Everybody's Guide to Conjuring
by Frank Desmond

A thoroughly practical handbook, specially written for the use of amateur magicians.

An early pocket guide to conjuring. It is volume 32 of Saxon's "Everybody's Series".

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER I. ELEMENTARY TRICKS
  • Naming Unseen Cards
  • Finding Selected Cards
  • The 21 Card Trick
  • The Long Card
  • Odd and Even Cards
  • The Vanishing Knot
  • The Repaired Ribbon
  • A Selected Coin Found
  • The Suspended Wand
• CHAPTER II. "PALMING," "PASSING," and "FORCING"
  • Palming Coins
  • Palming Cards
  • Palming Handkerchiefs etc
  • "The Pass"
  • "Forcing"
  • The "False Shuffle"
  • The "Slip"
• CHAPTER III. COIN TRICKS
  • Coins from a Handkerchief
  • The Magic Paper
  • The Rattle Box
  • The Enchanted Oranges
  • The Changing Coins
  • The Mysterious Glass
  • Multiplication of Money
• CHAPTER IV. CARD TRICKS
  • Naming and Finding Selected Cards
  • Changing and Vanishing Cards
  • Flying Cards
  • Mechanical Cards
  • The Moving "Pip"
  • The Torn Card
  • The Changing Card
  • The Rose Card
  • The Latest Card Trick
• CHAPTER V. HANDKERCHIEF TRICKS
  • The Burnt Handkerchief
  • Modes of Vanishing Handkerchiefs
  • The Hand Box
  • The Flash Handkerchief
  • The Charmed Decanters
  • The Double Handkerchief
• CHAPTER VI. TRICKS WITH APPARATUS
  • The Crystal Casket
  • The Drawer-Box
  • The Inexhaustible Box
  • The Burning Globe
  • The Hot Coffee Vase
  • The Mysterious Die
  • The Card Frame
  • The Card Box
  • The Card Table
  • The Magic Star
  • The Card Case
  • The Billiard Ball Illusion
  • The Floral Vase
  • The Changing Wines
  • Conjuring Wands
  • Productions from Handkerchiefs
  • A Glass of Water
  • A Fish Bowl
  • Bird-Cages
  • Bouquets
  • Productions from Hats
  • Spring Balls
  • Expanding Flowers
  • The "Servante"
• CHAPTER VII. THOUGHT-READING
  • The Dice Trick
  • Tracing Hidden Articles
  • Blindfold Divination
  • "Second Sight"
• CHAPTER VIII. ENTERTAINMENT GIVING
  • Arranging the Programme
  • Giving the Performance
  • General Hints
  • "Patter"
  • Conclusion

1st edition 1897, PDF 112 pages.
word count: 51847 which is equivalent to 207 standard pages of text