Henry Hay's larger magic book for beginners, The Amateur Magician's Handbook is broader in scope and already assumes some basic knowledge about magic.
1st edition 1947, 2nd edition 1975; 1st digital edition 2013, 210 pages.
Table of Contents
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
PART 1
CHAPTER 1. HOW TO WATCH A MAGICIAN
- The Greatest Magician?
- The Different Kinds of Magic
CHAPTER 2. HOW TO BE A MAGICIAN
- Rehearsal Before Practice
- How to Get Applause
- Your Personality and Your Patter
- Planning
- Learning a Trick
- Enlarging Your Repertory
BOOK LIST
PART 2
LESSON 1. THE FLYING COIN
LESSON 2. HANDLING A DECK OF CARDS
- Dealing Position
- The Overhand Shuffle
- The Riffle or Dovetail Shuffle
- The "Waterfall" Finish
- Second Split for the Dovetail Shuffle
- Fanning the Cards
- The Card at the Number
- Mind Control
LESSON 3. THE LARIAT KING
- Inventing Magic
- The Lariat King
- How the Trick Is Done
LESSON 4. THE AFGHAN BANDS AND THE CUT TURBAN
- How to Make the Afghan Bands
- How to Work the Turban Trick
LESSON 5. FINDING A SELECTED CARD, 1: FORCING
- Forcing and Forcing Decks
- The Svengali Pack
- Forcing Sleights: The Fan
- Forcing Sleights: The Slip
- Another Knife Force
- The Telephone Trick
LESSON 6. FINDING A SELECTED CARD, II: LOCATIONS
- False Shuffles
- The Tap Location
- The Glimpse
- The Spelling Master
- The Stripper Deck
- The Long Card
- The Double Card
- The Short Card
- The Pass, or Shift
- The Red and Black Aces
LESSON 7. ESCAPES
- The Kellar Tie
- The Sack Escape
- The Chair Tie
LESSON 8. THE EGG BAG
- Palming an Egg
- Egg Production Routine
LESSON 9. MIND READING
- The Billet Test
- The "All-Alike" Gag
- The "One-Ahead" Gag
- The Envelope Test
- Getting Impressions
- Torn-Billet Reading
- Stage Clairvoyance
- Codes
- Pointer Codes
- Number Codes
- Talking Codes
- Silent Methods
LESSON 10. REVEALING A SELECTED CARD
- The Turned Card; Victim's Choice
- The Card Nailed to the Ceiling
- The Jumping Cards
- The Transfixed Pack
- The Rising Cards (Three Methods)
- First Method
- Second Method
- Third Method
- The Mental-Selection Spelling Master
LESSON 11. THE THUMB TIP
- Cigarette Vanish
- The Torn and Restored Paper Ribbon
- Handkerchief Vanish
LESSON 12. A SILK ROUTINE. PART I
- Preparing for the Act
- Handkerchief Production (Elbow)
- The Dissolving Knot
- Shaking in a Knot
- Silk from Candle
- The Flying Knot
- Handkerchief Production (Thread)
- The Sympathetic Silks
LESSON 13. A SILK ROUTINE. PART II
- Preparing for the Act
- Hand Silk-Dyeing
- Silk-Dyeing (Paper Tube)
- The "Lamp-Chimney" Vanish
LESSON 14. THE MISER'S DREAM
- Coins for Magic
- The Finger Palm
- The Thumb Palm
- The Regular Palm
- The Edge Palm
- Palming Several Coins
- The Back Palm
- The Miser's Dream
LESSON 15. CARD PALMING
- The Top Palm
- Palming Several Cards
- Williams' Card in Pocket
- Color Changes
- Clip Color Change
- Erasing the Spot
- The Side-Steal Color Change
- Reversing the Color Change
- The Double Lift
- The Back Palm
- Five-Card Vanish and Recovery
LESSON 16. TWO GREAT TRICKS OF CARD PALMING
- Leipzig's Lightning Locations
- The Cards Up the Sleeve
- The False Count
LESSON 17. THE SPONGE BALLS
- The Basic Sponge-Ball Move
- The Routine
LESSON 18. THE MULTIPLYING BILLIARD BALLS
- The Conjurer's Clothes
- The Trap Pass
- The Change-Over Palm
- The Multiplying Ball Routine
LESSON 19. THIMBLE MAGIC
- Silent and Talking Acts
- Quieting a Noisy Crowd
- The Thimble Thumb Palm
- Deliberate Vanish
- Thimble Routine
LESSON 20. YOUR MAGICAL OUTFIT
- The Magician's Table
- The Black Art Table Top
- Servantes
- The Bottomless Glass
- The Mirror Glass
- Flying Silk
- Candy Production
- Wands
- Programs
- Stage Management
PART 3
HOW STAGE ILLUSIONS WORK
- The Floating Lady
- The Vanishing Performer
- The Trunk Trick
- The Mirror Principle
- Lost in the Crowd
- Bullet-Catching
- De Kolta's Cocoon
- The Oyster Shell
- De Biere's Costume Trunk
- The Goldfish Bowls
- The Rapping Hand
- The Talking Skull
- The Merry Widow
- The Spirit Cabinet
- The Milk Can Trick
- The Basket Trick
- The Sword Cabinet
- Sawing a Woman in Two
word count: 72806 which is equivalent to 291 standard pages of text
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