Later Magic

It is the third volume of the Hoffmann trilogy. The 1911 edition was expanded by almost 200 pages with the chapters 'New Miscellaneous Tricks' and 'Recollections of Hartz the Wizard'. This expanded 1911 edition is what you will get here. This book was rated one of the ten basic books for a working library of conjuring by H. Adrian Smith, historian, collector and owner of the largest private magic library in his time. Other books in this top 10 list are

Magicians' Tricks by Henry Hatton and Adrian Plate
The Expert at the Card Table by S.W. Erdnase
The Art of Magic by T. Nelson Downs
Modern Magic by Prof. Hoffmann
More Magic by Prof. Hoffmann
The Modern Conjurer by C. Lang Neil
Our Magic by Maskelyne and Devant
Tarbell Course by Harlan Tarbell
Greater Magic by John Northern Hilliard

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Preface Introduction CHAPTER I. THE CONJURER'S DRESS, AND CONTRIVANCES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH The Coat The Vest The Trousers Removable Pochettes The Shirt-Cuffs A Trick with the Ordinary Shirt-Cuff The Hat CHAPTER II. APPLIANCES AND EXPEDIENTS OF GENERAL UTILITY Various Forms of the Servante Bag Servantes Methods of Fixing A New Form of Portable Servante The "Premier" Servante The Revolving Servante The Vest Servante The Conjurer's Cigar-box A Special "Trap" Improved "Pulls" Willmann's Vanisher The Flying Ring The "Lightning" Vanisher Improvements in the Direct, or Non-Mechanical Pull Guides, for Use with Pulls The Glass with Mirror Partition Different Forms of the Glass Illustrations of its Uses Contrivances for "Passing Off" The Hartz Bottle The Hartz Matchbox The Hartz Pistol Another Form of Pistol for the Same Purpose The "Excelsior" Clip The Smoke Apparatus A Magical Explosive Suggestions for its Use The Spider The "Multum-in Parvo" Vanisher The Hartz "Hook," for Working Mechanical Pieces The Magic Bell The Crystal Cash-box The Bird-Cage Change (or Load) from Back of Assistant The Pneumatic Sucker The Ball Clip The Velvet Changing Bag CHAPTER III. A SPECIAL TABLE, AND SOME TRICKS PERFORMED BY ITS AID The Heller and De Vere Table The Bottomless Tumbler Tricks Performed by the Aid of the Above Table Concatenation Extraordinary A Simpler Method, with the Mirror Glass Devant's Method The Rose in the Glass CHAPTER IV. THE MAGIC WAND, AND TRICKS THEREWITH The Production of the Wand From the Sleeve From the Purse From Decanter on Table The Self-supporting Wand Introductory Patter Various Methods of Suspension The Wand Supported without any Mechanical Aid The Rapping Wand The Auto-gravity Wand The Climbing Ring The Rising and Falling Wand Various Methods Special Wands for Various Purposes Wands for the Production of Handkerchiefs How to Change the Wand into a Handkerchief A Wand for the Production of Cigars The "Swallowing" Wand CHAPTER V. TRICKS WITH WATCHES Methods for Obtaining Secret Possession of a Watch The Paper Bag (Various Kinds) Wrapping in Paper The Alpaca Bag "Exchanging" a Watch (Various Methods) The American Vanisher A New "Palm" for Watches The Noisy Watch-winder An Improved "Repeater" To Reproduce a Borrowed Watch in Any One Selected of a Number of Boxes A Lost Watch Found in Performer's Purse Another Method A Borrowed Watch Changed to a Lemon A Borrowed Watch Reproduced from a Glass of Milk A Watch Fired from a Pistol, Attaching Itself to a Borrowed Hat A Novel Watch Trick Watch It! Another Method The Locked and Corded Boxes The Old Method The Writer's Own Method The Hartz Method The De Vere Method The Flight of Time CHAPTER VI. TRICKS WITH RINGS Exchanging the Ring To Catch Rings on the Wand A Borrowed Ring Found in a Potato The Ring and the Card The Mystic Glove and Rings The Old Method The Hartz Method The Wedding Ring and Flag CHAPTER VII. TRICKS WITH HANDKERCHIEFS The Recommendations of the Handkerchief for Magical Purposes SECTION I THE MAGICAL PRODUCTION OF HANDKERCHIEFS The False Finger The False Thumb The Finger Shell and False Palm The Rubber Band Production from Bend of Elbow Production from the Trouser-Leg The Hand-Box The Cache The Hamley Handkerchief Ball Production from the Wand Production from a Match-Box The "Monarch" Handkerchief Producer Clips for Handkerchiefs A Novel Method of Production SECTION II THE MULTIPLICATION OF HANDKERCHIEFS From the Sleeve Conradi's Multiplying Tube A Simple Appliance for Handkerchief Multiplication Black, Red, and White Handkerchief Multiplication on a Larger Scale Stillwell's Handkerchief Act Simultaneous Production of a Desired Number of Handkerchiefs Handkerchiefs Increasing in Size as well as Number A Special Method of Producing the First Handkerchief SECTION III COLOUR-CHANGING TRICKS The Inventors of the Colour-Change Various Methods of Colour-Changing The Conradi Tube Sundry Appliances for Colour-Changing Roterberg's Colour-Change Marcellin's Colour-Change Colour-Changing by the Aid of a Paper Tube The Elementary Method Willmann's Colour-Change A Six-fold Colour-Change To Change the Colour of a Handkerchief by Merely Drawing it Through the Hand The Brass Tube, with Sliding Cup, for Colour-Changing Willmann's "Metropolitan Railway" Trick SECTION IV METHODS OF "VANISHING" A HANDKERCHIEF The Rubber Ring A New Handkerchief Vanisher Roterberg's Vanisher, and Passes Therewith Another Method of Using the Vanisher		The "Eau de Cologne" Bottle A Handkerchief Changed to a Billiard-Ball An Ingenious Device to Facilitate the Palming and Vanishing of a Handkerchief The Glass Ball, for Changing a Handkerchief to a Billiard-Ball The Nickel Tube for Vanishing a Handkerchief Improved form The Nickel Tube with Pull The Vanish from a Paper Cylinder The "Lamp-Chimney" Vanish To Vanish Four Handkerchiefs Simultaneously SECTION V METHODS OF REPRODUCING A VANISHED HANDKERCHIEF Reproduction Beneath a Soup-Plate Reproduction from a Sealed Envelope Two Vanished Handkerchiefs Reproduced from a Nest of Three Envelopes The Drum-Head Tube Reproduction from a Candle Buatier de Kolta's Method The Glass Box, for Reproducing a Handkerchief SECTION VI MISCELLANEOUS HANDKERCHIEF TRICKS Devant's Handkerchief Trick The Hat and Handkerchief The Closed Glass Tube (L'Etui en Cristal) The Handkerchief Cut and Restored (Modern Method) The "Marvellous Metamorphosis" Silver Cylinder A Handkerchief Changed to Paper Ribbons A Handkerchief Transformed into Paper Shavings The Egg and Handkerchief Trick (Modern Methods) D'Alvini's Egg and Handkerchief Trick Egg, Handkerchief, and Onion The very Latest Egg and Handkerchief Trick Handkerchiefs Turned into a Snake Hartz's Method The Dancing Handkerchief Parlour Method Stage Method Right and Left The Flying Handkerchiefs The Shower of Sweets (Improved Method) A Postscript CHAPTER VIII. FLAG TRICKS Bertram's Flag Trick Flags and Paper Shavings Flags Converted into Silken Streamers The Production of Flags on Staves Complete The Flag and Worsted Ball Devant's "Transvaal Flag" Trick CHAPTER IX. TRICKS WITH GLOVES "Vanishing" the Gloves The Glove Passed into the Wand A White Glove Changed to a Black One Glove-Dyeing by Magic The Damaged Glove and Lady's Stocking A Glove Conjured into a Nut, Egg, Lemon, and Orange Dr. Avon's Glove Trick CHAPTER X. TRICKS WITH EGGS The Celluloid Egg The Self-Balancing Egg The Egg-cup, for Vanishing an Egg An Improved Egg-Holder The Magical Production of Eggs Production of Eggs from the Mouth Bellachini's Method A Smashed Egg Vanished from a Handkerchief The Diminishing Egg To Vanish an Egg from the Hand A Special Egg Vanisher The Wandering Eggs Another Method New Egg and Tumbler Trick An Illustration of Free-Trade Principles Eggs from Nowhere, and Back Again An Egg-Laying Hat A Novel Egg-Bag Trick The Ribbon-Producing Egg The Bewitched Orange CHAPTER XI. TRICKS WITH HATS To Cut a Piece out of a Hat, and Restore it A Glass of Wine in a Hat The Mesmerized Hat A Billiard Cue Produced from a Hat Methods of Loading a Hat Various Productions from Hat Half a Dozen Babies Alarm Clocks Flower-Balls Bouquets The Garland of Oak-leaves A Cake Baked in a Hat (Improved Method) The Wandering Oranges A Glass of Wine Passed Visibly through the Crown of a Hat The Vanished Cannon-Ball CHAPTER XII. MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS The Afghan Bands The Chinese Paper-Tearing Trick The Original Form of the Trick Various Methods of Performing it Ellis Stanyon's Method Maurice Garland's Method, with Colour-Change The Melting Coin (Improved) The Great Dictionary Trick My Friend in Thibet The Flying Thimble The Original Trick The Thimble and Paper Cone The Patriotic Thimble The Multiplying Thimble The Vanishing Thimbles The Changing Dice Improved Methods Chameleon Water Rainbow Water The Magic Organ Pipes (Le Souper du Diable) New Method Devant's Jar of Water and Hat Devant's Bag of Mystery CHAPTER XIII. NEW MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS The Rice and Water Trick The Vanishing Rice Tao Li Tao, The Chinese Mystery Balloons from a Hat To Discover and Pocket (before Asking any Question) the Card Thought of by a Spectator A New Purse Trick A Silk Handkerchief Changed into a Flag The Changing Handkerchief Boxes The Demon Digits The Acrobatic Cards The Ball of Wool Trick (Improved) The New Card Frame Outwitting the Conjurer The Great Book Mystery The Crystal Balls (Improved Method) CHAPTER XIV. RECOLLECTIONS OF HARTZ THE WIZARD Biographical Notice A Devil of a Hat The Inexhaustible Handkerchief The Improved Money Column The Multiplication of Money The Mysterious Addition The Inverted Glass of Water The Multiplying Billiard Ball The Dematerialized Glass of Water Card, Coin, and Candle The Wine and Water Trick The Witches' Kettle and Magic Punch-Bowl The Automatic Rising Cards The Portfolio Trick The Second-Sight Trick The Pocket-Picking Trick The Aerial Walking-Cane The Egg and Rings Trick

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