Tricks and Diversions with Cards
by Professor Miller

Interesting here are not only the many card tricks described but also a section on crooked gambling at the very end.

[Note that pages 11-14 are missing in our original from which this digital edition has been prepared.]

• Instructions For Amateurs
• How To Make The Pass
• Forcing A Card
• The "Long Card"
• The Divining Card
• Deceptive Shuffles
• To Smuggle A Card
• To Slip A Card
• To Carry Away A Card
• To Place A Card
• The Ten Duplicate Cards—To Reveal A Person’s Thoughts
• The Changeable Ace
• The Convertible Aces
• The Metamorphosed Cards
• The Gathering Of The Clans
• To Tell The Number Of Cards By The Weight
• To Make A Card Pass From One Hand Into The Other
• The Card Hit Upon By Guess
• Ups And Downs
• To Tell The Card That A Person Has Touched With His Finger
• To Discover Any Card In The Pack By Its Weight Or Smell
• The Four Accomplices
• The Turn-Over Feat
• The Nerve Feat
• The Card In A Mirror
• The Card In The Opera-Glass
• The Magic Tea-Caddies
• Guessing A Card Thought Of
• To Tell A Card By Smelling It
• To Change A Card Locked Up In A Box
• The Knaves And The Constable
• To Guess The Spots On Cards At The Bottom Of Three Packets, Which Have Been Made By The Drawer
• The Royal Emigrants
• The Magic Opera Glass
• To Separate The Two Colors Of A Pack Of Cards By One Cut
• The Card Discovered Under The Handkerchief
• The Card Under The Hat
• At The Game Of Whist, What Probability That The Four Honors Will Be In The Hands Of Any Two Partners
• Sixteen Cards Being Disposed In Two Rows, To Tell The Card Which A Person Has Thought Of
• To Tell How Many Cards A Person Takes Out Of A Pack, And To Specify Each Card
• To Guess The Number Of Spots On Any Card, Which A Person Has Drawn From A Pack
• To Change A Pack Of Cards Into Various Pictures
• To Let Twenty Persons Draw Twenty Cards, And Make Each Draw The Same
• To Make A Card Jump Out Of The Pack And Run On The Table
• To Tell All The Cards Without Seeing Them
• To Tell A Card Thought Of, And Name Its Position In The Pack
• To Change The Card By Word Of Command
• "Twin-Card" Trick
• Ten Cards Being Arranged In A Circle, To Tell That Which Any One Thought Of
• To Produce A Card From A Nut Or Cherry Stone
• To Burn A Card, And Afterwards Find It In A Watch
• The Card In The Egg
• The Card In The Pocket-Book
• To Pick Out A Card Thought Of, Blindfold
• The Card Found Out By The Point Of A Sword
• To Name The Card Upon Which One Or More Persons Fix
• The Vanishing Card
• To Produce A Mouse From A Pack Of Cards
• To Send A Card Through A Table
• To Change Four Knaves Or Kings Held In Your Hand Into Blank Cards Or Into Four Aces
• The Locomotive Card
• The Prestidigitorial Metamorphosis
• The Queens’ Dig For Diamonds
• To Make A Card Which A Person Has Drawn Dance On The Wall
• To Make A Card Spring Up Into The Air From The Pack, Without Being Touched
• The Card In The Ring
• To Name The Rank Of A Card That A Person Has Drawn From A Piquet Pack
• To Tell The Card That May Be Noted
• To Tell The Amount Of The Numbers Of Any Two Cards Drawn From A Common Pack
• To Tell The Names Of All The Cards By Their Weights
• Mysterious Disappearance Of The Knave Of Spades
• To Make The Court Cards Always Come Together
• To Turn A Card Into A Bird
• The Card Of One Color Found In A Pack Of The Other
• To Name Several Cards Which Have Been Drawn Out Of A Pack Which Has Been Divided Into Two Heaps
• To Find A Certain Card After It Has Been Shuffled In The Pack
• Of Twenty-Five Cards Laid In Five Rows Upon A Table, To Name The One Touched
• The Four Inseparable Kings
• To Name Several Cards Which Two Persons Have Drawn From A Pack
• Of Two Rows Of Cards, To Tell The One Which Has Been Touched
• To Hold Four Kings Or Four Knaves In Your Hand, And To Change Them Suddenly Into Blank Cards, Then Into Four Aces
• To Shuffle The Cards In Such A Manner As Always To Keep One Certain Card At The Bottom
• The Transmuted Cards
• The Circle Of Fourteen Cards
• The Shifting Card
• The Magic Slide, Or To Make A Card Disappear In An Instant
• The Four Transformed Kings
• To Guess The Cards Which Four Persons Have Fixed Their Thoughts Upon
• The Chosen Card Revealed By A Pinch Of Snuff
• How To Arrange The Twelve Picture Cards And The Four Aces Of A Pack In Four Rows, So That There Will Be In Neither Row Two Cards Of The Same Value Nor Two Of The Same Suite. Whether Counted Horizontally Or Perpendicularly
• The Art Of Fortune Telling By Cards
• The Magic Twelve
• The Drawn Card Nailed To The Wall
• On Entering A Room, To Know Of Three Cards Placed Side By Side Which Have Been Reversed - That Is To Say, Turned Upside Down.
• To Bring A Card Which Has Been Thrown Out Of The Window Into The Pack Again
• A New Method To Tell A Card By Its Weight
• The Window Trick
• The Numerical Card
• The Three Magical Parties
• Several Different Cards Being Fixed On By Different Persons, To Name That On Which Each Person Fixed
• To Discover The Card Which Is Drawn, By The Throw Of A Die
• The Card Changing In The Hands
• To Make Several Persons Draw Cards Which They Will Themselves Replace In The Pack, And To Find Them Again
• The Buried Heart
• The Erratic Card
• The Magical Trio
• To Find In The Pack. And Through A Handkerchief, Whatever Card A Person Has Drawn
• To Conjure A Certain Card Into Your Pocket
• To Produce A Required Card From Your Pocket
• To Tell Through A Wine-Glass What Cards Have Been Turned
• To Change Five Kings Into Five Queens
• The Magic Sevens
• The Numerical Trick Of Cards
• The Novel Game Of Tontine
• To Guess In Which Hand, Holding Counters, Can Be Found The Odd Or Even Number
• To Produce Numberless Changes With A Given Number Of Cards
• An Exposure Of The Card Tricks Made Use Of By Professional Card Players, Blacklegs And Gamblers
  • Whist
  • Reflectors
  • The Longs And Shorts
  • Sauter La Coupe
  • Convex And Concave Cards
  • Handling The Cards
  • Garreting
  • Slipping The Cards
  • Walking The Pegs
  • Pricked Cards
  • The Bridge
  • Skinning
  • Shuffling Or Weaving
  • The Gradus, Or Step
  • Slipping The Fives
  • Saddling The Cards
  • Dealing Fives From The Bottom
  • The Telegraph

1st edition 1875, 90 pages; 1st digital edition 2017, PDF 78 pages
word count: 30355 which is equivalent to 121 standard pages of text