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Contents: vii Introduction Chapter 1: How to Create a Simple Yet Challenging Act Chapter 2: The Performance: Presenting a Complete Act Chapter 3: Tricks with Rope, String, and Handkerchiefs 13 Harry Blackstone: and the Quick Vanish 19 Shake A Knot: handkerchief 20 Shake A Loop: handkerchief 21 Penetrating Handkerchief: off wand 22 United and Untied: handkerchief 23 The Animated Mouse: handkerchief fold 24 Three Paper Napkins: dark napkin moved from end to center as rolled 25 Vanishing Knot: in string 26 Drop-Away Knot: string 27 Loop a Loop: with two circles of string 28 Poko-Chinko: wooden disk release, can be done with washers, etc. 30 Rope and Cone: cone is suspended by a rope 32 Traveling Knots: from rope in bag A to rope in bag B 34 Go-Go Knots: vanish in tube 35 Straight Through: rope penetrates spectator’s arm 36 The Mysterious String: puzzle 37 String and Straw: cut thru straw and yet restored Chapter 4: Dinner-table Magic 39 T. Nelson Downs: Miser’s dream 45 Balancing the Cup: on edge of saucer 46 Glass on Card: glass balances on single card 47 Amazing Tumbler Balance: another approach (impromptu) 47 Balancing Glass: on a table-cloth covered table 48 Changing Liquids: color changes when glass covered with handkerchief 49 Three Glass Turn Up: puzzle 50 Five in a Row: another 51 Five More In a Row: another puzzle 52 Seven Up: yet another variation 53 The Balanced Egg: on table 54 Traveling Salt: salt vanishes and reappears in a slow pour 56 Turnabout Knife: puzzle with a napkin and butter knife 57 Magnetic Dice: stick together 58 Magic Sugar Lumps: sugar lumps stick together 59 Stand-Up Matchpack: stands on its own 60 Jumping Chopstick: one jumps when touched by another 61 Around the Table: two person mentalism 62 A Chinese Mystery: lifting a bottle of rice with a chopstick Chapter 5: Bafflers and Participation Tricks 63 Harry Houdini: the vanishing pocket watch 68 Tick-Tack-Toe: paper cutting trick 70 Thieves and Sheep: with small pellets 72 Three Matchstick Bafflers: puzzles 73 Follow the Arrow: as card is flipped 74 Topsy Turvy Numbers: variation 76 Magic Seven: mentalism 78 The Bending Pencil: illusion 79 Trick of the Month: calendar trick 80 The Mystic Watch: confederate trick 80 Amazing Match Balance: on your fingertip 81 Snap!: snapping a match in two 81 Smash!: impossible challenge 82 Do As I Do Card Trick: cards 83 Alternate Do As I Do: another version 84 Three-Heap Do As I Do: cards 84 Do As I Do Knot: string 85 Do As I Do String Trick: another 86 Slide-Away Knot: string 87 Call for the Wizard: telephone trick 88 Finger Figures: starts as a game, end up a mystery Chapter 6: Mental Magic and Messages 91 Joseph Dunninger: with a card prediction 96 The Counting Race: game with a trick 96 Naming Numbers: two person effect 97 Naming the Object: feat of pretended thought projection 98 Mystic Totals: dice 99 Roll the Dice: more dice mentalism 100 Circles and Squares: mental mystery with round cards and numbers 102 Three Colored Spools: magician finds color of each spool wrapped in paper 103 Choose a Planet: Magician spells to the selected card 104 Three Clock Tricks: 104 – Crosswise Subtraction 104 – Around the Dial 105 – Cross Out Six 106 Calendar Calculation: calendar trick 108 The Three Numbers: mathematical mentalism 108 Magic Math: and more 109 Super Mathc: and yet more 110 Square of Nine: another calendar effect Chapter 7: Money Magic 111 Horace Goldin: Dollar-Bill Trick 116 Double Your Money: one coin is shown, and then there are two 117 Six Cents at a Time: challenge 118 Dime to Quarter: in match box 119 Quick Coin Vanish: dime vanishes from between two half dollars 120 Buddha Money Mystery: paper fold 122 Find the Coin: coin fold 123 Big Money: half dollar appears in box of matches 124 Odds and Evens: Three coin puzzlers 124 – Quick Change 124 – Left and Right 124 – Add Them Up 125 The Doubling Coin: a coin is picked up and becomes two 125 Tell a Coin: magician knows heads and tails 126 Instant Coin Vanish: in handkerchief 128 Multiplying Coins: in the hands 129 Coin on Forehead: stunt 130 Doubling Money: tray multiplyer 131 Coin in Handkerchief: coin found in knot 132 One to Five: one coin multiplies to five 134 Self-Spinning Coin: coin stunt 135 Coin and Straws: lift coin and four straws with one straw 136 Seven Coins: puzzle 137 Tricky Turnover: puzzle 138 Fold the Bill: turns upside down 139 Coins That Stay: coin stunt 140 Floating Dollars: bills float above hand 142 Coins From String: metal washer release Chapter 8: Tricks with Cards 143 Cardini: Cardini’s Four Ace Trick 148 A Special Note About Card Tricks: creating an act 150 Tricks With the Riffle Pack: the Riffle pack, often called the Svengali deck 152 – Lost and Found 153 – Instant Reverso 154 – Changing Colors 156 Quick Poker Deal: on a 2nd deal, magician gets a royal flush 157 The Gambler’s Dream: another poker hand 158 Super Poker Deal: and another 162 Twenty Cards: magician finds selection when spectator point to row they are in 164 New Deal Twenty-Card Trick: variation 166 Sense of Touch: magician produces same number of face up cards in 2 packets 168 Perfection Prediction: card prediction 170 The Baffled Burglars: story card trick 172 The Modern Burglars: another version 173 Cops and Robbers: another story trick 174 Crossed Colors: magician predicts red & black 176 The Magic Aces: Ace of Diamonds placed in center of pack rises to top 177 The New Magic Aces: follow-up 178 The Balanced Pack: on back of hand 179 Single-Card Balance: on back of hand 180 Steal the Sheep: thieves and sheep performed with cards 182 Four Kings in a Paper Bag: instantly remove four Kings from mixed cards in bag 183 Amazing Card Vanish: card vanishes from glass 184 Jumping Card: card jumps from deck 185 Slide-Away Card: card slid between cards ends up underneath 186 Traveling Cards: two cards transpose to bottom of deck 186 Card and Pack: discovering a card placed in the deck Chapter 9: A Hatful of Miscellaneous Tricks 187 The Great Raymond: two strips of colored paper are torn and turn into a hat 192 Dicky Birds: finger trick 193 Invisible Transposition: red and green ribbons transpose between two clear tubes 194 Colored Crayons: magician knows which color crayon is selected 194 Colored Balls: similar to above 195 The Climbing Ring: up pencil 196 The Rising Pencil 197 The Bottle Imp: bottle hangs by string 198 The Traveling Checker: colored checker rises in stack 199 The Mystic Banana: cutting a banana inside the skin 200 The Jumping Ruler: jumps in the hand 201 The Magic Mark: on the hand 202 The Animated Hairpin: hairpin walks along a stick 203 Take-Apart Pins: safety pins 204 Link the Pins: safety pins 205 Cling-O-Clips: paper clips link 206 Jumping Elastic: rubber band magic 207 Vanished Ball: in handkerchief 208 Move the Clips: magician knows how many paper clips moved 209 Adhesive Thimbles: thimbles stick mouth to mouth 209 Magnetic Matches: matches move apart by invisible force 210 Have a Match: matches spray from box 211 Quick Matchbox Vanish 212 String and Matchbox: matchbox removed from string 213 Pop-Up Match: match pops up when box is opened 214 Matches from Nowhere: empty then full box 215 Turnabout Match: match instantly changes direction 216 Magnetic Matches: matches cling to the hand 217 Card to Matchbox Chapter 10: Special Tricks for a Complete Act 219 Howard Thurston: and the Card Rise 223 Color Changing Balloon 223 Restored Paper Strip: torn and restored 224 Restored Ribbon: clearly cut through cards, yet restored 225 Silly Spooks: things happen behind a cloth 226 The Vanishing Bowl: behind cloth 227 Ball and Rope: Ball suspends on rope 228 The Oriental Snowstorm: fanned tissue paper floats like snowflakes 230 The Inexhaustible Box: production box Hard covers with dust jacket, 231 pages, numerous illustrations, copyright 1980.