Blyth, Will: Match-Stick Magic ©1921 Will Blyth, C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd Softcover, 124 pages plus ads ©1933 Third Printing, C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd Hardcover, 72 pages

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Comments: Puzzles, games and tricks with matches.

Contents (from book):

9 Dedication
11 Foreword
17 Introduction (Will Blyth)

19 Part I: Puzzles
19 Introduction (David Devant)
20 Dividing The Inheritance
21 Boy Scouts' Bridge
22 Doubling The Area
22 Twin Triangle Puzzle
23 Four Triangle Puzzle
23 Nothing To Remain
24 Shakespearean Quotation
25 Match Manufacture
25 Removing The Middle
26 Evens To Odd
26 Tantalising Addition
27 Easy Multiplication
27 Subtle Subtraction
28 Singular Subtraction
28 Twenty-Five From Six
29 Six-Five Puzzle
29 Half Of Twelve
30 Four Formation
30 Three And A Half Dozen
31 Ten From Nine
32 Matchstick On The Plate
33 Counting The Cross
33 Five By Count
34 Matchstick Catch
35 One-Square Puzzle
35 Two-Square Puzzle
36 Three-Square Puzzle
36 Five To Three
37 Five To Four
38 Six-Square Puzzle
39 Six From Six Leaves Two
39 Seven-Square Puzzle
40 Eight From Fifteen
41 Eight-Square Puzzle
41 Nine-Square Puzzle
42 Nine Squares To Five
42 Outlining The Squares
43 Geometrical Nine
43 The "Diangle" Puzzle
44 Five-Diamond Puzzle
44 Another Five-Diamond Puzzle
45 Squares And Triangles
46 More Squares And Triangles
46 Five-Triangle Puzzle
47 Counting The Squares
48 Four In Line
48 One Shall Be Left
49 German Prisoners' Hut

51 Part II: Scientific And Constructional Experiments
51 Introduction
52 Three-Way Bridge
52 Four-Way Bridge
53 All Together
54 Which End First?
55 Firework Frame
56 Lifting The Tripod
57 The Animated Matchsticks
57 Removing The Support
58 The Unsupported Bridge
59 Matchstick Optics
59 - The Intersecting Point
60 - Middle Measurement
61 - Upright Elongation
61 - Tracing The Course
62 - Length Versus Breadth
62 - Judging The Distance
63 - Unsquaring The Square
64 Transformed Star
65 Releasing The Coin
66 Matchstick Capillarism
67 Shooting Stars

68 Part III: Table Games
68 Introduction
69 Spots And Squares
73 Matchstick Board Game
74 No Pairs Allowed
75 Escaping From Germany
77 Three In Line
77 Four-Way Game
78 Five-Line Game
79 The Twenty Game
79 Black Versus White
80 Transferring In Twos
81 Matchstick Circle Transfer
83 Crossing The Points
84 Boxes
85 Straights And Crosses
87 Fifteen Matchstick Game
88 Majority Matchstick Game
89 Matchstick Models
92 The Farmer's Four Donkeys

93 Part IV: Conjuring
94 Introduction
95 Broken Matchstick Restored: in handkerchief
97 You May Smoke, Gentlemen: lit match gag
98 Matter Through Matter: one match stick seems to pass through another
100 Matchstick Magnetism: one match moves another without touching it
102 Easy Magic: gag trick
103 The Vanishing Matchstick: a quick vanish
105 Inexplicable Matchstick Vanish
106 The Inseparable Three: trick with match-heads
107 - Second Method
108 Balloon And String: the Q trick
110 - Alternative Arrangement
110 Can You Count Ten?: challenge
111 Interlocking Matchsticks: challenge
112 Elijah's Matchbox: matchstick appears on previously empty box
114 Edge Dropping: challenge
115 Mesmerized Matchsticks: matchsticks fall out of box upon command
117 Matchstick Divination: prediction effect
119 Always On Top: using the paddle move
121 Travelling By Wireless: matches transpose from one box to another

125 Advertisement: Books by C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd.