Later Magic

Later Magic
Erscheinungsland England
Herausgeber	G. Routledge & Sons
Ersch.Jahr	1904
Format	21 x 16 cn
Aufmachung	gebunden
Illustrationen	Abbildungen
Sprache(n)	Englisch
Seitenumfang	554
Thema	Allgemein
ISBN
Autor
Professor Hoffmann

Dies ist vermutlich die erste Auflage von 1904. Das Buch selbst gibt kein Datum an. Eine kurze Besprechung findet sich von Carl Willmann in: Die Zauberwelt, 10. Jahrgang, Nr. 4, April 1904, Seite 63

In der Magic-Pedia wird das Erscheinungsdatum mit 1903 angegeben.

Weitere Ausgaben von Later Magic sind in den Jahren 1911 und 1925 erschienen.

Contents/Inhalt

• iii Preface
• XVii Introduction

CHAPTER I

THE CONJURER’S DRESS, AND CONTRIVANCES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH

• 002 The Coat
• 004 The Vest
• 005 The Trousers
  • 006 Removable Pochettes
• 008 The Shirt-Cuffs
  • 010 A Trick with the Ordinary Shirt-Cuff
• 012 The Hat

CHAPTER II

APPLIANCES AND EXPEDIENTS OF GENERAL UTILITY

• 016 Various Forms of the Servante
  • 017 Bag Servantes
  • 018 Methods of Fixing
  • 019 A New Form of Portable Servante
  • 020 The Premier Servante
  • 024 The Revolving Servante
  • 025 The Vest Servante
• 028 The Conjurer’s Cigar-box
• 030 A Special Trap
• 033 Improved ’Pulls’
  • 033 Willmann’s Vanisher
    • 035 The Flying Ring
  • 037 The ’Lightning’ Vanisher
  • 039 Improvements in the Direct, or Non-Mechanical, Pull
  • 040 Guides, for Use with Pulls
• 042 The Glass with Mirror Partition
  • 046 Different Forms of the Glass
  • 047 Illustrations of its Uses
• 049 Contrivances for ’Passing Off’
  • 050 The Hartz Bottle
  • 050 The Hartz Matchbox
  • 052 The Hartz Pistol
  • 053 Another Form of Pistol for the Same Purpose
• 054 The Excelsior Clip
• 055 The Smoke Apparatus
• 060 A Magical Explosive
  • 061 Suggestions for its Use
• 062 The Spider
• 067 The Multum-in Parvo Vanisher
• 068 The Hartz ’Hook’ for Working Mechanical Pieces
  • 071 The Magic Bell
  • 073 The Crystal Cash-box
  • 074 The Bird-Cage
• 077 Change (or Load) from Back of Assistant
• 078 The Pneumatic Sucker
• 081 The Ball Clip
• 081 The Velvet Changing Bag

CHAPTER III

A SPECIAL TABLE, AND SOME TRICKS PERFORMED BY ITS AID

• 085 The Heller and De Vere Table
  • 092 The Bottomless Tumbler
• 094 Tricks Performed by the Aid of the Above Table
  • 094 Concatenation Extraordinary
    • 098 A Simpler Method, with the Mirror Glass
    • 099 Devant’s Method
  • 100 The Rose in the Glass

CHAPTER IV

THE MAGIC WAND, AND TRICKS THEREWITH

• 102 The Production of the Wand
  • 102 From the Sleeve
  • 103 From the Purse
  • 104 From Decanter on Table
• 105 The Self-supporting Wand
  • 105 Introductory Patter
  • 108 Various Methods of Suspension
  • 112 The Wand Supported without any Mechanical Aid
• 113 The Rapping Wand
• 116 The Auto-gravity Wand
• 115 The Climbing Ring
• 120 The Rising and Falling Wand
  • 121 Various Methods
• 122 Special Wands for Various Purposes
  • 122 Wands for the Production of Handkerchiefs in
  • 126 How to Change the Wand into a Handkerchief
  • 130 A Wand jot the Production of Cigars
  • 132 The "Swallowing Wand"

CHAPTER V

TRICKS WITH WATCHES

• 134 Methods for Obtaining Secret Possession of a Watch
  • 134 The Paper Bag (Various Kinds)
  • 138 Wrapping in Paper
  • 140 The Alpaca Bag
• 143 "Exchanging" a Watch (Various Methods)
• 145 The American Vanisher
• 146 A New Palm for Watches
• 148 The Noisy Watch-winder
• 149 An Improved Repeater
• 150 To Reproduce a Borrowed Watch in Any One Selected of a Number of Boxes
• 152 A Lost Watch Found in Performer's Purse
  • 154 Another Method
• 156 A Borrowed Watch Changed to a Lemon
• 157 A Borrowed Watch Reproduced from a Glass of Milk
• 162 A Watch Fired from a Pistol, Attaching Itself to a Borrowed Hat
• 163 A Novel Watch Trick
• 165 Watch It!
  • 167 Another Method
• 172 The Locked and Corded Boxes
  • 173 The Old Method
  • 174 The Writer’s Own Method
  • 176 The Hartz Method
  • 180 The De Vere Method
• 183 The Flight of Time

CHAPTER VI

TRICKS WITH RINGS

• 189 Exchanging the Ring
• 191 To Catch Rings on the Wand
• 194 A Borrowed Ring Found in a Potato
• 196 The Ring and the Card
• 198 The Mystic Glove and Rings
  • 199 The Old Method
  • 199 The Hartz Method
• 204 The Wedding Ring and Flag

CHAPTER VII

TRICKS WITH HANDKERCHIEFS

• 207 The Recommendations of the Handkerchief for Magical Purposes

Section I

THE MAGICAL PRODUCTION OF HANDKERCHIEFS

• 209 The False Finger
• 214 The False Thumb
• 215 The Finger Shell and False Palm
• 216 The Rubber Band
• 217 Production from Bend of Elbow
• 217 Production from the Trouser-Leg
• 218 The Hand-Box
• 219 The Cache
• 220 The Hamley Handkerchief Ball
• 222 Production from the Wand
• 222 Production from a Match-Box
• 223 The Monarch’ Handkerchief Producer
• 224 Clips for Handkerchiefs
• 225 A Novel Method of Production

Section II

THE MULTIPLICATION OF HANDKERCHIEFS

• 226 From the Sleeve
• 227 Conradi’s Multiplying Tube
• 228 Simple Appliance for Handkerchief Multiplication
• 229 Black Red, and White
• 232 Handkerchief Multiplication on a Larger Scale
• 234 Stillwell’s Handkerchief Act
• 238 Simultaneous Production of a Desired Number of Handkerchiefs
• 239 Handkerchiefs Increasing in Size as well as Number
• 240 A Special Method of Producing the First Handkerchief

Section III

COLOUR-CHANGING TRICKS

• 241 The Inventors of the Colour-Change
• 242 Various Methods of Colour-Changing
  • 242 The Conradi Tube
  • 242 Sundry Appliances for Colour-Changing
  • 244 Roterberg’s Colour-Change
  • 246 Marcellin’s Colour-Change
• 247 Colour-Changing by the Aid of a Paper Tube
  • 248 The Elementary Method
  • 252 Willmann’s Colour-Change
• 256 A Six-fold Colour-Change
  • 258 To Change the Colour of a Handkerchief by Merely Drawing it Through the Hand
• 260 The Brass Tube, with Sliding Cup, for Colour-Changing
• 262 Willmann’s ’Metropolitan Railway’ Trick

Section IV

METHODS OF ""VANISHING" A HANDKERCHIEF

• 268 The Rubber Ring
• 269 A New Handkerchief Vanisher
• 270 Roterberg’s Vanisher, and Passes Therewith
• 273 Another Method of Using the Vanisher
• 275 The "Eau de Cologne" Bottle
• 277 A Handkerchief Changed to a Billiard-Ball
• 278 An Ingenious Device to Facilitate the Palming and Vanishing of a Handkerchief
• 279 The Glass Ball, for Changing a Handkerchief to a Billiard-Ball
• 279 The Nickel Tube for Vanishing a Handkerchief
• 281 Improved form
• 283 The Nickel Tube with Pull
• 284 The Vanish from a Paper Cylinder
• 284 The Lamp-Chimney” Vanish
• 287 To Vanish Four Handkerchiefs Simultaneously

Section V

METHODS OF REPRODUCING A VANISHED HANDKERCHIEF

• 290 Reproduction Beneath a Soup-Plate
• 292 Reproduction from a Sealed Envelope
• 294 Two Vanished Handkerchiefs Reproduced from a Nest of Three Envelopes
• 297 The Drum-Head Tube
• 299 Reproduction from a Candle
• 299 Buatier de Kolta’s Method
• 302 The Glass Box, for Reproducing a Handkerchief

Section VI

MISCELLANEOUS HANDKERCHIEF TRICKS

• 303 Devant’s Handkerchief Trick
• 315 The Hat and Handkerchief
• 317 The Closed Glass Tube (L’Etui en Cristal)
• 319 The Handkerchief Cut and Restored (Modern Method)
• 320 The Marvellous Metamorphosis’ Silver Cylinder
• 323 A Handkerchief Changed to Paper Ribbons
• 323 A Handkerchief Transformed into Paper Shavings
• 326 The Egg and Handkerchief Trick (Modern Methods)
  • 327 D’Alvini’s Egg and Handkerchief Trick
  • 329 Egg Handkerchief, and Onion
  • 331 The very Latest Egg and Handkerchief Trick
• 333 Handkerchiefs Turned into a Snake
  • 335 Hartz’s Method
• 335 The Dancing Handkerchief
  • 335 Parlour Method
  • 336 Stage Method
• 338 Right and Left
• 341 The Flying Handkerchiefs
• 344 The Shower of Sweets (Improved Method)
• 345 A Postscript

CHAPTER VIII

FLAG TRICKS

• 349 Bertram’s Flag Trick
• 351 Flags and Paper Shavings
• 352 Flags Converted into Silken Streamers
• 353 The Production of Flags on Staves Complete
• 357 The Flag and Worsted Ball
• 361 Devant’s Transvaal Flag Trick

CHAPTER IX - TRICKS WITH GLOVES

• 366 Vanishing’ the Gloves
• 368 The Glove Passed into the Wand
• 369 A White Glove Changed to a Black One
• 371 Glove-Dyeing by Magic
• 376 The Damaged Glove and Lady’s Stocking
• 378 A Glove Conjured into a Nut, Egg, Lemon, and Orange
• 385 Dr. Avon’s Glove Trick

CHAPTER X

TRICKS WITH EGGS

• 390 The Celluloid Egg
• 391 The Self-Balancing Egg
• 393 The Egg-cup, for Vanishing an Egg
• 394 An Improved Egg-Holder
• 396 The Magical Production of Eggs
  • 399 Production of Eggs from the Mouth
  • 401 Bellachini’s Method
• 403 A Smashed Egg Vanished from a Handkerchief
• 405 The Diminishing Egg
• 405 To Vanish an Egg from the Hand
• 407 A Special Egg Vanisher
• 409 The Wandering Eggs
  • 412 Another Method
• 417 New Egg and Tumbler Trick
• 418 An Illustration of Free-Trade Principles
• 425 Eggs from Nowhere, and Back Again
• 426 An Egg-Laying Hat
• 429 A Novel Egg-Bag Trick
• 432 The Ribbon-Producing Egg
  • 434 The Bewitched Orange

CHAPTER XI - TRICKS WITH HATS

• 438 To Cut a Piece out of a Hat, and Restore it
• 440 A Glass of Wine in a Hat
• 444 The Mesmerized Hat
• 447 A Billiard Cue Produced from a Hat
• 448 Methods of Loading a Hat
• 450 Various Productions from Hat
  • 450 Half a Dozen Babies
  • 451 Alarm Clocks
  • 453 Flower-Balls
  • 454 Bouquets
  • 455 The Garland of Oak-leaves
• 456 A Cake Baked in a Hat (Improved Method)
• 459 The Wandering Oranges
• 463 A Glass of Wine Passed Visibly through the Crown of a Hat
• 468 The Vanished Cannon-Ball

CHAPTER XII

MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS

• 471 The Afghan Bands
• 473 The Chinese Paper-Tearing Trick
  • 474 The Original Form of the Trick
  • 475 Various Methods of Performing it
  • 478 Ellis Stanyon’s Method
  • 483 Maurice Garlands Method, with Colour-Change
• 484 The Melting Coin (Improved)
• 490 The Great Dictionary Trick
• 497 My Friend in Thibet
• 502 The Flying Thimble
  • 502 The Original Trick
  • 506 The Thimble and Paper Cone
  • 506 The Patriotic Thimble
  • 508 The Multiplying Thimble
  • 513 The Vanishing Thimbles
• 514 The Changing Dice
  • 515 Improved Methods
• 519 Chameleon Water
• 522 Rainbow Water
• 525 The Magic Organ Pipes (Le Souper du Diable)
  • 531 New Method
• 538 Devant’s Jar of Water and Hat
• 544 Devant’s Bag of Mystery