A Bag of Tricks
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How to Balance Glass on Playing Card
How 'Spirit Trick' Is Performed With Names Written in Squares
How to Transfer a Coin From One Hand to Another
How to Tell Card Taken From Pack by Trick 'Spirit Writing*
How to Dip Hand Into Water and Take It Out Dry
Trouble to Spin an Egg Magician Lindhorst's Method
How to Remove Dime Under Glass Without Touching Either
Magician Tells How to Hang Hat on Wall Without Nail or Hook
How to Invert Glass of Water Without Spilling It
How to Tell in Which Hand Coin Is Concealed
How to Fill Glass Twice Without Emptying First Contents
Tells How to Blow Candle Out Through Bottle
Here's How You Can Add Five Matches to Six and Make Nine
Magician Tells How to Change Pack of Cards from Black to Red
Trick of Unsmashable Match Box
Trick of Swallowing a Knife
Magician Tells How Ringand Cord Trick Is Worked
Three Matches Can Be Lifted With One
How to Make a Dime Disappear
How You Can Smoke a Pipe Without Lighting It
Magician Tells How to Grasp Two Corks Between Fingers
How to Make an Ace Disappear in Deck
Taking a Coin from Under a Hat Without Touching Hat—Yourself
Magician Explains How to Change Playing Card Into Box of Matches
How to Balance Two Coins Between Your Fingers
Rubber Sponge Used to Perform Magic in Hand of Spectator
Tells How to Find a Selected Card in a Pack
Magician Breaks Stick Held Up By Paper Suspended on Knives
Clever Trick Performed With Ordinary Ruler
How to Get Water Into Glass When It Is Held Upside Down
Walking Hair Pin Trick Is Done With Knife and Quiver of Hand
Magician Makes a Cane Dance Apparently Without Support
How to Pick Up Five Bricks With One Hand Explained by Magician
Paper Placed Over Board Defies Attempt to Move It With Blow
How to Write Spectator's Initial on Cube and Then Make Letter Appear in
How To Make Needle Float in Glass of Water
Tiny Card Standing on Edge Defies Effort to Blow It Over
Tells How to Make a Boomerang Circle Room and Land at the Feet
The Magic Egg, a Clever Trick
How to Light Candle Without Touching Flame to Its Wick
How to Knock a Card Through Table
How to Get a Loose Cork Out of Bottle Without Touching Either
How to Break Pencil With Dollar Bill
Did You Know That a Child Can Step Through a Playing Card?
Thread Supporting a Ring Can Be Burned but Still Hold It Suspended
Mysterious No. 3 Almost Always Chosen From List Marked 1,2,3, 4
How to Fill a Tobacco Can Twice Without Emptying First Contents
Card Can Be Taken From Under Quarter Without Moving the Coin
It's Easy to Make a Dime on Plate Vanish, Then Find It Underneath
How to Place Spoon in a Glass Without Touching Either
Foretelling the Ending Numbers in a Domino Game Is Simple Trick
How to Perform Trick of the Mesmerized Ring
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A Bag of Tricks - Will L. Lindhorst
A BAG OF TRICKS
By
WILL L. LINDHORST
(Famous Magician)
ILLUSTRATED BY TOM P. BARRETT
THE REILLY & LEE CO.
CHICAGO NEW YORK
digital edition 2016 by David De Angelis
A BAG OF TRICKS COPYRIGHT 1931
BY THE RE1LLT & LEE CO.
PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.
Author's Note
During the thirty-one years I have studied and practised the art of magic I have continuously cherished a desire to provide the thousands of men and women who are interested in this fascinating art a guide to the solution of many of its most widely discussed mysteries.
The accomplishments of such men as Hermann, Kellar, Thurston and Houdini have been a constant inspiration to me and I have endeavored in the following pages to present clear and simple descriptions of the methods, not heretofore disclosed, by which some of the most popular and puzzling illusions are performed.
The practise of after-dinner tricks makes for popularity, and one whose ability in this respect becomes known is assured of many invitations to social gatherings. Its value lies not only in entertainment, however, for the development of proficiency in the performance of illusions means also the development of poise, confidence, and the coordination of thought and action. These things are distinct advantages in any walk of life.
It is my earnest wish that this book may bring to a wide audience an ample measure of amusement and benefit.
Signed, magically yours,
WILL L. LINDHORST.
DEDICATED TO MY LEGIONS OF FOLLOWERS
Table of Contents
How to Balance Glass on Playing Card
How 'Spirit Trick' Is Performed With Names Written in Squares
How to Transfer a Coin From One Hand to Another
How to Tell Card Taken From Pack by Trick 'Spirit Writing*
How to Dip Hand Into Water and Take It Out Dry
Trouble to Spin an Egg Magician Lindhorst's Method
How to Remove Dime Under Glass Without Touching Either
Magician Tells How to Hang Hat on Wall Without Nail or Hook
How to Invert Glass of Water Without Spilling It
How to Tell in Which Hand Coin Is Concealed
How to Fill Glass Twice Without Emptying First Contents
Tells How to Blow Candle Out Through Bottle
Here's How You Can Add Five Matches to Six and Make Nine
Magician Tells How to Change Pack of Cards from Black to Red
Trick of Unsmashable Match Box
Trick of Swallowing a Knife
Magician Tells How Ringand Cord Trick Is Worked
Three Matches Can Be Lifted With One
How to Make a Dime Disappear
How You Can Smoke a Pipe Without Lighting It
Magician Tells How to Grasp Two Corks Between Fingers
How to Make an Ace Disappear in Deck
Taking a Coin from Under a Hat Without Touching Hat—Yourself
Magician Explains How to Change Playing Card Into Box of Matches
How to Balance Two Coins Between Your Fingers
Rubber Sponge Used to Perform Magic in Hand of Spectator
Tells How to Find a Selected Card in a Pack
Magician Breaks Stick Held Up By Paper Suspended on Knives
Clever Trick Performed With Ordinary Ruler
How to Get Water Into Glass When It Is Held Upside Down
Walking Hair Pin Trick Is Done With Knife and Quiver of Hand
Magician Makes a Cane Dance Apparently Without Support
How to Pick Up Five Bricks With One Hand Explained by Magician
Paper Placed Over Board Defies Attempt to Move It With Blow
How to Write Spectator's Initial on Cube and Then Make Letter Appear in
How To Make Needle Float in Glass of Water
Tiny Card Standing on Edge Defies Effort to Blow It Over
Tells How to Make a Boomerang Circle Room and Land at the Feet
The Magic Egg, a Clever Trick
How to Light Candle Without Touching Flame to Its Wick
How to Knock a Card Through Table
How to Get a Loose Cork Out of Bottle Without Touching Either
How to Break Pencil With Dollar Bill
Did You Know That a Child Can Step Through a Playing Card?
Thread Supporting a Ring Can Be Burned but Still Hold It Suspended
Mysterious No. 3 Almost Always Chosen From List Marked 1,2,3, 4
How to Fill a Tobacco Can Twice Without Emptying First Contents
Card Can Be Taken From Under Quarter Without Moving the Coin
It's Easy to Make a Dime on Plate Vanish, Then Find It Underneath
How to Place Spoon in a Glass Without Touching Either
Foretelling the Ending Numbers in a Domino Game Is Simple Trick
How to Perform Trick of the Mesmerized Ring
How to Hold Lighted Candle Under Water
How a Magic Pencil Mark Stops Flames Consuming Sheet of Paper
Mysterious Number 1089
Trick for Dining Room Magicians
Magician Tells How to Make One Match Pass Through Another
How to Make a Peg Jump From One Hole to Another in a Pencil
Magician Uses Soda Bottle and Dime to Produce Mystic Trick
How to Make Coin Disappear in Handkerchief
If You're Not Afraid to Play With Matches Try These Clever Tricks
Magician Uses His Nose to Find Certain Penny Among Six Coins
How to Put Egg Into a Milk Bottle and Take It Out
How to Make a Dime Disappear From Hand
How to Tell When a Card Has Been Turned
Make Hat Appear to Float in the Air
To Make Coin Disappear Under a Glass
Here Is a Trick That Calls for Clever Work With Your Hands
Here Is a Sleight-of-Hand Trick That Will Baffle Your Friends
If This Trick Doesn't Work You May Have Trouble Explaining It
How to Make a Match Intact After Someone Has Broken It to Pieces
How to Do Marble and Thimble Trick
'Loving Matches' Kiss Each Other
Magic Envelope
A Drop of Water Will Make Coin Fall Into Bottle
How to Make a Person's Arm Rise As If It Were Hypnotized
A Puzzling Trick With Glasses
Mind - Reading
Demonstration Made Easy by Means of Few Mathematical Operations.
Tell the Time by Using a Quarter, a String