Sleight of Hand: A Practical Manual of Legerdemain for Amateurs & Others

ON APPARATUS, AND ITS USES AND ABUSES--HOUDIN'S DIE--ADDITIONAL EFFECT--NEW METHOD--THE GOLD-FISH TRICK: PISCICULTURE EXTRAORDINARY--THE BOWLS AND COVERS--THE CLOTH--WHERE TO CA...

THE VALUE OF CARD TRICKS--THE CARDS--WHERE TO PROCURE THEM--THE DOUBLE-HANDED PASS--SINGLE-HANDED PASSES--THE DIAGONAL PASS--THE FALSE SHUFFLE--TRICKS WITH PASS AND FALSE SHUFFL...

TRICK FOR PALM PRACTICE--HOW TO "PASS" A COIN INVISIBLY--HOW TO CHANGE A COIN--THE USE OF THE WAND IN PALMING--TO PASS A MARKED COIN THROUGH A TABLE--METHOD FOR CONCEALING MANY...

HOW TO VANISH AND RECOVER A PACK--THE EGYPTIAN POCKET; HOW TO MANUFACTURE CARDS--THE MISSING LINK--ASCENDING CARDS; VARIOUS METHODS--THE CARD-HOLDER--WHAT APPARATUS NOT TO USE--...

HOW TO PRODUCE ARTICLES FROM THE WAND--ARTICLES PRODUCED FROM THE PERSONS OF THE COMPANY--VANISHING OBJECTS FROM THE HANDS--EXCHANGING ARTICLES--MESMERISING A DOVE--MARKING A CA...

THE INVISIBLE FLIGHT: THE GLASS--THE BOXES--OTHER APPARATUS USED IN THE TRICK--THE BANKER--HOW TO COLLECT MONEY--THE MONEY TUBE--THE MULTIPLYING TRAY--HOLD THEM TIGHT! OR, SKILL...

ON BORROWING WATCHES--THE PUTTY WATCH--THE GLASS--TWO KINDS OF MORTARS AND PESTLES--THE DUMMY WATCH--THE WATCH BAG--HOW TO REPRODUCE THE WATCH--THE LOAF--THE TARGET--ANOTHER TAR...

ON SKILL--CANNON-BALLS--CAULIFLOWERS--THE DISTRIBUTION--BONBONS AND FLOWERS--SHOWER OF CUPS--MULTIPLYING BALLS: HOW TO MAKE AND HOW TO PRODUCE THEM--BUNDLE OF FIREWOOD--RETICULE...

Having at length brought the beginner to that point where he will first have to shift for himself in real earnest, I wish to leave him in a position to do credit to my tuition,...

_Clairvoyance._--This is one of the most mysterious agencies with which the scientific world has ever had to deal. Doubted by the majority, because of its seeming improbability,...

ON RAPIDITY AND DECEPTION--MISDIRECTION--A JAPANESE SUGAR TRICK--"FLY AWAY, JACK; FLY AWAY, JOHN: COME AGAIN, JACK; COME AGAIN, JOHN"--A "RISING BLADE"--TO RESTORE A PIECE OF CO...

coloured handkerchief. Spread this out, to show that the centre is perfectly restored, and, whilst going forward with it, take the white handkerchief, unperceived, from the vest...

HOW TO CAUSE A WINEGLASS WITH WINE IN IT TO VANISH--ITS STARTLING REPRODUCTION--FILTER TUMBLERS--HOW TO CAUSE A PLATE OR OTHER LARGE ARTICLE TO VANISH--HOW TO PERFORM THE CUP AN...

_The Restored Handkerchief._--This title will doubtless apply to many tricks with handkerchiefs, so, if the performer thinks it too general, he can find another of his own for t...

What conjurors would do without pocket handkerchiefs, I will not venture to suggest. Almost every trick has a handkerchief of some kind as a component part. Handkerchiefs are to...

THE CUPS--THE BALLS--HOW TO CONCEAL A BALL--HOW TO SLIP A BALL UNDER A CUP UNPERCEIVED--HOW TO VANISH A BALL: PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE--THE MANUFACTORY--HOW TO INTRODUC...

Of very important assistance in Grand Conjuring are the specially prepared tables, of which one, two, or three will be used, according to the size of the room. These tables diff...

_Chinese Marble Trick._--Some years ago, there came over to England a few Chinese conjurors, who were seen by the public but very little, but who favoured me on several occasion...

The learner has now arrived at that point where he will quit the humble drawing-room, understood in its ordinary sense, and essay to grander flights on the stage. It is true tha...

It is always a matter for self-congratulation on the part of an author to be called upon to furnish a Preface to a second or subsequent edition of some "bantling of his brain."...

_Method 1. The Palm Proper._--Hold the coin firmly between the thumb on the one side and the middle and third fingers on the other, the first and little fingers taking up gracef...

This derives its chief beauty from the fact that it is almost entirely dependent on pure sleight of hand, a fact which audiences are never slow to appreciate. The most familiar...