Jan. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 2)
32
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Wohltätigkeitssoirée charity show by Eugen Schröder aka Eugen Hofzinser
 		Jan. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 2)
32
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster (reviewer) King Koko by Professor Hoffmann Jan. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 2)
32
Hugo Schrader Das unzertrennliche Paar two separated selections lie next to each other (counting with glide, and six more methods)
 		Feb. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 3)
33
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Hexenknoten silks are suddenly knotted together, then loose again, secret rubber band, attachment at back of chair that holds it until needed
 		Feb. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 3)
35
H. F. C. Suhr Der australische Uhrenbaum borrowed watch put in paper cone, paper unrolled and watch vanishes, reappears at root of small tree that is pulled out of its pot
 		Feb. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 3)
37
Geo Welli Ein neuer Lichtanzünder gimmick to light a candle, made from coin so gimmick is produced as finale
Inspired by Feb. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 3)
39
Ten Ichi, Paul von Kalnassy Bindeproduktion nach Ten-Ichi
Feb. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 3)
40
Undine person floats through the air, pepper's ghost
 		Feb. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 3)
41
Sidi-Ali Papierfaltekunst
  • 2. Die Palme (paper tree)
  • 3. Die Himmelsleiter (ladder version of paper tree)
 		Feb. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 3)
43
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Zick-Zack The Great Sheldon, Surini
 		Feb. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 3)
44
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster "Berliner Amateur-Vereinigung für magische Kunst"
Feb. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 3)
47
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Briefkasten answering letters, Imro Fox
 		Feb. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 3)
47
Dr. Reinhard Rohnstein Die "Wurfeskamotage" eines ganzen Kartenspiels false transfer of deck of cards, bounces back into throwing hand
 		Mar. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 4)
49
T. Nelson Downs, John Northern Hilliard Introductory three branches of magic, on the state of magic
 		1909
The Art of Magic
11
T. Nelson Downs Flourishes and Fancy Sleights with Cards comments and what cards to use
  • The Cards
 		1909
The Art of Magic
17
The Card Fan one-handed
 		1909
The Art of Magic
19
Vanish and Recovery false transfer with pack, brief
 		1909
The Art of Magic
19
Deck Vanish false transfer with riffle sound
 		1909
The Art of Magic
20
Small Packet Vanish with Excelsior Clip spring clip
 		1909
The Art of Magic
22
Card Balancing single card (gaffed) or deck (ungaffed) stand upright
 		1909
The Art of Magic
23
To Tear a Pack of Cards
1909
The Art of Magic
24
Alexander Herrmann Czar Nicholas II. Anecdote anecdote about tearing deck in half
 		1909
The Art of Magic
25
The Fan and Ruffle Fan Shuffle (false)
 		1909
The Art of Magic
26
T. Nelson Downs The Downs Fan fan done in one hand, other hand shown empty, then second fan produced in this hand
 		1909
The Art of Magic
27
Springing the Cards normal method briefly explained, then waterfall cascade:
  • First Method
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
 		1909
The Art of Magic
28
The One Hand Drop card cascade to floor is caught before it reaches floor, two methods
 		1909
The Art of Magic
32
The Cards on the Arm
1909
The Art of Magic
34
T. Nelson Downs A Series of Fancy Flourishes Arm Spread & Throw combination
 		1909
The Art of Magic
35
B. Girindrashekhar TheFlower of Cards every other card bent in opposite direction
 		1909
The Art of Magic
36
Throwing Cards including:
  • catching it in deck
  • cutting it in half with scissors ("cut the whirling card in twain")
  • throwing a double that splits in the air
 		1909
The Art of Magic
37
Cards from the Mouth
1909
The Art of Magic
38
Novel Card Discovery - First Method cards counted during spreading during selection, replaced at known position, controlled via jog shuffle
 		1909
The Art of Magic
40
Jog Shuffle brief
 		1909
The Art of Magic
41
Second Method crimping card underneath fan when card is returned
 		1909
The Art of Magic
41
Third Method bottom card placed next to selection via reverse spread cull (perhaps, unclear)
 		1909
The Art of Magic
42
Fourth Method - To discover a card mentally selected one of four, by following gaze
 		1909
The Art of Magic
42
New Methods of Concluding Card Tricks - First Method chewing gum
 		1909
The Art of Magic
43
Second Method - The Test of Nerve knocking cards except selection out of spectator's grip, "staring him in the face", showing it's not on top or bottom
 		1909
The Art of Magic
43
Third Method four cards laid out on table, spectator throws die and counts to card which is selection
 		1909
The Art of Magic
44
The Reversed Card
1909
The Art of Magic
46
Slip Reverse top card slipped reversed to bottom and deck turned over, brief
 		1909
The Art of Magic
46
Top to Center Reverse top card reversed into center, brief
 		1909
The Art of Magic
47
The Piano Trick
Related to 1909
The Art of Magic
47
False Count seven as eight, using snap sound
 		1909
The Art of Magic
49
Ziska The Transposed Cards done with full deck, performer divines the number of cards put form one half to another
Related toVariations 1909
The Art of Magic
49
John Northern Hilliard Card Tricks involving Sleight of Hand
1909
The Art of Magic
52
John Northern Hilliard The Transfixed Pack deck wrapped in paper, knife thrust between selections, two methods, for credit information see Parrish reference
Variations 1909
The Art of Magic
52
Full Deck Bridge
1909
The Art of Magic
53
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Everywhere and Nowhere two duplicates, including Hofzinser's patter
 		1909
The Art of Magic
55
Center Double Lift no details
 		1909
The Art of Magic
58
Palm Change no details
 		1909
The Art of Magic
59
T. Nelson Downs Everywhere and Nowhere - New Method
1909
The Art of Magic
63
CHaSeD Mnemonic
1909
The Art of Magic
63
Cards with Cloth Surface black art
 		1909
The Art of Magic
63
Everywhere and Nowhere with Assistant coding free selection to assistant who provides duplicates
 		1909
The Art of Magic
69
Deck Switch with Handkerchief
1909
The Art of Magic
69
"How Many Aces Would You Like?" deck changes into all Aces
 		1909
The Art of Magic
70
T. Nelson Downs The General Card several spectators choose a card, they are all the same, whole deck is shown the same, then different again
 		1909
The Art of Magic
71
T. Nelson Downs Downs Change
VariationsAlso published here 1909
The Art of Magic
73
L'Homme Masqué The Flying Card "The Kinetoscope Card", thought-of card and two more of the same suit travel into spectator's pocket
Related toAlso published here 1909
The Art of Magic
77
L'Homme Masqué Kinetoscopic Force cards riffled in front of spectator and King of Spades among Club cards is mistaken for King of Clubs
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1909
The Art of Magic
77
Henry Hardin The Princess Card Trick (First Method), one of four thought of, performer places one in his pocket and it's the though-of card
 		1909
The Art of Magic
80
The Princess Card Trick (Second Method) double-ended cards
 		1909
The Art of Magic
82
The Princess Card Trick "The Prince's Card Trick" in index
 		1909
The Art of Magic
82
The Twenty Card Trick three cards
 		1909
The Art of Magic
85
Long Card
1909
The Art of Magic
87
A Comedy of Errors Three of Hearts and Three of Diamonds change into Aces and back, center pip of Three as Ace sucker gag
 		1909
The Art of Magic
87
The Siamese Aces two Aces separated in deck come up next to each other when dealt through deck, sucker element
Related toVariations 1909
The Art of Magic
89
The Card in the Pocket card and its position thought-of, divined and placed in pocket, Lazy Man's Card to Pocket, two handlings
Related to 1909
The Art of Magic
92
Harry Houdini Houdini's Torn Card Trick card with torn-off corner changes into other card
 		1909
The Art of Magic
94
Frederick Barrington Barrington's Torn Card Trick card torn in four pieces, one freely selected, rest burned and fired with piston onto nest of envelope in which restored card with missing piece is found
Variations 1909
The Art of Magic
96
Card Discovered by Sense of Touch touched card appears face-up on deck after shuffle
 		1909
The Art of Magic
98
Corner Crimp in Spread
1909
The Art of Magic
98
Charlier Cut Thumb Drag Production
1909
The Art of Magic
99
The Flying Card (First Method), from one spectator's pocket to another, freely named number with outs
 		1909
The Art of Magic
99
T. Nelson Downs The Flying Cards (Second Method)
1909
The Art of Magic
107
The Cards up the Sleeve (First Method), with commentary on the effect, twelve cards
 		1909
The Art of Magic
111
Cards up the Sleeve (Second Method) twelve cards, then whole pack
 		1909
The Art of Magic
114
The Dissolved Card card held under handkerchief is pushed in glass of water by spectator and vanishes, celluloid card
 		1909
The Art of Magic
124
T. Nelson Downs The Mysterious Card "one of Mr. Downs' specialties", card thought of in spread of one fifth
 		1909
The Art of Magic
126
Henry Hardin The Card and Hat spectator notes top card of deck, it's covered with hat, then top card changed
 		1909
The Art of Magic
127
The Stabbed Card using sticky card to control selection
 		1909
The Art of Magic
127
Adrian Plate The Great Poker Trick "a particular favorite of Mr. Adrian Plate", new deck opened and shuffled, seven hands dealt and performer wins
Related toAlso published here 1909
The Art of Magic
128
Another Poker Trick three Aces are controlled then riffle stacked for four players
Related to 1909
The Art of Magic
130
Overhand "Haymow" Control with break
 		1909
The Art of Magic
130
Tabled Slip Cut
1909
The Art of Magic
131
Adrian Plate The Disappearing Queen picture card removed, various spectators remember a picture card and place it between their hands, they all got the QH, QH appears elsewhere and indifferent cards in spectator's hands
 		1909
The Art of Magic
133
The Card Through the Handkerchief "one of the specialties of the ingenious Mr. Leipzig", credited to German St. Roman
 		1909
The Art of Magic
136
Yank Hoe The Card in the Watch borrowed watch wrapped in handkerchief, miniature of it appears in box of watch, two methods
 		1909
The Art of Magic
140
T. Nelson Downs Chosen Card Appears in Any Part of the Deck "Card Tricks based on a New and Original System of Locating a Chosen Card"
selection to any small number, with outs and alternative strategies
 		1909
The Art of Magic
142
T. Nelson Downs Spectator's Peek as done by Downs
 		1909
The Art of Magic
143
T. Nelson Downs Side Steal directly to top
 		1909
The Art of Magic
144
T. Nelson Downs Bottom Count riffled off thumb
 		1909
The Art of Magic
145
Three Object Equivoque
1909
The Art of Magic
148
T. Nelson Downs Second Method deck crimp/bridge at peeked at card
 		1909
The Art of Magic
150
T. Nelson Downs Third Method spectator peeks in his own hands, risky bridge, also with rubber banded deck
Related to 1909
The Art of Magic
150
Out for Lost Card
1909
The Art of Magic
151
T. Nelson Downs Fourth Method spectator peeks at a card in his own hands and it is found, estimation and stack (for practice only), "the bungling and unobserving performer will meet his Waterloo in this experiment"
Variations 1909
The Art of Magic
152
T. Nelson Downs Fifth Method card to any number, with placement strategy to twenty-sixth
 		1909
The Art of Magic
154
T. Nelson Downs Sixth Method featuring a new locator card, alternative for long card with portion sticking out in middle of one end
 		1909
The Art of Magic
155
Nate Leipzig The Ubiquitous Cards three peeked-at cards, three times stop trick performed, last time with spectator dealing, with variation with numbers instead of "stop"
Related toVariations 1909
The Art of Magic
157
Re-Count Force for card at any number
 		1909
The Art of Magic
161
T. Nelson Downs The Ubiquitous Cards (Second Method) two peeked-at cards appear when spectator calls stop
 		1909
The Art of Magic
162
T. Nelson Downs One-Handed Second Deal
Related to 1909
The Art of Magic
163
Clairvoyance with Cards - First Method spectator touches card in fanned-out deck, performer instantly names it
 		1909
The Art of Magic
165
Fan Glimpse from behind by bending corner
Related to 1909
The Art of Magic
165
Second Method cards named without seeing them
 		1909
The Art of Magic
165
Theodore DeLand Third Method deck shuffled by spectators and several remove a card, they're replaced and divined, index with hole throughout deck (x-ray deck)
 		1909
The Art of Magic
166
A Series of Card Tricks Based on a New and Original System on natural one-way back designs, "The Irregularities of Scroll Designed Cards"
Related to 1909
The Art of Magic
169
Mind Reading with Cards spectator transfers number of cards in ten-card-packet, then card with this number is found in face-down spread, repeat with shuffled cards
 		1909
The Art of Magic
171
Divination Extraordinaire ten cards chosen and returned, performer deals deck into four piles, one contains all selections
 		1909
The Art of Magic
173
The Transfixed Cards
1909
The Art of Magic
174
David Devant, T. Nelson Downs The Magician's Will Power with one-way deck improvement by Downs
 		1909
The Art of Magic
176
Prophecy Down-to-Date dealing and equivoque
 		1909
The Art of Magic
178
Resealing Deck
1909
The Art of Magic
179
John Northern Hilliard The Rising Cards
1909
The Art of Magic
183
T. Nelson Downs The Tattling of Toto six selections, penny in glass jumps up and down to communicate with performer
Inspired by
  • French magazine "The Illusioniste"
 1909
The Art of Magic
184
Buatier de Kolta De Kolta's Rising Cards three selections
Related to 1909
The Art of Magic
191
Buatier de Kolta De Kolta's New Rising Cards three selections, card fountain finale
Related toVariations 1909
The Art of Magic
194
Harry Stork Another Method as performed by Kellar
 		1909
The Art of Magic
197
Prof. Duprez, Harry Stork The Rising Cards in the Swinging Houlette
1909
The Art of Magic
198
Howard Thurston, J. N. Thornton The Thurston Rising Cards
1909
The Art of Magic
202
John Northern Hilliard Anywhere Rising Cards
1909
The Art of Magic
204
Resurrection of the Cards four selection burnt, ashes in glass, restored cards "walk" out of glass
 		1909
The Art of Magic
207
Martin Chapender Chapender's Rising Cards
1909
The Art of Magic
208
Hugh Mulloy Mulloy Rising Cards
1909
The Art of Magic
210
Morgan H. Winans Winans' Rising Cards
1909
The Art of Magic
210
Further Rising Card Methods without Assistant
1909
The Art of Magic
210
Obliging Bouquet "one of Alexander Herrmann's masterpieces", selections rises out of real flower bouquet held by spectator
 		1909
The Art of Magic
211
William G. Edwards Named Card Rise mentioned without method
 		1909
The Art of Magic
211
The Four Ace Trick First Method, three extra Aces
Inspired by 1909
The Art of Magic
213
Felt Strip Holdout to slide cards secretly underneath
 		1909
The Art of Magic
215
Second Method
1909
The Art of Magic
215
Third Method using cards with cloth-colored backs, black art
 		1909
The Art of Magic
216
Fourth Method three double facers
 		1909
The Art of Magic
217
Nate Leipzig Fifth Method Aces signed
 		1909
The Art of Magic
218
Nate Leipzig Sixth Method Aces vanish from deck, reappear via Slap Aces
Variations 1909
The Art of Magic
219
Nate Leipzig Side Palm
1909
The Art of Magic
221
Nate Leipzig Slap Change
1909
The Art of Magic
221
Seventh Method Aces put in one envelope, Kings in another, they transpose, using two cards with cloth on back
 		1909
The Art of Magic
221
John Northern Hilliard Card Tricks with Apparatus and in Combination with Other Objects on apparatus
 		1909
The Art of Magic
224
John Northern Hilliard Card, Orange and Candle torn and burnt card discovered inside orange with corner proof, wet card is shot on candle with pistol an appears in flame dry and restored
 		1909
The Art of Magic
225
The Card in the Frame card appears in frame, with information on trick frames
Variations 1909
The Art of Magic
229
The Valladon Cards on Glass cards adhere to sheet of glass, spectator shoots on glass but candle goes out, performer shoots and all cards drop except selections
 		1909
The Art of Magic
235
T.J. Crawford, Harry Stork An Illusive Coin Pass
1909
The Art of Magic
243
T.J. Crawford Multiple Coin Vanish one by one
 		1909
The Art of Magic
245
John Northern Hilliard The Hilliard Pass coin ends up in back clip
 		1909
The Art of Magic
245
T. Nelson Downs The Wrist Palm coin pressed in palm-down hand, spectator cannot feel it
 		1909
The Art of Magic
245
The Coin Roll
1909
The Art of Magic
246
The Coin Through the Knee into knee, produced from bottom of trousers
 		1909
The Art of Magic
248
The Traveling Coin
1909
The Art of Magic
249
T. Nelson Downs Latest Method for the "Miser's Dream" Downs Palm Production
 		1909
The Art of Magic
249
T. Nelson Downs Downs Palm
1909
The Art of Magic
250
Yank Hoe The Sympathetic Coins on corners of handkerchief
Variations 1909
The Art of Magic
251
Yank Hoe Laydown Steal
1909
The Art of Magic
252
T. Nelson Downs Second Method of "The Sympathetic Coins", extra coin
 		1909
The Art of Magic
254
The Coin through the Hat coin placed on knee, covered with upside-down hat, coin know inside
 		1909
The Art of Magic
255
L'Homme Masqué The Expansion of Texture two coins, one in handkerchief and one in pocket, the one from pocket travels to the one in handkerchief
Related to 1909
The Art of Magic
256
Multiple Coin Vanish in Handkerchief
1909
The Art of Magic
260
The Bewitched Nickel nickel changes to penny in spectator's hand
Variations 1909
The Art of Magic
260
The Disappearing Dollars dollar coins dropped into vase disappear, small bag on pull inserted into vase
 		1909
The Art of Magic
261
T. Nelson Downs The Free and Unlimited Coinage of Silver coin travels under named object on table, then under all objects coin is found
Related to 1909
The Art of Magic
262
Coin, Glass and Cone glass through table under paper cover, coin in paper for sound effect
Related to 1909
The Art of Magic
263
The Trained Half Dollar "Animated Coin", borrowed coin dropped in glass jumps up and down, thread & assistant
 		1909
The Art of Magic
266
The New Flying Coin handkerchief balled up in glass and held by spectator, coin travels inside
 		1909
The Art of Magic
267
The Coin Through the Hat using black-backed coin, black art
 		1909
The Art of Magic
267
The Transmutation of Metal copper coin stack under cone changes to dimes
 		1909
The Art of Magic
268
Subtraction of Money coin vanishes from spectator's hand among many coins, back clip
 		1909
The Art of Magic
270
Every Man his own Mint endless coin production, initial back clip
 		1909
The Art of Magic
270
New Coin Catching coin on thread, attached to body, for endless coin production where coin can be thrown in tumbler
 		1909
The Art of Magic
271
B. Girindrashekhar A New Coin Combination fifteen to twenty coins borrowed and placed in hat, one coin is marked and mixed back, unmarked coin is placed in handkerchief, marked one taken out on hand, they change place
 		1909
The Art of Magic
271
B. Girindrashekhar Coin Substitution switch as hand is passed over coin in other hand
 		1909
The Art of Magic
272
T. Nelson Downs The Downs Coin Wand
1909
The Art of Magic
273
The New Coin Wand
1909
The Art of Magic
275
A New Coin Spider gimmick so both sides of hand can be shown empty and fingers spread before coin production
 		1909
The Art of Magic
276
Carl Anderson A Coin Act and a Coin Ladder coins produced with borrowed hat, then they penetrate hat and drop down coin ladder
 		1909
The Art of Magic
278
The Coin Dropper
1909
The Art of Magic
280
Carl Anderson Improved Coin Dropper
1909
The Art of Magic
281
Carl Anderson The Coin Easel coin ladder
 		1909
The Art of Magic
282
Carl Anderson The Table
1909
The Art of Magic
282
Carl Anderson, William G. Edwards Tricks of the Trade compilation of tips on:
1. painting metal
2. glueing cloth
3. table tops
4. painting tables
5. table tops
6. "Anderson Inlaid Top"
7. silk handkerchief quality
8. sheet brass
9. soft & hard brass
10. velvet
11. brass tubing
12. "lighted candle from pocket"
13. candle oil
14. servante for glass of water
15. thread
16. wax
 		1909
The Art of Magic
289
To Balance an Egg on the Table several methods
 		1909
The Art of Magic
294
Balancing Glass of Water on Edge
1909
The Art of Magic
295
Egg Changed Into Confetti
1909
The Art of Magic
295
Max Holden A New Idea in the Vanishing of an Egg from thin paper bag
 		1909
The Art of Magic
296
The Eggs from the Mouth rubber eggs
 		1909
The Art of Magic
296
The Conjurer as Chicken Fancier six eggs produced from borrowed hat, then a chicken
 		1909
The Art of Magic
297
Japanese Egg Trick
1909
The Art of Magic
298
T. Nelson Downs The Latest Egg, Handkerchief and Glass Trick egg in tumbler changes place with silk in hand, gaffed table
Also published here 1909
The Art of Magic
300
William G. Edwards "Eggsample" card changes into egg
 		1909
The Art of Magic
304
T. Nelson Downs The Four-Ball Trick, with Novel Passes four solid balls
 		1909
The Art of Magic
305
One-Hand Roll Production ball rolls down along thumb to between thumb and first finger
 		1909
The Art of Magic
307
Passing Four Solid Balls from Hand to Hand with shell
 		1909
The Art of Magic
310
Color Change with Four Solid Balls four red balls to four white balls
 		1909
The Art of Magic
313
The Traveling Balls red and black ball each wrapped in paper transpose
 		1909
The Art of Magic
314
The Four Paper Balls and Plates sympathetic paper balls
 		1909
The Art of Magic
319
The Flying Salt sleeving salt, ungimmicked
 		1909
The Art of Magic
320
The Cigarette Paper Trick clean-up in mouth, with sucker explanation
 		1909
The Art of Magic
321
T. Nelson Downs Ring Holdout torn & restored cigarette paper idea
 		1909
The Art of Magic
324
John Northern Hilliard Torn & Restored Cigarette Paper Ideas
1909
The Art of Magic
324
The Torn Bank Note with repeat
Related toVariations 1909
The Art of Magic
325
The Bill and Lemon Trick
1909
The Art of Magic
329
Elbert Adams The Ring on the Wand
Related toAlso published here 1909
The Art of Magic
331
The Mysterious Match match blown out through sleeve
 		1909
The Art of Magic
332
L'Homme Masqué Magically Lighting a Candle or Cigarette gimmick on ring
 		1909
The Art of Magic
333
Howard Thurston The Inexhaustible Hat producing several inflated balloons from hat, gas tube system
 		1909
The Art of Magic
333
Harry Stork Hot Oysters from Hat
1909
The Art of Magic
334
The Mysterious Knot
1909
The Art of Magic
335
Harry Houdini The Vanishing Knot
1909
The Art of Magic
336
The Mystic Tie two pieces of cord tied around performer's neck, gets free
 		1909
The Art of Magic
337
Prof. Jacoby The Jacoby Rope Tie
Also published here 1909
The Art of Magic
338
William G. Edwards The Rope Tie Par Excellence
1909
The Art of Magic
341
W. Russell Escape from a Paper Cylinder
1909
The Art of Magic
342
The Giant Memory ten to fifteen people roll a die, performer remembers all the numbers
 		1909
The Art of Magic
343
Henry Hardin The Trance Vision First Method, Q&A
 		1909
The Art of Magic
344
Yank Hoe The Trance Vision (Second Method) Q&A
 		1909
The Art of Magic
345
The Quick or the Dead
1909
The Art of Magic
346
John Northern Hilliard, T. Nelson Downs Don'ts tips
 		1909
The Art of Magic
347
John Northern Hilliard L'Envoi
1909
The Art of Magic
348
Ottokar Fischer Vorwort on Georg Heubeck and the genesis of the book
 		1910
Kartenkünste
iii
Ottokar Fischer Johann N. Hofzinser short biography
 		1910
Kartenkünste
v
Ottokar Fischer Anleitung zur Vorführung guidelines for the performance, what cards are used, gaffs
 		1910
Kartenkünste
1
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die sympathetischen Zahlen spectator stops while performer deals cards on table, then four people select a card, selections are the four Tens which match amount of dealt cards, number is also predicted on a piece of paper
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1910
Kartenkünste
4
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Forcieren durch den Blick forcing with the gaze, timing stop force
Variations 1910
Kartenkünste
5
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Gleiche Gedanken (Erste Ausführung) two cards are selected from a deck, performer finds same card in second deck placed in his pocket
VariationsAlso published here 1910
Kartenkünste
6
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Spread Cull with one card
 		1910
Kartenkünste
7
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Wegnehmen von unten Hofzinser Bottom Palm, deck is moved from dealing grip to fingertips
 		1910
Kartenkünste
8
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Wechselgriff Hofzinser Transfer Palm, classic to classic
 		1910
Kartenkünste
9
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Gedanken-Assoziation twenty cards on table, six-spot chosen, six cards become twenty-six, repeated with named number, amount of dealt cards also predicted
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
11
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Force from tabled row counting from either end, with eight cards
 		1910
Kartenkünste
14
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Verbal Force emphasis on forcing number
 		1910
Kartenkünste
15
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die vier Acht four chosen cards turn out to be the Eights, they're lost and four indifferent cards change to Eights, then Jacks are produced
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
15
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Impromptu Double Ender Sevens shown as Eights
 		1910
Kartenkünste
16
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Pinky Riffle
1910
Kartenkünste
20
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Filieren Hofzinser Top Change
 		1910
Kartenkünste
21
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Two Card-Catch from hand to hand
 		1910
Kartenkünste
22
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Überall und Nirgends two duplicates
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
23
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Glide Handling second card is injogged
 		1910
Kartenkünste
26
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die vier Asse Aces produced, then sixteen more Aces produced, sixteen duplicate Aces
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
31
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Card Production
1910
Kartenkünste
32
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Bent Card Subtlety
1910
Kartenkünste
32
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Top Change Variation
1910
Kartenkünste
35
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Gezwungene Wahl magician's choice to force a suit
 		1910
Kartenkünste
38
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die im Fluge verwandelte Karte three spectators choose the same card, it transposes with another selection, duplicate
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
39
Pocket Force spectator quickly extracts card from pocket
 		1910
Kartenkünste
39
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Hofzinser Hide Out showing spread between the hands and hiding a card at back
 		1910
Kartenkünste
41
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Air Drop Transformation two cards back to back
 		1910
Kartenkünste
42
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Das Gefühl shuffled deck pocketed, named card removed, deck removed and another card chosen, transposes with first card while one is in a silk, sixteen double facers
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
43
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der forcierte Gedanke (La Pensée Quand-Même) tabled card is named card, with tray index
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
47
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Tray Index card index on bottom of tray
 		1910
Kartenkünste
47
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Card Addition from Tray
1910
Kartenkünste
50
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Wild Card Move exchanging card on table with double facer, while apparently turning card over
 		1910
Kartenkünste
52
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der Gedanke two decks on table, spectator removes thought-of card from other deck
Related toAlso published here 1910
Kartenkünste
53
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der Wechselgriff palm to palm transfer, classic to classic
 		1910
Kartenkünste
56
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die Macht des Gedanken spectator selects three cards which match prediction, then assembly, four double facers
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
58
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Packet Switch palm to palm
 		1910
Kartenkünste
61
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die Vier Könige card thought of, then a spectator extracts it from pocket, three matching cards found, then assembly, four double facers
Related toAlso published here 1910
Kartenkünste
69
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Psychological Fan Force only picture card in group
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
69
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der forcierte Gedanke performer tables card, spectator thinks card from another deck, it disappears and the prediction card on table is correct
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
78
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Deck Switch with short decks (32 cards each)
 		1910
Kartenkünste
80
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser One Hand Mexican Turnover
1910
Kartenkünste
81
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der forcierte Gedanke (Zweite Ausführung) card removed by performer and wrapped in handkerchief, card thought of from second deck vanishes and travels to pocket, wrapped card is also thought-of card
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
82
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Denken und Vergessen (Erste Ausführung)
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
86
Corner Crimp
1910
Kartenkünste
87
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Depth Illusion Precursor card slid under top card but apparently in center
 		1910
Kartenkünste
89
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Denken und Vergessen (Zweite Ausführung)
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
93
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Denken und Vergessen (Dritte Ausführung) using mis-spotted card
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
98
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Allvermögen der Damen four cards chosen, they're the Queens, they transpose with four indifferent cards, Queens change one by one and back to Queens
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
105
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Täusche deinen Nächsten wie dich selbst! four cards chosen, four Queens on table, they transpose one by one, then back
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
118
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Coeur-Mariage (Erste Ausführung) two cards in center come to top and bottom, then three cards transpose around with guessing game presentation
VariationsAlso published here 1910
Kartenkünste
125
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Coeur-Mariage, das liebende Paar (Zweite Ausführung) "The Married Hearts - The Loving Couple", shortened version
 		1910
Kartenkünste
134
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Throw Switch deck thrown on table to catch two cards which are switched
 		1910
Kartenkünste
141
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die Herz-Dame four Kings each change into Queen of Hearts and back, then four cards are counted to via named numbers, they're the Queens
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
142
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Unit Block Control Second Deal block backjogged
 		1910
Kartenkünste
146
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Das wunderbare Kartenspiel entire deck changes into duplicates of three selections one after the other
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
148
Deck Switch in pocket
 		1910
Kartenkünste
152
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Überall und Nirgends (Zweite Ausführung) expanded routine
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
153
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Fan Force under fan
 		1910
Kartenkünste
155
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Überall und Nirgends (Dritte Ausführung) an additional nine cards change into selection
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
161
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Palm Packet Switch
1910
Kartenkünste
176
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Gleiche Gedanken (Zweite Ausführung) two selections shuffled back, performer locates first card from another deck in his pocket, it changes into second selection which is given away
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
178
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Pocket Card for Transformation
1910
Kartenkünste
178
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Das unlösbare Impromptu ring to inside playing card which was torn and restored before
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
181
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Under Handkerchief Switch of torn pieces
 		1910
Kartenkünste
184
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der verschwundene König card vanishes in deck, then rises (= is pulled from) from behind another single card
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
186
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Das Herz-Ass
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
188
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der fliegende Gedanke selection flies out of deck, spring mechanism
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
194
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die drei Kräfte three chosen cards vanish from deck, arrive in pocket, deck vanishes (in topit type space) and appears in pocket, three selections rise one with corner torn off that visible restores, a card is shot with pistol into candle
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
196
Ottokar Fischer Anhang Karten-Dressur
on Hofzinser's flourishing routine
 		1910
Kartenkünste
215
Ottokar Fischer Karten Experimente only description of routines, card problems
  • Die Farbenwahl
  • Die verwandelten Asse
  • Die Zigarettentasche
  • Der geheimnisvolle Pique-König
  • Die fünf verwandelten Karten
  • Carte blanche
  • Der magische Fingerring
  • Die sonderbare Übereinstimmung
  • Karte und Banknote
  • Karte und Taschentuch
  • Karte und Uhr
  • Die magische Separation
  • Das Blumenrätsel
  • Das Kartenwerfen
  • Rübenzahl
  • Die Visitkarte
  • Das Spiel der Landsknechte
  • Die mysteriöse Karte
Related toVariations 1910
Kartenkünste
216
Frederick E. Jones Mind Reading, Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading on muscle reading
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
3
Frederick E. Jones First Test in Mind Reading finding a hidden knife
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
7
Blindfold seeing with a blindfold
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
8
Frederick E. Jones Tips on Finding the Knife tips on muscle reading
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
8
Frederick E. Jones Second Test in Mind-Reading word in dictionary is selected and the book and a pin are hidden, performer finds objects and word, blindfolded
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
12
Frederick E. Jones Street Drive driving blindfolded through the city and finding hidden object
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
15
Frederick E. Jones Writing of any Combination of Figures guessing numbers, while writing them again on a blackboard, held by the spectator
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
18
Frederick E. Jones Writing the Date of a Coin guessing number on a coin, while writing it together with spectator, muscle reading and probability
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
19
Frederick E. Jones Sealed Billet Reading
1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
20
Frederick E. Jones First Test in Reading Sealed Billets envelope is found by muscle reading, then content is revealed, electric torch
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
20
Frederick E. Jones Second Test in Sealed Billet Reading envelope is found by muscle reading, then question is answered
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
21
Making Envelope Transparent alcohol, method with box and sponge in pocket
Related to 1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
22
Frederick E. Jones Third Test in Sealed Billet Reading question is folded and put in an envelope, which is sealed with wax and sewn, performer finds the hidden envelope and reveals the question
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
24
Anna Eva Fay The Anna Fay Method apparently Fey's method of billet reading, spectator keep the billet, medium is under a sheet or blindfolded, impression device in tablets and electronic transmitter (like a phone), with assistant
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
25
Frederick E. Jones Instructions for Preparing the Waxed Impression Sheet for Billet Test No. 3 building an impression device
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
27
Frederick E. Jones Instructions for Performing Test No. 3 impression on a table, wax, with assistant
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
28
Professor Hoffmann Chapter XIII - New Miscellaneous Tricks start of addition to expanded 1911 edition
 		1911
Later Magic
557
The Rice and Water Trick rice bowls
Related to 1911
Later Magic
557
C. O. Williams Rice Bowls Improvement
1911
Later Magic
565
The Vanishing Rice rice vanishes between hands, flesh-colored bag
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
566
Tao Li Tao, The Chinese Mystery wooden chips, odd-colored one moves up in pile
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
568
Balloons from a Hat small for load, balloons expand by itself with chemicals
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
571
C. O. Williams To Discover and Pocket (Before Asking Any Question) the Card Thought of by a Spectator spectator remembers card and its position, performer removes it and puts it in his pocket
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
573
C. O. Williams A New Purse Trick marked coin travels from purse into spectator's pocket
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
574
A Silk Handkerchief Changed into a Flag bare handed
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
576
Mr. Gilbert, Professor Hoffmann The Changing Handkerchief Boxes two handkerchief of different color in two cardboard boxes transpose
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
578
Adolphe "Magicus" Blind The Demon Digits three cards with numbers arrange themselves in requested order
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
581
Mr. Gilbert The Acrobatic Cards two card in easels transpose
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
583
Professor Hoffmann The Ball of Wool Trick (Improved)
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
585
The New Card Frame without sand
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
591
Outwitting the Conjurer two selection put in two envelopes, apparently wrong cards are put in because spectator switches card behind performer's back, sucker
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
595
The Great Book Mystery spectator choses page and word, some calculations are done with page number and word position, then performer finds word
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
598
J. Holt Schooling Number & Word Divination after some calculation
 		1911
Later Magic
600
Professor Hoffmann The Crystal Balls (Improved Method) clear glass balls produced and then "molded" into single ball which then changes color, detailed routine
Related toAlso published here 1911
Later Magic
602
Joseph Michael Hartz Hartz Finale for Crystal Balls
Related to 1911
Later Magic
612
Professor Hoffmann Chapter XIV - Recollections of Hartz the Wizard biographical information on Hartz
 		1911
Later Magic
614
Joseph Michael Hartz A Devil of a Hat hat borrowed, production of handkerchiefs, goblets, a wig, cigar boxes, cage, ..., twenty-two minute act
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
625
Joseph Michael Hartz Rising Skull out of hat
 		1911
Later Magic
640
Joseph Michael Hartz The Inexhaustible Handkerchief production trick, fish bowls and other items
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
648
Joseph Michael Hartz The Improved Money Column coin climbs up on pillar prop, Davenport Cabinet
Inspired byAlso published here 1911
Later Magic
655
Joseph Michael Hartz The Multiplication of Money coins counted and amount changes, plate, coin holder
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
659
Joseph Michael Hartz The Mysterious Addition crystal bell divines written numbers
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
662
Joseph Michael Hartz The Inverted Glass of Water
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
666
Joseph Michael Hartz The Multiplying Billiard Ball with shell
VariationsAlso published here 1911
Later Magic
669
C. O. Williams Multiplying Billiard Ball Variation
Inspired byAlso published here 1911
Later Magic
672
Joseph Michael Hartz The Dematerialised Glass of Water full glass of water vanishes under handkerchief, performed with spectator on stage, with handling variations
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
672
Professor Hoffmann Glass Vanish Variation
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
682
Joseph Michael Hartz Card, Coin and Candle coin wrapped in paper vanishes, reappears in chosen card, piece of paper into piece of candle
Related toAlso published here 1911
Later Magic
686
Joseph Michael Hartz The Wine and Water Trick wine and water mixed, they separate again
Related toAlso published here 1911
Later Magic
695
Joseph Michael Hartz Bran to Wine
1911
Later Magic
699
Joseph Michael Hartz The Witches' Kettle and Magic Punch Bowl
  • hanging kettle filled with water, changes into ducks or similar
  • punch appears in empty bowl
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
700
Joseph Michael Hartz The Automatic Rising Cards mechanical deck with wheels
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
703
Joseph Michael Hartz Deck Switch into profonde and from under vest
 		1911
Later Magic
707
Carl Willmann Rising Cards mechanical deck
Related to 1911
Later Magic
709
Joseph Michael Hartz The Portfolio Trick production from portfolio
Related toAlso published here 1911
Later Magic
712
Joseph Michael Hartz The Second-Sight Trick
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
715
Joseph Michael Hartz, Alexander Herrmann, Professor Hoffmann The Pocket-Picking Trick producing chosen cards from shuffled deck in pocket, three handlings
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
719
Joseph Michael Hartz The Aërial Walking-Cane clings to fingers
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
725
Joseph Michael Hartz The Egg and Rings Trick egg produced from borrowed hat, three finger rings put into beaten egg, poured into hat, then flowers with rings on ribbons removed from hat along with bird cage
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
733
Professor Hoffmann L'Envoi
1911
Later Magic
738
Professor Hoffmann Preface
1911
Magical Titbits
iii
Hunkins The Rice and Water Trick three versions of the Rice Bowls
Related to 1911
Magical Titbits
1
C. O. Williams Rice Bowls Improvement
1911
Magical Titbits
9
The Vanishing Rice rice vanishes between hands, flesh-colored bag
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
11
Tao Li Tao, The Chinese Mystery wooden chips, odd-colored one moves up in pile
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
13
Balloons from a Hat small for load, balloons expand by itself with chemicals
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
17
C. O. Williams To Discover and Pocket (Before Asking Any Question) the Card Thought of by a Spectator spectator remembers card and its position, performer removes it and puts it in his pocket
VariationsAlso published here 1911
Magical Titbits
19
C. O. Williams A New Purse Trick marked coin travels from purse into spectator's pocket
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
21
A Silk Handkerchief Changed into a Flag
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
23
Mr. Gilbert, Professor Hoffmann The Changing Handkerchief Boxes two handkerchief of different color in two cardboard boxes transpose
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
25
Adolphe "Magicus" Blind The Demon Digits three cards with numbers arrange themselves in requested order
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
29
Mr. Gilbert The Acrobatic Cards two card in easels transpose
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
32
Professor Hoffmann The Ball of Wool Trick (Improved)
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
35
The New Card Frame without sand
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
42
Outwitting the Conjurer two selection put in two envelopes, apparently wrong cards are put in because spectator switches card behind performer's back, sucker
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
47
The Great Book Mystery spectator choses page and word, some calculations are done with page number and word position, then performer finds word
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
51
J. Holt Schooling Number & Word Divination after some calculation
 		1911
Magical Titbits
53
Professor Hoffmann The Crystal Balls (Improved Method) clear glass balls produced and then "molded" into single ball which then changes color, detailed routine
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
55
Joseph Michael Hartz Hartz Finale for Crystal Balls
1911
Magical Titbits
65
Professor Hoffmann Recollections of Hartz biographical information on Hartz
 		1911
Magical Titbits
67
Joseph Michael Hartz A Devil of a Hat hat borrowed, production of handkerchiefs, goblets, a wig, cigar boxes, cage, ..., twenty-two minute act
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
79
Joseph Michael Hartz Rising Skull out of hat
 		1911
Magical Titbits
95
Joseph Michael Hartz The Inexhaustible Handkerchief production trick, fish bowls and other items
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
103
Joseph Michael Hartz The Improved Money Column coin climbs up on pillar prop, Davenport Cabinet
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
110
Joseph Michael Hartz The Multiplication of Money coins counted and amount changes, plate, coin holder
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
115
Joseph Michael Hartz The Mysterious Addition crystal bell divines written numbers
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
118
Joseph Michael Hartz The Inverted Glass of Water
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
123
Joseph Michael Hartz The Multiplying Billiard Ball with shell
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
127
C. O. Williams Multiplying Billiard Ball Variation
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
129
Joseph Michael Hartz The Dematerialised Glass of Water full glass of water vanishes under handkerchief, performed with spectator on stage, with handling variations
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
131
Professor Hoffmann Glass Vanish Variation
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
140
Joseph Michael Hartz Card, Coin and Candle coin wrapped in paper vanishes, reappears in chosen card, piece of paper into piece of candle
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
145
Joseph Michael Hartz The Wine and Water Trick wine and water mixed, they separate again
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
154
Joseph Michael Hartz Bran to Wine
1911
Magical Titbits
158
Joseph Michael Hartz The Witches' Kettle and Magic Punch Bowl
  • hanging kettle filled with water, changes into ducks or similar
  • punch appears in empty bowl
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
159
Joseph Michael Hartz The Automatic Rising Cards mechanical deck with wheels
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
163
Joseph Michael Hartz Deck Switch into profonde and from under vest
 		1911
Magical Titbits
166
Carl Willmann Rising Cards mechanical deck
 		1911
Magical Titbits
168
Joseph Michael Hartz The Portfolio Trick production from portfolio
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
172
Joseph Michael Hartz The Second-Sight Trick
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
176
Joseph Michael Hartz, Alexander Herrmann, Professor Hoffmann The Pocket-Picking Trick producing chosen cards from shuffled deck in pocket, three handlings
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
181
Joseph Michael Hartz The Aërial Walking-Cane clings to fingers
Also published here 1911
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Joseph Michael Hartz The Egg and Rings Trick egg produced from borrowed hat, three finger rings put into beaten egg, poured into hat, then flowers with rings on ribbons removed from hat along with bird cage
Also published here 1911
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Joseph Michael Hartz Contrivances for "Passing Off" getting borrowed items behind stage
  • The Hartz Bottle
  • The Hartz Matchbox
Also published here 1911
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202
Joseph Michael Hartz The Hartz "Hook," for Working Mechanical Pieces hook from ceiling with mechanical piece that can make bells ring, etc.
  • The Magic Bell (bell rings by itself)
  • The Crystal Cash-box (borrowed coins appear in glass box that hangs from ceiling)
  • The Bird-Cage (canary appears in suspended cage)
Also published here 1911
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Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, Joseph Michael Hartz The Mystic Glove and Rings four finger rings borrowed, placed in pistol, glove put over glass tube, pistol shot, glove blows up with ring on each finger
  • The Old Method
  • The Hartz Method
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
215
Professor Hoffmann L'Envoi
1911
Magical Titbits
221
The Reversed Card spectator turns card end for end and performer knows which one
 		1911
Modern Card Manipulation
94
The Queens who left their Courts to dig for Diamonds classic hotel trick with Aces, Kings, Queens and Jacks dealt out
 		1911
Modern Card Manipulation
94
To allow a Person to think of a Card, and to make that Card appear at any number in the Pack which the rest of the Company may decide upon card and its position from the face remembered, any number named, performer goes behind back, then count started from remembered position
 		1911
Modern Card Manipulation
95
To tell the Card thought of by arranging the Cards in a Circle Ace through Ten in a circle, on through of and after some counting divined
 		1911
Modern Card Manipulation
96
To Place the Four Kings in different parts of the Pack, and to bring them all together by a simple Cut Jacks secretly behind a King
 		1911
Modern Card Manipulation
97
To bring Four Cards together after they have been placed in different parts of the Pack unclear whether the cards are secretly or openly stripped out
 		1911
Modern Card Manipulation
98
The Cards sprung from Hand to Hand
1911
Modern Card Manipulation
99
A Row of Cards being placed face downwards upon the Table, to indicate by turning up one of them how many cards have been transferred from one end to the other during your absence
1911
Modern Card Manipulation
100
To change Three Cards placed in the Pocket of a Spectator into three others previously chosen
1911
Modern Card Manipulation
101
The "Three-Card" Trick monte throw
 		1911
Modern Card Manipulation
102
To make Three Cards pass invisibly from one Packet to another three extra cards palmed at the beginning
 		1911
Modern Card Manipulation
103
The Demon Card Trick card rises to top in paper-wrapped deck
 		1911
Modern Card Manipulation
104
The Pocket-Picking Trick card located in spectator's pocket
 		1911
Modern Card Manipulation
105
The Changing Card two cards chosen, a card changes to both cards
 		1911
Modern Card Manipulation
106
Other Changing Cards
1911
Modern Card Manipulation
107
The Transforming Sevens four cards change several times, gaffed cards taken out of deck at the start
 		1911
Modern Card Manipulation
108
The Four Queens changed to Kings four double facers
 		1911
Modern Card Manipulation
111
Making Double Facers splitting, brief
 		1911
Modern Card Manipulation
111
To change a drawn Card into the Portraits of several of the company in succession picture cards change into portraits of spectators
 		1911
Modern Card Manipulation
112
A Selected Card Caught on the Point of a Sword elastic cord
 		1911
Modern Card Manipulation
113
A Chosen Card Found in a Cigar
1911
Modern Card Manipulation
114
The Cabalistic Star six cards appear on points of star apparatus
 		1911
Modern Card Manipulation
115
Tricks performed with the Aid of Card Boxes
1911
Modern Card Manipulation
116
Bland Bland's Brass Card Box
1911
Modern Card Manipulation
116
To Make Selected Cards Jump Out of the Pack cards jump out of a special card box apparatus
 		1911
Modern Card Manipulation
118
To Produce Two Cards in Succession from an Empty Drawer wooden box apparatus
 		1911
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120
Stanley Collins Foreword
1915
Original Magical Creations
7
Stanley Collins The Wooden Slab and Flying Card Experiment Cards attached on a board with rubberbands, spectator peeks at a card and remembers the value, then he counts to that value in a fan and remembers the card. Card transposes from the deck with the peeked card on the board
 		1915
Original Magical Creations
9
Stanley Collins Making Of False Index Cards
1915
Original Magical Creations
12
Stanley Collins Cards and Coincidence three selections and three packets, cards at number, faced deck method
 		1915
Original Magical Creations
20
Stanley Collins The Omega Ace Experiment ace assembly, one packet sealed in envelop, with a card stand for better visibility, duplicates
 		1915
Original Magical Creations
25
Stanley Collins False Count removing four as three cards from the deck, milking extra card
 		1915
Original Magical Creations
27
Stanley Collins False Envelope Insertion only part of the cards are inserted into the envelope
 		1915
Original Magical Creations
29
Glide False Count with extra card
 		1915
Original Magical Creations
33
Stanley Collins Will! fifteen cards stick to the hand, all fall except three selections, gaffed card and ring
 		1915
Original Magical Creations
36
Stanley Collins The Siamese Bloodstone deck in hat, which is balanced on edge of a plate, selected cards jump from hat
 		1915
Original Magical Creations
41
Stanley Collins Le Dernier Cri Mutilated Card Experiment card cut into four pieces, three are burnt and found restored in nest of envelopes
Related to 1915
Original Magical Creations
46
Stanley Collins A Question of Memory spectator selects one of three cards and puts it in pocket, another cards is taken from the deck and put in performer's pocket, cards transpose, duplicate
Related to 1915
Original Magical Creations
52
Stanley Collins Thought Anticipated and Precipitated one of six cards vanishes and appears at impossible location
 		1915
Original Magical Creations
58
Stanley Collins The Guessing Game spectator guesses correctly on of three cards he has in pocket, then it change places with one of the other two cards
Related to 1915
Original Magical Creations
63
Stanley Collins The Spider pips of card vanish and appear on paper, pip eating spider
Related to 1915
Original Magical Creations
67
Stanley Collins Billet Switch on clip, with a deck of cards, while removing cards
Related to 1915
Original Magical Creations
69
Stanley Collins The "Knee" Plus Ultra Handkerchiefs a yellow handkerchief is tied on left leg and a green one on the right leg, then the yellow handkerchief penetrates the leg and the green one travels knotted on the other leg
 		1915
Original Magical Creations
77
Stanley Collins A New Ropes and Rings Experiment similar to Grandmother's Necklace, with jacket, ropes and rings
Related to 1915
Original Magical Creations
84
Albert Fellows Ginger and the Apple doll in miniature cannon ends up in hat, held by spectator
 		1915
Original Magical Creations
90
Stanley Collins The Filtering Ink Experiment two tumblers inverted with glass plate, ink from a glass disappears and appears in bottom tumbler
 		1915
Original Magical Creations
97
Stanley Collins The Inktubators ink travels from one vessel to another, under cover only an amount of liquid travels
 		1915
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105
Charles T. Jordan Preface
1919
Thirty Card Mysteries
1
T. Nelson Downs Introduction
1919
Thirty Card Mysteries
3
Charles T. Jordan Chapter I - Trailing the Dovetail Shuffle to its Lair "(with sidelights on one or two other shuffles)"
interlocking chain principle with up to three riffle shuffles
Variations 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
7
Charles T. Jordan Close Range Mind Reading No. 1, cards riffle shuffled once, low values removed, remaining thirty-two cards dealt into two piles, one card moved over and located, interlocking chains
 		1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
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Charles T. Jordan Long Distance Mind Reading No. 2, card trick performed via mail, deck riffle shuffled once and cut in two halves, one card moved from one half to the other and either half mailed back
VariationsAlso published here 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
12
Charles T. Jordan Allowing a Spectator to Shuffle general comments
 		1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
16
Charles T. Jordan The Premo No. 3, card located after three riffle shuffles, interlocking chains, optional with marked deck or blindfolded
 		1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
17
Charles T. Jordan A Novel Detection No. 4, spectator counts down cards and remembers the last one, halves riffle shuffled together, interlocking chains
 		1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
22
Charles T. Jordan The Dealing Dovetail Detection No. 5, card is found after lots of real shuffling
 		1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
25
Charles T. Jordan Back and Front Count Sorting
1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
26
Divided Deck Riffle Shuffle deck dealt into two piles and those are shuffled together
 		1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
26
Charles T. Jordan Red/Black Shuffle running single cards in the center
 		1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
27
Charles T. Jordan The Rolling-off-a-Log Detection No. 6, card removed is found out, unusual presentation with card rolled to tube, one suit together
 		1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
28
Charles T. Jordan The Full Hand No. 7, four spectators select four cards each, those sixteen cards are riffle shuffled by performer and dropped in hat, performer takes out the cards of each spectator without looking
 		1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
30
Charles T. Jordan Perfect Riffle Shuffle without details, four shuffles for sixteen cards to recycle, "Mr. Downs, however, can handle a full pack of 52 cards with the degree of dexterity necessary to restore its original order."
 		1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
32
Charles T. Jordan Chapter II - Tricks of an Impromptu Nature "(requiring little or no skill)"
chapter intro
 		1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
35
James J. Moren With the Mind's Eye No. 8, dressed-up key card location, blindfolded
 		1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
35
James J. Moren Palmed-Card Glimpse
1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
36
Charles T. Jordan The Simplicity Speller No. 9, card selected and cut into deck, long phrase with selection spelled, spelling to twenty-sixth card
Variations 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
37
Bridge half the deck by squeezing left hand
 		1919/1920
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