Fun with paper, coins, matches, handkerchiefs, and other homely articles.
Excerpt from the preface:
In this book, Mr. David Devine takes the reader into his confidence, and divulges some of his best secrets. He has chosen a number of mysterious tricks and described them in the simplest manner, so that the merest amateur will be able to perform them himself. There is a splendid variety of items, but none is difficult to understand.
- Preface
- A Chat with my Readers
- The Red, White, and Blue Candles
- The Half Crown that Goes
- The "Diana" Trick
- Any Card You Like
- Reading the Cards
- Balancing a Billiard Ball on a Fan of Cards
- A Good Trick with Dice
- Thought Reading
- Where did the Cigarette Come From?
- Cutting the Handkerchief
- The Handkerchief Illusion
- Where Do the Cards Come From?
- The Useful Bowler
- The Magic Blocks of Wood
- The Balancing Cigarette
- Telling the Cards
- All-a-Growing
- Palming a Coin
- The Marked Shilling
- The Sixpence in the Ball of Wool
- The Magic Whistle
- Hands that Cannot Be Wetted
- The Adhesive Pencil
- Port and Streamers
- The Striking Match
- The Torn Paper
- The Magic Ladder
- The Palm Tree
- Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
- The Paper Rings
- Noughts and Crosses
- Filling the Hat
- My Thumb
- Balancing a Wine Glass on a Playing Card
- The Mysterious Matchbox
- The Disappearing Penny
- The Non-Stop Ball that Stops
- The Mystery Egg
- The Three-Penny Bit
- The Magic Ring
- The Ball and the Jar
- What is on It?
- Divining Numbers
- My Best Card Trick
- A Trick with an Egg
- They Change Places
1st edition 1930, 62 pages; PDF 50 pages.
word count: 18267 which is equivalent to 73 standard pages of text
