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1. ... Plate - Oswald Rae
   • Silk and Soup Plate
   • A Torn Card Effect
   • A Very Black Affair
83. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
    • Knots in Handkerchiefs - C. Ramsey
    • A Mantle Box Effect - J. Whitehead
    • A Simple Puzzle -
    • The Ball Box - J. Whitehead
    • The Magnetized Knife - George Johnson
    • Wand Wangles - Stanley Norton
    • Cigarettes at the Finger Tips - V. J. Peacock
    • Mere Trifles - Tom Ll. Waterman
86. Humorous Card Effects - Rupert H. Slater
88. New Apparatus
    • Messrs. L. Davenport & Co.
      • The Wonder Glass
      • A Transposition of Silks
      • A New Vanishing Wand
      • The Bag of Bananas
      • Rubber Eggs
    • The Eric P. Wilson Magical Service

1. ... the editor
   • The Problem Solved
   • An Important Year
   • Publicity
   • The Competition
   • Children's Effect Competition
   • Magical Copyright
   • The Index
   • The End of Another Year
   • A Pleasant Task
148. The Roundabout - series by Claude Chandler
     • The Silks to Pocket
     • The Anti-Gravity Knife
151. The Die is Cast - Frank Butler
     • The Hidden Number
     • Plural Dice
     • Captive Dice
     • "Albuto" Dice
     • Go-Bang!
     • Anchored Dice
     • Produx
157. The Appendix to Robert-Houdin's "Confidences" - translated by S. H. Sharpe - continued from page 126
     • The Enchanted Vase
     • The Horn of Plenty
161. Mainly Manipulative - E. Brian MacCarthy
     • In Two Places at the Same Time
168. See-Sawcery - J. F. Orrin
170. Cigar to Ribbon Routine - John K. Bays
172. The Cups and Balls Board - board & servant by A. C. Newitt
174. A Card Prediction - Phil Wall
175. Letters to a Collector - series by James...

1. ...Cutting a Thread Hung in a Bottle
257. The Wish-Bone Experiment
259. Making the Bird enter the Cage
261. Moving Shadows

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     PRACTICAL GEOMETRY
264. Lineal Drawing without Instruments
266. Superposable Figures
268. The Five-pointed Star
270. The Square of the Hypothenuse
273. Tracing an Oval with an Ordinary Compass
275. The Surface of the Sphere

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     AMUSING FEATS
277. The Knife-Grinder
279. The Scissors Feat
281. The Enervator
283. An Awkward Fix
285. The Floating Candle
287. The Eatable Night-Light
289. The Smoker's Illusion
291. Cutting Glass with a Pair of Scissors
293. The Coin that cannot be Removed
295. Effaceable Ink
297. A Modern Catapult
299. Finger Exercises
301. Fantastic Soap-Bubbles
303. Crocodiles' Tears ...

• ...Card Pricks for Second Dealing
• All Purpose Shiner
• Rhum Board
• Convex Shiner
• Books
  • Monte Carlo Secrets
  • Handbook on Percentages
  • The Sealed Book "Protection"
  • Hoyle's Standard Games
  • Dream Book
  • How to Control Fair Dice
  • The Open Book
  • Handy Pocket Editions
• Chinese Dice Box
• High and Low Spinning Top
• Chive or Trick Knife
• Money Bag
• Spinning Coins
• Put and Take Top
• Educated Rolling Log
• Evans' Chuck Log
• Red and Black Pencils
• Owl Cube Game
• Evans' Bell Fruit Game
• Chicago Cube Game
• Shimmy Shaker Dice Games
• Controlled Race Horse Top
• Black Jack Money Tray
• Wood Money Rack
• Evans' Handy Check Rack
• Paddle...

• ...
  • ... Colour
  • The Penetrating Thimble
  • A Ring and a Loop of String
  • The Homing Ball
  • Lighting a Lump of Sugar
  • Three Thimbles and a Pea
  • The Torn Cigarette Paper
  • A Feat of Memory
  • The Hypnotized Cigar
  • Burning a Hole in a Handkerchief
  • Passing a Piece of Ribbon Through a Handkerchief
  • The Magnetized Knife
  • A Passing Musical Note
• THE BEST CARD TRICKS
  • The Telephone Trick
  • "Thought-Transference."
  • Some More "Mind-Reading."
  • A Quiet Smoke
  • The Jumping Ace
  • Orders Obeyed
  • Caught Out
  • A Boomerang
  • In the Dark
  • A Fitting End
  • Aces Become Kings
  • The Three Statesmen
  • Boxed
  • A "Nippy" Trick
  • Disappearing...

• ...
  • ... Pack Of Cards
  • The Wonderful Rattle Box
  • The Mysterious Candle And Bewitched Handkerchief
  • The Enchanted Card And Rose
  • The Mystic Family
• Chapter IV
  • Forcing Packs Of Cards
  • The Biseauté Pack Of Cards
  • Magic Spring Balls, For Producing From An Empty Hat
  • Magic Spring Babies
  • The Mystic Fruit-Knife
  • The Magic Birth Of Flowers
  • The Magic Flowers And Mysterious Bottle
  • The Magic Millet, Bell, And Bushel Of Seed
  • The Magic Hammer And Ball
  • The Mystic Sweet Wand
  • The Mystic Money Plate
  • The Goblets And Hat Trick
• Chapter V
  • The Mysterious Glass Casket
  • The Magic Canister
  • The Great Sack...

• ... be expressed in words, I have put these figures underneath to explain it.
• To make a room seem to be all on fire, mighty dreadful to behold
• How to eat fire, and to blow it up in your mouth with a pair of bellows
• How to walk on a hot iron bar, without danger of scalding or burning
• How to make a knife leap out of a pot
• The melting-box
• How to light a candle by a glass of cold water, or other liquor, without the help of fire
• A trick upon the globe-box
• To tell the names of all cards in the pack, before you see them
• How to hold four kings in the hand, and by words to seem to transform them...

• ...
  • ...Upright Flotation
  • Lifting the Cork
  • Erect Emplacement
  • Bottling the Cork
  • The Travelling Corks
  • Lifting Two with Two
  • The Cork Walk
• WITH STRING
  • The Manacle Puzzle
  • The Mysterious Handcuffs
  • The Penetrating String
  • Removing the Loop
  • Pricking the Garter
• WITH KNIVES
  • The Human Ostrich
  • The Raiser Knife
  • Three-Way Bridge
  • Four-Way Bridge
• WITH DICE
  • Dual Dice Divination
  • Threefold Numeration
  • Penetrative Vision
  • The Topsy-turvy Spots
  • The Mysterious Spot
  • Catch-as-Catch-Can
• WITH A PENCIL
  • Reversing the Pencil
  • Gravity Defied
  • Looping the Loop
  • The Balanced Pencil
• WITH A RING

• ...
  • ... Egg Into A Bottle
  • How To Eat Fire, To Bend And Walk On Red-Hot Iron
  • The Chinese Ropes And Rings
  • The Magical Mirror
  • To Extinguish Three Candles And Light Three Others At Command
  • To Change An Egg Into A Bird
  • To Pull Yards And Yards Of Paper From Your Mouth
  • Blood Writing On The Arm
  • Vanishing Knife
  • Eatable Candles
  • The Magic Blackboard
  • The Egg Bag
  • To Produce Eggs From A Person's Mouth
  • The Magic Blow Mill
  • To Produce Bowls Of Fish And Fire From A Borrowed Shawl
  • To Cause A Person's Name Written On A Piece Of Paper To Be Found In An Egg
  • The Mysterious Pigeon
  • To Pass A Five Dollar Note...

New Age Bandage: Magic with symbols.

The Black Box Recordings: A unique presentation for an old psychological force.

A Sweet Subterfuge: A new take on an old effect that utilizes sugar cubes and a stooge.

Wipe Out Revisited Twice: A Magician In Danger Routine, with a knife in one tube and the other tube being empty. A flip of a poker chip decides the magician's fate!

Paul Is Dead: A retro themed effect using the once popular "Paul Is Dead" rumor.

An Exploration Of A Principle: For those of you who loved Psychotaps in "Risk & Reward", here are some more...

This is the ebook released to coincide with the 8th Symposium which took place in April 2003 at Bath University and it features the magic of those taking part on the day. Here is a breakdown of the contents:

• Richard Pinner offers a novel color changing penknife idea. (The Opening Colour Change) ...

1. ... Special - Summer 1981 – 16 pages
50. The Professional Scene – reported by Terry Seabrooke
51. Billy McComb Teach-In Session - announcement
52. items at the shop
53. John Mendoza Lecture - announcement
54. books at the shop
55. The Magic Lounge - description
56. more items & books at the shop
58. Routine for the 5 Knife Set – Michael J. Austin
59. more items & books at the shop
61. My Spoon Trick – effect by Martin Breese
63. closing comments

65. News-Sheet No. 5 – November 1981 – 24 pages
66. miscellaneous comments from Martin Breese
67. map to the Magic Lounge
68. Babel Magazine - review
69. John Mendoza London Lecture - confirmation ...

1. ... - Victor Farelli
   • Odin's Color Changing Silks (Three Variations)
   • The Original Odin Version
   • Production of an Extra Silk
   • Reversal
   • As a Vanish
   • Historical Notes
101. Solution to the "Thousand" Mystery
102. Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks - Martin Gardner
     • Keys (continued)
     • Knife, Pocket
     • Knife, Table
103. Magicana - bits of wisdom
104. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
     • Second Generation of the Parent Assembly #1 S.A.M.
105. Patter - Cliff Green
105. The Odin Cards - Little-Known Methods of Using the "Stripper" Deck - Claudius Odin - translated by Victor Farelli -...

Rub Location: The performer causes an indifferent card to change to a selected card by rubbing it on his knee, no double lift or top change.

Three-Way Card Stab: Three cards selected and returned to deck. Anyone stabs a knife into the deck and the two cards on both sides of knife are the selected cards. Performer reaches into his pocket and removes the third selected card. No sleights or palming.

Sloane Sucker Napkin Tear: A new version of the sucker torn and restored napkin.

Zenith Nest Of Boxes: A borrowed...

• ...
  • ... Done Him Wrong
• Tele-Phony
• My Hero
• Electroizm
• A Sunday School Trick
• Thumbs Up Liquid Dye
• A New And Novel Thimble Routine
• Trick Or Treat
• Candliquo
• The Dollis Coins Penetration
• Atomic Reaction
• Predicted Total
• Rattle Box Routine
• Five Tricks With A Harmless Rubber Canary
• Color Changing Knife Finale
• C Note Gag
• Presentation For Sketch A Flower
• Our Frontispiece

1st edition 1957, 42 pages; PDF 56 pages.

• ...
  • Aqua-Vase
  • Glide-Right
  • Down Again
• The Amazing Card-Stabbing Trick
  • Firstly, the Finger Method
  • Secondly, the Dart Method
• It's a Matter of Courtesy
• Your Editors Page
• Our Advice to You

• Number Number 22 - undated with 16 unnumbered pages
• Your Editors Page
• Knife Penetration
• Member's Page
  • A Good Servante
  • Patter Routine
  • A Long Match
• Number Telepathy
• Routining Your Act
• The Best False Shuffle with Cards

• Number Number 23 - undated with 16 unnumbered pages
• Your Editors page
• The Magical Pantomime "Cinderella"
• Member's Page
  • A Close Fit
  • Thief Detector
  • Royal Rise
• Card Control using the Hindoo Shuffle
• Journey by Tube
• For Non-Smokers Only
• For Pretending Smokers Only
• Some Good Reminders from Your Editor

• Number Number 24 - undated with 16 unnumbered pages
• Your Editors Page
• A Draught'-y Routine
• Spraying...

RING ON STICK: A great handling of this workhorse. You can perform it close-up or stand-up.

TWO MYSTERIOUS ORANGES: One orange reveals the identity of a chosen card and then the card appears inside the second orange. Includes full patter.

LEIPZIG'S MAGNETIZED KNIFE - PLUS: A little-known magical gem! A knife sticks to your fingertips... but it's not the usual method but something much much better.

FOGEL + ANNEMANN: A spectator freely chooses a drink... but you already predicted it!

KELLAR'S CUT AND RESTORED CORD: This is another forgotten gem of...

• ...
  • ...
    • ... in a Person's Pocket.
    • SECTION V: Another, More Surprising Way to Conclude the Previous Pass.
    • SECTION VI: Another, Quicker Way to Execute This Last Pass.
• THIRD PART: VARIOUS TRICKS
  • CHAPTER I: PARLOR OR SOCIAL TRICKS
    • SECTION I: Mathematical Trick with Two Dice.
    • SECTION II: To Palm a Knife or Any Other Object While Sitting at a Table, Pretending to Swallow It.
    • SECTION III: To Make a Liquor Come Out from the Tip of a Knife.
    • SECTION IV: Trick with Bells (Sleigh Bells).
    • SECTION V: To Tie a Body Securely, and Make the Ropes with Which It Is Tied Come Undone as if by Magic.
    • SECTION...

• ...The Night Club Field and its Requirements
  • Introductory Tricks
    4. M. Moreau's Opening
    5. Another Opening Method
    6. Introduction by Table Cards
  • Miscellaneous Tricks
    7. Production of Wand
    8. The Pear Trick
    9. Sugar and Coffee Mystification
    10. Ring and Wand
    12. Flying Ring
    13. Cut and Restored with Cotton
    14. Cut and Restored with String
    15. Pocket Knife and Bottle
    16. Tearing Off a Button
  • Handkerchief Tricks
    17. Wand Through Handkerchief
    18. Handkerchief Through Wand
    18. Cut and Restored Handkerchief
    19. Another Way
    20. Dancing Lady
  • Tricks with Bills
    22. Impromptu Drinking Cup
    22. Tearing a Bill
    23. Bill and Card Combination
    25. Cigarette and Bill
    26. Bill Change...

1. ... potato and on ribbon, ends in full view.
43. Impromptu Cut & Restored Telephone Wire - Walk in any office or house and cut the telephone wire and then restore it.
44. Cut and Restored Light Wire. Any bulb in any lead wire and socket, cut wire and light goes out. Restore and it lights up. No gimmick knife. This is the real McCoy and very good.
45. Physic Padlock Trick. You pick out the sealed key that fits the lock. Any lock and any keys.
46. For Chinese Act - Remove robe and jump around, then from cloth produce on floor a massive pan of water. No covers etc.
47. Double Exchange Illusion with an unprepared...

1. ...COINS
9. Coin Through the Plate
10. Vanishing Coin
10. Testing the Half Dollar

    MATCHES

11. Lighting a Match twice
11. Color Changing Heads
12. Folder Mathematics
13. Shooting the Match
13. Match Folder Wager
13. The Nazi Cross

    MISCELLANEOUS

13. Tapping Table Objects
14. Japanese Paper Bird
14. Vanishing Coffee Steam
15. Travelling Fountain Pen

    SILVERWARE

15. Table Knife Through Body
16. Breaking the Spoon
16. Bending the Spoon
17. Swallowing the Knife
17. Musical Knife
18. Spoon to Knife
18. Vanishing Spoon

    NAPKIN

19. Character Reading from the Teeth
19. Improvised Brassiere
20. The Invisible Hair

    SALT SHAKER

20. Vanishing Salt Shaker