New Ideas in Magic
by William Henry James Shaw

Shaw was a dealer in Chicago during the time of Erdnase, who specialized in manufacturing trick apparatus, illusions, and gimmicks. Most of the effects described in this work are apparatus type of magic. There is also a sizable section on Chapeaugraphy.

New Ideas In Magic

• The Demon Cards Of Faust
• Mystic Envelopes And Cards
• The Magic Growth Of Flowers
• The Changing Cards
• The Birth Of Floris
• Cassadaga Propaganda
• New Knotted Handkerchiefs
• New Color Changing Handkerchief
• Three Legged Lady
• Four Legged Lady
• The Soldier's Fate
• The Mysterious Glass Jar And Coins
• The Crystal Decanter And Mysterious Handkerchiefs
• The Wonderful Rising Wand
• The Hypnotised Wand
• The Handkerchief Metamorphosis
• Wand And Obedient Ring
• New Dice Trick
• The Crystal Casket Of Youth
• New Half Lady
• New Handkerchief Production
• The Latest Billiard Ball Trick
• The Wonderful Velvet Bag
• Theo, The Flying Lady
• The Fish Pole Trick
• The Artist's Dream
• The Handkerchief Cassette
• New Hindoo Wands And Cord
• How The "Three Svengalis" Have Mystified The Public Of Two Continents
• Red, White And Blue Seperation Of Liquids
• The Flying Lamp Trick
• New Production Of A Flag
• New Color Changing Plume
• Wine, Ribbons And Fire Works
• Spirit Chalk Marks
• The Guillotine Mystery
• Indian Box Mystery
• Hindoo Box Mystery
• The Pillory Mystery
• Wonderful Talking Head
• Fin De Siecle Glass And Hat
• Flying Glass Of Water On Glass Top Table
• The Disappearing Glass Of Water
• The Hand Cuff Act

• Cow Boy
• Beadle
• The Dustman
• Soldier
• The Curate
• The Duke Of Wellington
• The Chinaman
• The Coquette
• Artist
• The Schoolmaster
• The Bumpkin
• The Publican
• The Salvationist
• The Jester
• Louis XV
• The Irishman
• The Toreador
• The Piper
• Napoleon
• The Snuff Taker
• The Inquisition
• The Dunce
• The Hussar
• The Magician
• The Gen-D'arme

1st edition 1902, 93 pages; PDF
word count: 20489 which is equivalent to 81 standard pages of text