Joseph Leeming (aka Merlin Swift) - Secrets of Magic

186 tricks, stunts, magic illustrated and explained 29 card tricks 19 magic with handkerchiefs 10 mind reading magic 20 coin tricks 20 string and rope tricks 10 dinner table tricks —– Contents 1 Impromptu Card Tricks Not Requiring Sleight of Hand Naming a Secretly Chosen Card Three and Three The Detecto Card Trick "You Do as I Do" Chosen Card Produced from Pocket Magic Prediction Card Discovery Master Card Discovery The Card in the Pocket The Knowing Queen 2 Card Tricks Without Sleight of Hand, But Requiring Some Degree of Preparation Seven and Seven The Duplicate Card Half and Half Card from Pocket Three Card Divination Vibratory Detection Red and Blue Telepathic Card Detection The Miracle Spelling Trick Pocket Divination 3 Card Tricks Requiring a Slight Degree of Skill An Incredible Divination Seven and Three The Top to Bottom Trick Prediction Extraordinary The Three Cards Numerical Divination The Card at a Given Number The Card Clock Spell to the Chosen Card The "Count Down" Card Mystery. 4 Magic with Rings The Ring Magically Knotted to a String The Magically Released Rings Instantaneous Ring Release The Ring on the String The Flying Ring The Ring and Pencil Trick The Mysterious Moving Ring The Mysto Ring Flight Rubbing a Ring Onto a Pencil Instantaneous Flight 5 Impromptu Coin Tricks The Multiplying Penny Paper Wrapped Coin Vanish The Flying Coins Rubbing a Coin into Invisibility The Traveling Coins The Coin in the Glass The "Tapping Pencil" Coin Trick Multiplying Pennies The Coin in the Hat The Coin in the Sleeve 6 Coin Tricks Requiring Preparation or Simple Apparatus The Handkerchief Coin Vanish The Money Box The Coin in the Orange The Paper Cone and Coin The Mysto Coin Vanish Finger Tip Coin Magic The Coin in the Handkerchief Flight of a Coin into Sealed Envelopes Penny in Envelope Coin's Flight into Envelope in Sealed Boxes 7 Mathematical Magic Lightning Addition The Canceled Number The Telepathic Total Birthday Magic Important Dates Counting to One Hundred Telling a Number Thought Of All Alike The Number in the Envelope The Telephone Book Test 8 Magic with Handkerchiefs Handkerchief From Nowhere Vanishing a Handkerchief The Color Changing Handkerchief The Handkerchief Dye Tube Flying Handkerchiefs The Silk in the Apple Cigarette to Silk Twentieth Century Silks The Penetrating Silk The Vanishing Knots 9 More Magic with Handkerchiefs The Rigid Handkerchief The Knot from Nowhere The Knot That Won't Stay Tied The Burned and Restored Handkerchief The Dissolving Knots The Self-Untying Handkerchief The Handkerchief on the String Drawing a Handkerchief Through Your Leg The Instantaneous Knot The Candy Box Handkerchief 1O Magic with Cigarettes Cigarette Rolled in One Hand The Flying Cigarette Vanishing a Lighted Cigarette in a Handkerchief The Rising Cigarette Cigarette Restoration Passing a Lighted Cigarette Through a Handkerchief Broken and Restored Cigarette Multiplying Cigarettes The Lengthened Cigarette Two Cigarettes from One 11 Magic with String Your Nose Knows Ring on a String The String in the Buttonhole Threading the Needle Instantaneous Knot Vanish Thumb and Finger Cord Release The Cut and Restored String The String in the Straw The Thumb Tie 12 Magic with Ropes Cut and Restored Rope The Magic Knots Handkerchiefs and Ropes Cutting a Person in Two With Ropes The Knotted Loop The Tartar Rope Escape The Excelsior Rope Tie The Neck and Wrist Rope Tie Two Instantaneous Knots The Stretching Rope 13 Mind Reading Magic The Best Impromptu Mind Reading Trick Dictionary or Book Mind Reading Miracle Mind Reading The Chosen Number Which Object? The Chosen Card Famous Names Book Mind Reading Dollar Bill Mind Reading Diabolo Dictionary Trick 14 Magic with Dice Dice Divination Magnetic Dice Naming unseen Die Spots The Dice in the Glass Dice Mathemagic Changing Die Spots The Die in the Handkerchief The Dice and Hat Trick 15 Magic with Matches and Match Boxes Lightning Match Vanish Two from One Sawing Through a Match Box The Mystic Broken Match The Match in the Handkerchief The Pencil from the Match Box Flying Matches Disappearing Matches Matches from Nowhere From Hand to Hand 16 Thimble Magic The Disappearing Thimble Passing a Thimble Through the Knees The Flying Thimble Passing a Thimble Through a Handkerchief The Color Changing Thimble Thimble Production from a Paper Cone The Multiplying Thimble Thimble and Handkerchief From Red to Blue Thimble and Paper Cone Finale 17 Dinner Table Magic The Wandering Bread Pellets Pellets from Hand to Hand Vanishing Matches The Midas Dinner Roll The Impromptu Drinking Cup Pulling a Napkin Through a Table Knife The Burning Lump of Sugar The Mysterious Fruit Seed The Drinking Glass Vanish Drinking Glass Levitation 18 Stunts to Fool Your Friends Odd or Even Serial Numbers Reverse Shift All Together Coin Shifting The Cigarette Butt Gag Penny Jumping Some Knot Match This One Pennies and Pencils Next Higher Number Paper Tearing Penny Rows A Ten Penny Stunt Match Squares (1) Match Squares (2) Match Squares (3) Match Triangles You Can't Lose Finger Hypnotism Glass and Quarters