Magic & Conjuring: page 379

As Harry Leat writes in his introduction, the tricks in this book are not pocket tricks, but ones which rely on some clever piece of apparatus. Some of his ideas are ingenious and have never been published before. Harry Leat was quite a character and it shows in his creations and ideas.

1st edition, 1923, Harry Leat, London; 111 pages.

9. Introduction
12. The Mysterious Box of Parvo
29. "Bloodless" Writing on the Arm
31. Improved Card Frames
38. Mister Makeshift
41. The Necromantic Mummy
49. Improved Passe-Passe Bottles
55. The Only Bug
57. The Real Magic Funnel
64. The Travelling Glass
71. A Magical Accessory
75. Patter ...

An original blurb read: Tragic Magic containing original magical sketches, tricks, some humour, and many interesting items that will grip you.

From The Sphinx: And here is another one that awakens my cereberzation - Harry Leat's Tragic Magic. Here is a book of 122 pages of the queerest conglomeration of sense and non-sense, good magic and irrelative matter - yet relating to magic - that has yet crossed my rugged editorial path. The table of contents lists 42 items, and I advise the purchaser of the book not to skip a single one of them. I do not know why the book is named Tragic Magic, for the magic...

From The Sphinx: Diversified Magic is Harry Leat's latest contribution to magical lore. Diversified rightly describes the contents of the book. The variety is great, the quality superior, the originality genuine. Of the twenty chapters it is difficult to say which is the most interesting, and of the tricks and other effects, which is the best. The Organ Pipe Pagoda, and the Eclipse Ventriloquial Figure are alone worth more than the price of the book. Mr. Leat's introduction is full of matter for serious thought and consideration. The patter for the tricks, and the dialogue for the vent. figure are lively,...

This book is based on an interesting idea. Line up the best magic dealers and let each one contribute a series of tricks and routines. Not a bad idea indeed. Some of the dealers who participated are Davenport & Co., Gamage Ltd., Hamley Bros., The Magical Apparatus Co., ...

1st edition, 1924, Harry Leat, London; 100 pages.

9. Introduction.
   L. DAVENPORT & CO.
16. New Ball Holder.
17. New Card Drawer.
18. New Cigarette to Handkerchief.
19. Triangle Coin Stand and Box.
20. The New Production Box.
21. The Vanishing Lamp.
23. New Coffee Trick.
    PROFESSOR EDGAR.
26. Productive Candle Shade.
28. The "New Cut" Card Locator. ...

Just as the last release Magic of the Depots 1924, Depot Magic lines up several dealers to describe a few tricks each. However the most interesting article in this book is by Leo Rullman and is entitled "The Hobby of Book Collecting".

1st edition, 1925, Harry Leat, London; 92 pages.

6. A Bad Trait.
7. Liberty.
11. Introduction.
    Mr. CHARLES R. BRUSH
21. Two Handkerchief Secrets.
22. A Colour Study.
24. Magician's Wax.
25. The Cigarette Stand.
26. Magician's Elastic.
27. His End.
    MESSRS CHICAGO MAGIC Co.
29. The Magicians Card Box.
31. The Penetrated Card.
33. Improved Glass of Water Through Hat.
36. The Enchanged Tube.
    MESSRS B. L. GILBERT MAGIC...

It is supposedly the first book devoted to a single sleight - beautifully layed out with photos as well as drawings off all stages of the invisible pass. A detailed and thorough explanation of this form of the pass. The pass is a difficult move. Many books barely scratch the surface when they try to teach a shift or pass. This book is entirely devoted to a single move and leaves no open questions.

In a letter to Paul Fleming Nov 5th 1944 Fred Braue talks about his "invisible pass" for the first time: "...I mentioned earlier a special interest in the "pass". Jean and I are doing another little...

A treatise on the science and art of the stock, cull, odd-number, and cull-stock shuffles. Presenting the Braue system, bringing these useful stratagems within the reach of every performer, together with a full description of a number of brilliant card feats made possible by this amazingly simple system.

Paul Fleming wrote:

A collection of feats of conjuring with cards, employing artificed cards and simple accessories. Embracing over 30 brilliant feats of card conjuring made possible by the use of prepared cards and simple accessories together with a complete exposition of Jean Hugard's superbly routined presentation of the famed card classic, The Aerial Cards.

Paul Fleming wrote:

Twenty-one original and impressive card effects plus eleven new, practical, useful, simple sleights by these two masters of the art of card magic.

Paul Fleming wrote:

An Ambitious Card routine which cleverly uses the Card Box to heighten the effect.

1st edition, 2004.

The performer takes a deck of cards, lets the spectator pick a card and gives it back. The performer then takes the card, rips it into 4 pieces and slowly, one by one, the cards morph back into place as they started out even before they were ripped. At the end of the routine, the dents are visually ironed out and, in the spectators hands, is their card - perfectly normal!

1st edition 2004; 24 pages.

Most of us are guilty of spending too little time on developing a unique and personal presentation. We rather work on perfecting moves and techniques. There is nothing against improving and honing your sleights, but we should spend equally on perfecting our presentation. Using rhymes is one way to develop an entertaining and memorable presentation. This booklet suggests rhymes for several classic effects such as 'Torn and Restored Newspaper', 'Cards up the Sleeve', 'Cut and Restored Rope', 'The Silk and Egg', 'Color Changing Silks', 'Passe Passe Bottles' and more. You can either take these rhymes...

You get two dramatic openers one 45 seconds long the other 47 seconds long, and one dramatic closer 11 seconds long. These openers set the mood perfectly. (Listen to a dramatic opener demo.)

For an explanation track that allows you to listen to the main voice used in the Magic Enhancer tracks, please see our free ebook page under the Audio & Audio-Book heading.

This is the same ebook as 202 Methods of Forcing except this one additionally includes the personal notes of Victor Farelli.

Farelli's notes can roughly be categorized in three groups. One is attribution where he writes the inventor's name, or at least the one he thought originated this particular force. The second group is quality, where he writes attributes like 'very good', 'ingenious' etc. And the third group are extensions, variations or entirely new forces. Some of these entries are even dated and could be of particular interest to historians.

Although I think these notes are quite interesting, please...

Perhaps no other effect is so much associated with the magician as that of producing a rabbit from an empty hat. And, oddly enough, so few magicians today use a rabbit in their act.

Where the idea of producing a rabbit from a hat originated is not certain. The favorite story seems to be about the 18th century English woman who felt that she was not getting the attention she deserved. She told her husband and neighbors that she had been accosted by a rabbit and some time latter she took to her bed. The story immediately went out that she had given birth to several rabbits. The story naturally...

This is a wonderful presentational idea for the "Invisible Deck". (If you do not know what the "Invisible Deck" is ask around or visit a dealer. It is a very common prepared deck of cards.)

This routine will require some creativity on your part, but more so on the spectator’s part ... but this is part of the fun. It can really go anywhere and it’s usually just as interesting to the performer as it is for the participant.

1st edition 2008; 3 pages.

Raphael's routine is a great effect and it should immediately score a big hit! - Aldo Colombini

Although the original title of this manuscript is "Close-Up Floating Light Bulb", this is not a close-up effect but a stage effect. The method would not allow you to perform this in an intimate close-up setting.

With the aid of a hoop you let a light bulb float, rise and descend.

6 pages

What a lovely, simple, but hugely effective coin routine this is. Although an Okito Box is used, none of the regular Okito Box moves are employed .... there are virtually NO SLEIGHTS involved in this effect! Lewis also gives credit to BOB SWADLING for his subtle idea which is incorporated and which makes the effect possible .... and what an effect! A close-up masterpiece!

A small piece of plastic the size of a playing-card is shown and placed across the mouth of a tumbler. A 2p piece (or USA 5 cent piece) is placed on top of the plastic and covered by the lid of a small brass box. On tapping...

October 1900 - September 1901

104 pages

1. Magic - Volume I, Number 1 - October 1900 - 8 pages
1. Modern Magicians - biography/review - "Selbit"
2. Introduction
2. To Our Readers
3. Lessons in Magic - Ellis Stanyon
   • Practical Tips on Palming
4. Biography of Prof. Anderson (The Original "Wizard of the North")
5. Hand Shadows - The Editor
5. Items of Interest
6. The Editor's Letter-Box
6. Advertisements & Personal Cards

9. Magic - Volume I, Number 2 - November 1900 - 8 pages
9. Modern Magicians - biography/review - Mr. R. A. Roberts
10. Lightning Sketches - Ellis Stanyon
11. Lessons in Magic - Ellis...

October 1901 - September 1902

96 pages

1. Magic - Volume II, Number 1 - October 1901 - 8 pages
1. Modern Magicians - biography/review - Signor Blitz
2. Facsimile Reproduction of the Programme of Signor Blitz
2. Lessons in Magic
   • The Spinning Egg - Embodying a New Principle
     • Catching Coin on Rim of Hat
3. Confessions of a Conjurer - Frank W. Thomas
4. Explanatory Programmes
   • Horace Goldin - Palace Theatre, July 26, 1901 (continued)
     • Second Part of Programme - Illusions
     • A Cage Illusion
5. A Bibliography of Conjuring - Compiled with Notes - Ellis...

October 1902 - September 1903

104 pages

1. Magic - Volume III, Number 1 - October 1902 - 8 pages
1. History of Lightning Calculations (continued)
2. Magic - announcements and offers
2. Original Lessons in Magic - Ellis Stanyon
   • Genuine Lightning Calculations
3. A New Card Change - W. J. Atkinson
4. Explanatory Programmes
   • Handkerchief Manipulation
4. American Notes - Henry Ridgley Evans
4. South African Notes - T. Hayes
5. A Bibliography of Conjuring - Compiled with Notes - Ellis Stanyon
6. Hand Shadows
6. Items of Interest
7. Advertisements & Personal Cards

9. Magic - Volume III, Number...

October 1903 - September 1904

116 pages

1. Magic - Volume IV, Number 1 - October 1903 - 16 pages
1. Modern Magicians - biography/review - W. D. Le Roy (Boston)
2. Facsimile from Mr. Stanyon's Portfolio
2. Magic - announcements and offers
2. Editorial
3. Original Lessons in Magic - Ellis Stanyon
   • Illusion
   • Metempsychosis Double-Extraordinary
   • The Wonderful Floating Card, in Combination with an Anti-Spiritualistic Trick
5. Soap Bubble Tricks
5. Paper Tearing - Ellis Stanyon (continued)
   • The Great Triple Tearing Feat
   • Torn Design Changed to Confetti
6. Thimble Rigging - by One of...

October 1904 - September 1905

100 pages

1. Magic - Volume V, Number 1 - October 1904 - 8 pages
1. Fire and Chemical Magic - Ellis Stanyon
   • The Will-o'-the-Wisp
   • Chameleon Pictures
   • Marvellous Spirit Pictures
   • The Blushing Picture
   • Metal Trees
   • Chemical Vegetation
   • Fulminating Powder
   • Fire Paint, to make
   • The Fire Scroll
2. Editorial
3. Original Lessons in Magic - Ellis Stanyon
   • Devil's Sticks or Fakir's Wands
   • Magical Production of Scents
   • The Self-Rotating Shell - Satya Ranjan Roy
   • The Jumping Sixpence
   • Magical Illumination
5. Some Simple Tricks ...