Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, Including Trick Photography
Albert A. (Albert Allis) Hopkins
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1. Front matter2. MAGIC STAGE ILLUSIONS AND SCIENTIFIC DIVERSIONS INCLUDING TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY3. PREFACE.4. TABLE OF CONTENTS.5. INTRODUCTION. THE MYSTERIES OF MODERN MAGIC.6. CHAPTER I. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES.7. CHAPTER II. OPTICAL TRICKS.8. CHAPTER III. MISCELLANEOUS STAGE TRICKS.9. CHAPTER IV. CONJURING TRICKS.10. CHAPTER V. JUGGLERS AND ACROBATIC PERFORMANCES.11. CHAPTER VI. FIRE EATERS AND SWORD TRICKS.12. CHAPTER VII. VENTRILOQUISM AND ANIMATED PUPPETS.13. CHAPTER VIII. SHADOWGRAPHY.14. CHAPTER IX. MENTAL MAGIC.15. CHAPTER I. TEMPLE TRICKS OF THE GREEKS.16. CHAPTER II. MIRACULOUS VESSELS OF THE GREEKS.17. CHAPTER III. THE ORIGIN OF THE STEAM ENGINE.18. CHAPTER IV. GREEK LAMPS, TOYS, ETC.19. CHAPTER I. BEHIND THE SCENES OF AN OPERA HOUSE.20. CHAPTER II. SOME REMARKABLE STAGES, ANCIENT AND MODERN.21. CHAPTER III. STAGE EFFECTS.22. CHAPTER IV. THEATER SECRETS.23. CHAPTER V. THE NAUTICAL ARENA.24. CHAPTER VI. A TRIP TO THE MOON.25. CHAPTER VII. CYCLORAMAS.26. CHAPTER VIII. FIREWORKS WITH DRAMATIC ACCESSORIES.27. CHAPTER I. AUTOMATA.28. CHAPTER II. CURIOUS TOYS.29. CHAPTER III. MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS OF AN AMUSING NATURE.30. CHAPTER I. TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY.31. CHAPTER II. CHRONOPHOTOGRAPHY.32. CHAPTER III. THE PROJECTION OF MOVING PICTURES.33. APPENDIX.34. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NATURAL MAGIC AND PRESTIDIGITATION. COMPILED, WITH NOTES, BY Henry Ridgely Evans.35. INDEX.36. Transcriber’s Notes