Later Magic

Later Magic
Erscheinungsland England
Herausgeber	G. Routledge & Sons
Ersch.Jahr	1918
Format	21 x 16 cn
Aufmachung	gebunden
Illustrationen	Abbildungen
Sprache(n)	Englisch
Seitenumfang	554
Thema	Allgemein
ISBN
Autor
Professor Hoffmann

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