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This is one of the earliest publications which has Burling Hull's Svengali deck described. Hull called it originally the "Cards Mysterious". Even in this early publication he complains about unauthorized copies being sold by unscrupulous dealers. A hundred years later and nothing has changed. We still have magic retailers and manufacturers producing and selling illegal and unauthorized copies of magic products.

One thing has changed though over the last 100 years - the use of Bicycle cards. Hull writes:

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   • The Complete Don Alan Chop Cup Book
   • The Chalice Chop Cup
   • The Bazar de Magia Cups and Balls/Chop Cup Combo Set
48. Masterclass
    • Mindful Coins – Gary Jones
    • Order Order – Gary Jones
50. Reviews
    • Cryptical Envelopment – ebook - John Hostler
    • Essentials in Magic – The Svengali Deck – DVD - Daryl
    • Grab That Pinhead – DVD – Dan Garrett & Bob Sheets
    • Heritage – mentalism effect DVD - Martin Adams
    • Recall – 2 DVD Set – Tom Crosbie
    • Kid's Show Selection – book - Ian Adair
    • Spider Pen Pro – effect/prop – Yigal Mesika
    • The Boof – ebook...

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Vol. 11, No. 2, May 2015; 60 pages

Cover: Anthony Owen

5. Editor's Letter
5. What's Inside - contents
6. Anthony Owen: Killer Magic - cover article/interview - Graham Hey
9. 60 Second Hero - Casper Van Dien
10. Letters
11. Next Issue
12. From Svengali To Count Zapik - book review
14. On The Psychiatrist's Couch with Mark Shortland & Dr. William Phipps-Clarke
16. Pros & Cons - To pre-set your performing clothes with close up props at home or take everything in a case and set them when you arrive? - Mark Leveridge
18. It's A Giveaway - Promoting Yourself Through Novelty - Mark Leveridge
19. I Wish I Was Andy Frikkin' Nyman ...

Shaw was a dealer in Chicago during the time of Erdnase, who specialized in manufacturing trick apparatus, illusions, and gimmicks. Most of the effects described in this work are apparatus type of magic. There is also a sizable section on Chapeaugraphy.

New Ideas In Magic

• The Demon Cards Of...

From the introduction:

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    • ... New presentation
    • Contrary do as I do, Bert Allerton
    • Twenty-sixth location
    • Unwitting magician
    • Magic of nine
    • Certain card trick
• PART 5. MISCELLANY
  • Peeling cards
  • Making double-faced and double-backed cards
  • Shiners
  • The spectator peek
  • One will make six
  • Audacity peek
  • Card to pocket
  • Svengali shuffle
  • Charlier shuffle
  • Matchbook easel
  • Kaufman card stand, Gerald Kaufman
  • Second deal aid
  • False counts and deals
  • - To deal four as three
  • - A false count
  • - False table deal
  • Magic powder v. rabbit's foot
  • - The carbon card
  • - Daub
  • - Set-ups
  • The card at any number
  • - Moistening...

1. ... Stunt No. 2
234. System
234. The Knockout
235. A Prearranged Pack That Can Be Shuffled
235. Amazing Memory
236. Six Piles
236. Mephisto's Message
237. Name O' Card
239. New Pack Detection
239. Four Fold Sympathy
239. Telepathic Control
241. Cards and Pockets
242. Count Down Detection
242. The Adventures of Diamond Jack

245. The Svengali Deck
245. Various Methods of Handling the Pack
246. Simple Effects
248. Switching Packs (7 methods)
248. The Three Heaps
249. Cutting the Pack With a Knife
249. The Wrapped Pack
249. Any Heap
249. Reversed Card
250. The Unseen Card
250. Think of A Card
250. Card Stabbing
250. Svengali Prediction
251. The Mystery Problem
252. The Cards and the Dice
252. Svengali Clairvoyance
252. The Prize Winner
253. The...

Here's a look at what's included:

• Preface
• The Magician's Mistake
• Astonishing Prediction
• Color Perception
• Kings and Queens
• Billfold Mystery
• Reds and Blacks
• Three Trick Routine with a Svengali Deck
• Houdini Card Climax
• Telepathic Revelation
• Balanced Cards
• Black Hand
• The Hopkins Drop
• Coin Thru Hand
• Coin to Quarter
• Coin Vanish from Hank
• Two Coins to One
• Coin Vanish from Paper Square
• My Double-Headed Quarter
• Ring on Shoelace
• Ring through Rope
• Ring through Rubber Band ...

• ... - Hanns Thielemann
• Eine magische "Wendung" - Rolf Andra
• Das Palmieren - Rolf Andra
• Das "Brain Wave" (Gehirnwellen)-Spiel - George Armstron, Skuldano
• Tricks aus "Triks" und "De Magier"
• Wir blättern für Sie heute im Abracadabra
• Wer soll das bezahlen...? Dr. Klaus G. Müller - Jo Kerr
• Das Svengali-Kartenspiel - Hans-Gerhard Stumpf
• Von der Arbeit der Gruppen
• Programmablauf des Leipziger Kongresses 1961
• Magische Randnotizen

• Wir stellen vor: Kalanag - Die neue Kalanag-Schau
• Kommunique der Sitzung des Zentralausschusses des MZ der DDR vom 27. und 28. Mai 1961 in Leipzig ...

• ...Vergilbte Blätter: Zaubermeister Kassner - Dr. Teumer
• Magische Kostbarkeiten: Die Eintagsfliege von Zaubermeister Kassner

• Magische Kunst - hier und heute - Dr. Morgenstern
• Meine Pagoden-Illusion - Dipó
• Mary - Paufler
• Der fleißige und der faule Klaus - Jahn
• Meine Musikbox - Lehmann
• Tuchverschwinden aus der Tüte - Kaufmann
• Svengali - Paufler
• Die Kugel-Box - Großkopf
• Milch-Wasser-Tüte - Kaschner
• Nur ein Seidentuch - Wolfram
• Impromptu Three - Andra
• Die Auslese - Thielemann
  • Die sympathetischen Farben - Stemberk
  • Der Bücherwurm - Korim
  • Verschwindungskiste für lebende Tiere - Ron Edwards
  • Na, so was! - Verrall...

• ... ich den Sechskantentrick vor - Akimo
• Die Gedankenkarte - Dieter Arnold
• Kalenderblatt: Dieter Arnold: John Olms
• Kalenderblatt: Adi Kaufmann
• 40 Jahre Ortszirkel "John Olms" Meißen - H. Odparlik
• Horoskop 1997 - D. Brettschneider
• Comedy Corner - Crato
• Tips, Kunststücke und Routinen mit dem Svengali-Deck - Fritz Topp
• Internationale magische Notizen - Reinhard Müller
• Tagebuchnotizen
• Das neue Fachbuch
• Leserforum

1. ... Thayer
80. magical note

83. Magical Bulletin - Volume IV, Number 12 - December, 1916 - 9 pages
83. The Burned and Restored Turban - Chicago Magic Co. - advertising
83. cover photo/article - Mr. E. W. Puhl
85. Editorial
85. A Hindu Mystery
86. An Interesting Item - Mango Trick
86. magical notes
86. News and Notes
86. A "Svengali" Effect - Frederick Furman
87. Chats on Magic - A Review of Old Books and Tricks
    • A Novel Match Trick
87. The Wandering Die & Box of Flowers - "Christianer"
87. magical notes
88. Literature
    • The Sphinx - November
    • Effective Modern Tricks - Will Goldston
    • Eagle Magician - October
    • Popular...

1. ... Sale, Wanted and Exchange Column

25. Magical Bulletin - Volume V, Number 4 - April, 1917 - 8 pages
25. The Burned and Restored Turban - Chicago Magic Co. - advertising
25. cover photo/article - Maravilla & Co.
27. Editorials
27. Pages from an Amateur Conjuror's Note Book - Frederick F. Furman
    • The Svengali Spelling Bee
    • The "Simplicity" Nest of Boxes
28. More Magic by Christianer
    • The Card and Bottle
28. Statement of Ownership
28. Conjuring Chatter - G. F. Schulte
29. News and Notes
29. A Mysterious Seance - continued
29. How I Perform the Filtering Ink Illusion - E. M. Lipka
30. Literature ...

• ... Wildwestmanieren
  • Magie erfinden
  • Wie's gemacht wird
• 4. Lektion: Die afghanischen Ringe und der durchschnittene Turban
  • Wie man die afghanischen Ringe herstellt
  • Wie man den Turbantrick vorführt
• 5. Lektion: Eine gezogene Karte entdecken
  • I: FORCIEREN
  • Forcieren und Forcierspiele
  • Das Svengali-Spiel
  • Forciergriffe: Der Fächer
  • Forciergriffe: Das Abziehen
  • Forcieren nach Stanley Collins
  • Der Telefontrick
• 6. Lektion: Eine gezogene Karte entdecken
  • II: FESTSTELLUNGSMETHODEN
  • Falschmischen
  • Der Durchstoß
  • Das Spähen
  • Der Buchstabiertrick
  • Das konische Spiel
  • Die lange Karte ...

Terry wanted to be able to show a packet of cards, shuffle them and have someone just look at one and then he reproduces it. He didn't want to use marked cards or some sort of stack, but he wanted it to be sure fire. As a result he came up with Force This.

While the method is not new, it is known as the Siamese Svengali Pack (see for example Encyclopedia of Card Tricks or Greater Magic), the way Terry uses it in combination with business cards and a paper clip makes this a very practical and innocent looking method.

1st edition 2013, 5 pages.

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       • ... Barlow
       • Reg. Jason - by Frederick Barlow
  26. Tryangle - Stewart James
  27. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
      • reviews
        • Light Ale - Supreme
        • The Long Hare - Supreme
        • Chicken-Egg - Supreme
        • 75 Tricks With a Svengali Deck - Al Stevenson
        • Trick Talk, Bonus Calendar Issue - Ireland Magic Co.
        • The Newsletter - The Magic Wand Club of Hamilton, Ontario
        • The New Phoenix No. 388
        • Hugrard's Magic Monthly, November
        • Genii, March
        • Top Hat, Volume Two, Number Four
        • Magic-Net
  28. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
  29. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
  30. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
      • Pantomime and Patter - Ormond McGill
  32. Abbott's Magic For Magicians - Percy Abbott ...

An excellent work on the Svengali Deck, including drawings and photos.

• Mechanics Of Svengali Deck
• Handling The Svengali Deck
• Main Points To Remember
• Running The Cards
• Double Lift
• The Riffle Shuffle
• The Overhand Shuffle
• The Fan
• The Spread
• The Drop
• Effects With Svengali Deck
• Stabbing Trick No. 1
• Stabbing Trick No. 2
• Stuthard’s Svengali Subtlety
• Methods Of Switching Deck To Ordinary Cards
• Suggested Routine With The Svengali Deck
• Finally

1st edition 1948, 15 pages; PDF 13 pages.

• ... and Water Routine
• The Surpriso Card Trick
• Vanishing Cigarette Holder
• Production Box and Devil of a Hat Routine
• The Stamp Album
• Silk Production from Boy's Coat
• The Magic Soda Fountain
• How To Force a Color
• My 20th-Century Silk Routine
• The Eggs From a Hat
• The Production Egg Bag
• A Jumbo Svengali Deck Routine
• The Card in Balloon
• Some Ideas
  • Rice, Orange and Bottle
  • Lota Bowl
  • The Card Spider
  • Sympathetic Silks
  • The Loring Checker Cabinet
  • The Devil’s Sticks (Pillars of Satan)
  • The Candle Tube
  • Rice Bowls
  • Abbott’s Pop-Up Cigar Trick
  • The Bonus Genius
• Ventriloquism
  • Near...

Paul Fleming wrote:

No. 1

• de Grisy-Torrini (Fortsetzung)
• Die Kartenschule: Eine neue Volte mit einer Hand (Fortsetzung) / C. Vogel
• Der Hut als Zielscheibe
• Das Horoskop (Schluss)
• Die Verwandlung der Gummibälle in Papierschnitzel (Schluss) / J. Marcellin
• Die Brütmaschine (Fortsetzung)
• Das wandernde Tuch und...

Make money at magic shows, fairs, carnivals, or simply entertain your audience with the Pitchman's Svengali Routine. Now you, too, can add extra income at your shows by demonstrating and selling Svengali Decks, using this carefully constructed routine. Built along the time-honored comedy sales pitch, as used by medicine men and carny hucksters, this routine includes full patter and presentation so not only is the audience entertained, but the spectators are also primed to buy.

In this revised and updated version, you also get wholesale sources and other valuable information to help ensure...

International award-winning Australian magician Joel Howlett was a very close friend to the late Jim McKeague. Jim was not only a magician but also a magic historian and author of The Best 200 Tricks With A Svengali Deck.

Joel has taken the time to describe three of the routines ('Jack And His Dog', 'Ten Card Poker' and 'The Three Card Trick') that he and Jim worked on together. Joel has also attempted to include some of the advice and tips Jim lovingly shared with him. The result was this PDF book.

PLEASE NOTE - The ebook is aimed at the intermediate magician as some of the more basic card moves are not described in detail.

1st edition...