Magic

FLASH PAPER.--Having had occasion several times during the course of the present work to make use of "flash paper," I will now describe the manner in which it is prepared. It is...

PEREGRINATIONS OF A HANDKERCHIEF.--For the following series of experiments you will require three fifteen inch silk handkerchiefs (the best material for making these is fine qua...

MAGICAL PRODUCTION OF A COIN.--Come forward with a coin palmed in the right hand. Draw attention to the left hand, showing it back and front as empty, and, as if in illustration...

CREATION, MANIPULATION, MULTIPLICATION, AND ANNIHILATION OF BILLIARD BALLS.--For the series of tricks hereafter described, you will require two solid billiard balls, and a case...

The idea of projecting silhouettes with the hands on a wall or illuminated screen is an old one, but it has been brought to great perfection by the celebrated French conjurer an...

In introducing to my readers a series of simple, but effective, tricks in magic, I would state that it has been my life study to popularize the art of sleight of hand, simply be...

THE CLIMBING RING.--The performer having obtained the loan of a lady's ring, passes it over the end of his wand, which he then holds in a perpendicular position. The ring now co...

This is a chapter devoted to stage illusions, dependent mainly for their effects upon ingenious mechanical appliances, and not to skilful manipulation of the performer. Most con...

There are one or two leading principles to be borne in mind by any one taking up the study of magic. The first and foremost is, Never tell the audience what you are going to do...

The uses to which that piece of headgear, the much abused silk hat, lends itself in "l'art magique" are almost innumerable. The chief, however, and the one immediately under con...

PALMING.--The first thing the neophyte will have to do will be to learn palming, _i.e._, the art of holding small objects, such as coins, balls, nuts, corks, etc., concealed in...