The Book of Secrets: Miracles Ancient and Modern
by Walter Gibson

With added chapters on easy magic you can do, with and without playing cards.

In this book, the secrets of ancient miracles and of modern magic have been thoroughly explained. No phase of the mystic art has been neglected. The reader is initiated into the secrets of antiquity. He is told of the methods of mediaeval wizards; and the secrets of modern wonders are disclosed to him. He is led behind the scenes to study the magic of the stage; true facts of Oriental mystery are brought before him. The secrets of the Hindu fakirs are revealed in detail, based upon the testimony of trained investigators who learned those secrets by personal investigation and study.

In addition, instruction is furnished in sleight-of-hand and magic. Tricks are outlined so clearly that anyone can learn them. The secrets of conjuring become an open book and enable the reader to entertain and mystify his friends, without skill or mechanical apparatus.

• Preface
• Ancient Miracles
  • Early Egyptian Magic
  • The Statue Of Bel
  • The Tomb Of Belus
  • The Miraculous Altar
  • The Temple Of Thunder
  • The Miraculous Fountain
  • The Talking Idol
  • The Oracle At Delphi
• Mediaeval Mysteries
  • Mediaeval Ghosts
  • The Wizard's Omelet
  • Cagliostro's Crucible
  • Catching A Cannon Ball
  • The Invisible Girl
  • The Secret Of The Burning Oven
  • The Barrel Of Liquors
• Modern Miracles
  • The Automatic Chess Player
  • The Ghost Gun
  • Sword Swallowing
  • Fire Eating
  • The Man Of Iron
  • The Bullet Proof Man
  • The Electric Girl
  • The Georgia Magnet
  • The Escape From Under Water
• Oriental Magic
  • The Ladder Of Swords
  • The Water Ordeal
  • Walking Through Fire
  • The Marvelous Mango Tree
  • The Indian Basket Trick
  • The Hindu Gold Miracle
  • Snake Charming
  • The Hindu Chicken Basket
  • Buried Alive
  • The Indian Rope Trick
  • The Floating Log Mystery
  • Modern Egyptian Magic
• Secrets Of Stage Magic
  • Sawing A Woman In Half
  • Marching Under Water
  • The Mysterious Ball
  • Lulu's Leap
  • The Modern Samson
  • The Girl In The Balloon
  • The Secret Of Knife Throwing
  • The Human Fly
  • Chinese Stage Magic
• Fraudulent Psychic Phenomena
  • The Davenport Brothers
  • A Spirit Seance
  • Spirit Raps
  • Spirit Table Lifting
  • Spirit Slate Messages
  • The Spirit Trumpet
  • Spirit Forms
  • Spirit Paintings
  • Spirit Materialization
  • Spirit Photographs
  • Sealed Message Reading
• Magic Made Easy
  • The Escaping Prisoners
  • The Magic Square
  • The Mystic "Q"
  • Solid Through Solid
  • The Divination Discs
  • The X-Ray Cigarette Case
  • The Magic Dial
  • Watch, Dime, And Penny
  • Ring On The Finger
  • The Double Loop
  • Chinese Coin Trick
  • The Mysterious Ring
  • The Penetrating Rings
  • Tying The Thumbs
  • Knots That Are Not
  • The Three Single Knots
  • The Fingers And The Loop
  • "On And Off"
  • Apple, Egg And Orange
  • The Pencil And Loop Trick
  • A Combination Coin Trick
• Tricks With Cards
  • The Royal Trios
  • The Mystic Circle
  • The Sixteen Card Trick
  • Divination By Number
  • Mental Detection
  • Mystic Addition
  • Three Mystic Heaps
  • The Four Jacks
  • The Row Of Ten
  • The Magic Heap
  • Mental Divination
  • The Twenty Card Trick
  • Three Rows
  • One Out - One Under
  • The Spelling Bee
  • The United Pairs
  • The Mental Divination
• Conclusion

1st edition 1927, 159 pages; PDF 171 pages.
word count: 45334 which is equivalent to 181 standard pages of text