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New Ways To Mystify carries on its prestidigitation in the vein of For Magicians Only. Again Mr. Parrish has presented thirty "tricks" that can be performed without elaborate equipment, and with no more skill than the average person can muster. It's all in practice and in knowing how to distract the audience, Mr. Parrish says, and he demonstrates in such a simple manner that anyone, young or old, can master these feats of magic.
The general plan of the ebook follows that of the earlier volume, and Mr. Parrish again writes in his witty, urbane fashion. Dozens of simple diagrams, as well as clever chapter head and tail pieces, have again been provided by Doris Holley Peters.
1st edition 1945; original 124 pages; PDF 66 pages.
- Chapter One AND THE PURSUIT OF MAGIC . . .
- Chapter Two HOW TO BE DECEPTIVE
- - THE EGG BAG
- Chapter Three THE MAGIC COUNTERPANE
- - A CONJURER'S CUT
- - PERPETUAL MOTION
- - A TOSS-UP VANISH
- - THE BURNED AND RESTORED SHEET
- Chapter Four THE MAGIC TEA TABLE
- - INVISIBLE PASSAGE I—QUARTER AND LEMON
- - PSYCHIC TEA LEAVES
- Chapter Five NEEDLEWORK MAGIC
- - KNITTING MADE EASY
- - THE UNRAVELING TRICK
- - THE NEEDLE THREADING TRICK
- Chapter Six TAKE A LITTLE MAGIC AFTER DINNER
- - BEWITCHED SUGAR
- - HOMING SALT
- - INVISIBLE PASSAGE II—TEACUPS AND SUGAR CUBES
- - HOW TO PRODUCE A LIGHTED CIGARETTE
- Chapter Seven MAGIC FOR A NIGHT OUT
- - THE JUMPING CARD AND THE FLYING CARD
- - LEAP FROG
- - CHANGING CARDS
- - THE TORN CARD VANISHED AND RESTORED
- - THE VANISH
- - THE RESTORATION
- Chapter Eight BRING MAGIC TO YOUR WEEK ENDS
- - MENTAL MAGIC OR TELEPATHY MADE EASY
- - THE HOSTESS VANISHES
- - HOW TO PRODUCE THE FAMILY PET FROM A HAT
- - THE MAGIC CANDY BOX
- Chapter Nine THE MAGICIAN ON THE BRASS RAIL ROAD
- - THE REPRODUCING OLIVE
- - THE MAGIC KEY RINGS
- - THE HYPNOTIZED CIGARETTE
- - THE TROUBLE WITH COINS
- - HOW TO SHAKE YOUR LUNCH WITH EASE
- - THE TORN AND RESTORED NEWSPAPER
- Chapter Ten THE SHOW
word count: 20282 which is equivalent to 81 standard pages of text 
