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Serial No. 1 - Some Modern Conjuring
| Serial No. 1 - Some Modern Conjuring | |
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| Author | Donald Holmes |
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| Publisher | Donald Holmes |
| Publication Date | 1909 |
| Language | English |
| Followed by | Serial No. 2 - New Card Tricks |
| Pages | 78 |
Some Modern Conjuring: A Series of Original Experiments in the Magic Art by Donald Holmes.
Introduction
THE value of suggestion is nowhere so clearly demonstrated as in the Magic Art, and have yet to see the book devoted to this subject that has not imparted at least a few good ideas well worth retaining. I therefore present this little series of original experiments to the lovers of Magic,not so much for its value as a collection of up-to-date tricks, separate and distinct from each other, but rather as series of useful hints and ideas, from which I trust both the amateur and professional may derive much food for thought.
I have not considered it necessary, in a book of this size, to devote any space to the definition of terms and phrases commonly used in conjuring circles, for the tricks herein described would be of little practical use to one unfamiliar with the rudiments of Magic, or current literature on the subject, while to the advanced conjurer such information would only be superfluous.
In the near future I hope to publish a larger book devoted exclusively to the beginner--a sort of A B C of Magic, I might say, brought right up to date, in which I shall endeavor to confer upon the neophyte the mysteries of modern Magic in a clear, concise manner, and lead him step by step to the higher class of conjuring.
Donald Holmes.
October, 1909.
Contents
- Watch, Handkerchief, and Bran
- Egg and Handkerchief
- Flying Glass, Watch, and Flag
- Lamp-Chimney Color Change
- Twentieth Century Trick
- Quadruple Flag and Handkerchief Trick
- Phantom Handkerchiefs
- The Wedding Ring Trick
- Invisible Flight of Handkerchiefs
- Another Invisible Flight
- The Latest Handkerchief Flight
- Handkerchief and Paper Tube, First Method
- Second Method
- Primary and Compound
- A "Changing Tube" Suggestion
- Handkerchiefs and Flag
- Loading the Paper Cone
- Numbered Cards
- The Invisible Charlier Pass
- The Transformed Handkerchiefs
- Flag, Bran, and Orange Trick
- Die, Canary, and Mystic Cage
- A Novel Die Combination
- The Holmes Invisible Servante
- Color Changing Handkerchiefs
- An Inexhaustible Black Art Table
