This search includes results that are not relevant to tricks or sleights (e.g. columns, reviews, articles, ...). Click here to hide these results.
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die Vier Könige card thought of, then a spectator extracts it from pocket, three matching cards found, then assembly, four double facers
Related toAlso published here 1910 69
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Psychological Fan Force only picture card in group
Also published here 1910 69
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der forcierte Gedanke performer tables card, spectator thinks card from another deck, it disappears and the prediction card on table is correct
Also published here 1910 78
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der forcierte Gedanke (Zweite Ausführung) card removed by performer and wrapped in handkerchief, card thought of from second deck vanishes and travels to pocket, wrapped card is also thought-of card
Also published here 1910 82
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Denken und Vergessen (Erste Ausführung)
Also published here 1910 86
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Denken und Vergessen (Zweite Ausführung)
Also published here 1910 93
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Denken und Vergessen (Dritte Ausführung) using mis-spotted card
Also published here 1910 98
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Allvermögen der Damen four cards chosen, they're the Queens, they transpose with four indifferent cards, Queens change one by one and back to Queens
Also published here 1910 105
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Täusche deinen Nächsten wie dich selbst! four cards chosen, four Queens on table, they transpose one by one, then back
Also published here 1910 118
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Coeur-Mariage (Erste Ausführung) two cards in center come to top and bottom, then three cards transpose around with guessing game presentation
VariationsAlso published here 1910 125
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Coeur-Mariage, das liebende Paar (Zweite Ausführung) "The Married Hearts - The Loving Couple", shortened version
1910 134
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die Herz-Dame four Kings each change into Queen of Hearts and back, then four cards are counted to via named numbers, they're the Queens
Also published here 1910 142
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Unit Block Control Second Deal block backjogged
1910 146
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Das wunderbare Kartenspiel entire deck changes into duplicates of three selections one after the other
Also published here 1910 148
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Überall und Nirgends (Zweite Ausführung) expanded routine
Also published here 1910 153
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Überall und Nirgends (Dritte Ausführung) an additional nine cards change into selection
Also published here 1910 161
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Gleiche Gedanken (Zweite Ausführung) two selections shuffled back, performer locates first card from another deck in his pocket, it changes into second selection which is given away
Also published here 1910 178
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Das unlösbare Impromptu ring to inside playing card which was torn and restored before
Also published here 1910 181
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der verschwundene König card vanishes in deck, then rises (= is pulled from) from behind another single card
Also published here 1910 186
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der fliegende Gedanke selection flies out of deck, spring mechanism
Also published here 1910 194
Ottokar Fischer Anhang Karten-Dressur
on Hofzinser's flourishing routine
1910 215
Ottokar Fischer Karten Experimente only description of routines, card problems
  • Die Farbenwahl
  • Die verwandelten Asse
  • Die Zigarettentasche
  • Der geheimnisvolle Pique-König
  • Die fünf verwandelten Karten
  • Carte blanche
  • Der magische Fingerring
  • Die sonderbare Übereinstimmung
  • Karte und Banknote
  • Karte und Taschentuch
  • Karte und Uhr
  • Die magische Separation
  • Das Blumenrätsel
  • Das Kartenwerfen
  • Rübenzahl
  • Die Visitkarte
  • Das Spiel der Landsknechte
  • Die mysteriöse Karte
Related toVariations 1910 216
Frederick E. Jones Mind Reading, Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading on muscle reading
1911 3
Frederick E. Jones First Test in Mind Reading finding a hidden knife
1911 7
Blindfold seeing with a blindfold
1911 8
Frederick E. Jones Tips on Finding the Knife tips on muscle reading
1911 8
Frederick E. Jones Second Test in Mind-Reading word in dictionary is selected and the book and a pin are hidden, performer finds objects and word, blindfolded
1911 12
Frederick E. Jones Street Drive driving blindfolded through the city and finding hidden object
1911 15
Frederick E. Jones Writing of any Combination of Figures guessing numbers, while writing them again on a blackboard, held by the spectator
1911 18
Frederick E. Jones Writing the Date of a Coin guessing number on a coin, while writing it together with spectator, muscle reading and probability
1911 19
Frederick E. Jones Sealed Billet Reading
1911 20
Frederick E. Jones First Test in Reading Sealed Billets envelope is found by muscle reading, then content is revealed, electric torch
1911 20
Frederick E. Jones Second Test in Sealed Billet Reading envelope is found by muscle reading, then question is answered
1911 21
Making Envelope Transparent alcohol, method with box and sponge in pocket
Related to 1911 22
Frederick E. Jones Third Test in Sealed Billet Reading question is folded and put in an envelope, which is sealed with wax and sewn, performer finds the hidden envelope and reveals the question
1911 24
Anna Eva Fay The Anna Fay Method apparently Fey's method of billet reading, spectator keep the billet, medium is under a sheet or blindfolded, impression device in tablets and electronic transmitter (like a phone), with assistant
1911 25
Frederick E. Jones Instructions for Preparing the Waxed Impression Sheet for Billet Test No. 3 building an impression device
1911 27
Frederick E. Jones Instructions for Performing Test No. 3 impression on a table, wax, with assistant
1911 28
The Vanishing Rice rice vanishes between hands, flesh-colored bag
Also published here 1911 566
C. O. Williams To Discover and Pocket (Before Asking Any Question) the Card Thought of by a Spectator spectator remembers card and its position, performer removes it and puts it in his pocket
Also published here 1911 573
A Silk Handkerchief Changed into a Flag bare handed
Also published here 1911 576
Mr. Gilbert, Professor Hoffmann The Changing Handkerchief Boxes two handkerchief of different color in two cardboard boxes transpose
Also published here 1911 578
Adolphe "Magicus" Blind The Demon Digits three cards with numbers arrange themselves in requested order
Also published here 1911 581
Mr. Gilbert The Acrobatic Cards two card in easels transpose
Also published here 1911 583
Outwitting the Conjurer two selection put in two envelopes, apparently wrong cards are put in because spectator switches card behind performer's back, sucker
Also published here 1911 595
The Great Book Mystery spectator choses page and word, some calculations are done with page number and word position, then performer finds word
Also published here 1911 598
J. Holt Schooling Number & Word Divination after some calculation
1911 600
Professor Hoffmann The Crystal Balls (Improved Method) clear glass balls produced and then "molded" into single ball which then changes color, detailed routine
Related toAlso published here 1911 602
Professor Hoffmann Chapter XIV - Recollections of Hartz the Wizard biographical information on Hartz
1911 614
Joseph Michael Hartz A Devil of a Hat hat borrowed, production of handkerchiefs, goblets, a wig, cigar boxes, cage, ..., twenty-two minute act
Also published here 1911 625
Joseph Michael Hartz Rising Skull out of hat
1911 640
Joseph Michael Hartz The Improved Money Column coin climbs up on pillar prop, Davenport Cabinet
Inspired byAlso published here 1911 655
Joseph Michael Hartz The Multiplication of Money coins counted and amount changes, plate, coin holder
Also published here 1911 659
Joseph Michael Hartz The Inverted Glass of Water
Also published here 1911 666
Joseph Michael Hartz The Multiplying Billiard Ball with shell
VariationsAlso published here 1911 669
C. O. Williams Multiplying Billiard Ball Variation
Inspired byAlso published here 1911 672
Joseph Michael Hartz The Dematerialised Glass of Water full glass of water vanishes under handkerchief, performed with spectator on stage, with handling variations
Also published here 1911 672
Professor Hoffmann Glass Vanish Variation
Also published here 1911 682
Joseph Michael Hartz The Wine and Water Trick wine and water mixed, they separate again
Related toAlso published here 1911 695
Joseph Michael Hartz The Witches' Kettle and Magic Punch Bowl
  • hanging kettle filled with water, changes into ducks or similar
  • punch appears in empty bowl
Also published here 1911 700
Joseph Michael Hartz The Automatic Rising Cards mechanical deck with wheels
Also published here 1911 703
Carl Willmann Rising Cards mechanical deck
Related to 1911 709
Joseph Michael Hartz The Portfolio Trick production from portfolio
Related toAlso published here 1911 712
Joseph Michael Hartz The Second-Sight Trick
Also published here 1911 715
Joseph Michael Hartz, Alexander Herrmann, Professor Hoffmann The Pocket-Picking Trick producing chosen cards from shuffled deck in pocket, three handlings
Also published here 1911 719
Joseph Michael Hartz The Aërial Walking-Cane clings to fingers
Also published here 1911 725
Joseph Michael Hartz The Egg and Rings Trick egg produced from borrowed hat, three finger rings put into beaten egg, poured into hat, then flowers with rings on ribbons removed from hat along with bird cage
Also published here 1911 733
The Vanishing Rice rice vanishes between hands, flesh-colored bag
Also published here 1911 11
C. O. Williams To Discover and Pocket (Before Asking Any Question) the Card Thought of by a Spectator spectator remembers card and its position, performer removes it and puts it in his pocket
VariationsAlso published here 1911 19
A Silk Handkerchief Changed into a Flag
Also published here 1911 23
Mr. Gilbert, Professor Hoffmann The Changing Handkerchief Boxes two handkerchief of different color in two cardboard boxes transpose
Also published here 1911 25
Adolphe "Magicus" Blind The Demon Digits three cards with numbers arrange themselves in requested order
Also published here 1911 29
Mr. Gilbert The Acrobatic Cards two card in easels transpose
Also published here 1911 32
Outwitting the Conjurer two selection put in two envelopes, apparently wrong cards are put in because spectator switches card behind performer's back, sucker
Also published here 1911 47
The Great Book Mystery spectator choses page and word, some calculations are done with page number and word position, then performer finds word
Also published here 1911 51
J. Holt Schooling Number & Word Divination after some calculation
1911 53
Professor Hoffmann The Crystal Balls (Improved Method) clear glass balls produced and then "molded" into single ball which then changes color, detailed routine
Also published here 1911 55
Professor Hoffmann Recollections of Hartz biographical information on Hartz
1911 67
Joseph Michael Hartz A Devil of a Hat hat borrowed, production of handkerchiefs, goblets, a wig, cigar boxes, cage, ..., twenty-two minute act
Also published here 1911 79
Joseph Michael Hartz Rising Skull out of hat
1911 95
Joseph Michael Hartz The Multiplication of Money coins counted and amount changes, plate, coin holder
Also published here 1911 115
Joseph Michael Hartz The Inverted Glass of Water
Also published here 1911 123
Joseph Michael Hartz The Multiplying Billiard Ball with shell
Also published here 1911 127
C. O. Williams Multiplying Billiard Ball Variation
Also published here 1911 129
Joseph Michael Hartz The Dematerialised Glass of Water full glass of water vanishes under handkerchief, performed with spectator on stage, with handling variations
Also published here 1911 131
Professor Hoffmann Glass Vanish Variation
Also published here 1911 140
Joseph Michael Hartz The Wine and Water Trick wine and water mixed, they separate again
Also published here 1911 154
Joseph Michael Hartz The Witches' Kettle and Magic Punch Bowl
  • hanging kettle filled with water, changes into ducks or similar
  • punch appears in empty bowl
Also published here 1911 159
Joseph Michael Hartz The Automatic Rising Cards mechanical deck with wheels
Also published here 1911 163
Carl Willmann Rising Cards mechanical deck
1911 168
Joseph Michael Hartz The Second-Sight Trick
Also published here 1911 176
Joseph Michael Hartz, Alexander Herrmann, Professor Hoffmann The Pocket-Picking Trick producing chosen cards from shuffled deck in pocket, three handlings
Also published here 1911 181
Joseph Michael Hartz The Aërial Walking-Cane clings to fingers
Also published here 1911 188
Joseph Michael Hartz The Egg and Rings Trick egg produced from borrowed hat, three finger rings put into beaten egg, poured into hat, then flowers with rings on ribbons removed from hat along with bird cage
Also published here 1911 197
Joseph Michael Hartz Contrivances for "Passing Off" getting borrowed items behind stage
  • The Hartz Bottle
  • The Hartz Matchbox
Also published here 1911 202
Joseph Michael Hartz The Hartz "Hook," for Working Mechanical Pieces hook from ceiling with mechanical piece that can make bells ring, etc.
  • The Magic Bell (bell rings by itself)
  • The Crystal Cash-box (borrowed coins appear in glass box that hangs from ceiling)
  • The Bird-Cage (canary appears in suspended cage)
Also published here 1911 206
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, Joseph Michael Hartz The Mystic Glove and Rings four finger rings borrowed, placed in pistol, glove put over glass tube, pistol shot, glove blows up with ring on each finger
  • The Old Method
  • The Hartz Method
Also published here 1911 215
The Queens who left their Courts to dig for Diamonds classic hotel trick with Aces, Kings, Queens and Jacks dealt out
1911 94
To allow a Person to think of a Card, and to make that Card appear at any number in the Pack which the rest of the Company may decide upon card and its position from the face remembered, any number named, performer goes behind back, then count started from remembered position
1911 95
To tell the Card thought of by arranging the Cards in a Circle Ace through Ten in a circle, on through of and after some counting divined
1911 96
To Place the Four Kings in different parts of the Pack, and to bring them all together by a simple Cut Jacks secretly behind a King
1911 97
To bring Four Cards together after they have been placed in different parts of the Pack unclear whether the cards are secretly or openly stripped out
1911 98
The Cards sprung from Hand to Hand
1911 99
A Row of Cards being placed face downwards upon the Table, to indicate by turning up one of them how many cards have been transferred from one end to the other during your absence
1911 100
To change Three Cards placed in the Pocket of a Spectator into three others previously chosen
1911 101
To make Three Cards pass invisibly from one Packet to another three extra cards palmed at the beginning
1911 103
The Pocket-Picking Trick card located in spectator's pocket
1911 105
The Changing Card two cards chosen, a card changes to both cards
1911 106
Other Changing Cards
1911 107
The Transforming Sevens four cards change several times, gaffed cards taken out of deck at the start
1911 108
The Four Queens changed to Kings four double facers
1911 111
Making Double Facers splitting, brief
1911 111
To change a drawn Card into the Portraits of several of the company in succession picture cards change into portraits of spectators
1911 112
A Selected Card Caught on the Point of a Sword elastic cord
1911 113
A Chosen Card Found in a Cigar
1911 114
Stanley Collins The Wooden Slab and Flying Card Experiment Cards attached on a board with rubberbands, spectator peeks at a card and remembers the value, then he counts to that value in a fan and remembers the card. Card transposes from the deck with the peeked card on the board
1915 9
Stanley Collins Making Of False Index Cards
1915 12
Stanley Collins The Omega Ace Experiment ace assembly, one packet sealed in envelop, with a card stand for better visibility, duplicates
1915 25
Stanley Collins False Count removing four as three cards from the deck, milking extra card
1915 27
Glide False Count with extra card
1915 33
Stanley Collins Will! fifteen cards stick to the hand, all fall except three selections, gaffed card and ring
1915 36
Stanley Collins The Siamese Bloodstone deck in hat, which is balanced on edge of a plate, selected cards jump from hat
1915 41
Stanley Collins Thought Anticipated and Precipitated one of six cards vanishes and appears at impossible location
1915 58
Stanley Collins The Guessing Game spectator guesses correctly on of three cards he has in pocket, then it change places with one of the other two cards
Related to 1915 63
Stanley Collins The Spider pips of card vanish and appear on paper, pip eating spider
Related to 1915 67
Stanley Collins Billet Switch on clip, with a deck of cards, while removing cards
Related to 1915 69
Stanley Collins The "Knee" Plus Ultra Handkerchiefs a yellow handkerchief is tied on left leg and a green one on the right leg, then the yellow handkerchief penetrates the leg and the green one travels knotted on the other leg
1915 77
Stanley Collins A New Ropes and Rings Experiment similar to Grandmother's Necklace, with jacket, ropes and rings
Related to 1915 84
Albert Fellows Ginger and the Apple doll in miniature cannon ends up in hat, held by spectator
1915 90
Stanley Collins The Filtering Ink Experiment two tumblers inverted with glass plate, ink from a glass disappears and appears in bottom tumbler
1915 97
Charles T. Jordan Chapter I - Trailing the Dovetail Shuffle to its Lair "(with sidelights on one or two other shuffles)"
interlocking chain principle with up to three riffle shuffles
Variations 1919/1920 7
Charles T. Jordan Close Range Mind Reading No. 1, cards riffle shuffled once, low values removed, remaining thirty-two cards dealt into two piles, one card moved over and located, interlocking chains
1919/1920 11
Charles T. Jordan Long Distance Mind Reading No. 2, card trick performed via mail, deck riffle shuffled once and cut in two halves, one card moved from one half to the other and either half mailed back
VariationsAlso published here 1919/1920 12
Charles T. Jordan Allowing a Spectator to Shuffle general comments
1919/1920 16
Charles T. Jordan The Premo No. 3, card located after three riffle shuffles, interlocking chains, optional with marked deck or blindfolded
1919/1920 17
Charles T. Jordan A Novel Detection No. 4, spectator counts down cards and remembers the last one, halves riffle shuffled together, interlocking chains
1919/1920 22
Charles T. Jordan The Dealing Dovetail Detection No. 5, card is found after lots of real shuffling
1919/1920 25
Charles T. Jordan Back and Front Count Sorting
1919/1920 26
Divided Deck Riffle Shuffle deck dealt into two piles and those are shuffled together
1919/1920 26
Charles T. Jordan Red/Black Shuffle running single cards in the center
1919/1920 27
Charles T. Jordan The Rolling-off-a-Log Detection No. 6, card removed is found out, unusual presentation with card rolled to tube, one suit together
1919/1920 28
Charles T. Jordan The Full Hand No. 7, four spectators select four cards each, those sixteen cards are riffle shuffled by performer and dropped in hat, performer takes out the cards of each spectator without looking
1919/1920 30
Charles T. Jordan Perfect Riffle Shuffle without details, four shuffles for sixteen cards to recycle, "Mr. Downs, however, can handle a full pack of 52 cards with the degree of dexterity necessary to restore its original order."
1919/1920 32
Charles T. Jordan Chapter II - Tricks of an Impromptu Nature "(requiring little or no skill)"
chapter intro
1919/1920 35
James J. Moren Palmed-Card Glimpse
1919/1920 36
Charles T. Jordan The Simplicity Speller No. 9, card selected and cut into deck, long phrase with selection spelled, spelling to twenty-sixth card
Variations 1919/1920 37
Bridge half the deck by squeezing left hand
1919/1920 38
Charles T. Jordan The Bare-Faced Detection No. 13, card chosen by cutting, found with the faced towards the spectators at all times
Related to 1919/1920 45
Charles T. Jordan Telepathic Control No. 15, card chosen after some dealing is divined
1919/1920 48
Charles T. Jordan Multiple Card Glimpse during in-the-hands riffle shuffle
1919/1920 48
Charles T. Jordan Chapter III - Feats Requiring More or Less Manipulative Ability chapter intro
1919/1920 50
Charles T. Jordan The Single-Card Reverse No. 16
1919/1920 50
Charles T. Jordan The Alternate Reverse No. 18, every other card is openly reversed, they all right themselves again
Variations 1919/1920 54
Charles T. Jordan Two Halves Exchange
Related to 1919/1920 55
Charles T. Jordan The Pack that Cuts Itself No. 19, rubber banded deck cuts itself at selection, duplicate
Variations 1919/1920 56
Charles T. Jordan The Impossible Journey No. 20, selection comes to top in rubber banded deck, executing classic pass with rubber banded deck
Related toVariations 1919/1920 58
Charles T. Jordan Our Friends, the Aces No. 21, Conus-type gag phase, Aces vanish from three piles, but there are Jokers in fourth pile, they change back to Aces, duplicate Ace and four Jokers
1919/1920 59
Wedge Break
1919/1920 62
Charles T. Jordan Count Steal right hand counts cards from deck in left hand one by one, packet stolen at one point from bottom
Also published here 1919/1920 63
Charles T. Jordan Leave it to the Aces No. 22, Aces pushed in deck, named Ace lies next to selection, using Diagonal Palm Shift
Variations 1919/1920 64
Charles T. Jordan Chapter IV - Feats Requiring Previous Preparation chapter intro
1919/1920 67
James J. Moren The Message from Mars No. 24, deck reduced to thirty-two cards and dealt into two piles, top card of one of the piles chosen and predicted in pocket
1919/1920 67
Charles T. Jordan Coluria No. 25, thirty-two-deck of cards is cut and dealt into six piles, two remaining cards pocketed, colors of top cards code bottom cards and cards in pocket, done out-of-room
Variations 1919/1920 68
Charles T. Jordan Satan's Trance No. 26, four cards removed from thirty-two-card deck and put in envelope, lights out, when lights are back on the names of cards are written on envelope
Variations 1919/1920 70
Dr. Ford Rogers Rough-Smooth as Haptic Cue
1919/1920 71
Charles T. Jordan Change Your Mind? No. 27, one of two cards thought-of, replaced, found
1919/1920 72
Charles T. Jordan Spelling Any Card Called For No. 28, full deck stack
VariationsAlso published here 1919/1920 74
Charles T. Jordan The Card and Bag Mystery No. 30, Joker is put in envelope and pierced with thread inside a bag, it transposes with a selection, duplicate
1919/1920 77
Stanley Collins Ajax card selected with business card, travels from envelope to spectator's pocket and four other card transform into letter cards spelling AJAX, duplicates
Variations 1920 9
Stanley Collins Stabbing Force with business cards
Also published here 1920 13
Stanley Collins Bottom Change with Packet
1920 15
Stanley Collins Just a Kard Konundrum four cards transform into four jacks then into letter cards, spelling JACK
1920 21
Stanley Collins Multiple Card Switch by adding palmed cards on top
1920 23
Stanley Collins Reviewing a Revue shuffled deck is separated in four piles and each put in a box, spectator choses a suit for each box and the cards of the corresponding suit are found in them
1920 27
Stanley Collins The Lay of the Last Minstrel But One three cards under newspaper two are removed and card under newspaper changes into other card
Related to 1920 36
Stanley Collins The Tale of a Till coins on string become free under handkerchief
1920 42
Stanley Collins Bovine Bunkum rings on loop of string become free under handkerchief
1920 49
Stanley Collins Necromancy with Nic's Napkins different colored serviettes with rings are put in a hat and the rings are piled up, then a color is chosen, the serviette vanishes from the hat and appears in the pile of serviette rings
1920 59
Stanley Collins Bead Frame Color Force
Related to 1920 63
Stanley Collins A Stock of Sticky Sticks three different colored sticks / wands are wrapped in a corresponding colored paper, then the sticks change places, then all sticks are wrapped together and change into one tricolor stick
1920 70
Stanley Collins The Yellow Idol big die, spot moves then its placed in a box and travels to a crystal box and back, then a small figure / doll appears
1920 77
Albert Fellows, Stanley Collins Bottled Sunshine longer routine, tissue paper bursts into in fire, hole is burnt in a playing card with a reading-glass, three candles catch alight, third candle begins to melt
1920 90
Albert Fellows, Stanley Collins The Acrobatic Tie tie placed in a bag changes into a bow, then same again on table
1920 99
Albert Fellows, Stanley Collins The Well of Truth four selections are put in a small wishing well, then covered by handkerchief, the cards travel to the roof of the well
1920 107
Charles T. Jordan The Amazing Aces No. 1, four face-down cards put aside, Aces placed into four piles, they vanish are are the face-down cards
1920 2
Charles T. Jordan Partial Packet Switch with left third-finger wedge break, right hand with packet drops some cards on deck and other are placed on remaining card with left fingers from behind
1920 3
T. Nelson Downs The Downs' Hinge Shift actually apparently just a cut, also as slip cut with left thumb and with rubber banded deck
1920 8
Louis Haley The Straight-Jacket Reversed Card No. 3, selection pushed into rubber banded deck turns over
1920 8
Charles T. Jordan The Triple Escape No. 4, deck with selection is rubber banded cross-wise, cased, rubber banded again and sealed in envelope, yet selection is produced from elsewhere
1920 10
Charles T. Jordan Reverse English on the X-Ray No. 5, x-ray deck openly shown, card from another deck inserted, spectator looks through hole at index, card predicted, repeated
1920 12
Charles T. Jordan The Winged Cards No 8, two times ten cards in handkerchiefs, three cards travel across
1920 17
Charles T. Jordan Count Steal right hand counts cards from deck in left hand one by one, packet stolen at one point from bottom, also as undercount on p. 19
Also published here 1920 18
Charles T. Jordan, T. Nelson Downs The Spelling Fool! No. 9, spelling to suits and through values
1920 19
Charles T. Jordan The Suits Unscrambled No. 10, all four Royal Flushes are shuffled together, performer memorized them apparently and brings out named suit from behind back
1920 21
Charles T. Jordan Four-Way Sorting to back or front and up and down jogged
Related to 1920 22
Charles T. Jordan A New Ring Release No. 2, inside paper box
1920 5
Charles T. Jordan Another Date-Reading Trick No. 4, coins collected in head, date announced and coin instantly removed with that date, repeated, coin rubbed with soap
1920 10
Charles T. Jordan The "Full-View" Color-Changing Thimble No. 6, wax
1920 14
Charles T. Jordan The Letter-Mailing Mystery No. 7, stack of chips with numbers, set of envelopes, envelope and postage chosen with stack of chips are divined
1920 17
Charles T. Jordan A Clean Ball Production No. 8, empty glass put in paper tube, ball rolls out, wax
1920 19
Charles T. Jordan A Manipulative Opening No. 9, card, thimble and billiard ball are produced
1920 21
Charles T. Jordan The Book Mystery No. 10, page selected with knife stab, word counted to according to time on watch, word predicted, this book is a forcing book in which the fourteenth word on every page is "magician"
1920 22
Charles T. Jordan The Spirit Aces No. 1, four Sevens and four Aces in piles on table, two Sevens put on top of deck followed by two Aces, yet Aces are on table and all four Sevens on top of deck, two extra Aces and step gaff
Also published here 1920 3
Charles T. Jordan The Spook Card No. 2, card vanishes from small packet, five peek cards
Related to 1920 6
Dr. Ford Rogers Peek Deck Cards
1920 6
Charles T. Jordan The Demon Color Change No. 3, multiple consecutive changes, second and rear cards remain the same, using glued triple cards
Variations 1920 7
Charles T. Jordan Double Facer Color Change front card drops to fingers under cover of other hand to perpendicular position, turned over
1920 9
Charles T. Jordan A Unique Reverse No. 4, thought-of picture card reverses itself in the deck, using cards glued back-to-back at one end with one cut short
1920 10
Charles T. Jordan Divino No. 5, deck dealt into two piles, card at position in one half remembered, deck pocketed, number named, card at that position is selection
Related toVariations 1920 11
Charles T. Jordan Joker Monte No. 6, three cards shown in fan and turned over, spectator cannot find Joker
Related toAlso published here 1920 13
Charles T. Jordan Optical Monte Move Variation with three cards and a gaff
1920 14
Charles T. Jordan, William McGrew Speaking of Pink Elephants No. 8, named card changes back color, then the whole deck, card spelled to, card travels from one half to the other, red-blue peek deck cards
1920 16
Dr. Edward G. Ervin A Silk Production from Empty Hands No. 2, four silks, colors named and corresponding silks produced
1920 4
Charles T. Jordan The Vanishing Coin No. 4, coin dropped into glass under handkerchief cover vanishes, no glass disc
Related to 1920 8
Charles T. Jordan Paper Tearing Supreme No. 5
1920 10
Louis Haley, Charles T. Jordan New Coin Trick No. 6, "a la Hang Ping Chien"
six coins under handkerchief on table transpose with die underneath table, coins with wax surface
1920 12
Charles T. Jordan The Psychic Ring Release No. 7
Also published here 1920 14
Charles T. Jordan The Mystic Knife No. 10, penknife dropped in glass under handkerchief cover, vanishes, reproduced from pocket
1920 21
Charles T. Jordan Satan's Prophecy No.1, one of four named cards by performer is chosen and card travels from half to other half in box at named number, card is also predicted on paper
Related toVariations 1920 2
Leaving Card Behind
1920 3
Charles T. Jordan Loading a Card at a Position loading a cased card at certain position while putting cards back in case
1920 3
Charles T. Jordan The Spirit Mathematician No. 2, half deck in performer's pocket, card with same suit and cards who add up to same domination as selection are produced, binary (Ace, Two, Four, Eight)
Related toVariations 1920 5
Charles T. Jordan Co-Incidentally No. 3, two decks, duplicate is found by selecting four cards and number from rolled dice
Also published here 1920 7
Charles T. Jordan The Pinochle Ace Trick No. 4, eight Aces from Pinochle deck, packets are formed and eliminated by throwing dice, Aces travel to one packet
1920 10
Charles T. Jordan The Vanishing Card No. 5, one of six cards vanishes and appears in performer's pocket
1920 12
Charles T. Jordan Packet Switch using deck, on outstretched hand
1920 13
Charles T. Jordan The New Pack Detection No. 7, deck is split in two and two cards selected and exchanged, both cards are divined
Also published here 1920 15
Charles T. Jordan The Life Saver No. 8, single card location, from new deck order
Also published here 1920 17
Charles T. Jordan The Impromptu Arranged Pack No. 9, from New Pack Order to Si Stebbins, dealing
Related to 1920 20
Charles T. Jordan The Five Guesses No. 10, by asking five questions selection is found
1920 23
Al Baker Al Baker's Billet Reading Extraordinary one ahead
1920s
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue The Twenty-Five Dollar Manuscript)
463
Al Baker My Method of getting rid of flap while in audience see title
1920s
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue The Twenty-Five Dollar Manuscript)
466
Al Baker How to exchange a pack of cards a prearranged pack pocket
Related to 1920s
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue The Twenty-Five Dollar Manuscript)
467
Al Baker Living and Dead Test
Related to 1920s
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue The Twenty-Five Dollar Manuscript)
471
Al Baker Al Baker's Mind-Reading Card Trick locator cards, one-ahead, billets
1920s
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue The Twenty-Five Dollar Manuscript)
474
Al Baker Two Souls with but a single Thought coincidence & prediction, two cards
Related toAlso published here 1920s
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue The Twenty-Five Dollar Manuscript)
476
Charles T. Jordan The Master Stop Trick four cards are selected and placed back in the deck, spectator deals through the deck and performer stops him at the selections, except the last one which is found in the performer's pocket
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
7
Charles T. Jordan Placement Control cards returned to spread with known distance, brought together under key with dealing procedure
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
7
Center Spread Glimpse corner bent back as cards are fanned between hands, faces towards audience
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
9
Leaving Cards Behind
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
9
Charles T. Jordan The Vanishing Pair two selected cards are predicted and travel from one half to the other in card case, miscalling
Related toAlso published here 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
10
Charles T. Jordan The Assistance Card Trick follow up to last trick, card is selected and put in pocket, performer goes through the cards once and knows the missing one, clocking mod 13
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
11
Charles T. Jordan The Inseparable Aces Aces distributed in deck, when dealt they are all together, multiple glide
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
13
Charles T. Jordan On Routining performing tricks in which the previous trick sets up the next
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
13
Charles T. Jordan Separation while Looking Through Cards while taking out the Aces, one apparently forgotten
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
13
Multiple Glide with several cards, more added during dealing
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
13
Charles T. Jordan The Pair Detection spectator removes a pair from a packet, performer finds out which cards, card counting, Parallel Principle precursor
Related to 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
14
Charles T. Jordan The Nifty Key
VariationsAlso published here 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
15
Charles T. Jordan A Novel Force deck held high with faces towards audience in left hand, cards dealt until stopped, force card horizontally held by little finger
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
17
Charles T. Jordan Count Transfer as cards are counted into right hand with faces towards audience, one card is moved there behind the scenes
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
18
Charles T. Jordan Count the Cut spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many by taking cards with the corresponding values from pocket, Si Stebbins
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
21
Charles T. Jordan Recycling by Dealing dealing deck in seven piles, then six, then eight, then seven piles restores order
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
21
Charles T. Jordan Diabolical Transposition two thought cards across with two decks, stacked, siamesa
VariationsAlso published here 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
22
Charles T. Jordan The Take a Peek Card Trick four groups shuffled, card chosen and by looking at the section it came from it is divined
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
22
Charles T. Jordan The Impenetrable Stop Trick performer tells spectator to stop when before he deals selection
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
25
Charles T. Jordan The Unknown Leaper card at thought-of position transposes with unknown card or appears at same position in other packet
Variations 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
27
Charles T. Jordan Fan Display hiding cards between third and fourth card
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
29
Charles T. Jordan The Aces Again
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
30
Charles T. Jordan The Impromptu Card Reader some hands dealt and performer knows cards in one of them, riffle stacking from bottom
Related to 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
30
Charles T. Jordan Double Cut Handling in-the-hands with side jog
Variations 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
30
Charles T. Jordan, De Forrest The Diabolical Reversed Card (Improved) card reverses visibly à la tunnel effect
Variations 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
32
Charles T. Jordan Cremo! Card Restoration Extraordinary card forced via spelling procedure, duplicate in deck
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
33
Charles T. Jordan Fate and the Joker card selected by stabbing joker, card named, stacked deck
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
35
Charles T. Jordan Telepathic Foresight chosen ad from magazine predicted
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
37
Charles T. Jordan The Dollar and the Sucker dollar changes into chip in stiff paper
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
38
Charles T. Jordan The Acme Ring Release ring knotted on cord, released under handkerchief
Also published here 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
39
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Einleitung
1922 iii
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Vorwort
1922 v
Karl Schröder Geleit
1922 vii
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Diminutiv und Superlativ glove vanishes, second glove shrinks then it grows inside a bag and vanishes eventually
1922 1
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die Entstehung aus dem Nichts production tambourine, silks and flowers, silk vanishes and appears knotted between two other silks in a box
1922 5
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine vereitelte Vernichtung signed card to envelope in envelope in notebook, and card with torn corner in frame
1922 21
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die Schärpe der Kleopatra cut and restored ribbon
1922 26
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Magische Transformation und Analyse routine with three silks, silks vanish, appear and change colors, with paper tube and glass cylinder
1922 29
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Ein papierener Phönix bill travels from under handkerchief into a matchbox, then it is placed inside an envelope and burnt only to reappear inside second signed envelope
1922 38
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Wahlverwandtschaft der Flüssigkeiten ink and water in glasses change places, chemical solution
1922 43
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Aus alten Zeiten color changing plume in tube, then it changes into spring flowers in second tube
1922 47
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Der misslungene Eifersuchtsmord deck is balanced on single card, card placed in envelope and pierced with knife and then found restored
1922 51
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Mit dem Seherblick der Pythia number of rolled dice, domino, name of playing card and chosen color appear on empty signed slates
1922 55
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Fata-Morgana oder das Wasser-Phantom water vanishes from paper tube, then paper strip grows in size
1922 60
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Bunte Blätter multi-phase card routine, card stab, color change of cards, card through handkerchief and rising cards from wooden box
1922 65
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Schlusswort
1922 76
H. Syril Dusenbery The Program
1923 6
H. Syril Dusenbery Printing and Literature how to secure engagements
1923 9
H. Syril Dusenbery Getting a Mailing List
1923 17
Edward Bagshawe Introduction
1924 9
Edward Bagshawe The Circle of Coincidence five different-colored silks are put in envelopes and attached to a star stand, five color cards are shuffled and matched up with the silks, tray to switch cards
1924 11
Edward Bagshawe Cutting Thro' a Silk silk cut in paper tube and restored
1924 16
Edward Bagshawe The Educated Ribbon slate is covered and put on a stand, a ribbon moves up from under the cover by itself and is then shown to be in the configuration of a previously chosen design of a set of design cards
Variations 1924 19
Edward Bagshawe Vice Versa blue silk is put into red paper tube and then rolled up in some paper, when unwrapped the tube is blue and silk is read
1924 24
Edward Bagshawe The "Decepta" Three Card Trick with a hinged card, jumbo cards
Related to 1924 27
Edward Bagshawe Perambulating Pasteboards hat covered with handkerchief, cased deck put in container, it vanishes from there (black shell), cards removed from hat in string, case also in hat
1924 32
Edward Bagshawe A Necromatic Notes borrowed bill put in envelope, deck with chosen card fixed with two rubber bands, bill travels into deck next to selection
1924 36
Edward Bagshawe Sympathy black and red handkerchief put in envelope, selection made, image of card is shown cut out of silk with matching color, cut-out parts are stuck to inside of handkerchief in card configuration
1924 38
Edward Bagshawe A "Spirit Divination" Mystery name of card appears on empty paper
1924 42
Edward Bagshawe A Tissue Paper Mystery number cards, one chosen, LIAR is seen on tissue paper, when turned over and AR removed, it reads 17 which is the chosen number
1924 47
Edward Bagshawe Cigarette Sorcery silk flag vanishes, is found in cigarette case, cigarettes are now on a tray under a tissue paper
1924 50
Edward Bagshawe The "Simplex" Cervante servante attached to a tray, can be placed on any table
1924 56
Edward Bagshawe The "Rapid Transit" Tumbler glass on tray under handkerchief, collapses visually and reappears in hat, tray mechanism which simulates glass
1924 58
Edward Bagshawe A Dark Deception paper in envelope, tumbler of ink, ink vanishes gradually, word chosen from dictionary appears as white writing in ink blob on paper
1924 63
Edward Bagshawe "Lighting a Lighthouse" flashlight battery vanished from silk and reappears in flashlight which sits in a lighthouse model
1924 67
Stage Effects
1924 71
Edward Bagshawe A Wireless Wonder chosen quantity of silk travels from a "book of silks" to a box that was shown empty
1924 71
Edward Bagshawe The "Kum-Bak" Cigarette Mystery cigarette pack hangs on stage, chosen number of cigarette is removed, vanishes and found back in pack
1924 76
Edward Bagshawe A Deceptive "Floating" Ball "just an idea", thread hook up
1924 80
Edward Bagshawe "Thought Precipitation" stage version, slate is covered and put on a stand, a ribbon moves up from under the cover by itself and is then shown to be in the configuration of a previously chosen design of a set of design cards
Inspired by 1924 84
Stanley Collins The "T-Square" Colour Change card pushed into deck perpendicular, when removed and turned over, it has changed
1925 5
Stanley Collins The Comedy of Errors three wrong cards found and last one placed in pocket, the first two turn into selection and back, the pocketed card is then shown to be the selection
Related toVariations 1925 8
Stanley Collins Pretended Pocket Placement card placed in pocket and palmed out again
1925 10
Stanley Collins "Jumbo" Comedy of Errors three wrong cards found, the first two turn into selection and back, the third card is then shown to be the selection, with jumbo cards
Inspired by 1925 12
Jumbo Cards Injog Shuffle
1925 12
Stanley Collins All Fours performer finds three times the Four of Hearts, each time it is placed on the table, deck shown as all Fours, then normal again, indifferent card is placed in pocket and left protruding, tabled cards change into selections and pocketed card is Four of Hearts
1925 15
Stanley Collins All Alike Display deck shown as all duplicates, first glides, then second deals, then tip-over switch
Related to
  • "A Dozen of Magic" (A. C. P. Medrington, p. 6)
1925 17
Stanley Collins Tip-Over Switch
Related to 1925 18
Stanley Collins A.J.A.X. 2 performer and spectator each receive two cards in a mock game, performer wins, the four cards change to all Jacks, then to letter cards which spell AJAX
Inspired by 1925 20
Stanley Collins Red and Blue (A "Jumbo" Card Effect)
blue-backed black Aces and red-backed red Aces are removed, the backs transpose, using jumbo cards, temporary double backers
1925 24
Stanley Collins Given the Slip Transfer
Related to 1925 28
Stanley Collins A Card Comedy card chosen and lost, spectator names number, card counted to, spectator claims it's not his card but deck shown as one-way deck, gag with stooge
1925 30
Stanley Collins The Homing Aces four Aces through cloth one by one with one cardboard cover
Inspired by
  • "Sympathetic Aces" (Stanley Collins, with double facer)
1925 31
Stanley Collins The "Esscee" Cards and Cords deck with two wholes, one on either side, and two cords through the whole deck, deck opened and cord cut at that point, then it restores
1925 39
Stanley Collins Cards, Crayons and Cross-Words eight cards selected from a frame with all cards visible, their value is then spelled out in a cross-word puzzle layout
1925 43
Oswald Rae New Card an Board two selections appear pinned on board, with drawing pins and handkerchief
1926 1
Oswald Rae Pips and Paper paper signed and pinned on board, two selections turn blank and pips are found on paper
1926 5
Oswald Rae Mental Telepathy named card is found in small envelope, which is inside a big envelope
1926 11
Oswald Rae A One-Handed Card Trick card from top reversed at bottom, Charlier Cut grip, as location of selected card
1926 15
Oswald Rae, Oswald Williams The Giant Three Card Trick fake index palmed over corner of jumbo cards
1926 17
Oswald Rae, Oswald Williams A Transparent Affair card appears between two sheets of plastic, held together by two rubber bands and standing on easel, two methods, similar to Jack Hughes' Television Card Frame
1926 19
Oswald Rae The Impossible Possible using a Spirit Box, name of card written down on paper and locked in box, blank card in envelope changes to that card
1926 22
Oswald Rae A Cue-Rious Case billiard cue vanishes from huge envelope and appears back in cue case
Related to 1926 31
Oswald Rae The Elusive Digits four cards with numbers from one to four in a glass frame, arrange in wanted order, second set of cards in card stand
1926 34
Oswald Rae The Mysterious Links separate links form into a chain, using a tray
Related to 1926 39
Oswald Rae Mixed Drinks stout, beer and milk are mixed in a glass bowl, with three glasses performer removes a glass of each, Sand of Dessert with liquids
1926 47
Oswald Rae Two Simple Forces
  • To Force a Colour
  • To Force an Article
probability forces, brightness and size
1926 51
Oswald Rae The Evolution of the Union Jack flags on stave change and vanish
1926 51
Oswald Rae A Visible Coffee Tranistion conical glass filled with confetti, changes to hot coffee
1926 57
Oswald Rae Musical Thought Transference spectators get lists of tunes and select one, later different lists are shown and spectators who see their tune say so, tune then divined by playing it on piano, matrix principle and location of spectators in the audience
Related to 1926 60
Oswald Rae A Complete Silent Thought Transference Act visual and verbal code, objects gathered to groups
1926 66
Oswald Rae A Trick Blindfold using two handkerchiefs
1926 78
Oswald Rae Original Sealed Billet Reading with five billets, two ahead
1926 79
Oswald Rae Mems From My Note Book "Being a selection of useful recipes gathered at various times from different sources too numerous to enumerate"
  • To Render Fabric Fireproof
  • Fireproofing Wood
  • To Clean Velvet or Plush
  • To Clean Glassware
  • To Gloss and Clean Ivorine Balls
  • Red Billiard Ball Dye
  • To Dye Flags, etc
  • Various Coloured Inks or Dyes (Red, Blue, Gold, White Ink)
  • Varnishes
  • To Harden a Felt Hat, etc.
  • Varnish Remover
  • Paint Remover
  • Luminous Paint
  • Porcelain Fekes, etc.
  • Celluloid Varnish
  • To Apply Sealing Wax Evenly
  • Pads for Thought Readers
  • Reading Through Sealed Envelopes
  • Ink for Lightning Artists
  • Stains
  • Black Crayon for Lightning Artists
  • Dull Black Paint
  • Spirit Gum Substitute
  • Gold Paint
  • Chemical Slate Writing
  • Trick Seals
1926 85
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Vorwort
1926 4
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Ueber den Wert der magischen Kunst general thoughts on magic
1926 5
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Hilf, o hilf, mein Zauberstab! No. 1, tricks with a magic wand
  • 1. Der Zauberstab im Portemonnaie (wand from purse)
  • 2. Der zusammenschiebbare Zauberstab (shrinking wand)
  • 3. Der an der Handfläche schwebende Stab (Wand clings to hand)
Related to 1926 9
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Diskus, Ring und Obolus. No. 2, coin placed inside a ring on the table, then covered with paper and coin disappears and appears again
1926 14
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Vom Faden Ariadnes zur roten Fahne. No. 3, thread turns into silk and silk into flag
1926 17
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Der antigordische Knoten. No. 4, using two ropes and several objects
1926 19
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Sie spottet der Fessel. No. 5
  • 1. Der Kartenflüchtling (Ace vanishes from deck and appears inside envelope, pip covered by black Aces so Ace of Hearts poses as Diamonds)
  • 2. Die Karte als Ausbrecher (deck is encircled with rubber band, bottom card vanishes under handkerchief and appears in spectator's pocket)
1926 21
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Paraffinade tändstickor utan svafel och fosfor. No. 6, deck of playing cards changes to matchbox, match is balanced on box and then broken and restored in handkerchief
1926 25
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Das zweite Gesicht. No. 7, seven words or questions are written down and sealed in seven numbered envelopes
1926 29
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die Reise der Münzen. No. 8, four signed coins travel from hat to glass, with threaded coin
1926 32
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Der Reifen des Hindu. No. 9, ring on rope, knotted to wrists travel to rope knotted between legs
1926 35
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine ermöglichte Unmöglichkeit. No. 10, signed card is found and then travels into sealed nest of envelopes
1926 37
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Das Geheimnis der Uhr. No. 11, pocket watch placed under silk, contains prediction of name, selected card and total of numbers
1926 39
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Geschwind wie der Wind. No. 12, signed coin vanishes from paper fold and appears in envelope
1926 42
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Feingefühl in den Fingerspitzen. No. 13, shuffled deck placed in handkerchief, performer names six card and finds them inside bundle, then six cards vanish and appear back in the deck, duplicates
1926 45
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Mysteriöse Reparatur. No. 14, torn and restored paper ribbon, two methods
  • I. Amerikanische Methode
  • II. Chinesische Methode
1926 47
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die entfesselten Symbole. No. 15, rings and balls penetrate rope
I. Die wunderbare Kordelschnur
II. Dr. Slades Ringexperiment
1926 50
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Telepathisches Kontrollsystem. No. 16, playing card is selected and placed inside a book, on blank piece of paper sealed inside an envelope, name of card and page number appears
1926 54
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die Wirkung des Heckepfennigs. No. 17, selected number of coins appear, with coin tray and playing cards to select number
1926 57
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Half Forcing Stack half of the cards have same value to force a number
1926 58
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Verzauberter Schnee. No. 18, with fan
1926 60
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Kurze Erklärung explanation of different terms (Servante, Die Blattenservante, Die Beutelservante, Palmieren, Eskamotieren, Forcieren, Kasche)
1926 62
Tom Sellers Escapo match through matchbox
1927 3
Tom Sellers Match Divination spectator removes matches, performer divines number of remaining matches
1927 3
Tom Sellers The Dissolving Ring ring through finger, half ring
1927 4
Tom Sellers A Novel Egg Trick marked egg found amongst other eggs
Also published here 1927 6
Tom Sellers The Magnetised Cards cards stick to hand
1927 7
Tom Sellers The Smoke Vase smoke glass
1927 8
Tom Sellers A Vanishing Wand secret pocket ditch
1927 8
Tom Sellers Living or Dead? olfactory method
1927 9
Tom Sellers Vibrato medium divines things
1927 10
Tom Sellers A Baffling Card Prediction
1927 12
Tom Sellers The Jumping Silks separate silks are suddenly joined together
1927 14
Tom Sellers A Novel Match Box and Die Trick multiple out one out of six prediction
Variations 1927 16
Louis Nikola Argument
  • History of memorized/stacked decks in magic
  • Basic description of some features of the Nikola system
1927 9
Louis Nikola Curriculum Detailed mnemonic system to help memorize the Nikola Stack, plus some basic analysis of the arrangement:
  • WHIST OR BRIDGE
  • SPELLING BEE
  • POKER
  • NAP
Related to 1927 13
Louis Nikola "Stop" Riffle, say stop anytime, magician can tell how many cards are riffled off
Also published here 1927 22
Louis Nikola Cards By Weight Can tell number of cards in the packet by its weight
Also published here 1927 23
Louis Nikola Weighing Chosen Cards Can divine chosen card by weighing its pips
Also published here 1927 23
Louis Nikola Human Magnetism Rising Card, make chosen card rise out of deck
1927 25
Louis Nikola Locating Card chosen and lost, magician divines card and position in deck after shuffles and cuts
Also published here 1927 27
Louis Nikola Spelling spell to three different cards consecutively (named by magician)
Also published here 1927 29
Louis Nikola To Spell Any Card Called For
VariationsAlso published here 1927 30
Louis Nikola Thought Anticipated Any Card at Any Number
Also published here 1927 31
Louis Nikola Unconscious Thought Transmission Random card chosen and sealed in envelope. Audience members name suit and value to form a card, which matches the card in the envelope
Also published here 1927 34
Louis Nikola Wizard's Whist Four spectators each given four cards, each think of one card out of the four. Deck reshuffled and dealt into four bridge hands, magician can divine the selections
Related to 1927 36
Louis Nikola All Trumps Produce all thirteen hearts for a perfect Bridge hand, linked to Wizard's Whist
Related toAlso published here 1927 38
Louis Nikola To Name The Pack In Order, Without Looking At It, Either From The Bottom or From The Top Deck shuffled halfway through
1927 39
Louis Nikola The Spelling Bee Ace to King spelled out from the top (Jack miscalled as King)
Related to 1927 39
Louis Nikola The Game of Poker Everyone gets good hands, you get Royal Flush in Hearts
Related to 1927 39
Louis Nikola The Game of "NAP"
Related to 1927 39
Louis Nikola To Name The Card Occupying Any Given Position
1927 39
Louis Nikola To Name The Bottom Cards Of A Number Of Heaps By Looking At The Top Cards
1927 43
Louis Nikola A Subtle Game Cards in four spectator's hands are slowly eliminated until only their selection remans in their hands
Related toAlso published here 1927 44
Riffling False riffle shuffle, in the hands and on the table
1927 49
Louis Nikola Forcing Anecdotes and comments on forcing cards
1927 51
Forcing By Numbers Spectator names any number, magician counts down to that number, card at that number is the forced card
1927 52
To Exchange Packs Methods to switch decks
  • Card clip
  • Done in context of a trick, behind the back
1927 53
Louis Nikola The Telepathogram Magician divines thought of card, and writing appears on paper that divines position of card in the deck
1927 54
Louis Nikola The Flight Card to Impossible Location At Any Number: Card vanishes from inside an envelope to be found in a deck sealed also in another envelope, at a location named by the spectator
1927 62
Alfred Chapuis Notice Sur Adolphe Blind - Préface biographical notes on Adolphe Blind
1927 9
Adolphe "Magicus" Blind Les Automates Truqués on fake automatons, Decremps and Robert-Houdin
1927 19
Adolphe "Magicus" Blind Pinetti - Ses Automates et Leurs Congénères on Pinetti's fake automatons, Le Petit Turc / Le Grand Sultan
1927 23
Adolphe "Magicus" Blind Robert-Houdin on Robert-Houdin's automatons
  • Le Pâtissier et quelques automates analogues (Pastrycook)
  • L'Oranger fantastique (orange tree)
  • Le "Vase enchanté" ou le "Génie des roses"
  • Le Garde francaise. La Colonne auf gant. Le Nid d'amour.
  • Le Voltigeur au trapèze (Antonio Diavolo)
  • Auriol et Debureau. La Prison. Le Hibou fascinateur.
  • L'Arlequin
1927 29
Adolphe "Magicus" Blind Les Automates Joueurs D'Échecs on von Kempelen's chess player
1927 49
Adolphe "Magicus" Blind Maskelyne on John-Nevil Maskelyne, short bio
1927 56
Adolphe "Magicus" Blind Automates Joueurs de Cartes on card playing automatons, Maskelyne and Clarke's "Psycho"
1927 56
Adolphe "Magicus" Blind Automates Dessinateurs on drawing automatons, Maskelyne's "Zoë"
1927 62
Adolphe "Magicus" Blind Le Cosaque on Marius Cazeneuve's automaton
1927 65
Adolphe "Magicus" Blind Le Pavillon du Diable brief description of automaton
1927 66
Adolphe "Magicus" Blind La Maison aux Cartes brief description of automaton
1927 67
Adolphe "Magicus" Blind Le Moto-Baby et Ses Émules fake doll automaton, Moto-Phoso, Auto-Girl, Moto-Girl
1927 67
Adolphe "Magicus" Blind Les Animeaux Automates Truqués on animal automatons
1927 69
Adolphe "Magicus" Blind Automates Parlants ou Chantants Truqués talking and singing automatons
1927 74
Adolphe "Magicus" Blind Par Permission de Messieurs les Magistrats de Police reprint of a letter announcing three automatons
1927 80
Oswald Rae Production from a Handkerchief several pocket watches are produced from handkerchief, nesting type watches
1927 6
Oswald Rae Patter and Presentation for Production of 4 Watches at Fingertips humorous patter for pocket watches routine, nesting type
1927 7
Oswald Rae Instantaneous Production of Six Watches on a Slender Wand six pocket watches appear on wand, nesting type
1927 8
Oswald Rae Wandering Watches pocket watches vanish and appear on stand, covered with handkerchief, nesting type
1927 9
Oswald Rae Passing a Watch Through a Handkerchief with pocket watch
1927 10
Oswald Rae Some Suggestions on pocket watch routines, nesting type gimmick
  • Vanish a Quantity of Watches
  • Vanish of Watches from the Finger Tips
  • Instantaneous Production of Watches
  • Production of One or Two Watches from an Envelope
  • Vanish from an Envelope
  • Watches from Lemon
  • Watches Produced or Vanishes by Cloth Bag
1927 11
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Vorwort
1927 iii
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die Flucht aus der Gefangenschaft three paper rings with different colors on a string, chosen color penetrates string under handkerchief
1927 1
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine Addition der Geister oder Rechenkunst in der IV. Dimension sum of four written numbers appears on piece of newspaper when lit with match
1927 3
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Ent- und Rematerialisation empty glass vanishes wrapped in newspaper and is produced filled with water under jacket
1927 6
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Der scharfe Blick spectator cuts any packet and performer knows if the amount of cards is even or odd
1927 9
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Magische Multiplikation four pieces of cork are placed inside a can, and suddenly there are eight pieces and then again four pieces of cork
1927 10
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Der geheimnisvolle Tausch ball on rod changes places with spectator's ring, under handkerchief
1927 13
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Man kann auch ohne Tabak rauchen smoke appears from two empty pipes, chemical
1927 17
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Beelzebub's Likörglas liquid appears in liqueur glass
1927 19
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die Wunderkraft des Zauberspruchs writing on piece of paper vanishes and reappears, inside nest of envelopes
1927 21
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Das Kryptoskop deck cut in four piles, top cards are divined
1927 25
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Gil d'or magique cigarette penetrates hand and then it moves inside a covered glass
1927 27
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Ein entschwundenes Vergnügen cigarette vanish from small tube
1927 30
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Von Ort zu Ort finger ring travels from one handkerchief to another, secured with rubber band
1927 34
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Gedanken-Fischerei
1927 37
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die Teufelsstrippe cut and restored rope, two methods
1927 39
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Der verzauberte Obolus coin is balanced on pencil, then wrapped inside handkerchief and held over flame, coin is removed but handkerchief is found unharmed
1927 42
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Ätherisch oder kompakt coin under handkerchief is dropped on plate, it penetrates plate and table and arrives inside glass held under the table
1927 45
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Der gesteigerte Tastsinn four cards face-up on the table, one card is turned (not reversed) while performer is in other room, performer divines card
1927 48
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Ameisenarbeit different colored confettis are mixed in a bowl, performer produces handful of named color, à la sand of the desert
1927 49
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Mit Röntgen-Augen one of four different colored pencils is placed inside a box, divination of the color
1927 54
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Marpinger Wunderwasser water does not pour through sieve, then water appears from funnel, tin funnel with double walls
1927 57
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Ein sonderbarer Geldschrank two methods, coin in lemon and bill in lemon, vanish from under handkerchief
  • Variante I
  • Variante II
1927 60
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Getrennt und doch vereint four queens placed in different parts of the deck and they all appear on top
1927 65
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Der unverletzbare Zauberer nail through finger
1927 67
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Materialisation einer Flamme vanish and production of a silk in flame of match
1927 69
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Liberatio rope escape, wrists
1927 74
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Das Ei des Zauberers egg balanced on straw, then paper ribbon is produced from egg and a cane as climax
1927 76
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Das Ei als Tänzer und Artist egg moves on hat and jumps from one hat to another
1927 79
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Hellsehen three different colored cones, covered with thimbles and colors are divined by performer
1927 82
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die Karte als Wandervogel chosen card travels under table cloth, inside a book and eventually in spectator's pocket
1927 84
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine mysteriöse Befreiung with three large pearls
1927 87
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Hypnose und Wanderung im Reiche des Unorganischen pencil erects on hand, then it vanishes from envelope and appears inside paper cone
1927 90
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine spiritistische Antwort questions are written on pieces of paper, one is chosen and answer appears inside envelope, newspaper black art
1927 94
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Curriculum magicum confetti in paper cone transpose with wine in cup
1927 99
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine mysteriöse Bildübertragung cards held on forehead are divined
1927 104
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Verschwunden und wiedergefunden coin vanishes wrapped in paper and appears inside hat
1927 106
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine magische Restauration card torn and pieces placed inside a card box, card is restored, with matching corner
1927 110
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Der befreite Arm und das entfesselte Bein handkerchief knotted around arm or leg, penetrates arm under cover of second handkerchief
1927 113
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine lustige Wanderung oder der Handschuh als Kobold borrowed glove vanishes from glass and appears inside bread
1927 116
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Im Rapport mit Spirits answer to question and sum of numbers appear on cleaned and numbered slates
1927 118
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Das Schnur-Mirakel alternative construction method for chinese sticks
1927 124
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Das wandernde Licht flash produced from flame of candle, then candle is wrapped inside paper and vanishes in pocket, then lit candle is produced from inside jacket
1927 128
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Voraussagung oder Suggestion? sum prediction in envelope
1927 131
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Das Messerchen der Marquise card is burnt and ashes placed on newspaper, knife placed inside ashes and card appears restored on tip of the blade
1927 136
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Platzwechsel red and green silk wrapped in newspaper changes places
1927 139
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die magischen Radiokarten ring, watch and coin are taken by spectators along with playing cards, performer divines who has which object, mathematical
1927 142
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die Strickleiter der indischen Fakire various sticks with holes and strings running through them, when sticks are moved strings seem to vanish, looks like ladder with moveable parts
1927 146
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine fluidale Emanation small ball vanishes and appears under tube
1927 150
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Gedankenlesen Age Cards / Calculator Cards
1927 154
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die Kette des Thaumaturgen chain with rings, top ring seems to penetrate all the other rings, Konsil-Ring / Indian Prayer Chain
1927 159
Jack Merlin Improved Hermann turning the hand as cover
1927/28 4
Jack Merlin Outjog Pass jog shuffle and cut, haymow shuffle
1927/28 5
Jack Merlin Top Turnover side palm and unloading the card while turning top card over
1927/28 6
Jack Merlin Pass Using Second Dealing ambitious card sequence, second deal
1927/28 6
Jack Merlin Snap Pass Push-In Palm, palming the card while tapping it into the deck, producing it at the fingertips
Related to 1927/28 6
Jack Merlin Tip Over Change and Pass
Variations 1927/28 7
Jack Merlin Bottoms Erdnase grip
1927/28 8
Jack Merlin Glide example as a stop trick
1927/28 8
Jack Merlin A Sequence Effect thirteen cards put in order by dealing them in a row on the table, alternate top bottoms
Variations 1927/28 9
Jack Merlin The Lace Thru False Shuffle push through variation
Related toAlso published here 1927/28 10
Jack Merlin Reds and Blacks red and black cards are shuffled and separated again
Variations 1927/28 11
Jack Merlin Thumb and Finger Counting
1927/28 12
Jack Merlin Second Method thumb count with one hand, also for finding a card in the center and turning it over on top
1927/28 12
Jack Merlin To Place a Selected Card in a Given Position in the Pack
1927/28 12
Jack Merlin Vibrating Cards three selection produced one handed from the middle of the deck, pulled out with the thumb one by one
1927/28 13
Jack Merlin Throwing a Card in the Air and Catching in the Pack at a Chosen Number
1927/28 14
Jack Merlin Changes
1927/28 14
S. W. Erdnase, Harry Houdini The Slip-Slide Change Houdini / Erdnase Color Change
1927/28 15
Jack Merlin Change Over Palm Change
Related to 1927/28 15
Jack Merlin A Double Change
Related to
  • Dai Vernon's analysis of the move in Genii, Jan. 1969, Vol. 33 No. 5, "The Vernon Touch"
1927/28 16
S. W. Erdnase Change a la Erdnase Bottom Palm only description of the palm
Related to 1927/28 16
Jack Merlin Improved Change with Erdnase Bottom Palm, First Method, bottom card changes
1927/28 17
Jack Merlin Under the Thumb Change left thumb across top card
Related to 1927/28 17
Jack Merlin Face to Face Change two halves are rubbed together, cards on face change
Also published here 1927/28 17
Jack Merlin Change Making Palmed Card Disappear sucker moment, palming cards of and showing the problem of changes, in the end hand is empty
1927/28 18
Jack Merlin Finger Crimp From the Side crimping corner while card is put back in deck
1927/28 18
Jack Merlin Finger Crimp From the End variation
1927/28 19
Jack Merlin The Royal Finders selection ends up between the two black kings
Also published here 1927/28 20