INDEX
- A.
- page
- Accommodating bottle, 316
- Aces, congenial, 102
- Action with rapidity, &c., 39
- Addressing audience, style of, 60, 153, 161, 393
- Animated skull, 390
- Anti-gravitation ball, 343
- Anti-spiritualistic tricks, 380
- Apparatus, its uses and abuses, 258
- Apples and ring, 50
- And small eggs, palming, 168
- In cups, 58
- Arm, cutting, with a knife, 83
- Arrangement of stage, 398
- Article, changing an, 171
- Ascending cards, 192
- Ascent of articles in spiritualistic tricks, 383
- Assembly, 136
- Assistant, choosing an, 176, 393
- Attached card, 101
- Audience, seating the, 396
- Style of addressing, 60, 153, 161, 393
- B.
- Bacchus' dovecot, 306
- Maypole, 311
- Bag, the egg, 274
- Watch, 363
- Ball and bottle, 308
- Balls and cups, tricks with, 54
- And plates, 80
- Anti-gravitation, 343
- Balls, concealing, 55
- From a hat, multiplying, 353
- Passing and vanishing, 55
- Vanishing, 170
- Vesting, 170
- Wine-drinking, crystal, 308
- Worsted, and coin, 256
- Banker, the, 237
- Bending watches, 362
- Bird and card, 376
- Cages produced from a hat, 356
- Birds, vanishing small, 173
- Blindfold feats, 378
- Borrowed rings, exchanging, for dummies, 175
- Borrowing handkerchiefs, 17, 63
- Watches, 361
- Bottle, accommodating, 316
- And ball, 308
- And dove, 306
- And penknife, 44
- And ribbons, 311
- And tumbler, perambulating, 328
- Magic wine, 316
- Of ginger beer, 287
- Bouquet, spirit, 384
- Bowls of fish, 262
- Boxes, card, 127
- Drawer, 300
- For watch, 364
- Passing coin into, 21
- Watch, 368
- With trap, 395
- Boxing coins, 21
- Brazen rod, magi's, 324, 371
- Breaking watches, 362
- Broad and long cards, 131
- Bundle of firewood produced from hat, 354
- Burning a handkerchief, 62
- Butterfly trick, Japanese, 74
- C.
- Cabbage and hat, 349
- Cage, flying, 335
- Cages, bird, produced from hat, 356
- Candle, money-producing, 252
- Passing handkerchief over flame of, without burning, 178
- Cannon ball and hat, 346
- Card and bird, 376
- Tricks, value of, 88
- Cards, ascending, 192
- Assembly, 136
- Attached, 101
- Boxes, 127
- Catching two, in the air, 102
- Causing one to appear in any position in the pack, counting from top or bottom, 123
- Causing one to show itself on the top of the pack, 101
- Chameleon, 132
- Changing, 132
- Changing two, 108
- Clairvoyance, 379
- Congenial aces, 102
- Conjurors', 89
- Cut packs, 130
- Diagonal, 96
- Egyptian pocket, 187
- False shuffle, 99
- Forcing, 117
- Hatched, 205
- La carte générale, 119
- Lady's own trick, 105
- Lightning change, 146
- Long and broad, 131
- Marking, 177
- Missing link, 190
- Napoleon, a game at, 143
- Obliging bouquet, 202
- Palming, 112
- Passes with, 90, 106
- Permeating, 122
- Prepared, 130, 179
- Pricked, 131
- Reversed, 104
- Revolution, the, 129
- Royal marriages, 115
- Salamander, 197
- Sliding, 116
- Sympathetic, 120
- Thought-reading, 140
- Throwing, 129
- Travelling, 135
- Tricks with, 88, 186
- Universal, 119
- Vanishing a pack, 186
- Catching coins in the air, 14
- Two cards in the air, 102
- Causing a card to appear in any position in the pack, counting from top or bottom, 123
- A card to show itself on the top of the pack, 101
- A stick or poker to stand on end, 344
- Challenges, how to answer, 35
- Chameleon card, 132
- Changing articles, 171
- Cards, 132, 146
- Coins, 11, 32
- Dice, 81
- Two cards, 108
- Chinese fire eating, 72
- Lanterns produced from a hat, 356
- Marbles, 70
- Methods of conjuring, 70, 75
- Rings, 296
- Tricks, 70
- Choosing an assistant, 176, 393
- Clairvoyance, 378
- Climax to the hat of plenty, 358
- Coat, cutting person's arm through, 83
- Coin and worsted ball, 256
- Handkerchief, 183
- Coins, banker, the, 237
- Best kind for use, 38
- Boxing, 21
- Catching in the air, 14
- Changing, 11, 32
- Concealing, 12
- Copper superior to silver, 34
- Crystal plateau, 250
- Dancing, 20
- Extracting, from a glass of water, 24
- Flight of, 255
- Folding penny, 27
- Hold them tight!, 242
- Invisible transit, 232
- Marking, 38
- Minor tricks with, 9
- Money changer, 247
- Money-producing candle, 252
- Palm practice with, 9
- Passing into a hat, 13, 23
- Passing many, 16
- Passing or vanishing, 10
- Passing through table, 12
- Selecting, when blindfolded, 23
- Shower of gold, 273
- Showing hands empty while still containing, 177
- Sleeving, 35
- Substituting, 22
- Tricks with, 9, 232
- Vanishing, from a handkerchief, 17
- Coin-vanishing tumbler, 184
- Collecting eggs, 278
- Common objects, tricks with, 39
- Common palm, 5
- Company, producing articles from the persons of the, 166
- Concealing a ball, 55
- Coins, 12
- Cone and drawer-box, 304
- Congenial aces, 102
- Conjuring table, substitute for, 394
- Conjuror's shelf, 156, 395
- Cooking and making a pudding in a hat, 293
- A "Welsh rabbit", 374
- Copper coins superior to silver, 34
- Cork, false, 30
- Corks, Houdin's dessert of, 84
- Corks, tricks with, 84
- Cornucopian hat, 346
- Cotton, cutting up piece of, 46
- Crystal ball, wine-drinking, 308
- Plateau, 250
- Cup, passing one through another, 61
- Cups and balls, tricks with, 54
- And oranges, apples, &c., 58
- From a hat, shower of, 352
- Cut packs of cards, 130
- Cutting a person's arm with a knife, 83
- Up piece of cotton, 46
- D.
- Dancing coins, 20
- Sailor, 339
- Decanted handkerchief, 224
- Deception and rapidity of action, 39
- Dessert of corks, Houdin's, 84
- Destroying a watch, 362
- Devil's handkerchief, 182
- Diagonal pass with cards, 96
- Dice, changing, 81
- Dictionary trick, great, 336
- Die trick, Houdin's, with additional effects, 259
- Distribution from a hat, 350
- Dolls produced from a hat, 355
- Dove and bottle, 306
- Mesmerising a, 175
- Dovecot, Bacchus', 306
- Doves, vanishing, 173
- Drawer-box, 300
- And cone, 304
- Drawing-room magic, 4
- Dress for a conjuror, 160
- E.
- Eating fire, 72
- Egg bag, the, 274
- Orange, &c., produced from wand, 164
- Eggs and small apples, palming, 168
- Collecting, 278
- Magician's, 183
- Productive, 184
- Egyptian pocket card trick, 187
- Electric touch, 389
- England, flags of Old, 295
- Exchanging borrowed rings for dummies, 175
- Extracting a coin from a glass of water, 24
- F.
- Fairy flower, 327
- False shuffle with cards, 99
- Feast of lanterns, Chinese, 356
- Fiery hands, writings, &c., 387
- Filter tumblers, 79
- Final instructions, 392
- Finding sweetmeats in a handkerchief, 65
- Finger palm, 6
- Fire eating, Chinese, 72
- Firewood, bundle of, produced from hat, 354
- Fish and bowl, 262
- And ink, 265
- Flags of Old England, 295
- Flight of coins, 255
- Flower, fairy, 327
- Ring in, 183
- Flowers produced from hat, 351
- Flying cage, 335
- Plume and seed, 291
- Folding penny, 27
- Forcing cards, 117
- Fork or spoon through a tumbler, passing, 79
- Fowl, resuscitated, 280
- G.
- Game at Napoleon, 143
- Gant de Paris, 228
- General instruction and management in stage conjuring, 149
- Remarks, 149, 392
- Ginger beer, bottle of, 287
- Glass of sherry, vanishing, 77
- Of water, extracting a coin from, 24
- Of water, to invert, 271
- Of water, ubiquitous, 267
- Glass, talking, 384
- Glove, gant de Paris, 228
- Gloves suitable for conjurors, 398
- Gold-fish and ink, 265
- Trick, 262
- Gold, shower of, 273
- Grand, or stage magic, 149
- H.
- Half-crown wand, 237
- Handkerchief, coin, 183
- Decanted, 224
- Devil's, 182
- Finding sweetmeats in, 65
- For egg collecting, 278
- Lengthening a, 66
- Passing through flame of candle without burning, 178
- Restored, 210
- Ring and wand, 49
- Through the leg, pulling a, 64
- Twisting, 69
- Tying knot instantaneously, 68
- Tying knot on wrist, 69
- Untying knot in, by word of command, 65
- Vanishing coins from, 17
- Handkerchiefs, borrowing, 17, 63
- Burning, 62
- Knots, 218
- Melting, 226
- Sun and moon, 215
- Tricks with, 62, 210
- Vanishing and reproducing, 171
- Hands, fiery, 387
- To show, empty, while still containing coins, 177
- Harmless shot, 282
- Hat and cabbage, 349
- And cannon-ball, 346
- Bird cages produced from, 356
- Bundle of firewood produced from, 354
- Chinese lanterns produced from, 356
- Cornucopian, 346
- Distribution of presents from, 350
- Dolls produced from, 355
- Flowers produced from, 351
- Making and cooking a pudding in, 293
- Multiplying balls produced from, 353
- Of plenty, 346
- Of plenty, climax to, 358
- Passing coins into, 13, 23
- Rabbits produced from, 372
- Reticules produced from, 355
- Shower of cups from, 352
- With trap, 395
- Hatched card, 205
- Hold them tight!, 242
- Houdin's dessert of corks, 84
- Die trick, with additional effects, 259
- I.
- Incubation by magic, 276
- Ink and gold-fish, 265
- Instruction and general management in stage conjuring, 149
- Instructions, final, 392
- Intervals during performances, 398
- Introduction, 1
- Of music in performances, 397
- Introductory stage tricks, 161
- Inverting glass of water, 271
- Invisible transit of coins, 232
- J.
- Japanese butterfly trick, 74
- K.
- Kling-klang, 281
- Knife and squares of paper, 42
- Cutting a person's arm with, 83
- Swallowing, 85
- Knot on the wrist, tying a, 69
- That will not draw tight, tying a, 67
- Tying instantaneously, 68
- Untying at word of command, 65
- Knots in handkerchief, 218
- L.
- La carte générale, 119
- Lady's own trick with cards, 105
- Lanterns, Chinese, produced from a hat, 356
- Large objects from the hand, vanishing, 167
- Leg, pulling a handkerchief through the, 64
- Length of time for performance, 398
- Lengthening a handkerchief, 66
- Live stock and watches, tricks with, 361
- Long and broad cards, 131
- M.
- Magical wine, 337
- Magician's eggs, 183
- Magic, incubation by, 276
- Omelette, 332
- Plateau, 185
- Wine bottle, 316
- Magi's brazen rod, 324, 371
- Making and cooking a pudding in a hat, 293
- Management and instruction in stage conjuring, general, 149
- Manner when performing, 249
- Marbles, Chinese, 70
- Marking coins, 38
- Maypole, Bacchus's, 311
- Meddlers, punishment of, 151
- Mesmeric suspension wand, 318
- Mesmerised poker, 344, 382
- Mesmerising a dove, 175
- Mesmerism, sham, 378
- Misdirection, 40
- Missing link, 190
- Money changer, 247
- Tube, 239
- Money-producing candle, 252
- Mortar and pestle for watches, 362
- Mouth, producing yards of paper from the, 73
- Multiplying balls obtained from a hat, 353
- Music, introduction of, in performance, 397
- N.
- Napoleon, a game at, 143
- Nest of boxes, 21
- Novel "Welsh rabbit", 374
- O.
- Obliging bouquet card trick, 202
- Omelette, magic, 332
- Oranges, apples, &c., in cups, 58
- Produced from wand, 164
- Vanishing, 170
- Vesting, 170
- P.
- Palm practice with coins, 9
- Palming cards, 112
- Coins, 5
- Common, 5
- Finger, 6
- Proper, 5
- Quick, practising, 17
- Reverse, 7
- Small eggs, apples, &c., 168
- Sugar, 40
- Thumb, 6
- Use of the wand in, 12
- With both hands, 22
- Paper and knife, 42
- From the mouth, producing yards of, 73
- Passes with cards, 90, 106
- Passing and vanishing a ball, 55
- Articles through traps, 158
- Coins, 9
- Coins into a hat, 13, 23
- Coins through a table, 12
- Fork or spoon through tumbler, 79
- Many coins, 16
- Penny into soda-water bottle, 27
- Ring into an egg, 334
- "Patter", 154
- Penknife and bottle, 44
- Penny, folding, 27
- passing, into soda-water bottle, 27
- Perambulating bottle and tumbler, 328
- Walking stick, 382
- Performance, length of time for, 398
- Introduction of music in, 397
- Performer's private programme, 397
- Performing, manner when, 249
- Preparations before, 149
- Skill in, 346
- Permeable plates, 80
- Permeating card, 122
- Pestle and mortar for watches, 362
- Plateau, magic, 185
- Plate, vanishing a, 78
- Plates and balls, 80
- Permeable, 80
- Plenty, hat of, 346
- Plume and seed, flying, 291
- Plumes, shower of, 326
- Pocket, Egyptian, card trick, 187
- Poker, mesmerised, 344, 382
- Or stick to stand on end, causing, 344, 382
- Preparations before performing, 149, 392
- Prepared cards, 130, 179
- Presents distributed from a hat, 350
- Pricked cards, 131
- Private programme, performer's, 397
- Producing articles from the persons of the company, 166
- Yards of paper from the mouth, 73
- Productive eggs, 184
- Programmes, 397
- Performer's private, 397
- Properties and sleights for general use, 163
- Pudding cooking and making in a hat, 293
- Pulling a handkerchief through the leg, 64
- Punishment of meddlers, 151
- Putty watches, 362
- R.
- "Rabbit," cooking a, 374
- Novel "Welsh", 374
- Rabbits produced from hat, 372
- Reproducing, 373
- Tricks with, 372
- Rapidity and deception of action, 39
- Remarks, general, 149
- Repetition of tricks, 152
- Restored handkerchief, 210
- Resuscitated fowl, 280
- Reticules produced from a hat, 355
- Reversed card, 104
- Reverse palm, 7
- Revolution of cards, 129
- Ribbons and bottle, 311
- Ring, flying, 183
- Rings and apple, 50
- And wand, 51
- Chinese, 296
- Exchanging borrowed for dummies, 175
- Handkerchief, and wand, 49
- Inside an egg, 335
- Palming, 49
- Tricks with, 49, 334
- Rod, Magi's brazen, 324, 371
- Roll, watch in, 178
- Royal marriages with cards, 115
- S.
- Sack trick, 338
- Sailor dancing, 339
- Salamander card, 197
- Seating the audience, 396
- Second sight, imitation, 378
- Seed and flying plume, 291
- Selecting a coin whilst blindfolded, 23
- Sham mesmerism, 378
- Shelf, the conjuror's, 156, 395
- Sherry, vanishing a glass of, 77
- Shot, harmless, 282
- Shower of cups from a hat, 352
- Of gold, 273
- Plumes, 326
- Shuffling, false, with cards, 99, 179
- Skill in performing, 346
- Skull, animated, 390
- Slate trick, 386
- Sleeving coins, 35
- Sleights and properties for general use, 163
- Sliding cards, 116
- Small birds, vanishing, 173
- Soda-water bottle, passing penny into, 27
- Spirit bouquet, 384
- Spiritualistic animated skull, 390
- Ascent of articles, 383
- Electric touch, 389
- Fiery hands, writings, &c., 387
- Mesmerised poker, 344, 382
- Perambulating walking stick, 382
- Slate trick, 386
- Spirit bouquet, 384
- Talking glass, 384
- Tricks, 380
- Writings, &c., 387
- Spoon or fork passing through a tumbler, 79
- Stage, arrangement of, 398
- Conjuring, dress for, 160
- General instruction and management, 149
- Or grand magic, 149
- Tables for, 155
- Traps for, 156
- Stick and poker to stand on end, causing, 344, 382
- Style of addressing audience, 60, 153, 161, 393
- Substitute for a conjuring table, 394
- Substituting coins, 22
- Sugar, palming, 40
- Sun and moon, 215
- Suspension wand, mesmeric, 318
- Swallowing a knife, 85
- A watch, 368
- Sweetmeats, finding in a handkerchief, 65
- Sympathetic cards, 120
- T.
- Table and dress, 156
- Tricks at, 72
- Tables, passing coins through, 12
- Position of, 396
- Selecting, 155
- substitute for conjuring, 394
- Talking glass, 384
- Targets for watches, 365
- Thought-reading with cards, 141
- Throwing a card, 129
- Thumb palm, 6
- Time for performance, length of, 398
- Touch, electric, 389
- Transit of coins, invisible, 232
- Trap box, 395
- Traps for stage conjuring, 156
- In high hat, 395
- Passing articles through, 158
- Travelling cards, 135
- Tying a knot instantaneously, 68
- A knot on the wrist, 69
- A knot that will not draw tight, 67
- Tumbler, coin-vanishing, 184
- Filter, 79
- Passing a fork or spoon through, 79
- Perambulating bottle and, 328
- U.
- Ubiquitous glass of water, 267
- Universal card, 119
- Untying a knot at word of command, 65
- V.
- Vanishing and passing a ball, 55
- Articles through traps, 158
- Coins, 10
- Coins from a handkerchief, 17
- Doves, 173
- Glass of sherry, 77
- Handkerchiefs, 171
- Large objects from the hands, 167
- Oranges, &c., 170
- Pack of cards, 186
- Plates, 78
- Small birds, 173
- Vesting, 160, 170
- W.
- Walking stick, perambulating, 382
- Wand and ring, 51
- Half-crown, 237
- Finding articles in, 305
- Mesmeric suspension, 318
- Passing down throat, 368
- Purchasing, 3
- Ring and handkerchief, 49
- Use of, in palming, 12
- Warm hands, necessity for, 398
- Watches, bag for, 363
- Bending, 362
- Box for, 368
- Borrowing, 361
- Breaking, 362
- Causing to appear on assistant's back, 367
- Putty, 362
- Reproducing, 364
- Swallowing, 368
- Targets for, 365
- Tricks with, 360
- Water, inverting glass of, 271
- Ubiquitous glass of, 267
- "Welsh rabbit," novel, 374
- Wine bottle, magic, 316
- Magical, 337
- Wine-drinking crystal ball, 308
- Worsted ball and coin, 256
- Wrist, tying a knot on the, 69
- Writings, fiery, 387