Sleight of Hand
by Edwin Thomas Sachs
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About this eBook
- Author
- Sachs, Edwin Thomas, -1910
- Title
- Sleight of Hand: A Practical Manual of Legerdemain for Amateurs & Others
- Credits
- Produced by Tor Martin Kristiansen, Stephen Hutcheson, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure
- Subject
- Magic tricks
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 50903
- Release Date
- January 11, 2016
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.SLEIGHT OF HAND
- 2.CONTENTS.
- 3.PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.
- 4.Introduction.
- 5.Part I. Drawing-room Magic.
- 6.CHAPTER I. PALMING.
- 7.CHAPTER II. TRICKS WITH COINS.
- 8.CHAPTER III. TRICKS WITH COMMON OBJECTS.
- 9.CHAPTER IV. TRICKS WITH CUPS AND BALLS.
- 10.CHAPTER V. TRICKS WITH HANDKERCHIEFS.
- 11.CHAPTER VI. CHINESE TRICKS.
- 12.CHAPTER VII. TRICKS AT TABLE.
- 13.CHAPTER VIII. TRICKS WITH CARDS. — The Pass. — The Diagonal Pass. — The False Shuffle. — The Change. — The Palm. — The Slide. — The Force. — FOOTNOTES:
- 14.Part II.—Grand, or Stage Magic.
- 15.CHAPTER IX. GENERAL REMARKS.
- 16.CHAPTER X. THE TABLE AND DRESS.
- 17.CHAPTER XI. SLEIGHTS AND PROPERTIES FOR GENERAL USE.
- 18.CHAPTER XII. TRICKS WITH CARDS.
- 19.CHAPTER XIII. TRICKS WITH HANDKERCHIEFS AND GLOVES.
- 20.CHAPTER XIV. TRICKS WITH COINS.
- 21.CHAPTER XV. MISCELLANEOUS.
- 22.CHAPTER XVI. THE CORNUCOPIAN HAT.
- 23.CHAPTER XVII. TRICKS WITH WATCHES AND LIVE STOCK.
- 24.CHAPTER XVIII. SHAM MESMERISM, CLAIRVOYANCE, ETC.
- 25.CHAPTER XIX. FINAL INSTRUCTIONS.
- 26.INDEX
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