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The Glass Goblet and Cover coins appear audibly in glass goblet
1876 199
The Glass without Cover, for Money coins appear audibly in glass goblet
1876 200
The Miraculous Casket coins vanish one at a time from mechanical box
1876 202
The Half-crown (or Florin) Wand
1876 203
The Shower of Money
1876 205
Money-Slide holder to steal coins one by one
1876 207
The Vanishing Plate, or Salver coins vanish when picket up from plate
1876 208
The "Changing" Plate
1876 210
Frank Hiam The Tray of Proteus by Hiam & Lane, for switching, vanishing, producing
1876 211
To indicate on the Dial of a Watch the Hour secretly thought of by any of the Company arithmetical procedure
1876 213
To Bend a Borrowed Watch Backwards and Forwards optical illusion
1876 214
The Watch-mortar and the Magic Pistol parts of crushed watch are placed in handkerchief and shot from pistol to loaf of bread, restoration
1876 215
The Snuff-box Vase to change, vanish or produce small objects
1876 217
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, The Watch Box for vanishing a watch
Related to 1876 219
The Watch Target pistol shot on target, where watch appears mechanically
Variations 1876 220
The Mesmerised Watch To Make any Watch a Repeater, watch answers question with bell sound, featuring sound gimmick
Related toVariations 1876 222
The Flying Ring borrowed ring vanishes from paper, using duplicate on elastic string
Also published here 1876 225
Ring Pull duplicate finger ring on elastic in sleeve
1876 225
To Pass a Ring from the one Hand to either Finger of the other Hand substitute ring on pull, temporary hook servante behind leg
Also published here 1876 227
To Pass a Ring through a Pocket-handkerchief using wire gimmick
1876 228
To Pass a Ring through the Table glass, hat and handkerchief with ring sewn inside
1876 228
Professor Hoffmann Lighting and Background for Thread Work
1876 229
To Pass a Ring invisibly upon the Middle of a Wooden Wand, the Ends being held by two of the Spectators
Also published here 1876 230
The Magic Ball and Rings three rings vanish from box, reappear inside special ball on special stick
Related to 1876 231
To Pass a Borrowed Ring into an Egg
Related toAlso published here 1876 233
The Magic Rose ring travels into mechanical rose
1876 234
Professor Hoffmann Tricks with Handkerchief
1876 236
The Handkerchief that cannot be Tied in a Knot
1876 237
The Handkerchief that will not Burn passed through flame without harm
1876 237
The Vanishing Knots
1876 238
To Exchange a borrowed Handkerchief for a Substitute methods using coat
1876 240
The Locked and Corded Box "Washerwoman's Bottle" to steal handkerchief stuffed in opaque bottle, reappears in box or nest of boxes or elsewhere
1876 241
The Reversible Canister bottle with two compartments to switch handkerchief or something else
1876 245
The Burning Globe brass globe for switching
1876 246
The Transformed Handkerchief "one of Herrmann's favourite tricks", borrowed handkerchief transforms into pieces, reappears in produced lemon, burned and restored once more
Related to 1876 246
Professor Hoffmann Loading a Lemon
1876 248
The Handkerchief cut up, burnt, and finally found in a Candle with assistant
1876 249
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, The Shower of Sweets sweets appear on plate from loading bag with handkerchief, another loading bag from Robert-Houdin
Related to 1876 251
Sweets from Wand gaffed wand to produced sweets
1876 253
The Feathers from an Empty Handkerchief fifteen to twenty plumes from handkerchief, body load
1876 254
The Flying Plume feather plume from tube to shawl
1876 256
The Magic Laundry borrowed handkerchiefs are "washed" in water tub and magically dried
1876 258
Colonel Stodare The Egg and the Handkerchief
Related toAlso published here 1876 260
The Hand Box, for Vanishing a Handkerchief secret container attached to hand
Related to 1876 263
To arrange a Row of Dominoes face downwards on the Table, and on returning to the Room to turn up a Domino whose points shall indicate how many have been moved in your absence "Row of Ten Cards" with dominoes
Related to 1876 265
To allow any Person in your absence to arrange the Dominoes in a Row, face downwards, and on your return to name blindfold, or without entering the Room, the end numbers of the Row
1876 267
To Change, invisibly, the Numbers show on either Face of a Pair of Dice
Related to 1876 268
To Name, without seeing them, the Points of a Pair of Dice arithmetical
1876 269
Professor Hoffmann The Cups and Balls introduction
1876 271
1. To Palm the Ball three methods
1876 273
2. To Reproduce the Palmed Ball at the End of the Fingers
1876 274
3. To Secretly Introduce the Palmed Ball under the Cup
1876 275
4. To Simulate the Action of Placing a Ball under a Cup
1876 276
To Reproduce a Ball from the Wand
1876 276
To Return a Ball into the Wand
1876 277
To Pass one Cup through another
1876 277
Professor Hoffmann General Comments on structure and presentation
1876 278
Cups and Balls Routine Pass I. Having Placed a Ball under each Cup, to draw it out again without Lifting the Cup
Pass II. To make a Ball Travel invisibly from Cup to Cup
Pass III. Having placed a Ball under each of the end Cups, to make them pass successively under the Middle Cup
Pass IV. Having placed two Balls under the Middle Cup, to make them pass under the two Outer Ones
Pass V. To pass three Balls in succession under One Cup
Pass VI. To place three Balls one after the other upon the top of one of the Cups, and to make them fall through the Cup on to the Table
Pass VII. To pass three Balls in succession upwards through the Table into one of the Cups
Pass VIII. To pass two Balls in succession from one Cup to another without touching them
Pass IX. To make three Balls in succession pass under the Middle Cup
Pass X. The "Multiplication" Pass
Pass XI. To Transform the Small Balls to Larger Ones
Pass XII. To again Transform the Balls to still Larger Ones
1876 279
To Palm a large Ball two methods
1876 293
To Vanish a Large Ball with the aid of the Table four methods, servante
1876 294
The Ball Box ball vase
1876 295
The Red-and-Black-Ball Vases
1876 296
Morison's Pill-box also called "La Pilule du Diable", even more complex ball vase
1876 298
The Ball which changes to a Rose in ball vase
1876 300
The Obedient Ball stops on string, "of Japanese origin"
Variations 1876 301
The Cannon-balls in the Hat loading ball in (borrowed) hat from table/servante, further production of fake balls
Variations 1876 304
Multiplying Balls fake cloth-covered balls with spring
1876 307
The "Hundred Goblets" from a Hat polished tin goblets
Related to 1876 308
A Dozen Babies from a Hat cloth covered production puppet
1876 309
The Magic Reticules production boxes that fold up
1876 309
The Drums from the Hat fake production drum that fold up
1876 310
The Birdcages from the Hat birdcages that fold up
1876 311
The Cake (or Pudding) in the Hat
Related toAlso published here 1876 312
The Welsh Rabbit from dove pan type prop
1876 313
The Cut String Restored
Also published here 1876 317
My Grandmother's Necklace
Variations 1876 320
The "Bonus Genius," or Vanishing Doll
Related to 1876 321
The Dancing Sailor cardboard head danced between legs, thread
1876 323
The Bottle Imps
Variations 1876 324
The Vanishing Gloves
1876 325
The Egg-Bag
1876 326
To Produce Eggs from a Person's Mouth
Related toAlso published here 1876 329
The Pillars of Solomon, and the Magic Bradawl precursors of Chinese Sticks
Related to 1876 330
The Magic Coffers tin boxes for switching (e.g. beans to coffee-berries)
1876 333
The Bran and Orange Trick bran put in coffer (special tin box) travels back in other box, orange in there instead
1876 335
Alexander Herrmann The Rice and Orange Trick orange and rice change places, using props (cone and vase)
Related to 1876 337
The Magic Whistle only performer can produce sound, described as heckler stopper
1876 341
The Magic Mill when blown into tin mill different things happen
1876 342
The Drawer Box with variations
1876 343
The Dissecting Drawer-Box can be taken apart
1876 346
The Changing Card-Drawer Drawer Box for card tricks
1876 347
Changing Caddies box with two or three lids for changing objects
1876 348
Cards to Card Drawer two cards travel into prop
1876 348
The Magic Vase and Caddy (To make peas change places with a handkerchief.)
1876 351
The Cover, to pick up any Article object vanishes or appears underneath brass cover
1876 355
The Changing Cover object is switched underneath metal cover
1876 356
Apple to Onion with humorous "Reflex" presentation
1876 357
The Changing Ladle on a stick, to change flat objects, as card burning, paper switch or Q&A device
Related to 1876 358
The Cone, or Skittle also "La quille", cone with shell changes place with ball under paper cone cover, also with larger cone and orange
1876 360
The Cone and Bouquet wood cone and bouquet of flowers change places with prop covers
1876 364
Glass fills with Water prop cover
1876 367
Colonel Stodare The Flying Glass of Water with ring dummy in handkerchief, glass with water disappears and then reappears
1876 367
Ring Dummy in Handkerchief improvement for glass vanish
1876 369
The Bowls of Water and Bowls of Fire produced from a Shawl
1876 371
The Bowl of Ink changed to clear Water, with Gold Fish Swimming in it
1876 372
The Inexhaustible Bottle tin bottle with several compartments
1876 373
The Bottle and Ribbons dry ribbons of named colors produced from filled bottle
1876 376
The New Pyramids of Egypt, or Wine and Water Trick wine and water mixed, separate again, with glass and decanter under cone covers
Related to 1876 377
The Mysterious Funnel tin funnel with double walls
1876 379
The Box of Bran transformed to a Bottle of Wine
1876 380
The Bran Bottle bottle covered, vanishes and leaves a heap of bran
1876 382
The Bran Glass glass (apparently) filled with bran covered, bran changes into anything
Related to 1876 383
To Fire Borrowed Rings from a Pistol, and make them Pass into a Goblet filled with Bran and covered with a Handkerchief, the Bran Disappearing, and being found elsewhere
1876 384
The "Domino-Box" (sometimes called the "Glove-Box"), box to make things appear inside, also as Rattle Box
1876 386
The Coffee Trick Coffee berries changed to Hot Coffee, White Beans to Sugar, and Bran to Hot Milk, prop heavy
Variations 1876 388
The Inexhaustible Box
1876 391
The Japanese Inexhaustible Boxes box within a box
1876 393
The Feast of Lanterns several lanterns produced form "Inexhaustible Box", two styles of production lanterns that fold up
1876 395
The Butterfly Trick paper butterflies held in air with fan
1876 397
The Wizard's Omelet Borrowed Rings and Live Doves produced from an Omelet, dove pan
Also published here 1876 398
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Rose in the Glass Vase empty glass vase on pedestal, rose appears inside, mechanical
1876 400
The Chinese Rings
  • eight ring routine
  • twelve ring routine
Also published here 1876 401
The Charmed Bullet
1876 409
The Birth of Flowers flower from seed
Variations 1876 411
Production of Flower Basket from Handkerchief body load
1876 414
The Mysterious Salver rings, coins or key travel into glass on tablet audibly when covered, mechanical
1876 416
The Vanishing Die large die from hat to hat, shell
1876 419
The Die Dissolving in a Pocket Handkerchief dummy that folds flat sewn into handkerchief
1876 420
The Die and Orange large die and orange transpose
1876 423
The Vanishing Canary Bird and Cage large die, bird cage and bird travel around
1876 424
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, The Decanter and the Crystal Balls clear glass balls produced and then "molded" into single ball which then changes color, two methods
Related to 1876 426
The Flags of all Nations miniature silk flags multiply and grow
1876 432
The Umbrella Trick borrowed handkerchief and covering of umbrella transpose
1876 433
The "Passe-Passe" Trick bottle and tumbler transpose under tubes
1876 435
The Tables in use in Stage Tricks
  • The "Plain" Trap
  • The "Wrist" or "Pressure" Trap
  • The "Rabbit" or "Dove" Trap
  • "Changing" Traps
  • The "Money" Trap
  • "Pistons" (for working mechanical apparatus)
  • "Bellows" Tables
1876 437
Empty Glass to Full Glass using table with changing trap
1876 444
The Rabbit Trick egg and two rabbits from borrowed hat, one vanishes, reappears
1876 452
The Fairy Star five cards put in pistol and shot on star configuration apparatus where they appear on its five points
1876 454
The Card Bouquet six cards are shot on a fake flower bouquet, they appear around the bouquet, optionally they change into six other selections, mechanical
1876 457
The Demon's Head papier maché head rolls eyes and moves mouth, deck put in mouth, chosen cards fly out of mouth and appear between horns
Related to 1876 458
The Magic Picture Frame borrowed objects appear in frame when shot on it from magic pistol
1876 463
The Flying Watches and the Broken Plate watches appear and broken plate restores in frame
1876 465
The Magic Picture and the Chosen Cards deck thrown onto picture frame, three selections appear behind glass
1876 467
The Magic Portfolio cage with birds and other 3D objects produced from thing portfolio
Related to 1876 468
The Glove Column three or four rings and glove borrowed and shot on column, glove expanded as though containing a living hand appears at the top of the pillar, with rings on each finger
1876 469
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Vanishing Pocket Handkerchief, found in a Candle borrowed handkerchief burned, then inside candle
1876 470
Colonel Stodare The Sphinx head in box is alive, mirrors
1876 471
John Henry Pepper, Thomas Tobin The Cabinet of Proteus mirrors, for vanish, transformation, ...
1876 475
Colonel Stodare The Indian Basket Trick
1876 477
Professor Hoffmann Electrical Tricks general comments
1876 480
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Light and Heavy Chest electro-magnetism
1876 482
Spirit-Rapping to answer questions, electro-magnetical
1876 485
The Magic Bell to answer questions, electro-magnetical
1876 486
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Crystal Cash-Box coins appear in box that hangs on strings, electrical
1876 487
The Magic Drum beats to answer questions, electrical
1876 492
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Aerial Suspension
Related to 1876 495
Professor Hoffmann Concluding Observations
  • Hints as to Working up Tricks
  • Arrangement of Programme
  • Stage Arrangements
  • Parting Counsels
1876 502
Professor Hoffmann Chapter I. Introductory
1889 1
Professor Hoffmann To Make the Pass "the very backbone of card conjuring"
1889 4
To Make the Pass with both Hands
1889 4
Chapter II. Sleight of Hand Processes, Applicable to Card Conjuring
1889 4
Single-handed Pass, No. 1
Related toAlso published here 1889 6
Charlier Single-handed Pass, No. 2
1889 7
Charlier Pass as Control
1889 9
Single-handed Pass, No. 3 as color change
Also published here 1889 9
Visible Transposition one-handed passes in both hands simultaneously, duplicates
1889 10
To Force a Card including one-handed variation
1889 11
To Force a Person to Think of a Particular Card from fan or during riffling with slight stop at step
Related to 1889 12
"Forcing" Packs one-way & three-way
1889 14
Professor Hoffmann To Force Three Cards together three force cards repeat abcabcabc...
1889 15
Injog Stop Force top cards openly pushed back one by one until spectator stops
1889 15
To Palm a Card with replacement to remove "curl"
1889 16
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin To Palm the Bottom Card of the Pack
1889 17
W. J. Collins To Palm the Top Card with One Hand only actually bottom palm as deck is held face up in left hand
1889 17
To get Sight of a Card for top (first palming the card), center and bottom
1889 18
Professor Hoffmann N. B. how to get the deck in line of sight for glimpse
1889 19
To Change a Card - First Method bottom change
1889 19
To Change a Card - Second Method top change
1889 20
"Second" Dealing with "card at any number" application
1889 21
To Change a Card - Third Method: The Vertical Change snap-over change, see page 132 for another way to get into it
1889 22
To Change a Card - Fourth Method bottom card shown, top side-jogged card quickly removed instead
1889 23
Prof. Robert Hellis Hellis' Change, No. 1 "To change a card without the aid of the Pack"
in context of effect in which wrong card changes into selection
1889 23
Prof. Robert Hellis Hellis' Change, No. 2 "To change severals cards at once"
1889 24
To Slip a Card with transformation effect
1889 25
False Shuffles - First Method small top stock
1889 26
False Shuffles - Second Method top stock
1889 26
False Shuffles - Third Method top stock retained, repeat center cuts
1889 27
False Shuffles - Fourth Method Charlier type shuffle with optical bluff placement to top
1889 27
False Shuffles - Fifth Method multiple packets
1889 27
False Shuffles - Sixth Method fans pushed into each other and stripped out again (Zarrowesque concept)
1889 28
Charlier False Shuffles - Seventh Method uncredited
1889 28
False Shuffles - Eighth Method cards are inserted, pushed through diagonally, stripped out and replaced on bottom
1889 29
Diagonal Insertion
1889 29
The Bridge two methods to put it in
1889 30
The Ruffle two-handed or one-handed riffle for sound effect
1889 31
The Click with deck or single card
1889 32
To Throw a Card
1889 32
To Spring the Cards from Hand to Hand
1889 33
Electric Deck with ribbon, only mentioned
1889 34
To Change one Pack for another special pockets (pochette) at trousers & profonde, multiple methods
Related to 1889 34
Professor Hoffmann Conjurers' Table - The Servante
1889 36
Professor Hoffmann The use of the Magic Wand
1889 36
Long or Wide Cards
1889 38
Longs and Shorts long and short deck for locating cards with deck switch between selection and replacement
1889 38
Professor Hoffmann Chapter III. Special Cards and Tricks Therewith
1889 38
Blindfold Location multiple cards by touch
1889 39
Biseauté or Tapering Cards red-black application
1889 39
Reversing the Selection stripper deck, two methods
1889 40
Tricks with Long Cards simple location of a card, either by using long card as key or by forcing long card
1889 41
Shuffling with Key Card "very small risk of the two cards being parted"
1889 41
Card comes to Top/Bottom on hand or with paper-wrapped deck, long card
1889 42
Tricks with Biseauté Cards - The Attractive Power of Gold three selections come to bottom of three piles, then to bottom of pack after shuffle, presented with coins, stripper deck
Related to 1889 43
The Pocket-picking Trick selection extracted by feel from deck in spectator's pocket, stripper or long card or ungaffed
1889 45
"Cornered" Cards whole deck corner-shorted
1889 45
Changing Cards
  • flap card (with rubber)
  • moving pip section in picture cards (two versions)
1889 46
The "Walking Pip" Card
1889 47
Multi-Pip Card & Application two versions, with general card type routine with two spectators
1889 48
Prof. M. Verbeck Multi-Pip Card double faced multi-pip card, ending clean with blank card
1889 50
Marked Cards - To distinguish the Suit of each Card suit-only marking
1889 52
Professor Hoffmann Chapter IV. Marked Cards, and Tricks Therewith
1889 52
Various Systems of Card-marking
1889 53
Charlier The Charlier System punch marked deck
1889 55
"Reading" the Cards multiple cards divined with wand, punch marked deck
1889 58
Charlier The Charlier "Dial" stack system with rules to calculate positions and the number of pips in a cut-off pile
1889 60
Charlier Artificial Spiritualism removed cards divined, pile cut off by spectator and number of cards as well as number of pips divined, stacked and punch marked
1889 63
First Method - To discover a card mentally selected
  • Second Method
1889 68
Professor Hoffmann Chapter V. Card Tricks of a Simple Character, not Necessitating Sleight of Hand
1889 68
Third Method - with the aid of a wide card wide card as key card
1889 69
Fourth Method deck bridge as control
1889 69
Fifth Method nailnick
1889 70
The Turn-over air pressure
1889 70
The "Nerve" Feat deck hit out of spectator's hand, "staring him in the face", see also page 42
1889 70
Third Method of Revealing single card friction toss
1889 71
The "Alternate Card" Trick packet comes out in order via down-under deal, thirteen-card and 32-card version
1889 72
The "Spelling" Trick spelling every value in a thirteen-card packet
1889 75
To Name all the Cards of the Pack in Succession full stack, 32-version and Eight Kings explained
1889 76
Odd-Even Divination performer knows whether cut-off number is odd or even
1889 77
Four-of-a-kinds deck is dealt in thirteen piles, value named, one pile is removed that consists of all those cards
1889 78
The Whist Trick dealing four hands, one contains winning suit and others are either mixed or also sorted in suits
1889 78
Two Heaps of Cards having been placed upon the Table, to Predict with Certainty which Heap a Spectator will choose ambiguous prediction, two handlings (number of cards or values in pile & odd/even pile with palming)
1889 79
The Pack being divided into two Heaps on the Table and a Card taken from each Heap and placed in the other: to discover such Cards two methods (odd/even or bridge)
1889 81
The Queens digging for Diamonds hotel trick with eight cards each and story presentation
Also published here 1889 82
A Row of Cards having been formed Face downwards, to divine how many have been moved from one end of the Row to the other spectator displaces x cards in packet, an x value card is produced
1889 83
To make a Card thought of by one Person appear at such Number in the Pack as another Person shall choose card and its position remembered, bluff counting started with that number, re-count
Related to 1889 85
Another Method 27-card trick with card-to-any-number table
1889 87
The Affectionate Quartette four-of-a-kind distributed in deck comes together again, various methods
1889 90
Hidden Block Packet Switch
1889 90
Multiple Bottom Change brief
1889 91
Eights as Sevens show fan of Eights as Sevens
1889 92
To discover a Chosen Card by the Throw of a Pair of Dice forcing pack
1889 92
The "Whispering Trick" for one spectator, paperballs over the head situation
1889 93
The Capital Q back-count force with counters/coins or cards, as divination with partial stack
Also published here 1889 95
To pick out a Chosen Card under a Handkerchief long card, stripper or ungaffed
1889 97
Professor Hoffmann Chapter VI. Card Tricks Without Apparatus, and Chiefly Dependent Upon Sleight of Hand
  • Advice to the Neophyte
  • The Conjurer's "Patter"
1889 99
The Obedient Aces
1889 103
Classic Pass False Cut
1889 106
Conus Conus' Ace Trick
1889 107
Conus The Shower of Aces many aces appear at named number (faced-deck turnover at-any-number method)
1889 110
To turn over the Pack
1889 111
Charles Bertram Bertram's Ace Trick spectator deals out all cards, the three indifferent cards end up in spectator's pocket
1889 111
Equivoque one out of four
1889 112
Clairvoyance by Touch chosen card is extracted from deck in spectator's pocket, the repeat in which spectator extracts right card
1889 113
To Pass a Card through a Hat as out for classic force
1889 116
Louis Comte The Ladies' Looking-Glass last pair caught from shower of cards
1889 117
Classic Pass Half Pass
1889 119
Houlette à la Main fingers from behind
1889 119
Friction Toss
1889 120
Everybody's Card
1889 120
Professor Alberti Alberti's Rising Cards hair and wax
1889 121
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin Cards Judged by Weight, and the Multiplication of Cards two routines (second one by Robert-Houdin)
1889 122
Cut Force spectator cuts into break
1889 122
Opening a Sealed Pack
1889 124
, Prof. M. Verbeck "Stop!" "Three Cards having been drawn by Three different Persons, to make them appear at such Numbers in the Pack as the Drawers or any other Person my select"
three-way or two-way forcing pack
1889 125
The Cards having been freely Shuffled and Cut into three or four Heaps, to Name the Top Card of each Heap one ahead
1889 127
Professor Hoffmann Thought Anticipated general thoughts on the plot
1889 128
A Person having Secretly Thought of a Card, and the Pack having been Divided into Three Heaps, to Declare in which Heap the Card thought of will be found
1889 129
Classic Pass False Cut handling 2
1889 130
To Invite a Person secretly to Think of a Card, and before such Card is named to pick it out of the Pack
1889 130
Drawing off the Table Edge Switch
1889 131
A Card having been Thought of by one Spectator, to offer the Pack to another, and cause him to draw the same Card psychological force & out
1889 132
Card to Pocket as Out for Classic Force
1889 133
Thought Doubly Anticipated "To Place a Card Thought of by one Person at such Position in the Pack as another Person shall mentally Select"
psychological force & position 7 with outs
1889 134
Professor Hoffmann Chapter VII. Card tricks with Apparatus, or requiring Special Cards introduction
1889 136
The Transforming Sevens divided cards
1889 137
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Protean Pack three selections, "General Pack"
1889 140
On Splitting brief, see also footnote on page 143
1889 140
The Four Queens changed to Kings Queens under hat transpose with Kings on deck, double facers
1889 142
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Cards passing up the Sleeve
1889 144
The Diminishing and Dissolving Cards two versions
1889 148
Card-Boxes No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4: "Card-and-Bird" Box
No. 5
No. 6: Bland's Brass Card-box
No. 7: The Card-Drawer
No. 8: The Double Card-Drawer
1889 151
Black Backed Card
1889 152
The Card Table round small tray
1889 158
Two Drawn Cards, placed in different Boxes, made to Change Places at Command
1889 159
Professor Hoffmann A Drawn Card, placed in a Closed Box, made to Fly back to the Pack, while Another takes its Place in the Box including Another Method
1889 160
The Torn-Card Trick torn corner, then complete restoration, card box prop
1889 163
The Mechanical "Torn Card" last corner visibly restores
1889 166
Jumping Cards "To Make Selected Cards Jump out of the Pack"
king of mechanical houlette
1889 168
Eugene Bosco The Sand Frame
1889 171
Professor Field Professor Field's Card Frame pieces shot with pistol on the frame
1889 172
Conjurers' Pistols two models
1889 174
The Magic Sword "A Chosen Card Caught on the Point of a Sword"
1889 175
A Card caught on the End of a Walking-Stick
1889 178
The Magic Mirror deck laid on mirror, name appears on mirror (breathing glass), mirror turned, only selection sticks to mirror
1889 179
Iron Foil Card magnetic application
1889 181
The Charmed Bullet and the Black Cloth Target nine shuffled cards stuck to board covered with black cloth, performer shoots on board and hits selection
1889 182
The China Plate and Flying Cards deck laid on plate, selections fly out horizontally
Related to 1889 185
Bland The Card-Catching Plate four cards appear attached to rim of plate when deck is thrown at it
1889 187
A Card found in a Cigar
1889 189
A Card found in a Candle two methods (fake or ordinary candle)
1889 189
Money-producing Cards from single card, then more coins from deck
1889 191
Finger Palm brief
1889 192
Classic Palm brief
1889 192
Hollow Deck Shell to produce coins, see also page 194 for other model
1889 193
A Pack of Cards changed to a Handkerchief handkerchief and cards in leather case change places
1889 194
Hollow Deck Shell for handkerchief
1889 195
The Black Velvet Banner three cards are shot with pistol on velvet cloth, they appear stuck on it, flap silk
1889 196
Professor Hoffmann The Multiplying and Vanishing Cards three cards selected, which are then multiplied (e.g. a dozen aces of hearts), then all duplicates vanished
1889 198
Professor Hoffmann Deck Pull
1889 199
The Magic Star and Cabalistic Pointer six cards in star configuration, an arrow pivots and stops at selections
1889 201
Professor Hoffmann Conjurers' Tables - Pistons
1889 204
Professor Hoffmann Chapter VIII. Stage Tricks
1889 204
The Fairy Star five cards lost and found, then teared up and put in pistol and shot on star configuration apparatus where they appear on its five points
1889 206
Multiple Selection Routine five cards in five different ways
1889 206
The Cabalistic Star five cards appear on points of star apparatus
1889 210
The Rising Cards (La Houlette) various thread methods (including "Sand Riser"), routine and pseudo-mistakes
1889 211
The Crystal Houlette requiring prepared wand
1889 219
Bland The Wonderful Fan and Enchanted Card card is shot on lady's fan with pistol, fan opens and card appears on it
1889 223
Folding Card acrobatic type
1889 223
The Card and Smoke Trick borrowed handkerchief on glass, card fired with pistol and pips appear on handkerchief, also smoke appears in glass
variation in which blank card in glass becomes printed
Related to 1889 225
Card Stamp
1889 226
The Cascade of Cards card fountain with or without special apparatus
1889 228
Professor Hoffmann The "Sensation" Card Trick "An Experiment in Thought-reading"
three cards thought of, performer divines writes them on slips of paper, spectators remove their cards and the vanish from "card table" and reappear in deck
1889 231
Billet Index
1889 232
The Crystal Frame "For the Production of a Card"
1889 237
The Black Velvet Frame "For the Production of a Card"
1889 238
The Card in the Candle card appears on top of candle
1889 239
Bland The Card Bouquet five cards are destroyed and shot on a fake flower bouquet, they appear around the bouquet, some reverse and one has a corner missing which is visibly restored, very mechanical apparatus
1889 241
Professor Hoffmann L'Envoi
1889 250
Professor Hoffmann Introductory
1890 1
The Firing Wand
1890 2
The Electric Wand as practical joke to shock spectator or heckler (!)
1890 4
Professor Hoffmann Tables in Magic how things have been simplified
1890 4
New forms of "Servante"
Related to 1890 6
Substitute for the "Table" e.g. wooden box
1890 6
A Mechanical Hat "chimney-pot" hat, for productions or changes
1890 7
Charlier The "Charlier" Pass also as a control (also used on p. 40)
1890 9
To "Force" a Card. First Method exposing the card a bit more, also one-handed or in spread on table
1890 11
Psychological Riffle Force stopping at a card in the middle slightly
1890 12
Professor Hoffmann To Force three Cards together three cards repeat itself, spectator cuts anywhere
Variations 1890 13
To make a "False Shuffle" - Seventh Method riffle shuffle to keep top stock
1890 14
Charlier To make a "False Shuffle" - Eighth Method Charlier Shuffle
1890 14
To make a "False Shuffle" - Ninth Method top packet inserted in middle diagonally and stripped out again
Related to 1890 15
Diagonal Insertion
1890 15
Multiple Shift
1890 16
To Change a Card - The Revolution snap-over change
1890 17
The Click one-handed with fingers of left hand
1890 19
To Spring the Cards from the One Hand to the Other (With mechanical pack.), electric deck
1890 19
All Red - All Black with electric deck
1890 20
The Bridge: Additional Methods
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
  • Fourth Method
1890 20
Methods of Identifying a Chosen Card - Fourth Method concave bridge in rest of deck
1890 22
Fifth Method nailnick as selection is replaced underneath fan
1890 22
Sixth Method
Inspired by 1890 23
Any number of Packets of Cards having been formed face downwards on the Table, to discover the Total Value of the Undermost Cards. with formula for any number of cards
Related to 1890 23
New Numerical Trick with Cards three heaps formed while performer is blindfolded according to some mathematical instructions, performer in the end know amount of cards in center pile
1890 25
The Capital Q back-count force with counters/coins or cards, as divination with partial stack
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1890 27
Holding Out Partial Stack palming thirteen cards while spectator shuffles
1890 29
To Name Cards without Seeing them
1890 30
The "Alternate Card" Trick thirteen-card packet comes out in order via down-under deal
1890 31
The "Spelling" Trick from thirteen-card packet every value from Ace to King is spelled out
1890 31
The ''Twenty-Seven Card" Trick "To cause a Card selected by one Spectator to appear at such number in the Pack as another Spectator may indicate"
piles picked up according to a table so thought-of card ends up in any position
1890 32
A Row of Cards being placed Face Downwards on the table, to indicate by turning up one of them How Many have during your absence been Transferred from One end to the Other "Improved Method"
Inspired by 1890 35
Professor Hoffmann To produce Three Cards at any Position in the Pack thought of by Another Person three cards appear consecutively at freely named number
1890 38
A Card being freely Chosen from the Pack, replaced, and the Pack shuffled, to make any Given Card Change to the one Chosen control, palm & top change
1890 40
The "Alternate Card" Trick with a Complete Pack apparently mixed deck comes out in order via down-under deal
1890 42
To Pass a Chosen Card through the Crown of a Borrowed Hat selection appears underneath hat
1890 46
Professor Hoffmann As an Out Trick for a Failed Force
1890 48
Gordon Wigan To Change Three Cards, placed in the Pocket of a Spectator, into Three Others previously chosen
Related to 1890 48
To make a Card freely drawn, and replaced in the Pack, Change Places with another laid on the Table
1890 49
To distinguis the Suit of any given Card by Weight cards with glazed back, marked with water marks
1890 50
The "Three-Card" Trick with psychology & bent corner
1890 51
Monte Throw
1890 52
The "Three-Card" Trick - Another Method gaffed face, fake-index precursor
1890 54
Changing Cards multi-pip card
Variations 1890 55
"Walking Pip" Cards
1890 56
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Cards passing up the Sleeve, and the Diminishing and Increasing Cards "dexterous card-palming supple­mented by unflinching audacity", diminishing cards as fake explanation
1890 57
Mechanical Diminishing Cards described in addition to sleight-of-hand method
1890 64
Charlier The Charlier System of Card-Marking punch marked deck
1890 66
Charlier Reading the Cards
1890 68
Charlier The Charlier "Dial" stack system with rules to calculate positions and the number of pips in a cut-off pile
1890 69
Professor Hoffmann Introducing a Stacked Deck
1890 74
Practical Illustrations
  • top cards named after cut
  • spectator cuts off cards and performer knows number of cards and points containted
1890 75
Further Illustration naming position of any card or card at any position
1890 79
Card Naming when stack has been shuffled, punch deck
1890 81
Professor Hoffmann The Mysterious Pairs several spectators remove two cards each and place them face to face, performer receives one card and names the other, then the pairs come together again in the deck
1890 84
To name the Article taken by each of Four Persons four objects pocketed while performer is out of room, but linked to four memorized punch-marked cards
1890 87
To name the Bottom Card of each of Three Heaps of Cards performer divines bottom cards of three piles by making up mathematical rules with other drawn cards
1890 88
Professor Alberti The Rising Cards - Alberti's Method thread attached during routine, free selection
1890 91
The Houlette glass houlette on top of wand, metal tongue pushes card up
1890 92
Edwin T. Sachs Edwin Sachs' Method metal houlette on top of bottle
1890 93
Buatier de Kolta de Kolta Rising Cards brief, for correction see reference
Related to 1890 94
Prof. Duprez Ribbon Rising Cards glass houlette suspended on ribbons
1890 95
To Catch a Selected Card on the end of a Walking-Stick (almost) ungaffed stick
Related to 1890 95
Mechanical Card Stick presented as different method
1890 97
Professor Field, Frames of various kinds of Producing Cards
  • Field's Card-Frame
  • The French Card-Frame
  • The Sand Frame (attr. to "the elder Bosco")
  • The Velvet Frame and Artist's Easel
  • The Crystal Frame
1890 98
The Cabalistic Star for the Production of Cards six cards appear on points of star apparatus
1890 107
The Velvet Cloth for the Production of Cards three cards are shot with pistol on velvet cloth, they appear stuck on it, flap silk
1890 109
The Black Cloth Target. Another Magic Pistol nine shuffled cards stuck to board covered with black cloth, performer shoots on board and hits selection
1890 111
Professor Hoffmann The Magic Card Case "A Chosen Card made to pass into an Empty Case", leather-covered case
1890 115
The Improved Card Drawer "To produce Two Cards in succession from an Empty Drawer", with routine suggestions, including having the spectator decide whether the two selections should appear in the box face-to-face or back-two-back
1890 118
A New Changing Card-box, an Tricks therewith
1890 121
Changing Card-box Routine card in box and card in deck transpose, interesting method with deck switch
1890 122
Card from Changing Card-box to Deck two cards chosen and put in box, apparently named one travels back to deck
1890 123
The Magnetic Wand and Walking Card selection lifted out of deck which rests in spectator's pocket
1890 124
The Walking Shilling
1890 125
The Walking Card named card moves from spread out cards on table
1890 126
Bland The Enchanted Hand-Mirror deck on hand-held mirror, mirror turned over, only selection sticks, magnetism
1890 128
Professor Hoffmann Addition behind Mirror
1890 130
Professor Hoffmann The Multiplying and Vanishing Cards single card "reproduces" into duplicates, repeated with other cards, duplicates vanished again, pull
1890 131
Professor Hoffmann Card-Vanisher pull with clip
1890 133
A Perpendicular Palm kind of perpendicular lateral palm
1890 136
French Card-Vanisher pull with clip
1890 137
Pass 9 (The "Jerk-Back" Palm) coin touches left palm and secretly jumps back in other hand
Related toVariations 1890 139
Pass 10 simple finger palm transfer
1890 140
Pass 11 (The "finger" palm) clip palm between first and second finger
1890 140
Professor Field Pass 12 click pass
1890 141
Coin Changes
  • Change 6
  • Change 7 (Single handed)
1890 142
Prof. Robert Hellis Change 8 (Single handed)
1890 142
To Extract a Coin from a Folded Paper
1890 143
To Wrap a Coin Apparently in a Handkerchief
1890 144
To make a Coin Vanish from and Return to the Left Hand
1890 145
Sweep Load coin dropped in hand with semi-circular sweep motion
1890 145
To Rub a Coin into the Elbow
1890 146
To Vanish Coins and Reproduce them from the Elbow
1890 146
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Two Hats coins travel at once from one hat to another, acoustical illusion, brief outline
Related to
  • Secrets of Conjuring & Magic, p. 124
1890 147
Professor Hoffmann, Dr. Lynn The Penetrative Coin two borrowed hats & two bowls are build up on the table, four coins dropped in top one, the travel down in lower bowls audibly one by one, mechanical table
1890 147
H. B. Lodge A New "Multiplication" Trick single coin becomes thirty or sixty coins
1890 154
Threaded Coin Piles for production
1890 154
To Produce Coins from a Lighted Candle mechanical candle which holds coins
1890 157
To Pass Coins into a Bottle folding coin, hidden in cork
1890 158
Coin to Bottle Wand mechanical wand to introduce folding coin into bottle
1890 160
Professor Hoffmann Multiplying Coins and Tricks therewith shell, one coin becomes three and one again
1890 161
Coin Duplication making two out of one coin one-handed, shell
Related to 1890 162
Professor Hoffmann The eight Coins and two Brass Covers four borrowed coins each under two brass covers, coins travel from one pile to the other, two shells, also done in hands of spectator without covers
1890 165
Prof. Robert Hellis Coins Across six coins & extra coin
1890 170
Head or Tail showing whatever the spectator wants, double-sided coin & shell
1890 171
Professor Hoffmann The Mysterious Tumbler "To pass a coin from a Glass of Water into the Centre of an Orange", with full patter
Inspired by 1890 172
The Climbing Coin "A Florin made to climb up the face of a small Wooden Pillar, into a Box at top", mechanical
Related toVariations 1890 181
Professor Hoffmann A Smashed Watch borrowed watch placed in paper bag, performer steps on it by mistake, watch crushed further in mortar, then shot on flower pot and it reappears in roots, with variation
1890 185
Prof. Taylor Watch to Bread Loaf
1890 192
Devono Watch-bag watch placed in bag and bag swung around to crash watch
Variations 1890 193
Professor Hoffmann Watch-Stocking lady's stocking produced from spectator, watch placed in lady's socking which is swung around to crash watch
Inspired by 1890 195
The Wandering Ring ring travels from one hand wrapped in handkerchief to the other, reel
Variations 1890 196
Prof. M. Verbeck Verbeck's Wedding-Ring Trick ring is hammered on, then put in paper programme and crumbled up, transforms into nest of envelopes with ring inside, with repeat
1890 199
A Handkerchief Puzzle tying a knot without letting go of the ends, no trick
1890 203
The Instantaneous Knot
Also published here 1890 203
The Stretched Handkerchief
1890 206
To "Vanish" a Handkerchief (Sundry methods.) false transfer
1890 207
Throw Vanish as handkerchief is apparently thrown into air
1890 209
Buatier de Kolta The Buatier "Pull"
Related to 1890 209
Buatier de Kolta The "Bare-armed Vanish" pull without sleeve
1890 211
Professor Hoffmann Sleeve as Explanation for Spectators
1890 211
Buatier de Kolta Another bare-armed Vanish
Related to 1890 213
Buatier de Kolta The Dissolving Handkerchiefs two handkerchiefs vanish and reappear underneath upside down plate
Related to 1890 214
Buatier de Kolta The Two Decanters and the Flying Handkerchief disappears visually from bottle and appears in second covered bottle
Related to 1890 216
Buatier de Kolta Silk from Bottle Vanish sleeve pull, classic
1890 217
Multiplication of Handkerchiefs "A silk handkerchief made into two or more", with small bottle that has secret compartment
1890 218
Red, White and Blue one silk becomes three
Related to 1890 220
Professor Hoffmann The Vanishing Pocket-handkerchief found in a Candle "New Method", with phase in which borrowed handkerchief shrinks in two phases
1890 221
Flash Handkerchief
1890 227
Handkerchief to Candle mechanical candle
1890 230
A Pack of Cards Transformed into a Handkerchief, and vice versa handkerchief and cards in leather case change places
1890 231
Hollow Deck Shell
1890 232
Bland A Saucepan to Cook a Handkerchief pan with secrets compartment
1890 233
Professor Hoffmann Feats of Divination introduction
1890 236
The Expunged Numeral performer names number after some calculations have been done, two presentations given
Related to 1890 237
To Predict the Sum of Five Rows of Figures
Variations 1890 241
The Magic Circle "To discover a card or other object that has been touched in the performer's absence", with medium and code
1890 242
Robert Heller, Professor Hoffmann "Second Sight" Tricks with code outline
1890 243
Reading Blindfold one-ahead bluff, blindfolded assistant divines names on cards
1890 250
Dr. Lynn Dr. Lynn's Second Sight Act dead names written on papers, performer divines some, then a last one from freely chosen billet appears on arm of performer
1890 252
Words on Arm two methods, one of them ashes
1890 254
Dr. Lynn The Thinkophone name on paper is divined, using changing ladle
Related to 1890 255
The Box of Numbers four numbered blocks put in closed box, performer divines arranged number, magnetism
1890 257
Buatier de Kolta, Prof. Robert Hellis The Billiard-Ball Trick one ball becomes three, then one again which vanishes
1890 261
Ball Throw Vanish dropped in tail topit/profonde
1890 264
Professor Hoffmann Another Method
1890 265
Professor Hoffmann On Shell Props
1890 273
Professor Hoffmann The Chameleon Ball small ball changes color multiple times
1890 274
The Obedient Ball (Improved)
  • orange stops on string
  • ball stops and even travels upwards (mechanical)
Inspired by 1890 279
Professor Hoffmann Tricks with Hats Hartz and his "Hat" Trick
1890 285
The Bundle of Firewood hollow bundle
1890 287
A Flower-Garden from a Hat feather flowers for production that stick to floor when thrown
1890 289
Mechanical Servante table servante that automatically loads a hat, brief
1890 289
Professor Hoffmann The Cannon-Ball Trick "improved", cannon-ball from hat
1890 291
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Cannon-Ball Globe giant ball vase with longer routine
1890 295
The Paper Ribbon and the Barber's Pole long paper coil from hat, then pole (paper, switched for wooden pole by assistant)
1890 300
Professor Hoffmann The Animated Cigar cigar stands on top of hat and dances around
1890 303
A Hat with a Hole in it
  • The Finger through the Hat
  • The Cork through the Hat
  • The Coin through the Hat
  • The Cigar through the Hat
1890 306
W. J. Collins The Wand passed through the Hat telescopic wand
1890 312
W. J. Collins The Magnetized Hat hat sticks to hand
Related to 1890 315