Part 2 — INDEX
Reading edition
A.
page
Accommodating bottle, 316
Aces, congenial, 102
Action with rapidity, &c., 39
Addressing audience, style of, 60, 153, 161, 393
Animated skull, 390
Anti-gravitation ball, 343
Anti-spiritualistic tricks, 380
Apparatus, its uses and abuses, 258
Apples and ring, 50
And small eggs, palming, 168
In cups, 58
Arm, cutting, with a knife, 83
Arrangement of stage, 398
Article, changing an, 171
Ascending cards, 192
Ascent of articles in spiritualistic tricks, 383
Assembly, 136
Assistant, choosing an, 176, 393
Attached card, 101
Audience, seating the, 396
Style of addressing, 60, 153, 161, 393
B.
Bacchus' dovecot, 306
Maypole, 311
Bag, the egg, 274
Watch, 363
Ball and bottle, 308
Balls and cups, tricks with, 54
And plates, 80
Anti-gravitation, 343
Balls, concealing, 55
From a hat, multiplying, 353
Passing and vanishing, 55
Vanishing, 170
Vesting, 170
Wine-drinking, crystal, 308
Worsted, and coin, 256
Banker, the, 237
Bending watches, 362
Bird and card, 376
Cages produced from a hat, 356
Birds, vanishing small, 173
Blindfold feats, 378
Borrowed rings, exchanging, for dummies, 175
Borrowing handkerchiefs, 17, 63
Watches, 361
Bottle, accommodating, 316
And ball, 308
And dove, 306
And penknife, 44
And ribbons, 311
And tumbler, perambulating, 328
Magic wine, 316
Of ginger beer, 287
Bouquet, spirit, 384
Bowls of fish, 262
Boxes, card, 127
Drawer, 300
For watch, 364
Passing coin into, 21
Watch, 368
With trap, 395
Boxing coins, 21
Brazen rod, magi's, 324, 371
Breaking watches, 362
Broad and long cards, 131
Bundle of firewood produced from hat, 354
Burning a handkerchief, 62
Butterfly trick, Japanese, 74
C.
Cabbage and hat, 349
Cage, flying, 335
Cages, bird, produced from hat, 356
Candle, money-producing, 252
Passing handkerchief over flame of, without burning, 178
Cannon ball and hat, 346
Card and bird, 376
Tricks, value of, 88
Cards, ascending, 192
Assembly, 136
Attached, 101
Boxes, 127
Catching two, in the air, 102
Causing one to appear in any position in the pack, counting from top or bottom, 123
Causing one to show itself on the top of the pack, 101
Chameleon, 132
Changing, 132
Changing two, 108
Clairvoyance, 379
Congenial aces, 102
Conjurors', 89
Cut packs, 130
Diagonal, 96
Egyptian pocket, 187
False shuffle, 99
Forcing, 117
Hatched, 205
La carte générale, 119
Lady's own trick, 105
Lightning change, 146
Long and broad, 131
Marking, 177
Missing link, 190
Napoleon, a game at, 143
Obliging bouquet, 202
Palming, 112
Passes with, 90, 106
Permeating, 122
Prepared, 130, 179
Pricked, 131
Reversed, 104
Revolution, the, 129
Royal marriages, 115
Salamander, 197
Sliding, 116
Sympathetic, 120
Thought-reading, 140
Throwing, 129
Travelling, 135
Tricks with, 88, 186
Universal, 119
Vanishing a pack, 186
Catching coins in the air, 14
Two cards in the air, 102
Causing a card to appear in any position in the pack, counting from top or bottom, 123
A card to show itself on the top of the pack, 101
A stick or poker to stand on end, 344
Challenges, how to answer, 35
Chameleon card, 132
Changing articles, 171
Cards, 132, 146
Coins, 11, 32
Dice, 81
Two cards, 108
Chinese fire eating, 72
Lanterns produced from a hat, 356
Marbles, 70
Methods of conjuring, 70, 75
Rings, 296
Tricks, 70
Choosing an assistant, 176, 393
Clairvoyance, 378
Climax to the hat of plenty, 358
Coat, cutting person's arm through, 83
Coin and worsted ball, 256
Handkerchief, 183
Coins, banker, the, 237
Best kind for use, 38
Boxing, 21
Catching in the air, 14
Changing, 11, 32
Concealing, 12
Copper superior to silver, 34
Crystal plateau, 250
Dancing, 20
Extracting, from a glass of water, 24
Flight of, 255
Folding penny, 27
Hold them tight!, 242
Invisible transit, 232
Marking, 38
Minor tricks with, 9
Money changer, 247
Money-producing candle, 252
Palm practice with, 9
Passing into a hat, 13, 23
Passing many, 16
Passing or vanishing, 10
Passing through table, 12
Selecting, when blindfolded, 23
Shower of gold, 273
Showing hands empty while still containing, 177
Sleeving, 35
Substituting, 22
Tricks with, 9, 232
Vanishing, from a handkerchief, 17
Coin-vanishing tumbler, 184
Collecting eggs, 278
Common objects, tricks with, 39
Common palm, 5
Company, producing articles from the persons of the, 166
Concealing a ball, 55
Coins, 12
Cone and drawer-box, 304
Congenial aces, 102
Conjuring table, substitute for, 394
Conjuror's shelf, 156, 395
Cooking and making a pudding in a hat, 293
A "Welsh rabbit", 374
Copper coins superior to silver, 34
Cork, false, 30
Corks, Houdin's dessert of, 84
Corks, tricks with, 84
Cornucopian hat, 346
Cotton, cutting up piece of, 46
Crystal ball, wine-drinking, 308
Plateau, 250
Cup, passing one through another, 61
Cups and balls, tricks with, 54
And oranges, apples, &c., 58
From a hat, shower of, 352
Cut packs of cards, 130
Cutting a person's arm with a knife, 83
Up piece of cotton, 46
D.
Dancing coins, 20
Sailor, 339
Decanted handkerchief, 224
Deception and rapidity of action, 39
Dessert of corks, Houdin's, 84
Destroying a watch, 362
Devil's handkerchief, 182
Diagonal pass with cards, 96
Dice, changing, 81
Dictionary trick, great, 336
Die trick, Houdin's, with additional effects, 259
Distribution from a hat, 350
Dolls produced from a hat, 355
Dove and bottle, 306
Mesmerising a, 175
Dovecot, Bacchus', 306
Doves, vanishing, 173
Drawer-box, 300
And cone, 304
Drawing-room magic, 4
Dress for a conjuror, 160
E.
Eating fire, 72
Egg bag, the, 274
Orange, &c., produced from wand, 164
Eggs and small apples, palming, 168
Collecting, 278
Magician's, 183
Productive, 184
Egyptian pocket card trick, 187
Electric touch, 389
England, flags of Old, 295
Exchanging borrowed rings for dummies, 175
Extracting a coin from a glass of water, 24
F.
Fairy flower, 327
False shuffle with cards, 99
Feast of lanterns, Chinese, 356
Fiery hands, writings, &c., 387
Filter tumblers, 79
Final instructions, 392
Finding sweetmeats in a handkerchief, 65
Finger palm, 6
Fire eating, Chinese, 72
Firewood, bundle of, produced from hat, 354
Fish and bowl, 262
And ink, 265
Flags of Old England, 295
Flight of coins, 255
Flower, fairy, 327
Ring in, 183
Flowers produced from hat, 351
Flying cage, 335
Plume and seed, 291
Folding penny, 27
Forcing cards, 117
Fork or spoon through a tumbler, passing, 79
Fowl, resuscitated, 280
G.
Game at Napoleon, 143
Gant de Paris, 228
General instruction and management in stage conjuring, 149
Remarks, 149, 392
Ginger beer, bottle of, 287
Glass of sherry, vanishing, 77
Of water, extracting a coin from, 24
Of water, to invert, 271
Of water, ubiquitous, 267
Glass, talking, 384
Glove, gant de Paris, 228
Gloves suitable for conjurors, 398
Gold-fish and ink, 265
Trick, 262
Gold, shower of, 273
Grand, or stage magic, 149
H.
Half-crown wand, 237
Handkerchief, coin, 183
Decanted, 224
Devil's, 182
Finding sweetmeats in, 65
For egg collecting, 278
Lengthening a, 66
Passing through flame of candle without burning, 178
Restored, 210
Ring and wand, 49
Through the leg, pulling a, 64
Twisting, 69
Tying knot instantaneously, 68
Tying knot on wrist, 69
Untying knot in, by word of command, 65
Vanishing coins from, 17
Handkerchiefs, borrowing, 17, 63
Burning, 62
Knots, 218
Melting, 226
Sun and moon, 215
Tricks with, 62, 210
Vanishing and reproducing, 171
Hands, fiery, 387
To show, empty, while still containing coins, 177
Harmless shot, 282
Hat and cabbage, 349
And cannon-ball, 346
Bird cages produced from, 356
Bundle of firewood produced from, 354
Chinese lanterns produced from, 356
Cornucopian, 346
Distribution of presents from, 350
Dolls produced from, 355
Flowers produced from, 351
Making and cooking a pudding in, 293
Multiplying balls produced from, 353
Of plenty, 346
Of plenty, climax to, 358
Passing coins into, 13, 23
Rabbits produced from, 372
Reticules produced from, 355
Shower of cups from, 352
With trap, 395
Hatched card, 205
Hold them tight!, 242
Houdin's dessert of corks, 84
Die trick, with additional effects, 259
I.
Incubation by magic, 276
Ink and gold-fish, 265
Instruction and general management in stage conjuring, 149
Instructions, final, 392
Intervals during performances, 398
Introduction, 1
Of music in performances, 397
Introductory stage tricks, 161
Inverting glass of water, 271
Invisible transit of coins, 232
J.
Japanese butterfly trick, 74
K.
Kling-klang, 281
Knife and squares of paper, 42
Cutting a person's arm with, 83
Swallowing, 85
Knot on the wrist, tying a, 69
That will not draw tight, tying a, 67
Tying instantaneously, 68
Untying at word of command, 65
Knots in handkerchief, 218
L.
La carte générale, 119
Lady's own trick with cards, 105
Lanterns, Chinese, produced from a hat, 356
Large objects from the hand, vanishing, 167
Leg, pulling a handkerchief through the, 64
Length of time for performance, 398
Lengthening a handkerchief, 66
Live stock and watches, tricks with, 361
Long and broad cards, 131
M.
Magical wine, 337
Magician's eggs, 183
Magic, incubation by, 276
Omelette, 332
Plateau, 185
Wine bottle, 316
Magi's brazen rod, 324, 371
Making and cooking a pudding in a hat, 293
Management and instruction in stage conjuring, general, 149
Manner when performing, 249
Marbles, Chinese, 70
Marking coins, 38
Maypole, Bacchus's, 311
Meddlers, punishment of, 151
Mesmeric suspension wand, 318
Mesmerised poker, 344, 382
Mesmerising a dove, 175
Mesmerism, sham, 378
Misdirection, 40
Missing link, 190
Money changer, 247
Tube, 239
Money-producing candle, 252
Mortar and pestle for watches, 362
Mouth, producing yards of paper from the, 73
Multiplying balls obtained from a hat, 353
Music, introduction of, in performance, 397
N.
Napoleon, a game at, 143
Nest of boxes, 21
Novel "Welsh rabbit", 374
O.
Obliging bouquet card trick, 202
Omelette, magic, 332
Oranges, apples, &c., in cups, 58
Produced from wand, 164
Vanishing, 170
Vesting, 170
P.
Palm practice with coins, 9
Palming cards, 112
Coins, 5
Common, 5
Finger, 6
Proper, 5
Quick, practising, 17
Reverse, 7
Small eggs, apples, &c., 168
Sugar, 40
Thumb, 6
Use of the wand in, 12
With both hands, 22
Paper and knife, 42
From the mouth, producing yards of, 73
Passes with cards, 90, 106
Passing and vanishing a ball, 55
Articles through traps, 158
Coins, 9
Coins into a hat, 13, 23
Coins through a table, 12
Fork or spoon through tumbler, 79
Many coins, 16
Penny into soda-water bottle, 27
Ring into an egg, 334
"Patter", 154
Penknife and bottle, 44
Penny, folding, 27
passing, into soda-water bottle, 27
Perambulating bottle and tumbler, 328
Walking stick, 382
Performance, length of time for, 398
Introduction of music in, 397
Performer's private programme, 397
Performing, manner when, 249
Preparations before, 149
Skill in, 346
Permeable plates, 80
Permeating card, 122
Pestle and mortar for watches, 362
Plateau, magic, 185
Plate, vanishing a, 78
Plates and balls, 80
Permeable, 80
Plenty, hat of, 346
Plume and seed, flying, 291
Plumes, shower of, 326
Pocket, Egyptian, card trick, 187
Poker, mesmerised, 344, 382
Or stick to stand on end, causing, 344, 382
Preparations before performing, 149, 392
Prepared cards, 130, 179
Presents distributed from a hat, 350
Pricked cards, 131
Private programme, performer's, 397
Producing articles from the persons of the company, 166
Yards of paper from the mouth, 73
Productive eggs, 184
Programmes, 397
Performer's private, 397
Properties and sleights for general use, 163
Pudding cooking and making in a hat, 293
Pulling a handkerchief through the leg, 64
Punishment of meddlers, 151
Putty watches, 362
R.
"Rabbit," cooking a, 374
Novel "Welsh", 374
Rabbits produced from hat, 372
Reproducing, 373
Tricks with, 372
Rapidity and deception of action, 39
Remarks, general, 149
Repetition of tricks, 152
Restored handkerchief, 210
Resuscitated fowl, 280
Reticules produced from a hat, 355
Reversed card, 104
Reverse palm, 7
Revolution of cards, 129
Ribbons and bottle, 311
Ring, flying, 183
Rings and apple, 50
And wand, 51
Chinese, 296
Exchanging borrowed for dummies, 175
Handkerchief, and wand, 49
Inside an egg, 335
Palming, 49
Tricks with, 49, 334
Rod, Magi's brazen, 324, 371
Roll, watch in, 178
Royal marriages with cards, 115
S.
Sack trick, 338
Sailor dancing, 339
Salamander card, 197
Seating the audience, 396
Second sight, imitation, 378
Seed and flying plume, 291
Selecting a coin whilst blindfolded, 23
Sham mesmerism, 378
Shelf, the conjuror's, 156, 395
Sherry, vanishing a glass of, 77
Shot, harmless, 282
Shower of cups from a hat, 352
Of gold, 273
Plumes, 326
Shuffling, false, with cards, 99, 179
Skill in performing, 346
Skull, animated, 390
Slate trick, 386
Sleeving coins, 35
Sleights and properties for general use, 163
Sliding cards, 116
Small birds, vanishing, 173
Soda-water bottle, passing penny into, 27
Spirit bouquet, 384
Spiritualistic animated skull, 390
Ascent of articles, 383
Electric touch, 389
Fiery hands, writings, &c., 387
Mesmerised poker, 344, 382
Perambulating walking stick, 382
Slate trick, 386
Spirit bouquet, 384
Talking glass, 384
Tricks, 380
Writings, &c., 387
Spoon or fork passing through a tumbler, 79
Stage, arrangement of, 398
Conjuring, dress for, 160
General instruction and management, 149
Or grand magic, 149
Tables for, 155
Traps for, 156
Stick and poker to stand on end, causing, 344, 382
Style of addressing audience, 60, 153, 161, 393
Substitute for a conjuring table, 394
Substituting coins, 22
Sugar, palming, 40
Sun and moon, 215
Suspension wand, mesmeric, 318
Swallowing a knife, 85
A watch, 368
Sweetmeats, finding in a handkerchief, 65
Sympathetic cards, 120
T.
Table and dress, 156
Tricks at, 72
Tables, passing coins through, 12
Position of, 396
Selecting, 155
substitute for conjuring, 394
Talking glass, 384
Targets for watches, 365
Thought-reading with cards, 141
Throwing a card, 129
Thumb palm, 6
Time for performance, length of, 398
Touch, electric, 389
Transit of coins, invisible, 232
Trap box, 395
Traps for stage conjuring, 156
In high hat, 395
Passing articles through, 158
Travelling cards, 135
Tying a knot instantaneously, 68
A knot on the wrist, 69
A knot that will not draw tight, 67
Tumbler, coin-vanishing, 184
Filter, 79
Passing a fork or spoon through, 79
Perambulating bottle and, 328
U.
Ubiquitous glass of water, 267
Universal card, 119
Untying a knot at word of command, 65
V.
Vanishing and passing a ball, 55
Articles through traps, 158
Coins, 10
Coins from a handkerchief, 17
Doves, 173
Glass of sherry, 77
Handkerchiefs, 171
Large objects from the hands, 167
Oranges, &c., 170
Pack of cards, 186
Plates, 78
Small birds, 173
Vesting, 160, 170
W.
Walking stick, perambulating, 382
Wand and ring, 51
Half-crown, 237
Finding articles in, 305
Mesmeric suspension, 318
Passing down throat, 368
Purchasing, 3
Ring and handkerchief, 49
Use of, in palming, 12
Warm hands, necessity for, 398
Watches, bag for, 363
Bending, 362
Box for, 368
Borrowing, 361
Breaking, 362
Causing to appear on assistant's back, 367
Putty, 362
Reproducing, 364
Swallowing, 368
Targets for, 365
Tricks with, 360
Water, inverting glass of, 271
Ubiquitous glass of, 267
"Welsh rabbit," novel, 374
Wine bottle, magic, 316
Magical, 337
Wine-drinking crystal ball, 308
Worsted ball and coin, 256
Wrist, tying a knot on the, 69
Writings, fiery, 387