This is one of the books that Abbott published for the troops during wartime in the 1940's. It uses Si Stebbins system, except the step size is 4 rather than 3, also known as "The Riverboat Stack" or "Mark Twain Stack" (see New Card Tricks with the Mark Twain Stack). Routines can be performed with most other stacks.
- Foreword
- The Magic Card System: The Rules That Make It Work
- Effect Number One: A Skeptical Spectator Interrupts
- Effect Number Two
- It Might Happen To You
- Effect Number Two As Performed By Two Persons
- Effect Number Three
- Effect Number Four
- Effect Number Five
- The Effect Done With An Assistant
- Effect Number Six
- Effect Number Seven
- Effect Number Eight Seven-Handed Poker Deal
- Effect Number Nine
- A Pseudo Mind Reading Trick
- The Phantom Card Game
- The Mysterious Joker
PDF 24 pages.
word count: 7096 which is equivalent to 28 standard pages of text
