Games of Skill and Conjuring
by unknown

Instructions for games, magic tricks, model building, giving shows, and more.

• Games Of Skill
  • Draughts
    • Laws Of The Game
    • Games For Practice
    • Concluding Observations
  • Dominoes
  • Chess
    • The Chess-Board And Chessmen
    • Value And Moves Of The Pieces
    • Laws Of Chess
    • Technical Terms Used In Chess
    • Opening The Game
    • Games For Practice
    • General Observations
    • Conclusion
  • Morrice
  • Fox And Geese
• Conjuring
  • Legerdemain And Simple Deceptions
  • To Lift A Bottle With A Straw
  • The Tobacco Pipe Jug Stand
  • To Break A Stick Placed On Two Glasses
  • The Bottle Conjuror
  • The Mysterious Wafers
  • Advantageous Wager
  • The Balanced Stick
  • The Little Tumbler
  • The Little Balancer
  • To Fix A Coin To The Wall
  • Eatable Candle Ends
  • The Animated Sixpence
  • The Floating Beacon
  • The Magic Apple
  • The Sentinel Egg
  • To Melt Lead In A Piece Of Paper
  • The Dancing Pea
  • Magical Cards
  • To Support A Pail Of Water By A Stick, Only Half Of Which, Or Less, Rests Upon The Table
  • To Make A Shilling Turn On Its Edge On The Point Of A Needle
  • The Impossible Omelet
  • To Turn A Goblet Of Water Upside Down, And Yet Keep The Water In It
  • To Take A Shilling Out Of A Handkerchief
  • A Good Catch
  • The Three Spoons
  • Bridge Of Knives
  • The Magic Circle
  • The Juggler’s Joke
  • The Glass Of Wine Under The Hat
• Tricks Requiring Special Apparatus
  • The Hen And Egg Bag
  • Amputation Extraordinary
  • The Globe Box
  • The Barber’s Pole
  • The Egg-Box
  • The Bottle Imps
  • The Doll Trick
  • The Magic Book
  • The Rice Trick
• Tricks With Cards
  • Forcing Or Making A Pass
  • Ups And Downs
  • A Certain Number Of Cards Being Shown To A Person, To Guess That Which He Has Thought Of
  • To Tell The Number Of Cards By The Weight
  • Ten Cards Being Arranged In A Circle, To Tell That Which Any One Thought Of
  • The Four Accomplices
  • The Noted Card Named
  • The Regal Alliance
  • The Odd Ten
  • The Queens Going In Search Of Diamonds
  • The Knaves And The Constable
  • The Painted Pack
  • To Hold Four Kings Or Four Knaves In Your Hand, And To Change Them Suddenly Into Blank Cards, And Then Into Four Aces
  • The Fifteen Thousand Livres
  • Several Cards Being Presented In Succession To Several Persons, To Guess Which Each Has Thought Of
  • The Card Discovered By The Touch Or Smell
  • The Card In The Nut
• Boat Building
• Modelling
  • Card-Board Work
  • Plaster Casts
  • Vegetable Carving
• The Deaf And Dumb Alphabet
• The Riddler
  • Enigmas
  • Charades
  • Conundrums
• Acting Charades
  • I. Charade In Dumb Show
  • II. Charade In Dialogue
• The Key To The Enigmas, Riddles, Etc.
  • Enigmas
  • Charades
  • Conundrums
  • Acting Charades
• Puzzles And Paradoxes
• The Key To The Puzzles And Paradoxes
• Miscellanies
  • To Polish Shells
  • Miniature Oak Tree
  • To Extract The Perfume Of Flowers
  • Vegetable Skeletons
  • Cherry-Stone Baskets
  • To Form Figures In Relief On An Egg
  • Storm-Glasses
  • To Make Bread Seals
  • To Take Impressions From Seals
  • Varnish For Ornamental Purposes
• Shows
  • Punch & Judy
  • The Drama Of Punch And Judy
  • Fantoccini
  • Gallanty Show
  • The Wonderful Crocodile
  • Chinese Show Of Artificial Fireworks
• The Model Stage
• Tinselling

1st edition 1865, 128 pages; PDF 146.
word count: 49115 which is equivalent to 196 standard pages of text