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T. Nelson Downs, John Northern Hilliard Introductory three branches of magic, on the state of magic
1909 11
John Northern Hilliard Card Tricks involving Sleight of Hand
1909 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 52
John Northern Hilliard The Rising Cards
1909 183
John Northern Hilliard Anywhere Rising Cards
1909 204
John Northern Hilliard Card Tricks with Apparatus and in Combination with Other Objects on apparatus
1909 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 225
John Northern Hilliard The Hilliard Pass coin ends up in back clip
1909 245
John Northern Hilliard Torn & Restored Cigarette Paper Ideas
1909 324
John Northern Hilliard, T. Nelson Downs Don'ts tips
1909 347
John Northern Hilliard L'Envoi
1909 348
John Northern Hilliard Foreword
1933 1
Theodore Annemann April 1935 on the death of John Northern Hilliard, Al Baker, over-proof, simplicity
Apr. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 7)
25
Theodore Annemann May 1935 on Carl Jones, John Northern Hilliard, Greater Magic, Martin Sunshine
Related to
  • "The Dragon" March, 1935
  • "The Sphinx" February, 1935.
May 1935
The Jinx (Issue 8)
29
Theodore Annemann Higher Magic! throwing stamp on ceiling, with prediction application
Related to Oct. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 13)
62
Theodore Annemann, John Northern Hilliard More Higher Magic match is tossed to ceiling and hangs there on head
Related to 1936
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1935/36)
87
The Master of the Playing Cards brief history & information about playing cards
Related to 1938 1
John Northern Hilliard Experiment in Mind Reading key and shiner
1938 92
Rupert Slater, John Northern Hilliard Mutus, Nomen, Dedit, Cocis pairs honestly shuffled and switched for duplicates in order ready for deal
Variations 1938 120
John Northern Hilliard Cards. The Best Kind to Use
1938 164
John Northern Hilliard Holding a Break in the Pack
1938 204
John Northern Hilliard Final Observations and Caution
1938 209
John Northern Hilliard Caution
1938 211
John Northern Hilliard A "Think Stop" Trick
Variations 1938 239
John Northern Hilliard A Few Words Anent the Joker uses of joker in pack
1938 241
John Northern Hilliard Final Suggestions about impromptu tricks
1938 242
John Northern Hilliard J.N. Hilliard's Method thought-of speller, ten-card set-up
1938 317
John Northern Hilliard A Suggested Routine of Spelling Tricks routine suggestion of tricks described in spelling chapter
1938 323
John Northern Hilliard Card Tricks with Apparatus and in Combination with Other Objects some observations
1938 499
John Northern Hilliard I. Theodore Annemann Card Stars of the U.S.A. intro
1938 537
John Northern Hilliard II. Al Baker Card Stars of the U.S.A. intro
1938 542
John Northern Hilliard III. Cardini Card Stars of the U.S.A. intro
1938 545
John Northern Hilliard IV. S. Leo. Horowitz Card Stars of the U.S.A. intro
1938 548
John Northern Hilliard V. Stewart Judah Card Stars of the U.S.A. intro
1938 555
John Northern Hilliard VI. Nate Leipzig Card Stars of the U.S.A. intro
1938 559
John Northern Hilliard VII. William H. McCaffrey Card Stars of the U.S.A. intro
1938 563
John Northern Hilliard VIII. Paul Rosini Card Stars of the U.S.A. intro
1938 567
John Northern Hilliard IX. John Scarne Card Stars of the U.S.A. intro
Related to 1938 572
John Northern Hilliard X. Dai Vernon Card Stars of the U.S.A. intro
1938 575
John Northern Hilliard Billiard Balls
1938 621
John Northern Hilliard Sponge Balls
1938 651
Henry Gordien Another Sponge Ball Routine
Variations 1938 656
John Northern Hilliard The Cups and Balls The Wand
The Balls
The Cups
1938 658
John Northern Hilliard A Hilliard Vanish
Related to 1938 669
John Northern Hilliard Another Hilliard Vanish back palm
1938 669
John Northern Hilliard A Date Divination with cards the date of a borrowed coin is divined
1938 686
Yank Hoe The Sympathetic Coins corners of handkerchief assembly, shell
Related to 1938 689
John Northern Hilliard Magic With Ropes
1938 783
John Northern Hilliard The Chinese Rings
1938 803
The Best Impromptu Mind Reading Trick
Also published here 1938 898
John Northern Hilliard A Hilliard Vanish
Related to May 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 10)
38
Paul Fleming (reviewer) Greater Magic by John Northern Hilliard
Revised Edition
1944 32
Paul Fleming (reviewer) Card Magic by John Northern Hilliard 1946 54
John Northern Hilliard Hilliard's Sweep Link With a Large Ring move with triple chain and key ring
1946 56
John Northern Hilliard Hilliard's Arm-to-arm Move With the Large Ring
1946 56
John Northern Hilliard The John Hilliard Routine
Also published here
  • Leaves From J. N. Hilliard's Notebook
1946 108
Arthur H. Buckley, John Northern Hilliard Two Playing Cards, Four Half Dollars and a Handkerchief
Inspired by
  • Hilliard trick in Stanyon's "Magic", Dec 1904
1948 89
John Northern Hilliard Les pièces voyageuses corners of handkerchief assembly, shell, two cards
Related toAlso published here
  • J. H. Hilliard "La Prestidigitation du XXe Siècle"
1973
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 34 No. 4)
62
John Northern Hilliard The best impromptu mind reading trick translated by Paul Maured
Also published here 1974
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 35 No. 2)
27
Charles Nyquist, James G. Thompson Jr. Retrospective long article about the evolution of phone effects, reprinted from Sphinx, 1942
  • "20th Century Telepathy" (John Northern Hilliard)
  • John Percival, Benedict and Paul Rockwood versions
  • Fred D. Muth & elimination principle
  • "One By Swindle" (F. Jackson)
  • U. F. Grant
  • "Colored Silks" (Earl Thomas)
  • "Operator Calling" (Harris Solomon)
  • "Right Number" (Kent Arthur)
  • "The Phantom Phone" (Howard Savage)
  • "Winged Thoughts" (J. G. Thompson, Jr.)
  • "Phoned Thots" (Orville Meyer)
Apr. 1975 952
John Northern Hilliard Some Great Quotes
1979 119
John Northern Hilliard Some Great Quotes by the Late John Northern Hilliard who wrote "Greater Magic"
1979 119
John Northern Hilliard Hilliard's Side Steal
  • Notes By Karl Fulves
1981 51
John Northern Hilliard Twentieth-Century Telepathy No. 21, name code
Variations 1984 31
Karl Fulves The Percival Code No. 22, alternate code systems
Inspired by 1984 33
John Northern Hilliard Stop Card Trick "Triple Mystery", card side-stolen to top
Related to 1985 6
John Northern Hilliard Hilliard Rising Cards
1985 28
John Northern Hilliard Hilliard's Inverted Vee
Related to 1987 20
Karl Fulves Scarne v. Hugard on the negative comments in reference, apparently inserted by Jean Hugard
Related to 1988
Interlocutor (Issue 51)
250
Tom Gagnon Devil-May-Care Double-Cut tabled reverse double undercut
Related to 1992 24
Frederick Braue One to Ten card controlled to eighth position, with out
Related to 1992 26
Carl Waring Jones, John Northern Hilliard, Jean Hugard Section I: Principle of Correspondence with reproduced letters
1994 1025
John Northern Hilliard First Draft: The Master of the Playing Cards
Related to 1994 1116
John Northern Hilliard Hilliard's Note on Gordien's Sponge Ball Routine
Inspired by 1994 1144
John Northern Hilliard Magic Squares Fragmentary Notes by Hilliard
1994 1145
John Northern Hilliard Fragment: Notes on Misdirection followed by other essays
1994 1152
John Northern Hilliard Fragment: Notes for a Chapter on The Psychology of Magic collection of different psychological forces of numbers and cards
1994 1154
John Northern Hilliard Rising Card by Motor only fragments of notes
1994 1168
John Northern Hilliard, Paul Rosini The John Northern Hilliard Routine for this Trick free selection is spelled to
1994 1204
John Northern Hilliard Hilliard's Spelling Trick with a Mentally Chosen Card progressive set-up
1994 1205
Horace Goldin, John Northern Hilliard "How It Is Done", or "The Indeceptive Deception", or "One For The Wise Ones" sucker key card placement to throw off magicians
1994 1207
John Northern Hilliard Coincidence svengali deck
1994 1208
John Northern Hilliard Magic Thrust Variations - C. short card and two double backers
1994 1210
John Northern Hilliard "Think , 'Stop!'" Card Tricks three methods, double backer and tactile key cards
1994 1211
John Northern Hilliard Original Method of Making an Impromptu Short Card
1994 1213
John Northern Hilliard Two Souls But with a Single Thought two cards, billet index (52 predictions)
1994 1214
John Northern Hilliard Mental Discovery of Four Cards four spectators from a group of eight cards
1994 1216
John Northern Hilliard The Ne Plus Ultra Trick eight cards chosen and replaced, they and their position in the deck are predicted
1994 1218
John Northern Hilliard Quadrating the Pack dealing procedure, here used to distribute eight selections in a certain way
1994 1219
John Northern Hilliard The "Ne Plus Ultra" Crystal four cards chosen and replaced, they and their position in the deck are divined
1994 1220
Margaret Mackay, John Northern Hilliard A Magical Exchange card in handkerchief transposes with card in pocket
1994 1221
John Northern Hilliard An Original Force For One Card described for a king value
1994 1222
John Northern Hilliard Card Locations and Detection three methods, estimation
1994 1244
John Northern Hilliard Comment on the Return of Chosen Cards very brief note
1994 1248
Tony Bartolotta Thotology random person phoned and asked to name any card, medium phoned asked for a number up to 52
Inspired by
  • "20th Century Telepathy" (John Northern Hilliard)
Related to
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 7)
81
Stephen Hobbs (reviewer) Greater Magic by John Northern Hilliard Dec. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 4)
69
Robert Parrish The Card Stabbing Trick rubber banded and paper wrapped deck, stabbed with knife
Inspired by 1995 81
Jim Sisti (reviewer) Greater Magic by John Northern Hilliard Jan./Feb. 1995
The Magic Menu (Vol. 5 No. 27)
306
Frederick Braue, John Northern Hilliard The Triple Mystery three cards selected, first at named number up to ten, stop trick with second, last card spelled out
Inspired by
  • "The Triple Mystery" (John Northern Hilliard, Magical Bulletin, June 1924)
Related to
1997 11
Karl Fulves Stolen Numbers "The First Layout", telephone number presentation, ten cards (Ace through Ten) are laid out in which spectator's indicate their rows
Inspired by 1998 7
The Century - Those Who Impacted The Art In America
  • Al Baker (1974-1951)
  • Uri Geller
  • Michael Ammar
  • Servais LeRoy (1865-1953)
  • Billy McComb
  • Horace Goldin (1874-1939)
  • Channing Pollock
  • Dariel Fitzkee (1898-1977)
  • Don Wayne
  • John Northern Hilliard (1872-1935)
  • Harry Blackstone Sr. (1885-1965)
  • Harry Blackstone Jr. (1934-1997)
Related to Apr. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 8)
52
T. Nelson Downs T. Nelson Downs' Center Deal "Fragmentary Notes By John Northern Hilliard"
Also published here Dec. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 12)
37
Jamy Ian Swiss (reviewer) The Lost Notebooks of John Northern Hilliard by John Northern Hilliard Mar. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 3)
84
Michael Close (reviewer) The Lost Notebooks of John Northern Hilliard by John Northern Hilliard Mar. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 7)
39
Al Baker Al Baker's Torn and Restored Magazine Page
Also published here
  • marketed by Annemann in 1929
  • The Lost Notebooks of John Northern Hilliard, 2001, p. 110
2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Annemann and Baker)
811
Jorge "The Jack" Garcia A Think-Stop Trick
Inspired byAlso published here 2014 22
Jorge "The Jack" Garcia A Think and Stop Card Trick
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 43