Encyclopedia of Card Tricks

INTRODUCTION By Theo. Annemann CHAPTER I MISCELLANEOUS IMPROMPTU CARD TRICKS Twin Souls The Magic Breath Reversed Court Card The Sagacious Joker No. 1 " " " " 2" " " " " 3" " " " " 4" The Trio Cards of Chance Push Card Detectives "The "Easy" Card in Wallet" Prediction A Smart Location The Whispering Queen The Card Doctor Stampedo Color Divination The Vanishing Pair The Unknown Leaper Self Control In His Pocket Find the Queen Super Card Prediction The Finger Points The Five Card Mental Force "Just Think" Mental Mystery" Matching the Aces Supasso New Card Discovery Thought Card from Pocket Naming Cards in the Dark The Magic Thrust U Find Your Card The Card and Crystal Ball The Secret Mathematician The Card Miracle-Certain " " " Tucker's Version" " " " Abbott's Version" " " " T. Nelson Downe's Version" Cut in Detection Sleight of Foot CHAPTER II SPELLING EFFECTS IN CARD MAGIC System for arranging card for any spelling combination Spelling a Card Duplex Comedy Speller Farelli's Impromptu Speller Knock Out Speller A Single Speller Superlative Speller You Selected the ? Spell It Impromptu Speller Wizard Spelling Master Peculiarities of the Pasteboards The New Spell The Automatic Speller Spellino Spellino Climax Howard's Simplex Speller U Spell Your Card An Easy Speller PRE-ARRANGED SET UPS Thought Spelling Quadruple Spelling Another Thought Spelling Improved Spelling Trick Think It?Spell It Improved Chevalier Spelling Any Card Called For The Shuffled Spelling Bee The Double Speller The Whispering Speller The Joker Spelling Routine Variation of Joker Spelling The Joker Speller Sure Winner Spelling Bee Frank Squire's Speller Gwynne's Speller Spell It Yourself Seller's Speller Idea Incomprehendo Speller Perfect Spelling Trick Card Spelling Deluxe Lazybones Think of a Card The Spelling Bee "CHAPTER III "YOU DO AS I DO" A Peculiar Coincidence You Do As I Do Identical Thought Two Souls With A Single Thought Follow Me A Close Work Discovery A Follow Up Effect Coincidence Loyd's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde A Variation of the Above Another Do As I Do Do As I Do in the Dark Domination of Thought A Strange Coincidence Coincidence Again Sympathetic Sympathy Synthetic Sympathy Backs Up Mental Coincidence Another Marvelous Coincidence A Card Sympathy Paradox of Pairs Hugard's Follow Me CHAPTER IV CARD SUBLETIES UTILIZING KEY CARDS A Couple of Cards Get Together Mental Vision Phenomenal Thought Cards Indetecto Detected by Fingerprints The Three Heaps Double Prediction Impenetrable Stop Trick Mephisto's Prediction The Sequel A Count Down Mystery The Card and Number Tone Control The Mystic Seven Master Mental Mystery Infallible Detection Face Down Detection Devilish Cards Comedy Twin Card Prediction The Nervous Card The Nifty Key Up Your Sleeve The Quartette Think of a Card Demon's Detection "CHAPTER V "SLICK" PRINCIPLES IN CARD MAGIC" The Slick Card The Half Moon Location Location Plus Everybody's Card Stage Location The Master Card Speller Counting by Eye Odd or Even The Mystic Cut A Slick Card Routine CHAPTER VI CARD MYSTERIES EMPLOYING DIACHYLON Diachylon The Flying Card The Missing Card Mesmerized Cards Diachylon Force The Queen Turns Over Diachylon Book Test Another Diachylon Force Twin Aces Turno Melrose Two Viewpoints Diachylon Stop Trick Reversed Color Surprise Diachylon Super Color Change Flyaway Cards Ace Transposition Remote Control Improved Card in Pocket The Diachylon Do As I Do A Real Magical Vanish The Acme Spirit Test Number Please The Sympathetic Pair No. 1 The Sympathetic Pair No. 2 The Sympathetic Pair No. 3 CHAPTER VIII MAGIC UTILIZING DOUBLE FACED CARDS Double Faced Cards Hat and Card Change The Funny Deck U Can't Do As I Do The Spotter Cards Sundry The Four Aces Kings and Aces The Triangle Trick Double Reverse New Card Monte A Book Test A Changing Card The Improved Burned Card A Spirit Message A Transposition CHAPTER IX CARD MYSTERIES USING A ONE-WAY BACK DESIGN One Way Back Design Subtle Method of Setting the Deck Openly Devination Supreme The Phantom Stable Five Card Stabbing Mystery A Thought Card Prodigy The Five Senses Premo Detection Thought in Person Think Stop The Deck That Isn't Twentieth Century Sorcery The Four Pile Location The Cut Pack Location A Card is Found Once More Odd or Even The Alternate Detection A New Kink Eight in a Row Gardener's Unique Principle Second Card Location Long Distance Location The Super Spread Simple Triple Location No Dice The Vanishing Mirror The Marked Deck The Fingerprint Discovery Living and Dead Trust A Count Down Discovery Siamese Twins "Your Card, Your Number" Elimination Extraordinary Reading the Cards Ne Plus Ultra Location One in Ten Detection Uni-Mentality Challenge of the Year Card Location Supreme Hummer Detection Instant Mind Reading A Counter Location A Principle in Disguise The Perfect Guesser Red or Black Transcendental Vision Find the Lady Call Me Up Sometime A Miracle Thought Transference Say When The Drunk Plays Bridge Incomprehendo The One Way Key One Way Decks CHAPTER X REVERSED ORDINARY CARDS Simplified Reverse Upside Down U Bite The Haley Reversed Vard Sure Locator In The Dark Under Cover Behind the Back Coincidence The Reversed Count Down Trick French's Extraordinary Aces CHAPTER XI CALCULATION TRICKS WITH ORDINARY CARDS Weirdo A Prediction Long Distance Mind Reading Two Card Location Improved Super Memory Spectator's Choice Mentalo Knock Out Counting Trick A card an A Number Projected Thought No Plus Ultra Uni-Mental Knock 'Em Dead Self Working Mystery Stop and Think Novel Card Discovery Improved Marvelous Prediction Ready Reckoner The Pari Detection Dead Easy Location Odd or Even The Wonder Force Psychic Prediction Prophesied Spot Total Cagliostro's Vision Quadruple Deck Mystery Mephistopheles' Touch Fair and Square "Your Card, Your Number" One in Fourteen The Fifteenth Card Sensational Card Mystery New X-Ray Trick Shark Food Thought Foretold Mysterious Detective Super Count Down Fate and the Joker Psycholia The Wizard's Dream Diabolica Transposition Card Memory Sensitive Thoughts Red and Blue Back Mix-Up Two Person Location Dual Sympathy Another Sympathetic Mystery A Quaint Happening "$1,000 Test Card Location" Seeing With the Finger Tips 1. Lip Reading Test 2. Here's Your Card 3. The Master's Touch Perfect Card Divination Unique Telephone Test Psychological Discernment Another Impossibility A Discard Trick Count the Cut Cremo Card Restoration Strange Coincidence Premier book Test Between the Line Fathomed Thought Winning the Cut Wizard's Will Card Divination Double Divino The Missing Pair Premier Card Discovery Location A Simple Location Out of Sight Prophesied Discovery From Another Pack Divino Williams' Card Trick Red or Black Excello Card Discovery Naming Chosen Card Psychic Card Test A Card and A Number Mediumistic Stunt No. 1 Mediumistic Stunt No. 2 System The Knockout Six Piles Mephisto's Message Name O' Card New Pack Detection Four Fold Sympathy Telephatic Control Cards and Pockets Count Down Detection The Adventures of Diamond Jack CHAPTER XIII MAGIC WITH A SVENGALI PACK OF CARDS The Svengali Deck Various Methods of Handling the Pack Simple Effects Switching Packs The Three Heaps Cutting the Pack With a Knife The Wrapped Pack Any Heap Reverse Card The Unseen Card Think of a Card Card Stabbing Svengali Prediction The Mystery Problem The Cards and the Dice Svengali Clairvoyance The Prize Winner The Mirage Principle] Mirage Deck The Eye Popper Svengali Mind Reading The Siamese Svengali Pack Svengali Force CHAPTER XIV MAGIC WITH A MENE-TEKEL PACK OF CARDS The Mene-Tekel Deck Controlling Several Cards Card Into Pocket. A Second Method From A Hat Card and Number One in Four The Pocket Rising Card Cards and Slates Coincidence Mene-Tekel CHAPTER XV MAGIC WITH A STRIPPER PACK OF CARDS The Stripper Deck Tricks with the Stripper Deck To Separate the Red Cards From the Black The Four Ace Trick Finding a Card in Any Position Selected Cards Pass Through A Handkerchief The Turned Card Finding Any Number of Selected Cards At Once or Separately Finding All But A Chosen Card Companionable Kings Passing A card Through a Table The Animated Card Cutting At A Chosen Card The Blown Card Card From Spectator's Pocket "The "Cut" Count" Out of the Room Discovery The Court Cards' Naming the Cards Magnetized Card At Any Number From Pocket Card Through Handkerchief Just the Reverse The Four Kings Stripper Stabbing Card in the Hat Reunion CHAPTER XVI MAGICAL MYSTERIES WITH SPECIAL PACKS Impossible Card Discovery One Ahead The Mentalist's Card Staggerer Coincidentally Magnetic Mental Control Movie Color Cards Transpo Color Change Invisible Flight Blind Man's Bluff Speaking of Pink Elephants Card Telepathy CARD X Sight Unseen Miracle Code Telepathic Cards Toy Telephone Reading Duo-Mentality Three in One Card Trick The Midnight Marvel The Limit Four Ace Trick Zen's Card Miracle A Novel Card Problem Get it in the dark Zens' Miracle Pocket to Pocket Trick Neat Card Detection New Card Locator The Fourteen Deck Telepathy The Whispering Envelope Creat Psychic Card Feat Card Stabbing Miracle Card Location Miracle Location Card Version Telepathic Selection Mental Masterpiece Automatic Second Deal Magicardo Stereotyped Reading the Cards Thought Card Discovery Impromptu Detection Nine in Ten Detection It's Up To You CHAPTER XVII THE USE OF SHORT CARDS IN MAGICAL EFFECTS The Short Card Cards From Nowhere On the Top X-Ray Eyes A Color Change Cut Card Force Another Force To Any Number Horoscope Card Force A Spelling Trick The Locator Behind the Pack Double Location A Reversed Location Vanishing Card CHAPTER XVIII MORE MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS Everywhere and Nowhere The Original Stop Trick Say When A Means To An End Think Stop Psychological Stop Trick Number Please ( Walsh's method) Number Please (Al Baker's method) The Case of the Four Kings The J. M. Rising Card Miraskill Master Card Location Miracle Card Location Card Detected By Pulse Beat Imitation Seconds Psychological Force Face Up Location Dream Card Elimination A Super-Reverse Problem Card in the Orange The Slap Trick The Conjuror's Touch The Card Through the Handkerchief The Penetrating Cards Get These Behind Me Satan The Princess Card Trick The Clock Trick Paint Brush Card The Eclipse Vanish The Card From the Pocket Card From The Pocket Banner Card Discovery Like Seeks Like The Master Riddle Transposition?Box to Envelope Mental Card Mystery Satan's Mail Card and Envelope Card and Envelope No. 2 Tuned Minds Two Card Slate Prophecy The Spectator Finds Your Card Watch His Elbow Two Pile Trick The Voice of the Spirit The Buddha Whispers Triple Card Mystery Infallible Prediction Faces or Backs The Life Saver The Magnetized Cards (4 methods) Tearing the Deck Reversed Cards Simplicity Four Ace Trick Another Simplicity Ace Trick Inseparable Aces Slates and Aces The Trend of the Times The Great Pearl Mystery Parade of the Queens Buried Alive Reading the Cards Hindu Miracle The Belt Trick Modern Card Reading "Any Time, Any Day, Card Reading" Mystery Card Reading Read A Good Loc