There is no more fascinating study, when once an interest in the subject has been aroused, than conjuring - or, as it is popularly called, "Magic." One of the most delightful of all pastimes is the inventing and performing of new tricks, and watching their effect upon the audience - who do not know the secrets of the various "sleights" performed. We all know how fascinating the professional conjuror's entertainment is, - and how mystifying! So I propose to take my readers, - in the present book, - into the very heart of the mystery - to explain exactly how the important and really effective tricks are performed - and not merely the "workings" of a few parlour tricks, which are out-of-date, and easy of detection. After reading this volume, the would-be magician will find himself possessed of a wealth of secrets, and a stock of information which will enable him to give an entertainment as good as many seen upon the public stage - if he will but give the necessary amount of time and trouble to developing and studying the tricks.
Dr. Carrington is the author of a number of books on spiritualism, notably The Physical Phenomena of Spiritualism (now unfortunately out of print) which contains much valuable material for magicians who specialize in spiritualistic effects. But he is also the author of this little book on magic, which was first published in 1921 and now appears in a new edition at so low a price that it will doubtless sell by the scores or hundreds of thousands of copies.
Magic for Everyone is, a general treatise on magic. It begins with a chapter that discusses such matters as the magician's dress, his table and servante, his wand, and the care of the hands. In Chapter 2 it presents (in 31 pages) the standard sleights with cards, and describes a half-dozen feats of card magic. Chapter 3 (25 pages) deals with coin sleights and tricks, including The Coin and Orange Trick and The Multiplying Coins. Chapter 4 (24 pages) explains several handkerchief "productions" and "vanishes," and such complete tricks as The Soup Plate and Handkerchief, The Shower of Sweets, The Handkerchiefs and Cylinders, The Color-Changing Handkerchiefs, and a very good combination trick with handkerchiefs, flag, and decanter, which is credited to "Mr. Frederick S. Keating" (who may or may not be the well-known Fred Keating). Chapter 5 (4 pages) has little in it but an explanation of egg production from a handkerchief. Chapter 6 (13 pages) presents apparatus of general utility, such as the mirror glass, the bottomless tumbler, the Roterberg handkerchief vanisher, the bran glass, and the drawer box; and gives several uses for "the conjurer's best friend" - black silk thread. Chapter 7 (22 pages) consists of sixteen miscellaneous tricks, which include The Multiplying Wand, The Wand and Envelope Trick, The Tambourine Trick, two versions of The Torn and Restored Paper, Thimble Sleights, and three or four methods of producing flowers. Chapter 8 is a five-page discussion of the arrangement and presentation of a magical program, with helpful hints about lighting, nervousness, and speech.
To a very large extent, this book is a compilation, but it is none the less valuable on this account; and it should be noted that Dr. Carrington fulfills the obligation (sometimes overlooked by writers on magic) of giving credit to the authors whom he quotes. Readers who are familiar with magical literature will meet here some "old friends" from Hoffmann's Modern Magic; More Magic; and Later Magic; Howard Thurston's Card Tricks; Downs' Modern Coin Manipulation; Burlingame's Tricks in Magic; Stanyon's Conjuring for Amateurs; Devant's Magic Made Easy; and other well-known books.
This is not, of course, a major work on magic, but it is a first-rate introduction to the subject, and it will be read with interest by advanced amateurs and professionals as well as beginners. It is a book of 138 pages, cloth bound, with 68 illustrations. It is a lot of magic for the money!
Chapter I Introductory Remarks
Chapter II Card Tricks
Methods Of Discovery
False Shuffles
Methods Of Disclosure
To "Force" A Card
The Left-Handed Pass (Charlier Pass)
To "Slip" A Card
The Moist Card
The Rising Cards
Card Levitation Impromptu
Thurston's Method
A Chosen Card Caught Upon The End Of An Ordinary Walking-Stick
A Card Caught On The Corner Of A Borrowed Handkerchief
The Velvet Cloth
Chapter III Coin Tricks
The Thumb Palm
Methods Of Exchange
The Hooked Coin
The Spinning Coin
The Warm Coin
The Heads And Tails Trick
The Travelling Coins
The Fifty Cents And Orange Trick
To Rub One Dime Into Three
To Multiply One Half-Dollar Into Two (New Method)
A New Coin Vanish
The Coin And Hat Trick
The Flying Coins
Travelling Coins: Second Method
The Coin And Card Trick
The Paper Fold And Disappearing Coin
Catching Coins In A Wine Glass
The Magic Coin Tray
Chapter IV Tricks With Handkerchiefs
The Flying Handkerchief
Handkerchief Production
The Candle And Handkerchief
The Soup-Plate And Handkerchief
The Shower Of Sweets
The Disappearance And Reappearance Of A Handkerchief
New Handkerchief Vanish
The New Cylinders And Handkerchief Trick
Colour-Changing Handkerchiefs
New Decanter, Handkerchief And Flag Combination
Chapter V Tricks With Eggs
To Make An Egg Stand Upright
The Spinning Egg
To Produce An Egg From An Ordinary Handkerchief
Chapter VI Pieces Of Apparatus Of General Utility
The Bran Glass
The Magnetized Poker
The Dancing Handkerchief
The Rapping Wand
The Climbing Ring
The Mesmerized Wand
Table Lifting
The Floating Hat
Chapter VII Miscellaneous Tricks
The Phantom Wand
Walnut Shells And Pea
The "Spirit Touch"
The Tambourine Trick
The Japanese Paper Trick
The Torn And Restored Cigarette Paper
Red Or Black?
"Matter Through Matter"
The Flying Thimble
The Broken Match Trick
The Disappearing Matches
The Bent Watch
The Watch Which Stops And Goes At Command
Flower Tricks
The Magic Flower Pot
World Puublishing Edition
Third Printing 1943
Hardcover
Chapter VIII Concluding Instructions
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