Tricks For Everyone

Clever conjuring with common objects. Illustrated with 134 photographs.

From the introduction:

The following chapters will be found to be practical lessons in conjuring. Many people have the erroneous idea that if they know how a trick is done they are quite capable of presenting it to an audience. I have always found that a very little experience will show such persons that the mere knowledge of the secret of a trick is not of much value to a beginner unless it is accompanied by some simple instructions showing him the best way of using his knowledge. Therefore, I shall not merely give away secrets of tricks, but shall endeavour to make my explanation of each trick a complete lesson in its performance.

• INTRODUCTION

  CHAPTER I. TRICKS AT THE WRITING TABLE

• The Wandering Pencil
• The Flexible Pencil
• The Vanishing Ruler
• The Floating Trick
• A Trick With A Point
• Curious Paper Patterns

  CHAPTER II. TRICKS IN THE SMOKING-ROOM

• The Broken Match
• Balancing A Cigarette Paper And Cigar
• The Cigarette Paper Trick
• A Joke With A Match
• The Penny Through The Hat
• The Mysterious Cigar Bands
• The Magic Match Boxes

  CHAPTER III. TRICKS AT THE WORK-TABLE

• The Scissors Trick
• A New Drying Machine
• The Colours And The Coin
• A Knotty Problem
• Silk From Paper

  CHAPTER IV. TRICKS AT THE DINNER TABLE

• A Trick With Visiting Cards
• A Counting Race
• The Thirty-One Trick
• The Wine Trick
• A Water Problem
• The Dancing Plates
• A Strong Muscle

  CHAPTER V. MORE TRICKS AT THE DINNER TABLE

• The Vanishing Penny
• The Mysterious Threepenny-Bit
• A Mere Catch
• The Ring And The Handkerchief
• A Mysterious Glass
• A Weird Orange
• A Thought-Reading Trick

  CHAPTER VI. TRICKS AT THE CARD-TABLE

• A Cardsharper’s Dodge
• The Two Aces
• A Thought-Reading Trick
• The Conjurer’s Nap
• The Three Heaps
• No Trick Here
• The Magic Slap

  CHAPTER VII. TRICKS AT THE CARD-TABLE (continued)

• A Knowing Card
• A Good Memory
• The Rising Cards
• Fancy Flourishes

  CHAPTER VIII. TRICKS IN THE GARDEN

• Any View You Like
• A Sympathetic Audience
• The Waistcoat Trick
• Making Money Go
• The Sack Trick

  CHAPTER IX. TRICKS IN THE BILLIARD-ROOM

• The Travelling Balls
• The Shot Rabbit
• Making A Ball Vanish
• A Colour-Changing Ball
• Balancing One Ball On Another

  CHAPTER X. THOUGHT-READING TRICKS

• Concentration Of Thought
• An American Trick
• The Power Of The Eye
• Over The Telephone
• Cigarettes In The Case
• A Silent Test
• Hide And Seek
• The Marked Penny
• Reading Hidden Messages

1st edition 1909, 136 pages; PDF 124 pages.
word count: 37143 which is equivalent to 148 standard pages of text