Third Enlarged Edition (content of 1904 first edition up to page 88)
1911
Written by Charles Lang Neil
Work of Various
120 pages (Hardcover), published by C. Arthur Pearson Limited
Illustrated with photographs and drawings
Language: English
55 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Charles Lang Neil The Principles of Natural Magic
7
Charles Lang Neil Manner and Gesture
11
Charles Lang Neil The Conjurer's Clothes
  • For Men
  • For Ladies
13
Charles Lang Neil The Wand
15
Charles Lang Neil The Table
16
Charles Bertram The Two-Handed Pass "Charles Bertram's Method"
18
Charles Bertram The One-Hand Pass "Charles Bertram's Method", Charlier Pass
22
Charles Bertram The Palm - A New and Perfectly Deceptive Method "immeasurably superior to any other", handing deck to be shuffled with right hand
23
C. O. Williams An Easy Pass bottom section palmed with selection on top, later replaced on top
28
To Palm Cards From Bottom of Pack
29
Paul Valadon The Back and Front of Hand Continuous Palm with Cards illustrated with photographs of Paul Valadon
30
Henri De Manche To Make a False Shuffle lift shuffle handling
  • First Method of False Shuffle (top stock)
  • Second Method of False Shuffle (top and bottom stock)
  • Third Method of False Shuffle (full deck)
Also published here 35
To Force a Card one-handed force briefly mentioned
38
C. O. Williams The Turned Card selection turns over in deck, deck reversed under cover card
40
Mademoiselle Patrice Catching Two Chosen Cards from a Pack Thrown Into the Air top and bottom cards held back by friction
41
C. O. Williams The Unique Card selection lost, three piles made, selection is bottom card of center pile
43
L. Graham Lewis Novel Discovery of a Chosen Card deck placed on table, table tilted forwards, only selection remains on table, wax on thread
44
C. O. Williams The Artful Card wrong card found behind back, then selection produced from pocket
46
C. O. Williams A Simple Card Discovery card placed in glass, covered with glass, then selection is face card of deck
47
To Shake a Chosen Card Through a Handkerchief
48
John Hamley A Smart Production and Vanish of Cards hands empty, cards produced and vanished again, attached to outside of sleeve and stolen when sleeve is pulled up
52
Paul Valadon Some Manipulations with Cards
55
John Hamley The Bottle and Card Trick card shot with pistol on clear bottle, appears at top
58
Mademoiselle Patrice To Pass Several Cards From one Person's Pocket to That of Another
60
Charles Bertram The Diminishing Cards
66
Mademoiselle Patrice Discovering a Cards Shuffled Into Pack Blindfolded
72
Henri De Manche The Three-Card Trick without throw
77
The Rising Card Trick several selections
81
Howard Thurston The "Thurston" Rising Cards five cards rise out of deck and float into hand one by one
  • First Method
  • Second Method for Stage
88
The Reversed Card spectator turns card end for end and performer knows which one
94
The Queens who left their Courts to dig for Diamonds classic hotel trick with Aces, Kings, Queens and Jacks dealt out
94
To allow a Person to think of a Card, and to make that Card appear at any number in the Pack which the rest of the Company may decide upon card and its position from the face remembered, any number named, performer goes behind back, then count started from remembered position
95
To tell the Card thought of by arranging the Cards in a Circle Ace through Ten in a circle, on through of and after some counting divined
96
To Place the Four Kings in different parts of the Pack, and to bring them all together by a simple Cut Jacks secretly behind a King
97
To bring Four Cards together after they have been placed in different parts of the Pack unclear whether the cards are secretly or openly stripped out
98
The Cards sprung from Hand to Hand
99
A Row of Cards being placed face downwards upon the Table, to indicate by turning up one of them how many cards have been transferred from one end to the other during your absence
100
To change Three Cards placed in the Pocket of a Spectator into three others previously chosen
101
The "Three-Card" Trick monte throw
102
To make Three Cards pass invisibly from one Packet to another three extra cards palmed at the beginning
103
The Demon Card Trick card rises to top in paper-wrapped deck
104
The Pocket-Picking Trick card located in spectator's pocket
105
The Changing Card two cards chosen, a card changes to both cards
106
Other Changing Cards
107
The Transforming Sevens four cards change several times, gaffed cards taken out of deck at the start
108
The Four Queens changed to Kings four double facers
111
Making Double Facers splitting, brief
111
To change a drawn Card into the Portraits of several of the company in succession picture cards change into portraits of spectators
112
A Selected Card Caught on the Point of a Sword elastic cord
113
A Chosen Card Found in a Cigar
114
The Cabalistic Star six cards appear on points of star apparatus
115
Tricks performed with the Aid of Card Boxes
116
Bland Bland's Brass Card Box
116
To Make Selected Cards Jump Out of the Pack cards jump out of a special card box apparatus
118
To Produce Two Cards in Succession from an Empty Drawer wooden box apparatus
120
Data entered by Denis Behr.