Anonymous
The Practical Magician and Ventriloquist's Guide
Published by Good Press, 2021
EAN 4057664619716
Table of Contents
CHAPTER II. OF PALMISTRY AND PASSES.
SECOND TRICK.—To change a bowl of ink into clear water, with gold fish in it.
FOURTH TRICK.—The Walking Cent.
CHAPTER III. TRICKS WITH AND WITHOUT COLLUSION.
TRICK 5.—To make a quarter and a penny change places, while held in the hands of two spectators.
TRICK 6.—Another trick with the dime, handkerchief, and an orange or lemon.
TRICK 7.—How to double your pocket money.
TRICK 8.—The injured handkerchief restored.
TRICK 9.—To make a large die pass through the crown of a hat without injuring it.
TRICK 10.—To produce from a silk handkerchief bon-bons, candies, nuts, etc.
TRICK 11.—A sudden and unexpected supply of feathers from under a silk handkerchief or cloth.
TRICK 13.—To cook pancakes or a flat plum cake in a hat, over some candles.
TRICK 14.—TO EAT A DISH OF PAPER SHAVINGS, AND DRAW THEM OUT OF YOUR MOUTH LIKE AN ATLANTIC CABLE.
TRICK 15.—How to cut off a nose—of course without actual injury.
CHAPTER V. TRICKS BY MAGNETISM, CHEMISTRY, GALVANISM, OR ELECTRICITY.
TRICK 16.—The watch obedient to the word of command.
TRICK 18.—A chemical trick to follow one where a young friend has assisted.
TRICK 20.—To restore a tape whole after it has been cut in the middle.
CHAPTER VI. ON THE CONTINUITY OF TRICKS.
TRICK 21.—The invisible hen: a very useful trick for supplying eggs for breakfast or dinner.
A SERIES OF TRICKS, 22, 23, 24.—The chief agent being a plain gold ring.
CHAPTER VII. FRIENDLY SUGGESTIONS.
TRICK 25.—The Conjuror’s “Bonus Genius,” or Familiar Messenger.
TRICK 26.—The Shower of Money.
TRICK 29.—To Furnish a Treat to the Gentlemen.
VENTRILOQUISM AMONGST THE ANCIENTS.