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    A Bag of Tricks
    A Bag of Tricks
    A Bag of Tricks
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    A Bag of Tricks

    By Will L. Lindhorst

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    Table of Contents

    How to Balance Glass on Playing Card

    How 'Spirit Trick' Is Performed With Names Written in Squares

    How to Transfer a Coin From One Hand to Another

    How to Tell Card Taken From Pack by Trick 'Spirit Writing*

    How to Dip Hand Into Water and Take It Out Dry

    Trouble to Spin an Egg Magician Lindhorst's Method

    How to Remove Dime Under Glass Without Touching Either

    Magician Tells How to Hang Hat on Wall Without Nail or Hook

    How to Invert Glass of Water Without Spilling It

    How to Tell in Which Hand Coin Is Concealed

    How to Fill Glass Twice Without Emptying First Contents

    Tells How to Blow Candle Out Through Bottle

    Here's How You Can Add Five Matches to Six and Make Nine

    Magician Tells How to Change Pack of Cards from Black to Red

    Trick of Unsmashable Match Box

    Trick of Swallowing a Knife

    Magician Tells How Ringand Cord Trick Is Worked

    Three Matches Can Be Lifted With One

    How to Make a Dime Disappear
    How You Can Smoke a Pipe Without Lighting It

    Magician Tells How to Grasp Two Corks Between Fingers

    How to Make an Ace Disappear in Deck

    Taking a Coin from Under a Hat Without Touching Hat—Yourself

    Magician Explains How to Change Playing Card Into Box of Matches

    How to Balance Two Coins Between Your Fingers

    Rubber Sponge Used to Perform Magic in Hand of Spectator

    Tells How to Find a Selected Card in a Pack

    Magician Breaks Stick Held Up By Paper Suspended on Knives

    Clever Trick Performed With Ordinary Ruler

    How to Get Water Into Glass When It Is Held Upside Down

    Walking Hair Pin Trick Is Done With Knife and Quiver of Hand

    Magician Makes a Cane Dance Apparently Without Support

    How to Pick Up Five Bricks With One Hand Explained by Magician

    Paper Placed Over Board Defies Attempt to Move It With Blow

    How to Write Spectator's Initial on Cube and Then Make Letter Appear in

    How To Make Needle Float in Glass of Water

    Tiny Card Standing on Edge Defies Effort to Blow It Over
    Tells How to Make a Boomerang Circle Room and Land at the Feet

    The Magic Egg, a Clever Trick

    How to Light Candle Without Touching Flame to Its Wick

    How to Knock a Card Through Table

    How to Get a Loose Cork Out of Bottle Without Touching Either

    How to Break Pencil With Dollar Bill

    Did You Know That a Child Can Step Through a Playing Card?

    Thread Supporting a Ring Can Be Burned but Still Hold It Suspended

    Mysterious No. 3 Almost Always Chosen From List Marked 1,2,3, 4

    How to Fill a Tobacco Can Twice Without Emptying First Contents

    Card Can Be Taken From Under Quarter Without Moving the Coin

    It's Easy to Make a Dime on Plate Vanish, Then Find It Underneath

    How to Place Spoon in a Glass Without Touching Either

    Foretelling the Ending Numbers in a Domino Game Is Simple Trick

    How to Perform Trick of the Mesmerized Ring

    Much more...
     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStargatebook
    Release dateJun 7, 2016
    ISBN9786050453072
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      A Bag of Tricks - Will L. Lindhorst

      A BAG OF TRICKS

      By

      WILL L. LINDHORST

      (Famous Magician)

      ILLUSTRATED BY TOM P. BARRETT

      THE REILLY & LEE CO.

      CHICAGO NEW YORK

      digital edition 2016 by David De Angelis

      A BAG OF TRICKS COPYRIGHT 1931

      BY THE RE1LLT & LEE CO.

      PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.

      Author's Note

      During the thirty-one years I have studied and practised the art of magic I have continuously cherished a desire to provide the thousands of men and women who are interested in this fascinating art a guide to the solution of many of its most widely discussed mysteries.

      The accomplishments of such men as Hermann, Kellar, Thurston and Houdini have been a constant inspiration to me and I have endeavored in the following pages to present clear and simple descriptions of the methods, not heretofore disclosed, by which some of the most popular and puzzling illusions are performed.

      The practise of after-dinner tricks makes for popularity, and one whose ability in this respect becomes known is assured of many invitations to social gatherings. Its value lies not only in entertainment, however, for the development of proficiency in the performance of illusions means also the development of poise, confidence, and the coordination of thought and action. These things are distinct advantages in any walk of life.

      It is my earnest wish that this book may bring to a wide audience an ample measure of amusement and benefit.

      Signed, magically yours,

      WILL L. LINDHORST.

      DEDICATED TO MY LEGIONS OF FOLLOWERS

      Table of Contents

      How to Balance Glass on Playing Card

      How 'Spirit Trick' Is Performed With Names Written in Squares

      How to Transfer a Coin From One Hand to Another

      How to Tell Card Taken From Pack by Trick 'Spirit Writing*

      How to Dip Hand Into Water and Take It Out Dry

      Trouble to Spin an Egg Magician Lindhorst's Method

      How to Remove Dime Under Glass Without Touching Either

      Magician Tells How to Hang Hat on Wall Without Nail or Hook

      How to Invert Glass of Water Without Spilling It

      How to Tell in Which Hand Coin Is Concealed

      How to Fill Glass Twice Without Emptying First Contents

      Tells How to Blow Candle Out Through Bottle

      Here's How You Can Add Five Matches to Six and Make Nine

      Magician Tells How to Change Pack of Cards from Black to Red

      Trick of Unsmashable Match Box

      Trick of Swallowing a Knife

      Magician Tells How Ringand Cord Trick Is Worked

      Three Matches Can Be Lifted With One

      How to Make a Dime Disappear

      How You Can Smoke a Pipe Without Lighting It

      Magician Tells How to Grasp Two Corks Between Fingers

      How to Make an Ace Disappear in Deck

      Taking a Coin from Under a Hat Without Touching Hat—Yourself

      Magician Explains How to Change Playing Card Into Box of Matches

      How to Balance Two Coins Between Your Fingers

      Rubber Sponge Used to Perform Magic in Hand of Spectator

      Tells How to Find a Selected Card in a Pack

      Magician Breaks Stick Held Up By Paper Suspended on Knives

      Clever Trick Performed With Ordinary Ruler

      How to Get Water Into Glass When It Is Held Upside Down

      Walking Hair Pin Trick Is Done With Knife and Quiver of Hand

      Magician Makes a Cane Dance Apparently Without Support

      How to Pick Up Five Bricks With One Hand Explained by Magician

      Paper Placed Over Board Defies Attempt to Move It With Blow

      How to Write Spectator's Initial on Cube and Then Make Letter Appear in

      How To Make Needle Float in Glass of Water

      Tiny Card Standing on Edge Defies Effort to Blow It Over

      Tells How to Make a Boomerang Circle Room and Land at the Feet

      The Magic Egg, a Clever Trick

      How to Light Candle Without Touching Flame to Its Wick

      How to Knock a Card Through Table

      How to Get a Loose Cork Out of Bottle Without Touching Either

      How to Break Pencil With Dollar Bill

      Did You Know That a Child Can Step Through a Playing Card?

      Thread Supporting a Ring Can Be Burned but Still Hold It Suspended

      Mysterious No. 3 Almost Always Chosen From List Marked 1,2,3, 4

      How to Fill a Tobacco Can Twice Without Emptying First Contents

      Card Can Be Taken From Under Quarter Without Moving the Coin

      It's Easy to Make a Dime on Plate Vanish, Then Find It Underneath

      How to Place Spoon in a Glass Without Touching Either

      Foretelling the Ending Numbers in a Domino Game Is Simple Trick

      How to Perform Trick of the Mesmerized Ring

      How to Hold Lighted Candle Under Water

      How a Magic Pencil Mark Stops Flames Consuming Sheet of Paper

      Mysterious Number 1089

      Trick for Dining Room Magicians

      Magician Tells How to Make One Match Pass Through Another

      How to Make a Peg Jump From One Hole to Another in a Pencil

      Magician Uses Soda Bottle and Dime to Produce Mystic Trick

      How to Make Coin Disappear in Handkerchief

      If You're Not Afraid to Play With Matches Try These Clever Tricks

      Magician Uses His Nose to Find Certain Penny Among Six Coins

      How to Put Egg Into a Milk Bottle and Take It Out

      How to Make a Dime Disappear From Hand

      How to Tell When a Card Has Been Turned

      Make Hat Appear to Float in the Air

      To Make Coin Disappear Under a Glass

      Here Is a Trick That Calls for Clever Work With Your Hands

      Here Is a Sleight-of-Hand Trick That Will Baffle Your Friends

      If This Trick Doesn't Work You May Have Trouble Explaining It

      How to Make a Match Intact After Someone Has Broken It to Pieces

      How to Do Marble and Thimble Trick

      'Loving Matches' Kiss Each Other

      Magic Envelope

      A Drop of Water Will Make Coin Fall Into Bottle

      How to Make a Person's Arm Rise As If It Were Hypnotized

      A Puzzling Trick With Glasses

      Mind - Reading Demonstration Made Easy by Means of Few Mathematical Operations.

      Tell the Time by Using a Quarter, a String

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