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C. H. Wilson Introduction
1877 3
C. H. Wilson Chapter I. The Double and Single Passes
1877 5
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 Circle Pass No. 1
1877 8
C. H. Wilson The Dovetail Pass No. 2
1877 9
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 Monte Pass No. 3, hype as shift into other hand with some distance
Related to 1877 12
C. H. Wilson The Table Pass No. 4, as halves are slid off the table into hand
1877 12
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 Greenhorn's Pass No. 6, gag comment
1877 12
C. H. Wilson Chapter III. Mysterious Card Tricks chapter intro
1877 13
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 Reflection Trick No. 4, cards are chosen and named, apparently by reflection in the eye
1877 19
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 On Set-up Decks
1877 20
C. H. Wilson The Miller's Guess Trick No. 1, two different formulas (Mutus... and Lofot...)
1877 20
C. H. Wilson The Tally Trick No. 1, with a variable number of cards, here thirty
1877 22
C. H. Wilson The Thirty-one Game Trick No. 2
1877 22
C. H. Wilson Chapter IV. Confidence and Short-Card Games chapter intro
1877 24
C. H. Wilson Slip-Jack No. 1, bar bet in which two separated Aces must be brought together
1877 24
C. H. Wilson Three-Card Monte No. 2, short comment
1877 25
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 Twine or Chain Loop No. 5, short comment
1877 26
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 Astronomical Calculations day for any day method
  • Centennial Ratios
  • Monthly Ratios
1877 28
C. H. Wilson Powder to Conceal Discolorations make-up recipe
1877 29
C. H. Wilson To Aid the Growth of Whiskers and Moustaches "medical" recipe
1877 29
C. H. Wilson Hair Oil recipe
1877 29
C. H. Wilson Hair Invigoraor hair-growing "medical" recipe
1877 29
C. H. Wilson Polish for Furniture recipe
1877 30
C. H. Wilson A Few Curious Facts in Figures number oddities
1877 31
C. H. Wilson Miscellaneous Paragraphs stanza, word gags
  • Instruction in Foreign Languages
  • San Francisco
1877 32
S. W. Erdnase The Longitudinal Shift
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1902 130
S. W. Erdnase The S.W.E. Shift color change mention on page 136
Related toVariations 1902 134
Paul Harris Flip-Flop-Plop monte throw with halves
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1976 21