Hugard, Jean

Book

1949
Written by Jean Hugard
Work of Al Baker

116 pages (Hardcover), published by Carl Waring Jones
Illustrated with drawings by Steve Miaco, Kwakenat
Language: English

37 entries

This publication has been reviewed by

John J. Crimmins Jr. (Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 7 No. 7, Dec. 1949, p. 614)
Paul Fleming (The Paul Fleming Book Reviews — Volume III, 1979, p. 155)
Gabe Fajuri (MAGIC, Vol. 22 No. 9, May 2013, p. 82)

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Page	Categories
Al Baker	Foreword		Also published here Foreword (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	ix	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Al Baker	Chapter 1: First Lesson in Mind Reading Technique	intro on billet switches	Also published here First Lesson in Mind-Reading Technique (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	1	Billet / Switches
Al Baker	The Baker Switch	I. The Technique II. The Timing III. The Application	Also published here The Baker Switch (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Variations Simplified Baker Switch (Robert Cassidy, Al Baker, The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy, 2004) also in: Simplified Baker Switch (The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy — Volume 2: Fundamentals, 2013) Al Baker Switch Variation (Barrie Richardson, Act Two, 2005)	1	Billet / Switches
Al Baker	Bill-Epathy	using Baker Billet Switch	Also published here Bill-Epathy (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	6	Bill / Number-Reading
Al Baker	Chapter 2: New Light on the Center Tear	introductory comments	Also published here New Light on the Center Tear (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Related to Al Baker's Masterwork (Al Mann, Al Baker, The Apodosis, 1978)	10	Paper / Center Tear
Al Baker	The New Baker Method	reading immediately after tearing	Also published here The New Baker Method (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Related to Center-Tear (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981)	12	Paper / Center Tear
Al Baker	Co-Incidentally	spectator writes the same name as performer did earlier, centre tear	Also published here Co-Incidentally (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	18	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Principles / Prediction switched for Spectator's own writing
	Chapter 3: Telephone Mysteries			21	Articles / Chapter Heading
Al Baker	A Telemirakel	ten cards from shuffled deck tabled in a row, random person called (really assistant who never hung up a previous call and secretly listens) who names four cards, the cards corresponding with the last four digits of the phone number in the ten-card row are those cards	Also published here A Telemirakel (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Related to Charles Nyquist (The Sphinx Vol. 41 No. 3, May 1942, p. 53) Only the Best Telephone Trick in the World... ...ever, that's all! (Mark Elsdon, Mind Blasters, 2008)	21	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Person is called during performance Book / Book Test / Telephone Book Test
Al Baker	Packet Addition with Book	during handling of phone book	Also published here Packet Addition with Book (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	23	Cards / Sleights / Additions / with Props
Al Baker	Over the Phone	medium names free selection, code	Also published here Over the Phone (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Related to (11) Graph or Chart Code (Tony Corinda, Two Person Telepathy, 1959)	26	Propless / Coding / Phone Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Medium at the Other end
Al Baker	Telephony	card is forced	Also published here Telephony (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	30	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Medium at the Other end
	Cross Cut Force		Also published here Cross Cut Force (The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	31	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Cross Cut Force
	Chapter 4: Mental Magic Effects			32	Articles / Chapter Heading
Al Baker	No-Nomonics	linking initals with objects	Also published here No-Nomonics (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	32	Propless / Memory Stunts / List of objects
Al Baker	Baker's Eight-Card Trick	any eight cards taken and one chosen, other seven called out to assistant who then names selection, effect "Study in Stud" related but not the method	Also published here Baker's Eight-Card Trick (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	34	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Medium at the Other end Cards / Principles / Coding / Using Assistant Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / by Assistant Cards / Principles / Coding / Study in Stud
Al Baker	Thought Transmission	performer makes spectator write certain numbers, pencil reading, nail writer on first finger tip	Also published here Thought Transmission (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	37	Numbers / Thought Reading and similar Mental Magic / Principles / Pencil Reading Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Al Baker	Al Baker's Envelope Switch	window envelopes, Q&A routine application	Also published here Al Baker's Envelope Switch (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Variations Deliver the Billets (Amazing James Randi, Ibidem, 1955)	40	Propless / Mnemonic Aids Billet / Readings Billet / Switches Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A Paper / Envelopes / Switching the Envelope
Al Baker	Envelope as an Accessory	slit, steal	Also published here Envelope as an Accessory (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	46	Paper / Envelopes / Miscellaneous Paper / Envelopes / Switching with single Envelope & Two-Way Envelopes
Al Baker	Chicken-Feed	amount of change in spectator's pocket, pocket writing, spiked billet	Also published here Chicken Feed (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Related to Implanted Thought (Stuart P. Cramer, HEX!, 1969)	50	Billet / Switches Coin / Effect Themes / Prediction Mental Magic / Principles / Pocket Writing
Al Baker	Parlor Telepathy	code by placement on table	Also published here Parlor Telepathy (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Related to Code of Silence (Gary Kurtz, Continuations and Departures, 1989) also in: The Code of Silence (Prinzipien in der Praxis, 1992) The Code Of Silence (Lecture Notes 1995, 1995) You Have The Power! (Gene Urban, Mobile Mentalism*, 1996)	53	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / by Assistant
Al Baker	Impossible!	"An Experiment in Clairvoyance" assistant with cloth bag over the head on a chair, performer names selected cards via ventriloquism	Also published here Impossible! (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Related to Spectator Divines Cards (J. W. Sarles, The Pallbearers Review, 1966) Nind Reading (Mike Caveney, Wonders, 2013)	57	Ventriloquism Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / by Assistant
Al Baker	Pellet Reading	"Al Baker Method" contents of three slips are divined, with secret opening and reading method, umbrella move	Also published here Pellet Reading (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	59	Billet / Readings Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks
Al Baker	"Out of the Air"	Baker notebook	Also published here Out of the Air (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Variations Con Air (Andy Nyman, Kosher Products, 1999) also in: Con Air (MAGIC, 2006) Con Air (Bulletproof, 2010)	65	Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test
Al Baker	The Baker Switch - No. 2		Also published here The Baker Switch No. 2 (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	72	Billet / Switches
Al Baker	Secret Reading of Billets	with a notepad	Also published here Secret Reading of Billets (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	76	Billet / Readings Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks
Al Baker	Pseudo-Fortune Telling Seance	for "can you tell fortunes?"-situations The Seance	Also published here Pseudo Fortune Telling Séance (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	80	Billet / Readings
Al Baker	The Dead Man's Name	with envelopes, one paper fits more loosely than others	Also published here The Dead Man's Name (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	85	Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test
Al Baker	Mental Card Tricks	chapter intro	Also published here Mental Card Tricks (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	88	Cards / Principles / Theory & Essays Mental Magic / Theory and General Comments
Al Baker	The Pulse of the People	three cards	Also published here The Pulse of the People (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	90	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Al Baker	The Stethoscope	using stooge and signal	Also published here The Stethoscope (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	93	Cards / Principles / Stooge Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Al Baker	Telepathy For Two	two cards appear at chosen numbers from one to ten, forcing banks	Also published here Telepathy For Two (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	97	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck or Bank
Al Baker	Unconscious Clairvoyance	ungaffed cards	Also published here Unconscious Clairvoyance (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	100	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects
Al Baker	The Magic Bell	ghost bell, answering to questions	Also published here The Magic Bell (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	104	Bell
Al Baker, Adrian Plate	Appendix: Mnemonics As Applied To Conjuring	numbers, cards, theory	Also published here Mnemonics as applied to Conjuring (Al Baker, Adrian Plate, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Related to Magician's Tricks by Hatton & Plate	107	Propless / Mnemonic Aids
Al Baker	Cartomancy, or The Meaning of the Cards in a Deck		Also published here Cartomancy, or The Meaning of the Cards in a Deck (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	113	Cards / Principles / Theory & Essays
Al Baker	Recapitulation of Al Baker's Rules for Effective Mental Magic	nine rules	Also published here Recapitulation of Al Baker's Rules for Effective Mental Magic (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	116	Mental Magic / Theory and General Comments

Data entered by Denis Behr, July 2022.

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