More Conjuring

About this eBook

Author

Hercat, 1843-1914

Title

More Conjuring: Simple Tricks for Social Gatherings

Credits

Produced by David Clarke and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure

Subject

Magic tricks -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Category

Text

eBook-No.

32788

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32788

Release Date

June 13, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE — More Conjuring.
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS — SIMPLE CARD TRICKS — SIMPLE COIN TRICKS — SIMPLE TRICKS WITH HANDKERCHIEFS, RINGS, CANDLES, ETC. — SIMPLE ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS — MATCH PUZZLES — SIMPLE MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS
5. 5.SIMPLE CARD TRICKS — AN EASY METHOD OF FINDING A SELECTED CARD — TO BRING A CHOSEN CARD FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE PACK AT ANY NUMBER REQUESTED — A CHOSEN CARD SHAKEN THROUGH A HANDKERCHIEF — A SELECTED CARD FOUND IN A LIGHTED CIGARETTE — A STICKING CARD — TWO SELECTED CARDS CAUGHT IN THE AIR — AN EASY BUT PUZZLING TRICK — TRAVELLING CARDS — TO NAME ALL THE CARDS IN THE PACK — A NEW METHOD — THE SENSE OF TOUCH — WHERE IS THE ACE? — TO MAKE A PERSON NAME A CARD WHICH YOU HAVE YOURSELF SELECTED — THE CLOCK — HOW TO GUESS CARDS THOUGHT OF — AN INGENIOUS CARD TRICK — TO NAME A CARD WHICH SOME ONE HAS THOUGHT OF — THE REJECTED RECRUITS—A LAUGHABLE TRICK — A NOVEL CARD EFFECT — AN ARTFUL CARD FORCE — ANOTHER EASY CARD FORCE — A SIMPLE BUT PUZZLING CARD TRICK
6. 6.SIMPLE COIN TRICKS — HOW TO DETECT A MARKED COIN — A PENETRATIVE SHILLING — ANOTHER SIMPLE TRICK — A COIN TO DISAPPEAR FROM YOUR CHEEK AND REAPPEAR AT YOUR ELBOW — TWO VANISHED HALF-CROWNS — A DIVINATION — AN EFFECTIVE BUT SIMPLE TRICK — CHANGING APPLE AND COINS — AN OBEDIENT SIXPENCE — COIN AND GLASS — A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT WITH FOUR SHILLINGS — PUZZLE OF TEN HALFPENCE — HOW TO INCREASE YOUR WEALTH — A NEAT COIN TRICK — A SUBTLE IMPROMPTU EFFECT WITH A COIN — AN ORIGINAL COIN SWINDLE — A CROSS
7. 7.SIMPLE TRICKS WITH HANDKERCHIEFS, RINGS, CANDLES, ETC. — A KNOT THAT CANNOT BE DRAWN TIGHT — TO TIE AN INSTANTANEOUS KNOT IN A HANDKERCHIEF — HALF A BURNT MESSAGE FOUND RESTORED IN A CANDLE — TWO GOOD RING TRICKS
8. 8.SIMPLE ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS — TO ASCERTAIN A NUMBER THOUGHT OF — HOW TO NAME A NUMBER WHICH HAS BEEN ERASED — A LESSON IN THE CORRECT FORMATION OF A FIGURE — FOUR NINES PROBLEM — AN ANSWER TO A SUM GIVEN IN ADVANCE — AN ARITHMETICAL PUZZLE — AN ARITHMETICAL MYSTERY — HOW TO TELL HER AGE — A RACE IN ADDITION — TO PREDICT THE HOUR YOUR FRIEND INTENDS TO RISE ON THE FOLLOWING MORNING
9. 9.MATCH PUZZLES — EXPERIMENT WITH TEN MATCHES — THE MAGIC NINE — TRIANGLES WITH MATCHES — MATCH SQUARES — YOUR OPPONENT MUST TAKE THE LAST MATCH — A SHAKESPEAREAN QUOTATION — NUMERAL — SIX AND FIVE MAKE NINE — THE ARTFUL SCHOOLBOYS — WHAT ARE MATCHES MADE OF? — A SHEEP PEN — POST AND RAIL PUZZLE
10. 10.SIMPLE MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS — A GOOD AFTER-DINNER TRICK — TO REMOVE A SERVIETTE RING FROM A TAPE HELD ON THE THUMBS OF ANOTHER PERSON — AN EXPERIMENT IN GRAVITY — A SCISSORS FEAT — ANOTHER TRICK WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS — AN INDESTRUCTIBLE CIGARETTE PAPER — TO CUT AN APPLE IN TWO WITH YOUR FINGER — A TRICK WITH DOMINOES — AN ESCAPE — CIGARETTE PAPERS AND SERVIETTES — FOUR CIGARETTE PAPERS — A HINDOO SWINDLE — THE ELUSIVE MATCH—A CAPITAL IMPROMPTU TRICK

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