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by Henry Hay

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Learn Magic is a classic magic book for serious beginners. It teaches 20 lessons and focuses not just on effects, tricks and moves, but also on the 'how to learn magic' aspect. Beautifully illustrated by Hans Jelinek.

Henry Hay's larger magic book for beginners, The Amateur Magician's Handbook is broader in scope and already assumes some basic knowledge about magic.

1st digital edition 2013, 210 pages.

Table of Contents

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FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
PART 1
CHAPTER 1. HOW TO WATCH A MAGICIAN
The Greatest Magician?
The Different Kinds of Magic
CHAPTER 2. HOW TO BE A MAGICIAN
Rehearsal Before Practice
How to Get Applause
Your Personality and Your Patter
Planning
Learning a Trick
Enlarging Your Repertory
BOOK LIST
PART 2
LESSON 1. THE FLYING COIN
LESSON 2. HANDLING A DECK OF CARDS
Dealing Position
The Overhand Shuffle
The Riffle or Dovetail Shuffle
The "Waterfall" Finish
Second Split for the Dovetail Shuffle
Fanning the Cards
The Card at the Number
Mind Control
LESSON 3. THE LARIAT KING
Inventing Magic
The Lariat King
How the Trick Is Done
LESSON 4. THE AFGHAN BANDS AND THE CUT TURBAN
How to Make the Afghan Bands
How to Work the Turban Trick
LESSON 5. FINDING A SELECTED CARD, 1: FORCING
Forcing and Forcing Decks
The Svengali Pack
Forcing Sleights: The Fan
Forcing Sleights: The Slip
Another Knife Force
The Telephone Trick
LESSON 6. FINDING A SELECTED CARD, II: LOCATIONS
False Shuffles
The Tap Location
The Glimpse
The Spelling Master
The Stripper Deck
The Long Card
The Double Card
The Short Card
The Pass, or Shift
The Red and Black Aces
LESSON 7. ESCAPES
The Kellar Tie
The Sack Escape
The Chair Tie
LESSON 8. THE EGG BAG
Palming an Egg
Egg Production Routine
LESSON 9. MIND READING
The Billet Test
The "All-Alike" Gag
The "One-Ahead" Gag
The Envelope Test
Getting Impressions
Torn-Billet Reading
Stage Clairvoyance
Codes
Pointer Codes
Number Codes
Talking Codes
Silent Methods
LESSON 10. REVEALING A SELECTED CARD
The Turned Card; Victim's Choice
The Card Nailed to the Ceiling
The Jumping Cards
The Transfixed Pack
The Rising Cards (Three Methods)
First Method
Second Method
Third Method
The Mental-Selection Spelling Master
LESSON 11. THE THUMB TIP
Cigarette Vanish
The Torn and Restored Paper Ribbon
Handkerchief Vanish
LESSON 12. A SILK ROUTINE. PART I
Preparing for the Act
Handkerchief Production (Elbow)
The Dissolving Knot
Shaking in a Knot
Silk from Candle
The Flying Knot
Handkerchief Production (Thread)
The Sympathetic Silks
LESSON 13. A SILK ROUTINE. PART II
Preparing for the Act
Hand Silk-Dyeing
Silk-Dyeing (Paper Tube)
The "Lamp-Chimney" Vanish
LESSON 14. THE MISER'S DREAM
Coins for Magic
The Finger Palm
The Thumb Palm
The Regular Palm
The Edge Palm
Palming Several Coins
The Back Palm
The Miser's Dream
LESSON 15. CARD PALMING
The Top Palm
Palming Several Cards
Williams' Card in Pocket
Color Changes
Clip Color Change
Erasing the Spot
The Side-Steal Color Change
Reversing the Color Change
The Double Lift
The Back Palm
Five-Card Vanish and Recovery
LESSON 16. TWO GREAT TRICKS OF CARD PALMING
Leipzig's Lightning Locations
The Cards Up the Sleeve
The False Count
LESSON 17. THE SPONGE BALLS
The Basic Sponge-Ball Move
The Routine
LESSON 18. THE MULTIPLYING BILLIARD BALLS
The Conjurer's Clothes
The Trap Pass
The Change-Over Palm
The Multiplying Ball Routine
LESSON 19. THIMBLE MAGIC
Silent and Talking Acts
Quieting a Noisy Crowd
The Thimble Thumb Palm
Deliberate Vanish
Thimble Routine
LESSON 20. YOUR MAGICAL OUTFIT
The Magician's Table
The Black Art Table Top
Servantes
The Bottomless Glass
The Mirror Glass
Flying Silk
Candy Production
Wands
Programs
Stage Management
PART 3
HOW STAGE ILLUSIONS WORK
The Floating Lady
The Vanishing Performer
The Trunk Trick
The Mirror Principle
Lost in the Crowd
Bullet-Catching
De Kolta's Cocoon
The Oyster Shell
De Biere's Costume Trunk
The Goldfish Bowls
The Rapping Hand
The Talking Skull
The Merry Widow
The Spirit Cabinet
The Milk Can Trick
The Basket Trick
The Sword Cabinet
Sawing a Woman in Two

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