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Modern Card Manipulation

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Modern Card Manipulation
CoverModernCardManipulation.jpg
AuthorC. Lang Neil
PublisherC. Arthur Pearson Ltd.
Publication Date1904
LanguageEnglish
Pages96
 

Modern Card Manipulation was originally published by Messrs Hamley Bros. and Pearson in 1904. Later it was 'republished' in 1906 as one of the what later became known as the Yellow Perils books on magic by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.

It included tricks by Charles Bertram, Paul Valadon, Charles Oswald Williams, John Hamley and Neil's wife, Mademoiselle Patrice.

Contents

  • THE PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL MAGIC
  • MANNER AND GESTURE
  • THE CONJURER'S CLOTHES
  • THE WAND
  • THE TABLE
  • SLEIGHTS NECESSARY IN CARD CONJURING
    • THE TWO-HANDED PASS
    • THE ONE-HAND PASS
    • THE PALM—A NEW AND PERFECTLY DECEPTIVE METHOD
    • AN EASY PASS
    • TO PALM CARDS FROM BOTTOM OF PACK
    • THE BACK AND FRONT OF HAND CONTINUOUS PALM WITH CARDS
    • TO MAKE A FALSE SHUFFLE
    • TO FORCE A CARD
  • SOME SIMPLE CARD TRICKS
    • THE TURNED CARD
    • CATCHING TWO CHOSEN CARDS FROM A PACK THROWN INTO THE AIR
    • THE UNIQUE CARD
    • NOVEL DISCOVERY OF A CHOSEN CARD
    • THE ARTFUL CARD
    • A SIMPLE CARD DISCOVERY
    • TO SHAKE A CHOSEN CARD THROUGH A HANDKERCHIEF
  • SOME MORE ADVANCED TRICKS
    • A SMART PRODUCTION AND VANISH OF CARDS
    • SOME MANIPULATIONS WITH CARDS
    • THE BOTTLE AND CARD TRICK
    • TO PASS SEVERAL CARDS FROM ONE PERSON'S POCKET TO THAT OF ANOTHER
    • THE DIMINISHING CARDS
    • DISCOVERING A CARD SHUFFLED INTO PACK BLINDFOLDED
    • THE THREE-CARD TRICK
    • THE RISING CARD TRICK
    • THE "THURSTON" RISING CARDS
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