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Reginald Scot Of private confederacie, and of Bandons pigeon on using stooges, for example for burnt and rediscovered card
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Brandon the juggler Example of a ridiculous woonder picture of dove is pierced, real dove on top of building drops down dead
1584 174
Reginald Scot Of publike confederacie, and whereof it consisteth on stooges
1584 175
Reginald Scot How men have beene abused with words of equivocation, with sundrie examples thereof on cold reading and claiming coincidences
1584 175
Of the ball, and the manner of legierdemaine therewith, also notable feats with one or diverse balles magic with small balls
1584 182
To make a little ball swell in your hand till it be verie great one or more small balls taken into other hand and become big there, shuttle pass
1584 183
To consume (or rather to conveie) one or manie balles into nothing lapping ball after false transfer for complete vanish
1584 183
How to rap a wag upon the knuckles sucker gag in which spectator is rapped on hand
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To conveie monie out of one of your hands into the other by legierdemaine coin travels from hand to hand after false transfer, tapped with knife for sound illusion ("for both the eare and the eie is deceived by this devise")
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To put one testor into one hand, and an other into the other hand, and with words to bring them togither
1584 184
To put one testor into a strangers hand, and another into your owne, and to conveie both into the strangers hand with words "double lift" with coins, double put into spectator's hand (sponge ball trick with coins)
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How to doo the same or the like feate otherwise one coin in each hand, they travel together
1584 184
To throwe a peece of monie awaie, and to find it againe where you list coin thrown into air vanishes (classic palm with second and third fingers), duplicate appears somewhere else (like on a stooge)
1584 185
With words to make a groat or a testor to leape out of a pot, or to run alongst upon a table coin crawls out of cup along table, thread pulled by stooge, recommended at night with candle light to make it more deceptive
1584 185
To make a groat or a testor to sinke through a table, and to vanish out of a handkercher verie strangelie coin vanishes from handkerchief with dummy coin inside and penetrates table and falls into glass held underneath
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A notable tricke to transforme a counter to a groat double sided coin glued from two filed down coins, another thin cover disc stuck onto it with wax to show both sides of coin (pre-shell), then disc stolen away and coin changes cleanly in one hand
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An excellent feat, to make a two penie peece lie plaine in the palme of your hand, and to be passed from thence when you list one-handed coin vanish with wax on nail to bring coin to sort of back-palm position
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To throwe a peece of monie into a deepe pond, and to fetch it againe from whence you list marked coin thrown into river is reproduced from somewhere else, similarly marked duplicate
1584 186
Knowing how much Money a Spectator has stooge
1584 186
To conveie one shilling being in one hand into another, holding your armes abroad like a rood sucker bet in which a coin is in each hand, it is proposed to bring them into one hand without the hands coming near each other
1584 187
How to rap a wag on the knuckles gag in which a spectator is rapped on the knuckles
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To transforme anie one small thing into anie other forme by folding of paper Buddha papers, with paper or handkerchief, standard back-to-back paper method and ungaffed method
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Of cards, with good cautions how to avoid cousenage therein: speciall rules to conveie and handle the cards, and the maner and order how to accomplish all difficult and strange things wrought with cards injog or outjog shuffle to preserve stock, first or fourth finger controls stock, also with a few cover cards
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How to deliver out foure aces, and to convert them into foure knaves four Aces shown on face of deck and placed on table one by one, they change into Jacks
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Glide second card injogged and covered by fingers
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How to tell one what card he seeth in the bottome, when the same card is shuffled into the stocke card peeked, kept under control with jog shuffle and then "forced" (given) to spectator and divined
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An other waie to doo the same, having your selfe indeed never seene the card card glimpsed with diversion (like letting some cards fall), making piles and following the card, then giving it to spectator and divining it
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To tell one without confederacie what card the thinketh three cards on table, one thought of, divined by following gaze
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How to tell what card anie man thinketh, how to conveie the same into a kernell of a nut or cheristone, &c: and the same againe into ones pocket: how to make one drawe the same or anie card you list, and all under one devise card thought of is predicted on piece of paper in nut or button on spectator's coat, stooge, another person selects this card from deck, in optional repeat a nut with ink is cracked by some sucker
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Classic Force with out (dropping some cards and starting again)
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Of fast or loose, how to knit a hard knot upon a handkercher, and to undo the same with words converting square knot into slip knot
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A notable feate of fast or loose; namelie, to pull three beadstones from off a cord, while you hold fast the ends thereof, without removing of your hand grandmother's necklace
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Juggling knacks by confederacie, and how to know whether one cast crosse or pile by the ringing heads or tails divined repeatedly, stooge with verbal code and psychology
1584 191
To make a shoale of goslings drawe a timber log some geese draw a log of wood, vague, probably thread
1584 192
To make a pot or anie such thing standing fast on the cupboard, to fall downe thense by vertue of words stooge with thread
1584 192
To make one danse naked spectator is made to throw away clothes and dance and stomp, stooge
1584 192
To transforme or alter the colour of ones cap or hat with stooge who confirms that the hat changed
1584 192
Steeven Tailor How to tell where a stollen horsse is become stooge
1584 192
Boxes to alter one graine into another, or to consume the graine or corne to nothing box with false bottom and layer of grains glued on it, turned over for transformation or vanish
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How to conveie (with words or charmes) the corne conteined in one box into an other previous box used to vanish grains, it reappears in bell type box that has grains behind leather separater that drops down when set hard on table (chop cup like)
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Of diverse petie juggling knacks
  • making an oat stir
  • producing dry powdered spices from mouth
  • paddle type trick with straw in one of three holes in paddle that jumps around
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To burne a thred, and to make it whole againe with the ashes thereof
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To cut a lace asunder in the middest, and to make it whole againe more string than rope, borrowed, extra piece is cut
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How to pull laces innumerable out of your mouth, of what colour or length you list, and never anie thing seene to be therein mouth coils
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Clarvis How to make a booke, wherein you shall shew everie leafe therein to be white, black, blew, red, yellow, greene, &c. blow book, changes six times, with place where one can buy it, mentions of Pliney the Elder, Saint Albertus Magnus, John Baptista Neapolitan, Thomas Lupton
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Desperate or dangerous juggling knacks, wherein the simple are made to thinke, that a seelie juggler with words can hurt and helpe, kill and revive anie creature at his pleasure: and first too kill anie kind of pullen, and to give it life againe knife or nail inserted into head of chicken to deafen it temporarily
1584 196
To eate a knife, and to fetch it out of anie other place knife swallowing, first partially put in mouth, then lapped with misdirection and apparently eaten
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To thrust a bodkin into your head without hurt thin knife through head with blade that slips into handle, optional sponge with blood or wine for additional gore effect
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To thrust a bodkin through your toong, and a knife through your arme: a pittifull sight, without hurt or danger gimmicked knifes with bend in middle
1584 197
To thrust a peece of lead into one eie, and to drive it about (with a sticke) betweene the skin and flesh of the forehead, untill it be brought to the other eie, and there thrust out lead put in one eye (really into hollow wand) and brought out the other
1584 197
To cut halfe your nose asunder, and to heale it againe presentlie without anie salve gimmicked knife with gap, apparently cut through nose
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To put a ring through your cheeke ring apparently through cheek (with slit), is taken off and put onto stick that two people hold
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To cut off ones head, and to laie it in a platter, &c: which the jugglers call the decollation of John Baptist decapitation illusion
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To thrust a dagger or bodkin into your guts verie strangelie, and to recover immediatlie false belly with animal blood
1584 198
To drawe a cord through your nose, mouth or hand, so sensiblie as is woonderful to see crotch with thread through it, really inside the wood around nose
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Palming Small Balls
1634 8
Apparently Swallowing Ball after false transfer
1634 10
How to make a great Ball seem to come through a Table into a Cup from bottom of table to under cup after spectator checked the cup by himself
1634 15
How to make a stone seeme to vanish out of your hand lapping the stone while asking a question
1634 18
Another another stone vanish via lapping
1634 18
How to make a Card vanish, and finde it againe in a Nut duplicate card is split and printed side slit into nut beforehand, second nut filled with ink as joke when spectator opens it
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How to seeme to eate a Knife knife swallowing, reproduced from pocket
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How to rap a Wag on the knuckles sucker gag in which spectator is rapped on knuckles
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How to seeme to swallow a long pudding made of Tinne ball transforms into collapsable tin cone and is swallowed
1634 21
How to seeme to cut ones nose halfe off knife with half-moon cut out
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How to seeme to pull a rope through your nose crotch with thread through it, really inside the wood around nose
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How to make a pile of Counters seeme to vanish thorow a Table cap & pence through table, die appears instead on top of table which started in hollowed stack
1634 24
How to seeme to put a ring through ones cheeke ring apparently through cheek (with slit and spinning illusion), is taken off and put onto stick that two people hold
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How to seeme to thrust a Bodkin in your fore-head knife through head with blade that slips into handle, optional sponge with blood for additional gore effect
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How to draw ribbins of any colour out of your mouth, and to deliver it by the yard mouth coils
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How to make two Bels come into one hand, having put into each hand one bell travels from hand to hand, with bell in sleeve to fake sound of bell in hand
1634 30
How to make a Jugling booke, or a booke for Waggerie blank book becomes printed
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Bonus Genius or Nuntius invisibilis small wooden figure vanishes in cap, head comes off and body is secretly removed in advance
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Boxes to change Graine box with false bottom and layer of grains glued on it, turned over for transformation or vanish, also appearance in bell type box
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How to vanish a glasse full of Beere coin on table, glass with beer placed on top, "is coin in or under glass?", verification used to lap full glass, coin stuck to fingers is reproduced from nose and glass from pocket
1634 33
How to seeme to cut off a mans head, it is called the decollation of John Baptist decapitation illusion
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How to make the face of a Childe to appeare in a pot of water small fake head secretly dropped into water bottle, also with frog
1634 36
Advice whereby you may drinke a Tunnell full of drinke, and afterwards seeme to poure the same all out of your sleeve againe double funnel
1634 36
How to seeme to make a tooth drop out with a touch big tooth drops out of mouth, gag?
1634 37
Another conceipt to procure laughter two items held far apart, challenge to bring them into one hand without moving the hands together
1634 37
How to make two or three egs dance upon a staffe eggs balanced on stick
1634 38
A merry conceit gag in which a spectator is rapped on the knuckles as coins are handed out
1634 38
How to knit a hard knot upon a handkercher, and to seem to undoe the same with words converting square knot into slip knot
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A notable feat of Fast and Loose; namely, to pull three beadstones from off a Cord, while you hold fast the ends thereof, without removing of your hands
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To turne a threed, and so make it whole againe with the ashes thereof
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To cut a Lace asunder in the midst, and to make it whole againe more string than rope, extra piece is cut
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A very strange tricke whereby you may seeme to cut a piece of Tape into 2. or 4. parts, and make it whole againe with words
1634 43
Of divers pretty jugling knacks
  • producing dry powdered spices from mouth
  • paddle type trick with straw in one of three holes in paddle that jumps around
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A notable trick to transform a Counter into a Groat double sided coin glued from two filed down coins, another thin cover disc stuck onto it with wax to show both sides of coin (pre-shell), then disc stolen away and coin changes cleanly in one hand
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An excellent feat to make a twopeny peece lie plaine in your hand, and to be passed from thence when you lift one-handed coin vanish with wax on nail to bring coin to sort of back-palm position
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How to transforme any one small thing into another forme by folding of paper Buddha papers to change coins
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How to convey money out of one of your hands into the other by Legerdemaine coin travels from hand to hand after false transfer, tapped with knife for sound illusion
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How to make sixe pence seeme to fall thorow a Table coin vanishes from handkerchief with dummy coin inside and penetrates table and falls into glass held underneath
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How to deliver to one man one sixpence, and to another another sixpence, and to make both the testors come into one mans hand "double lift" with coins, double put into spectator's hand (sponge ball trick with coins), coin stolen from palm of another spectator with sticky fingers
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Hocus Pocus Junior Conveyance of Cards and Dice mentioning card tricks and principles without details
  • divided cards
  • advantage dice by cutting off a strip
  • "nipping" (punch?), corner crimp, dots
1634 51
Hocus Pocus Junior Of Confederacy listing some effects with stooges, most of them can be found in "Discoverie of Witchcraft" by Reginald Scot
1634 52
Le Grand Sultan automaton who can divine a card by nodding with his head, the number of a rolled dice and in which compartment of a closed box a doll is placed, with assitant
1784 1
Le Mouchoir Marqué, Coupé, Déchiré & Raccommodé marked, cut and burnt handkerchief is restored again, with a table
1784 6
L'Oiseau Artificiel, Chantant au Commendement de la Compagnie bird automaton on a bottle whistles any melody wished for
1784 9
La Carte Dansante (The dancing card) selection appears on the wall, goes left and right and up until the card vanishes and appears again, thread and duplicate
1784 13
La Carte Clouée au Mur d'un Coup de Pistolet corner torn of selection, then nail is marked and loaded into a gun, cards sprung into the air and selection is nailed to the wall, corner matches, with assistant
1784 15
La Carte Brûlée, qu'on Fait Trouver Dans une Montre card is selected and burnt, ashes vanish from a box and miniature card is found under glass of a watch, spectator selects among three, with assistant
1784 19
La Piece de Monnoie Enfermée Dans une Boîte, d'ou Elle Sort Sans qu'on y Touche coin vanishes from a box audibly and appears in shoe of a spectator, rattle box with spring feather, assistant
1784 22
L'Ecriture Cachée Dans une Tabatiere, d'où on la Tire, Sans la Toucher, Pour la Faire Trouver Dans une Bougie signed piece of paper is burnt and appears in selected candle, switch with a box, with assistant notes from 1788 mention method for paper to orange and signature duplication
1784 24
Trois Canifs Ayant été Mis Dans un Gobelet d'Argent, l'un des Trois Saute par Terre au Commandement du Spectateur three pocketknives put in a golden goblet, one is chosen and that jumps out of the goblet, forcing of the middle one, with and out where apparently not hearing correctly which one
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La Danse de L'Oeuf an egg in a hat suddenly sticks to a cane and moves from side to side, performed with music by an orchestra
1784 29
L'Oiseau Mort, & Ressuscité an egg is chosen and the spectator asked if she rather has a mouse or a bird, she chooses a bird and inside the egg is a bird, the bird dies and comes back to life, concepts of forcing of proximity and preference, two versions
1784 32
La Tête d'or Sautant & Dansant Dans un Verre, pour Répondre à Diverses Questions a golden miniature head moves in a glass to answer questions, with assistant
1784 35
Les Anneaux Enfilés Dans un Double Ruban grandmother's necklace - routine, with rings and ribbon, referencing Ozanam
1784 36
Les Cartes Devinées, les Yeux Bandés spectator selects a bunch of cards and shuffles them, medium comes on stage, then with blindfold and without the performer saying a word all cards are named
1784 39
La Balle Jettée Dans la Petite Maison à Trois Portes & Sortant Par l'une des Trois à Volonté a ball is thrown in a little house with three doors and is coming out of the chosen door
1784 44
Theophrastus Paracelsus, Ou le Pigeon Tué d'un Coup d'épée Donné à Son Ombre ou à Son Image the shadow or a picture of a pigeon is struck with a sword, at the same moment the real bird dies
1784 46
Le Bouquet Magique Qui s'épanouit au Commandement also known as Palingenesie, flower bouquet blossoms at will
1784 48
L'Anneau Dans un Pistolet, Qui Se Trouve Ensuite au Bec d'une Tourterelle, Dans une Boîte qu'on Avait Auparavant Visitée & Cachetée ring shot with a pistol is later found in the beak of a turtle dove sitting in a box which was examined before
1784 50
La Montre Pilée Dans un Mortier watch is destroyed and restored in a mortar, using assistant and trap table
1784 56
La Baguette Divinatoire coin is found in one of several boxes with the aid of a divining rod, longer treatise on the use and function of dowsing also in combination with automatons
1784 58
Henri Decremps Orgue Jouant de lui-même, Serpens Artificiels 'Oiseaux Méchaniques' Automates Joueurs d'échecs on different automatons, the collection of Van Estin, an organ, snake, singing birds and the chess player
1784 69
Henri Decremps Automate Jouant de la Flûte au Commandement, Quoique Bien Isolé, au Milieu d'un Jardin; Nouvelles Tables Sur lesquelles on Fait Mouvoir des Machines à Volonté, Sans Bascules, Sans Fil d'archal & Sans Aimant. musical automaton by Van Estin, playing the flute and instruments, mechanism of moving a table
1784 82
Henri Decremps Sur un Vers Latin qu'on Peut Retourner de Plus de Trois Millions de Manieres, on Fait une Opération par laquelle il Semble qu'il Est Possible de Prévoir ou de Contraindre la Pensée d'autrui. "Autre Opération Mystérieuse Sur Deux Cents Mots, Dont les définitions réunies forment un logogryphe très - scientifique." (title continued)
box with latin words, words are arranged and order is divined as well as one word is predicted, with other word with bigger choice is divined with an optical box, multiple out prediction, Van Estin anecdote
1784 104
The Air Balloon described and how to make one, as has lately been done in France and England how to make air balloons with inflammable air, followed by an introduction to planets and zodiac signs and their astrological meaning
  • To make Inflammable Air
1784 13
To cause Mirth, and make Sport with Quick-Silver egg moves on table, mercury
1784 22
Another Trick with Quick-Silver dumplings jump out of a pot when boiled, mercury
1784 24
To make a Six-Pence seem to fall through a Table coin wrapped in handkerchief put on table and covered with hat, penetrates table and falls into a glass, handkerchief with coin sewn in corner
1784 25
The Visible Invisible writing is washed from mirror and appears again on it, breathing glass, anecdote of a a magician who performed the routine and got caught by the audience, on originality
1784 26
To fasten a Ring or a Six-Pence at the End of a Piece of common Thread, and after burning the Thread, to leave the Ring hanging at the End of the Thread.
1784 30
Philip Breslaw The learned little Swan, One of Mr. Breslaw's Grand Deceptions automaton swan swims in a bowl with letters of alphabet on the rim, spelling a name or swims to named letter, on magnets and anecdote of Breslaw being heckled by Francis Blake Delaval
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To take a Bird out of a Cage, and make it appear as dead, or to roll it about as you please.
1784 37
How, on delivering a Ring to a Number of Persons, to find which Person has got it, which Hand it is on, which Finger, and which Joint. people seated in a row and numbered, calculation is made and result gives answers
1784 40
How to rub out Twenty Chalks at five Times, rubbing out every Time an odd one puzzle or wager, chalk strokes on a board
1784 44
To tell if a Person holds Gold in one Hand and Silver in the other, which Hand the Gold is in, and which the Silver is in mathematical calculation, sum shows positions
1784 48
To make a Person tired, or sweat, at carrying a small Stick of a Room bet / wager
1784 52
A Trick with a Cock hypnotising a rooster
1784 54
A droll Trick played with a Fowl roasted fowl comes back to life when pierced with a fork, as a prank / wager
1784 55
To make an Egg stand an end on a Table or on a Looking-Glass impromptu version
1784 58
To Put a Candle under Water, a-light, without its going out. diving bell principle
1784 59
For a Person to chuse a Card, you not supposed to know what it is, and then for the Person to hold the Cards between his Finger and Thumb, to strike them all out of his Hand but the very Card he had taken. "This is called the Nerve Trick"
1784 61
To tell what Card a Person thinks upon, though you are not in the Room, or which Card he has touched, or waved his Hand over strange method
1784 62
To tell what Card you think on in the whole Pack. probability and rudimental form of fishing
1784 63
The Glide second card injogged and hidden by fingers
1784 64
To tell what Card a Person pitches on, without seeing the Card till you find it in the Pack cards shown one by one and stopped at selection, simple overhand shuffle control
1784 65
To call for any Card in the Pack deck behind back naming card, bringing deck in front of body and dropping card on table, sequence is repeated
1784 67
Shuffling of Cards so as to always keep one cartain Card at the Bottom overhand shuffling, see Scot
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How to terrify such as are entirely unacquainted with the Nature of Phosphorus writing and drawing on walls, glowing in the dark, lighting a match
1784 96
The Art of Fortune-telling by Cards system of reading playing cards
1784 99
Palmestry displayed, or the Art of telling Fortunes by Lines in the Hands palmistry
1784 102
Of Moles in every Pat of the Body and the Explanation of them birthmarks on the body and what they signify
1784 104
A merry Trick to make Sport in Company when pipe is lit it sounds like shots from a gun, prank with salpeter and sulfur
1784 106
Henri Decremps Affiche singuliere d'un Faiseur de Tours, où l'on trouve une premiere esquisse des différentes branches de la Jonglerie. "Un homme peut se faire enchaîner de plusieurs maniers, & se détacher adroitement sans rien briser & sans employer les moyens qui paroissent le plus nécessaires" (title continued) in the process of telling the story how the author and Mr. went to see a performer called Pilferer, two methods of escapes are explained, the performer has two rings attached to his trousers which are secured with a rope which is attached to a pillar with a lock
1785 1
Henri Decremps Deux moyens différens, l'un ancien, l'autre nouveau, de le faire lier les pouces, & de se délier en un instant. "Métamorphose d'un verre en morceaux de papier. Réflexions sur les fausses théories. Prétention absurde. Preuve captieuse de cette prétention." (title continued) more tricks by Pilferer, two methods for thumb tie and a glass is thrown into the air where it changes into confetti / pieces of cards, seated, thoughts about vanishing an object by throwing it into the air and the advantages of using confetti
1785 18
Henri Decremps Divers secrets pour tirer en apparence des écus d'une bourse sans l'ouvrir. more tricks by Pilferer, coins in wallet are placed under hat and then produced, repeated with different method, finally effect is repeated by placing a coin into a stocking
1785 33
Henri Decremps Ancienne méthode de faire le Tour des trois Canifs. "Divers moyens de cacher un Compere, & de faire croire qu'on n'en a point, lors même qu'on emploie plusieurs." (title continued) more tricks by Pilferer, knife jumps from glass, long discussion about confederates and secret helpers, fake automatons
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Henri Decremps Objection d'un genre singulier. Nouvelle méthode de faire sauter un canif. other method used by Pilferer to make a knife jump, without confederate, using a spring and sugar, on selling the secret of a magic trick
1785 63
Henri Decremps Le Tour des trois canifs peut se faire par tant de moyens différens, qu'on pourrait les multiplier à l'infini. "Crainte d'ennuyer le Lectuer, on n'en donne ici que neuf pour exemple." (title continued) nine further methods to make a knife jump from a glass or fall from the rim of a glass, methods using magnet, threads mercury etc.
1785 77
Henri Decremps Machine hydraulique exprimant la circulation du fang dans les veines & les arteres. hydraulic machine to simulate the circulation of the blood in the arteries, variations
1785 173
Henri Decremps Voltigeur méchanique. automaton similar to Antonio Diaviolo
1785 184
Henri Decremps Tour du Piquet incompréhensible, nouvellement perfectionné. performer always has best five cards from chosen suit, spectator deals several hands, inspired by a routine in Guyot
1785 225
Henri Decremps Tour des trois Bijoux rendu plus simple & plus merveilleux. three objects (jewelry, watch, cigarette case) are selected by three people and all get some playing cards which are added after some rules, performer divines who has which object
1785 235
Henri Decremps Knowing the Amount of Small Pile asking amount of red / black cards
1785 242
Henri Decremps Le Cygne ingénieux. swan in basin moves by its own, moves to letters to form chosen word, anagram method with words on cards (variation of Guyot's method)
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Henri Decremps Forcing several forcing cards in a deck, way to force one of the cards, cards with angram words
1785 265
Henri Decremps Expériences nouvelles, & divers Tours d'équilibre. balancing different objects apparently impossible equilibrium
1785 268
Henri Decremps Forcing from a forcing deck, no specific method
1785 299
Ruban coupé et reconstitué 1 Ribbon is cut into twenty pieces and restored using a small box
1786 24
Cartomancie Fortune telling / cold reading with cards
1786 28
Divination d'un montant d'argent Divination of an amount of money contained in the purse of a spectator
1786 29
La figurine dans la main Figurine put in the spectator's hand begins to move
1786 33
Voyage d'une carte Card in a box travel to another card in another box
1786 37
Divination du montant d'argent expliqué Divination of an amount of money contained in the purse of a spectator from p. 29 explained
1786 78
La figurine dans la main expliqué Figurine put in the spectator's hand begins to move, from p. 33 explained
1786 81
Voyage d'une carte expliqué Card in a box travel to another card in another box explained, box with flap
1786 86
Les faux mélanges Four "false shuffle" will be explained, starting with one by spreading from hand to hand in bunches à la Charlier shuffle to control just a single card
1786 101
2ème faux melange packets pushed together (over each other) in the hands
Also published here 1786 102
3ème faux mélange False shuffle which is more like a five-packet false cut using the table
1786 103
4ème faux mélange False shuffle which is more like a four-packet false cut using the table
1786 104
Filer la carte Bottom change
1786 105
Glisser la carte The glide
1786 107
Poser la carte two palm replacements
  • in the hands
  • as deck is picked up from table, with open fingers
1786 110
Faire tirer une carte et la retrouver sur un paquet chosen card found on top of designated packet, four packets, palmed card replaced
1786 120
Prévoir la pensée d'un homme en mettant d'avance une carte choisie au hasard, au rang et au numéro que cet homme doit choisir un instant après chosen card at any number in the deck, faced deck and deck flop
1786 124
Deck Turnover crude by closing fingers
1786 125
Faire tirer des cartes par différentes personnes; les bien mêler ensemble par différents mélanges; montrer ensuite qu'elles ne sont ni dessus ni dessous, et les tirer du jeu d'un coup de main four selected cards are found after the deck has been shuffled with four air-pressure turnover revelations, nine classic passes are involved
1786 127
Faire tirer une carte, la mêler avec les autres... La faire rester seule dans la main gauche en faisant tomber les autres par terre chosen card remains in one hand after the rest of deck has been hit by the other hand
1786 132
Faire trouver les quatre rois dans le milieu, après les avoir fait posé séparément. Kings put on top and bottom join the middle
1786 135
Prouver combien il est imprudent de jouer de l'argent demonstration of cheating to give yourself the four Kings
1786 139
Faire une pareil demonstration au Brelan; en se donnant brelan de rois demonstration of cheating in another game to give yourself three-of-a-kind
1786 141
Deviner la carte pensée card thought from fan
1786 144
Psychological force exposing a card a bit more in a fan when showing it to the spectator and asking him to think one
1786 145
Deviner d'avance celle de quatre cartes qu'une personne prendra librement spectator names a card that has been touched by another spectator from a group of four cards, performer whispers card to him previously
Variations 1786 149
Magician's Choice one of four
1786 150
faire tirer des cartes par quatre spectateur; les nommer ensuite sans les avoir vues, et faire qu'une de ces cartes se metamorphose successivement en chacune des autres four chosen cards are guessed by the magician, then one of these cards will be transformed successively into each of them (miscalling)
1786 156
Faire changer un roi de coeur en as de pique, et un as de pique en roi de coeur two cards are transposed under two hats, two double facers
1786 170
Moyen sur de gagner un pari aux cartes, en faisant sortir avec la pointe d'un couteau, une carte que les spectateurs croient être sous le jeu finding a card with the tip of a knife, sucker element, spectators think the card is on the bottom
1786 172
Faire qu'une carte choisie par un premier spectateur, et mêlée dans le jeu par un second, se trouve la première qu'un troisième spectateur choisira librement; la métamorphoser en une autre carte au gré d'un quatrième, & la faire reparaître un instant card turns several times into the cards that other select or name
1786 175
Faire croire qu'on fait avec une adresse merveilleuse une opération qu'on fait sans adresse having made a classic pass before, pretend to make a fair cut, to then pretend to make an invisible pass from any movements, faking the pass
1786 180
Henri Decremps Avis intéressant monte type game using four cards and the glide
1786 185
Le verre qui tient tout seul sous la main The glass that stands alone under the hand
1786 199
Deux moyens de manger un couteau Two ways to eat a knife
1786 207
Mangeur de pierre Stone eater
1786 213
Défaire un double noeud d'un mouchoir sans le toucher Undoing a double knot of a handkerchief without touching it
1786 218
Faire passer un écu à travers d'une table Pass a coin through a table
1786 221
Deviner combien de clefs une personne a dans sa poche Guess how many keys a person has in his pocket
1786 241
Disparition d'une petite figure de bois Disappearance of a small wooden figure
1786 246
Moyen de se donner de grands coups de tête contre une cloison sans se faire de mal A way to kick your head against a wall without hurting yourself
1786 260
Imiter le Chant du Rossignol Imitate the Nightingale's Song
1786 264
Allumer une étoupe avec le bout du doigt Light a tow with the tip of your finger
1786 269
Henri Decremps Démonstration de mémoire avec un livre de 100 pages de chiffres Memory demonstration with a 100-page book of numbers
1786 319
Professor Hoffmann The Magician's Table
1876 5
Professor Hoffmann The Magician's Dress
  • Profondes
  • Pochettes
  • "Loading" Pockets
1876 8
To Make the Pass - First Method very backbone of card-conjuring, the
1876 12
Professor Hoffmann Managing the Pass misdirection and gaze
1876 14
To Make the Pass - Fourth Method one-handed version of Third Method
Related toAlso published here 1876 18
To Make the Pass - Fifth Method flourishy
Also published here 1876 18
To Make the Pass - Sixth Method
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1876 19
Forcing Pack one way or three way
1876 23
To make a "False Shuffle" - Fourth Method fans pushed into each other and stripped out again (Zarrowesque concept)
Also published here 1876 25
Palm Glimpse glimpsing palmed card
1876 27
To "Change" a Card - First Method bottom change
1876 28
To "Change" a Card - Second Method bold, bottom card shown, top side-jogged card quickly removed instead
1876 29
To "Change" a Card - Third Method top change
1876 30
To "Change" a Card - Fourth Method "With one hand only."
1876 31
Prof. Robert Hellis To "Change" a Card - Fifth Method "To change a card without the aid of the Pack"
in context of effect in which wrong card changes into selection
1876 32
Prof. Robert Hellis To "Change" a Card - Sixth Method To change severals cards at once.
1876 33
To Get Sight of a Drawn Card
  • First Method (center)
  • Second Method (bottom)
1876 34
To Draw Back a Card Glisser la carte
1876 36
To Spring the Cards from one Hand to the Other
1876 37
The Bridge
1876 39
Simple Modes of Discovering a given Card - First Method top cards openly pushed back one by one until spectator stops, bottom card force card
1876 42
Second Method 21 card trick, also with general number
Variations 1876 43
Various Modes of Disclosing a Discovered Card - First Method deck hit out of spectator's hand
1876 44
Second Method single card friction toss
1876 45
To place the Four Kings in different parts of the Pack, and to bring them together by a Simple Cut
1876 47
The Four Kings being placed under the Hand of one Person, and the Four Sevens under the Hand of Another, to make them Change Places at Command
1876 48
Eights as Sevens
1876 49
Four Packets of Cards having been Formed face downwards on the Table, to discover the Total Value of the Undermost Cards
Related to 1876 49
To Name all the Cards in the Pack in Succession full stack, Eight Kings explained
1876 50
The Cards being Cut, to tell whether the Number Cut is Odd or Even
1876 51
To allow a Person to think of a Card, and to make that Card appear at such Number in the Pack as Another Person shall Name card and its position remembered, bluff counting started with that number, with variation
Related to 1876 52
The Cards Revealed by the Looking-Glass joke
1876 53
To Guess Four Cards thought of by Different Persons
Related toVariations 1876 53
The Magic Triplets variation with twenty-four cards and triplets instead of twenty and pairs
1876 55
Another Mode of Discovering a Card Thought of twenty-five cards, different dealing pattern
1876 55
To Guess, by the aid of a Passage of Poetry or Prose, such one of Sixteen Cards as, in the Performer's Absence, has been Touched or Selected by the Company verbal code
1876 56
To Detect, without Confederacy, which of Four Cards has been Turned Round in your Absence one-way margins
1876 57
To Arrange Twelve Cards is Rows, in such a manner that they will Count Four in every Direction puzzle
1876 58
The Congress of Court Cards with the twelve court cards
Related to 1876 59
The Long Card
1876 60
Biseauté or Tapering Cards
1876 60
A Card having been Chosen and Returned, and the Pack shuffled, to Produce the Chosen Card instantly in various ways long card or stripper deck, see following tricks
1876 62
To Pick out the Card,the Pack being placed in a Person's Pocket stripper or with palm
1876 62
To Cut at the Chosen Card stripper, long card, or ungaffed after spectator shuffle (palm)
1876 62
To Let all the Cards fall, save the One Chosen long card or stripper deck
1876 62
To Fling the Pack in the Air, and Catch the Chosen Card
1876 63
To Change a Card drawn haphazard to the Chosen Card long card or stripper
1876 63
To Divide the Pack into several Packets on the Table, allowing the Company to stop you at any Moment, and to cause the Top Card of the Heap last made to Change into the Chosen Card wide card as key card
1876 65
Shuffling Deck with Key Card
1876 65
Dribble Force Precursor using wide card
1876 65
To teach the Company a Trick which they Learn without Difficulty, then to allow them to Succeed or to cause them to Fail at your Pleasure deck dealt in four piles and suits separated, taught to audience and they fail or succeed
Related to 1876 66
To Distinguish the Court Cards by Touch preparing by "bending" edges slightly upwards with knife
1876 69
To name any Number of Cards in succession without Seeing them cards named one by one with deck behind backs, two methods
1876 70
To make Four Cards change from Eights to Twos, from Black to Red, etc. divided cards
1876 71
Turning Cards End for End small packet
1876 73
A Card having been Drawn and Returned, and the Pack shuffled, to make it Appear at such Number as the Company Choose two methods (Glide and Re-Deal)
1876 73
Several Persons having each Drawn and Returned a Card, to make each Card appear at such Number in the Pack as the Drawer chooses
1876 75
The Inseparable Sevens Eights as Sevens, robbers
1876 77
Holding Two Breaks
1876 80
Having placed the Four Aces in different positions in the Pack, to make the two Black change places with the two Red ones, and finally to bring all Four together in the middle of the Pack
1876 80
A Card having been thought of, to make such Card Vanish from the Pack, and be Discovered wherever the Performer pleases twenty-seven cards, card palmed out and multiple endings suggested (pocket, transformation, on chair, ...)
1876 83
To cause a Number of Cards to Multiply invisibly in a Person's keeping cut-off packet weighed, then it multiplies
1876 84
Cutting Force spectator cuts to a break while performer holds deck
1876 84
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Pack being divided into Two Portions, placed in the keeping of two different Persons, to make Three Cards Pass invisible from the One to the Other beginning with sealed deck
1876 86
To allow several Persons each to draw a Card, and the Pack having been Shuffled, to make another Card drawn haphazard Change successively into each of those first chosen
Related to 1876 87
To make Four Aces change to Four Kings, and Four Kings to Four Aces four double facers, using hat
1876 90
Professor Hoffmann Making Double Facers
1876 90
Having made Four Packets of Cards with an Ace at the bottom of each, to bring all Four Aces into whichever Packet the Company may choose faced deck and alternative method
Related to 1876 91
Conus To Change the Four Aces, held tightly by a Person into Four Indifferent Cards Conus Aces
1876 93
The Shower of Aces deck changes into all Aces
1876 97
Several Persons having each drawn Two Cards, which have been Returned and Shuffled, to make each Couple Appear in Succession, one at the top and the other at the bottom of the Pack "The Ladies' Looking-glass", favorite of Comte
1876 99
To make Two Cards, each firmly held by a different Person, change places duplicate
1876 101
To Change Four Cards, drawn haphazard, and placed on the table, into Cards of the same Value as a Single Card subsequently chosen by one of the Spectators optional forcing pack
1876 102
Two Heaps of Cards, unequal in Number, being placed upon the Table, to predict beforehand which of the two the Company will choose ambiguous prediction, two handlings (number of cards or values in pile & odd/even pile with palming)
1876 103
A Row of Cards being placed Face Downards on the Table, to indicate, by turning up one of them, how many of such Cards have during your absence been transferred from one end of the Row to the other
Variations 1876 104
Several Cards having been freely chosen by the Company, Returned and Shuffled, and the Pack placed in a Person's Pocket, to make such Person draw out one by one the chosen Cards spectator extracts (top) card from his pocket, favorite of Herrmann
1876 106
The Cards having been freely shuffled, and cut into three or four heaps, to name the top card of each heap
1876 108
To allow a Person secretly to think of a Card, and dividing the Pack into three heaps, to cause the Card thought of to appear in whichever heap the Company may choose
1876 108
Single Card Cull
1876 109
To allow a Person secretly to think of a Card, and, even before such Card is named, to select it from the Pack, and place it singly upon the Table one in fifty-two, or switch
1876 110
Table Edge Drag Switch into servante (lap)
1876 110
A Card having been Secretly Thought of by one of the Audience, to place two Indifferent Cards upon the table, and to Change such one of them as the Audience may select into the Card thought of using psychological force
1876 111
Psychological Force picture card amongst number cards
1876 112
A Card having been Drawn and Returned, and the Pack shuffled, to divide the Pack into several Heaps on the Table, and to cause the Drawn Card to appear in such heap as the Company may choose
1876 114
To change a drawn Card into the Portraits of several of the Company succession
1876 115
A Card having been drawn and returned, and the Pack shuffled, to place on the Table six Rows of six Cards each, and to discover the chosen Card by a throw of the Dice
1876 116
A Card having been withdrawn and replaced, to call it from the Pack, and to make it come to you of its own accord thread, tabled rising card from spread
1876 117
Professor Hoffmann Mode of Preparing specially adhesive Wax for Conjuring Purposes
1876 118
The Whist Trick. Improved Method. "To deal yourself all the Trumps, the three other Players holding the usual mixed Hands"
1876 119
The Magic Sword "A Card being drawn and replaced, and the Pack flung in the Air, to catch the chosen Card on the point of the Sword"
Related to 1876 121
Three Cards Repeating Forcing Pack
1876 125
The Rising Cards (La Houlette) "Several Cards having been drawn, returned, and Shuffled, to make them rise spontaneously from the Pack"
some variations in apparatus explained
1876 125
Ungimmicked Rising Cards
1876 129
The Jumping Cards "Two or three Cards having been drawn, returned, and shuffled, to make them jump out of the Pack"
using prop box
1876 130
To make a Card stand upright by itself on the Table tin slip
1876 132
Changing Card-boxes, and Tricks performed with them
1876 134
Two Card Transposition using two mechanical card boxes
1876 136
Card Box Force using prop for switch
1876 136
The Card Tripod switching device
1876 139
Mechanical Changing Cards three different ones
1876 142
Visible Change of Rising Card mechanical card
1876 143
Classic Palming of Coins
1876 146
Pass 1 right hand classic palm, fake transfer to left (described with coin but for all small objects)
1876 147
Friedrich Wilhelm Frikell Pass 2 featuring thumb grip
1876 149
Pass 5 (La Pincette) French Drop from natural grip
1876 151
Pass 7 (La Coulée) for large coin, featuring front palm clip
1876 152
Mentioning Palm Positions brief, "coin by its edges between two of the fingers, or between the thumb and the side of the hand" & finger palm
1876 153
Professor Hoffmann Managing the False Transfer gaze and angles
1876 154
Changes Change 1 - Change 5
1876 157
A Florin being spun upon the Table, to tell blindfold whether it falls head or tail upwards coin gaffed
1876 159
To change a Florin into a Penny, back again, and then to pass the same invisibly into the pocket of the owner first transformation in hand of spectator, coin marked
1876 161
To make a marked Florin and Penny, wrapped in separate Handkerchiefs, change places at command including variation with spectator's and performer's hands instead of handkerchiefs
1876 163
To make two marked Coins, wrapped in separated Handkerchiefs, come together in one of them (expansion of texture configuration)
1876 164
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin Wrapping Coin in Handkerchief fake wrapping, two methods
Related toAlso published here 1876 166
To Pull Four Florins or Half-crowns through a Handkerchief with assistance of spectator, presented as vanish and reappearance from spectator's clothes
1876 168
Producing Clink with Wand when tapping on clothing, two methods (gimmicked wand and ungaffed)
1876 170
To pass a Marked Florin (or Half-crown) into the Centre of two Oranges in Succession
Variations 1876 170
Right-Left Equivoque
1876 171
The Flying Money To make a Coin pass invisibly from the one hand to the other, and finally through the Table, using penny stuck with wax under the table
1876 172
To make a Marked Sixpence vanish from a Handkerchief, and be found in the Centre of an Apple or Orange previously examined coin stuck to knife
1876 178
The Travelling Counters twelve coins, travel around, at one point they are stuck together to a solid block
1876 180
The Wandering Sixpence coin traveling from underneath one card to another, two sticky coins
1876 181
Inertia Sleeving
Related to 1876 183
The Magic Cover and Vanishing Halfpence hollow coin stack
1876 184
The Animated Coin, which answers Questions, etc. coin jumps around in glass, threaded coin or gimmicked glass, as question-answering coin
1876 185
Dice Box dice glued in box in secret compartment as force
1876 187
The Vanishing Halfpenny Box "To make a Halfpenny vanish from the Box and again return to it", little round box, coin with inside of box on one side
1876 187
The Rattle Box "To make a Coin vanish from the Box, through still heard to rattle within"
1876 189
The Pepper-box for vanishing money
1876 190
The Brass Money-box for vanishing a coin
1876 191
The Brass Box for Money, known as the "Plug-box" to vanish, reproduce or exchange coins
1876 192
The Handkerchief for Vanishing Money coin sewn in corner
1876 194
The Davenport Cabinet things put inside vanish
1876 195
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 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
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
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 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
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 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
2. To Reproduce the Palmed Ball at the End of the Fingers
1876 274
4. To Simulate the Action of Placing a Ball under a Cup
1876 276
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 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
The Magic Reticules production boxes that fold up
1876 309
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 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 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 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
The Magic Vase and Caddy (To make peas change places with a handkerchief.)
1876 351
The Changing Cover object is switched underneath metal cover
1876 356
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 Bowl of Ink changed to clear Water, with Gold Fish Swimming in it
1876 372
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 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 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 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 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 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
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
C. H. Wilson The Long Pass No. 1, similar to Longitudinal Shift
Related to 1877 5
C. H. Wilson The Short Pass No. 2, similar to S. W. E. Shift
Related toVariations 1877 6
C. H. Wilson The Magic Pass No. 3, cover for No. 2
Inspired by 1877 6
C. H. Wilson The Rolling Pass No. 4, variation of No. 2
Inspired by 1877 6
C. H. Wilson The Grand Pass No. 5, classic pass type action
1877 6
C. H. Wilson The Invisible Pass No. 6, one half in each hand, the hands come together and apart again and the halves have been exchanged, classic pass false cut precursor
1877 7
C. H. Wilson The Vizard pass and Change No. 7, similar position to No. 2, as color change of bottom card
Inspired by 1877 7
C. H. Wilson The Single Short Pass No. 3
1877 9
C. H. Wilson The Elbow Pass No. 1, against the right elbow
1877 11
C. H. Wilson The Side Pass No. 2, against the body
1877 11
C. H. Wilson The Slip No. 5, two halves placed together, right-hand half secretly slid under left-hand half instead of on top
1877 12
C. H. Wilson The Bonanza Trick No. 1, shuffled deck arranged in groups of four, all groups turn out to be fours-of-a-kinds
1877 13
C. H. Wilson The Tell-Tale Trick No. 2, spectator removes cards according to the birth date, performer then divines the birth date
1877 16
C. H. Wilson The Charm Trick No. 3, four cards are freely chosen and fairly shuffled back, they show up at small named numbers (or numbers thrown with dice), alternatively four indifferent cards are placed in front of the spectators that change into selections
1877 18
C. H. Wilson The Blindfolded Reading Trick No. 5, blindfolded performer names position of named cards
1877 19
C. H. Wilson Red-Black Divination performer separates red and black cards, pin-punched or punch with finger nail
1877 19
C. H. Wilson The Seven-up Trick No. 6, gambling demonstration, deal with set-up deck
1877 20
C. H. Wilson The Miller's Guess Trick No. 1, two different formulas (Mutus... and Lofot...)
1877 20
C. H. Wilson The Thirty-one Game Trick No. 2
1877 22
C. H. Wilson Slip-Jack No. 1, bar bet in which two separated Aces must be brought together
1877 24
C. H. Wilson The Top and Bottom Dice Game No. 3, using a mis-spotted die in a dice game in a "adding up to seven" game
1877 25
C. H. Wilson The Strap Game No. 4, rolled up leather strap
1877 25
C. H. Wilson The Padlock Game No. 6, sucker is taught how to open a gaffed lock, later in a bet he cannot do it
1877 26
C. H. Wilson The Dummy-Bags No. 7, small pouch with salt for tooth-ache, helper exchanges it with sawdust unbeknownst to operator, then it is bet that salt is still in it, which it is because of a switch
1877 26
C. H. Wilson A Few Curious Facts in Figures number oddities
1877 31
Professor Hoffmann To Make the Pass "the very backbone of card conjuring"
1889 4
Single-handed Pass, No. 1
Related toAlso published here 1889 6
Charlier Single-handed Pass, No. 2
1889 7
Single-handed Pass, No. 3 as color change
Also published here 1889 9
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
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin To Palm the Bottom Card of the Pack
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
False Shuffles - Sixth Method fans pushed into each other and stripped out again (Zarrowesque concept)
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 Click with deck or single card
1889 32
To Spring the Cards from Hand to Hand
1889 33