Magic tricks, puzzles, shadowgraphy, palmistry, crystal gazing, ...
Excerpt from the introduction by Will Goldston:
This Magical Genius writes in these pages for those who do not know the A.B.C. of the Art of Magic. Here are tricks which any amateur magician, man or woman, girl or boy, can perform, and every trick is so clearly explained that to follow the instructions of this famous magician is a very pleasurable pastime.
To the uninitiated some of these little magical problems may seem to be very simple things, and therefore it is well to point out that their very simplicity is proof of their great value. Whereas an incompetent artist will cover his paper with lines before he gets the effect after which he is striving, a finished artist will produce a very much finer effect with a few simple strokes.
The tricks which are explained in this little book have been chosen with great care, for I did not want to put the reader to a lot of trouble. These tricks can be performed after a very little practice, but they should not be shown to any audience until they have been rehearsed.
- To Spin a Coin Inside a Hat
- The Vanishing Half-Crown
- The Penny and the Handkerchief
- Watch the Coin
- The Sixpence and the Handkerchief
- The Walking Coin
- The Disappearing Coin
- Hypnotised Cards
- Thought Reading with a Pack of Cards
- A Thought Reading
- The Imprisoned Watch
- To Drink a Glass of Water which is Covered with another Glass without touching the Glasses with your Hands
- Pulling a Handkerchief Through the Leg
- A One-Handed Knot
- The Separate Matches two Methods
- A Lifting Trick
- Palmistry
- Dreams
- Your Future Foretold
- Puzzles
- Crystal Gazing
1st edition ~1940, PDF 23 pages.
word count: 14402 which is equivalent to 57 standard pages of text
