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How to Make Magic Toys by A. Anderson

Containing full directions for making magic toys and devices of many kinds.

  • Jumping Jack
  • The Magic Mouse
  • The Indian Tumbler
  • The Dancing Dolls
  • The Skip-Jack
  • The Magic Cube Box
  • The Weather Prophets
  • The Rooking Ship
  • The Prancing Horse
  • The Automatic Tumblers
  • The Spring-board Dancing Sailor
  • The Automaton Smoker
  • The Bottle Imp
  • The Magic Candle
  • Dancing Marionettes
  • The Camera Obscura
  • The Magic Lantern
  • The Ludion
  • The Salamander, or the Dancing Ring
  • The Fountain Top
  • The Zoetrope
  • The Praxinoscope
  • A Magic Microscope
  • How to See Through a Brick Wall
  • To Show that Rays of Light do...
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How To Do Tricks by A. Anderson
  • Card Tricks And Magic
    • Useful Rules To Follow
  • Tricks With Cards
    • To Call For Any Card In The Pack
    • To Make Another Person Draw The Cards You Call For
    • To Name The Cards Of A Pack Concealed Under A Handkerchief
    • To Call The Cards Out Of The Pack
    • A New Method To Name All The Cards In Succession Without Seeing Them
    • To Discern One Or More Drawn Cards
    • The Knaves And The Constable
    • To Show A Card Now On The Top, And Now At The Bottom Of The Pack
    • The Same Trick In Another Manner
    • The Same Trick In A Still More Surprising Manner
    • The Double Confederates
    • The Card In The Pocketbook
    • Of...
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How To Do The Black Art by A. Anderson

Containing a complete description of the mysteries of magic and sleight of hand, together with many wonderful experiments.

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The chief requisites for success in the performance of the black art is manual dexterity and self-confidence; nimble fingers and a cool temper. Any one who exhibits feats of legerdemain, will do well to remember that one of the best methods of diverting the attention of the audience from the action of your fingers, is to keep talking; the more diverting your talk, the less attention will the audience give to your manipulation of the object...

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How to do Sleight of Hand by A. Anderson

Containing over fifty of the latest and best tricks used by magicians. Also containing the secret of Second Sight.

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In Egypt, Greece and Rome, sleight of hand, accompanied by the supposed answers of the gods produced by ventriloquism, enabled the priest to keep the ignorant nations in subjection to their will. In the Middle Ages, too, a great deal of what happened under the influence of Black Magic was simply the cunning of professors of sleight of hand, sometimes mixed up with a few chemical tricks.

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One thing the young conjurer must remember, and...

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How To Do Mechanical Tricks by A. Anderson

Containing complete instructions for performing over sixty ingenious mechanical tricks.

  • The Pile of Draughtsmen
  • The Decanter, Card, and Coin
  • A Clever Blow
  • The Obedient Coin
  • To Cut a String With Your Hands
  • The Rebound
  • A Fiery Catapult
  • To Make an Exact Balance
  • The Recomposition of Light
  • The Mysterious Apple
  • Economical Letter-Scales
  • Tracing a Spiral
  • The Inclined Plane
  • To Cut a Bottle With a String
  • Equilibrium of a Knife in Mid-Air
  • A Trick With Four Matches
  • The Distance of an Inaccessable Point
  • Practical Tracing of a Meridian Line
  • To Measure the Height of a Mountain
  • To Take...
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How To Do Chemical Tricks by A. Anderson

Containing over one hundred highly amusing and instructive tricks with chemicals.

  • Chemical Affinity
  • Sympathetic Inks
  • Alum Baskets
  • Easy Crystallizations
  • To Make a piece of Charcoal appear as though it were Coated with Gold
  • To Give a Piece of Charcoal a Rich Coat of Silver
  • Combustion
  • Chemistry of The Air
  • Amateur Air Pump
  • Asphyxia
  • Balloon in Vacuum
  • Boiling Cold Water
  • A Sucking Tube
  • Cupping
  • The Barometer
  • A Novel Barometer
  • Compressed Air
  • Noiseless Bell
  • The Bursting Bladder
  • Weight of the Air
  • Spoons which will Melt in Hot Water
  • Effect of Compression
  • To Cover Iron with Copper ...
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How To Do 40 Tricks With Cards by A. Anderson

Containing many deceptive card tricks as performed by leading conjurers and magicians. Arranged for home amusement.

The book starts out with eleven hints or tips to keep in mind when showing card tricks. This is a mix of the usual tips for beginners, such as not performing a trick twice, or not explaining upfront what you intend to do, and more advanced or less common recommendations such as not performing a trick under its common name but rather invent a new name. This rule is particularly applicable today where it is so easy to search online for the name of a trick and discover its secret. ...

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How To Do 60 Tricks with Cards by A. Anderson

Embracing all of the latest and most deceptive card tricks now in use.

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From the earliest ages the Magic Art has been highly popular among all classes; and, of its many marvels, Card Tricks, whether produced by sleight of hand, mathematical combinations, or mechanical means, are the most generally appreciated. Cards are to be found in nearly every home circle, so the prestidigitateur always has his principal tools at his finger ends. With them alone the most startling surprises can be caused, and the card conjurer has also the advantage of knowing that all his...

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