Goldston, Will: More Exclusive Magical Secrets ©1912 Will Goldston Hardcover, no dj, 492 pages

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Comments: Illustrated by many line drawings. This is the second volume in the famous series of locked books by Will Goldston. Available as a 275 page e-book from Lybrary.com

Contents: (from book):

7 Introduction to "More Exclusive Magical Secrets"

13 Part I Pocket Tricks
15 The Cut String Restored: no extra piece
19 A Cigarette Trick (F.F. Hawkins): cigarette to ash in a tube
21 The Improved Chinese Bat (Charles Withers): paddle trick utilizing a slide
22 The Mysterious Coins: Chinese coins off a string
26 The Travelling Handkerchief: with matchboxes
28 An Easy Way of Making Money: coins multiply when tossed from the hand
29 The Elusive Scent Bottle: bottle vanishes under a handkerchief
31 The Cigarette Vanisher: a pull
32 The Magical Knife: clings to the hand
34 The Mallet: a second coin appears in the handle of a mallet
35 Think of a Card: performer removes two cards from his pocket, leaving the selection
38 Will Goldston's Disappearing Knot: in handkerchief
40 The Missing Money: half-crown changes to Penny and then vanishes
41 The Match Through the Tube: match head reverses as match sent through tube
43 The Conjurer's Will Power: spectator forced to choose the shorter match

47 Part II Small Apparatus Tricks
49 Swallowing Money: with sound effects
51 The Limit (G.W. Hunter):  a double card prediction and instant removal from the pocket
56 A Clean Vanish of a Handkerchief from a Tumbler
57 The Watch and the Card: a special watch is used to discover a chosen card
60 Cigarettes from the Air: with special gimmick
62 A Novel Hat Loader: built into the hat
63 The Thought Reader's Box: a card box
65 A New Card Box (Mr. Veneri): uses a spring flap for improved control
66 A Card Easel: for vanishing a card
68 The Ubiquitous Rabbit: rabbit moves from one portion of a hutch to the other
69 The New Coin Catcher: with a unique Thumb-Tip Folding Coin
71 The Orange Box: an Orange becomes impaled on a pin that was already through a box
74 The Ball and the Hoop: a ball mysteriously circle around the edge of a hoop without falling off
76 The Thumb Tie (Yettmah's Method): using string
80 Another Method: using two pieces of cord
81 The Latest Fire Bowl

83 Part III Anti-Spiritualistic Tricks
87 The Unseen Force: pellet hanging in bottle sways on command
90 Reading Sealed Messages: method to extract message without breaking the seal
92 The Mysterious Message: using carbon imprint method with assistant
94 An Easy Force:using a book
96 For the Anti-Spiritualist: using a notebook to read written message
98 The Sealed Book: performer behind a screen can read any page from a locked book
99 The Talking Skull: skull's jaws move to indicate answers
101 A New Spirit Slate: a new design for a single slate flap
103 A Novel Tapping Hand: mechanical apparatus
105 A Spirit Rapping Table: design explained
106 Raps from any Table: using a harness worn by magician
108 The Crystal "Evulgograph" (Harry Price): a clever device for reading messages while appearing to gaze into a crystal; requires assistant
113 The Spirit Cabinet: emanations from a small cabinet apparently too small to house a person
116 The Latest Spirit Manifestations: though the performer is tied to a post, emanations occur from behind a screen

119 Part IV Platform and Stage Tricks
123 The Lost Watch: borrowed watch vanishes and is reproduced in a magical way
126 The Watch and the Nest of Boxes: two methods
130 The Clock Trick: new mechanism to make setting the time easier
132 A New Vanishing Cage
134 The Travelling Doves: between boxes
138 The Flying Goldfish: from bowl to bowl
141 The Production of a Butterfly: formed on the ribs of a sunshade
143 Novel Production of Two Plants: using special table
146 The Floating Skull
147 A Good Shot: marksmanship
149 The Magician-Artiste: real article produced from the drawing
151 Production of a Large Silver Teapot Filled With Hot Tea
154 A New Table for the Glass of Water Through a Hat
157 New Piston for the Glass of Water Through Hat Trick (Harry Price)
159 A Glass of Water on a Tray Passes Through the Crown of a Hat
163 A Vanishing Lamp: from a tray or table
168 The Latest Rising Card: in a suspended houlette
170 The "Soo" Rising Cards: on a pedestal platform
173 "The" Rising Cards - Any Card Named by the Audience Rises From the Pack
176 Method for Houlette on a Tray: adaptation of the above
177 The Penetrating Ink: ink in top tumbler penetrates glass sheet into glass below
181 The Magical Bowl of Ink: ink passes from one bowl to the other
184 How to be a Lightning Artiste: using a special canvas
187 A New Card Frame (Okito): for the magical appearance of a card

191 Part V Elaborate Stage Tricks
195 Air Balloons from an Empty Hat
197 A Different Floating Ball: can be done on a brightly lit stage
199 The Impossible?: rabbit passes through mirror
202 The Ducks and Cage: production
205 The Obedient Ball: large ball rolls up or down a plank
207 A Barrel of Wine: wine produced from a barrel previously shown empty

211 Part VI Chinese Tricks
215 Chinese Magic Method of Producing Loads: diagram
216 Harness and a Self-Releasing Hook
217 Production of a Box Containing a Boy
218 Harness for a Very Large Vase or Jar
221 Production of Bowls Through the Robe
223 Production of a Kennel with a Live Dog
224 Production of a Pagoda Six Feet High
225 Production of a Basket of Flowers with a Fountain in the Centre
227 The Water Trick: water shoots from handheld fans
233 Two Production Boxes (Okito)
238 The Invisible Journey of a Dove (Okito): using a glass casket
244 The Mandarin's Dream (Theodore Bamberg): a full stage illusion
251 A New Transformation: stage transforms into a garden

253 Part VII Valuable Tips and Advice
257 A Tip for Billiard Ball Manipulators
258 A Stand for the Production of Six Billiard Balls
260 A New Conjuring Table
261 A New Table
262 A Good Table Stand
264 A Safe Fire Bowl
265 The Best Force for a Card: using a tray
267 An Electric Flash
269 An Instantaneous Flash
270 A Useful Card Stand: with servante
271 Thayer's Improved Handkerchief Frame
272 The Self-actuating Fountain
274 A New Tumbler for the Wine and Water Trick
276 A Piston Water Table
277 The Best Piston: height adjustable
278 Dolls from a Hat: spring dolls
280 The Best Load for a Drum: discussion of the loading chamber
281 The Newest Rising Wand: no visible elastic
283 Two Plants from an Umbrella
285 Two Dodges for the Rising Cards: apparatus described
286 "The" Changing Tray: mechanical tray for object to flowers
288 A Quick Change: cane to umbrella, producing flowers
289 A New Marked Pack: method by splitting cards
291 The Crystal Die Casket: die vanishes in glass box
293 A Newspaper Servante: newspaper hides the chair servante
294 The Best Method for the Soup Plates: tip for getting the handkerchiefs under the plate
296 The New Inexhaustible Box: ability to produce two loads
297 A Box to Hold Bottles: for chemicals
298 Okito's Chair Servante: can be fit to any chair
299 "The" Servante (Okito): another
299 Okito's Lighted Candle from the Pocket
300 The Plant and the Candle: candle to plant
303 From a Candle to a Bouquet
305 The Penny and the Orange: a penny penetrates an orange into a glass, using a gimmicked penny

309 Part VIII Comedy Tricks
313 The Loaf and the Baby: loaf of bread turns into a baby doll
314 The "DAD" Trick: briefcase transforms to baby basket
316 The Three-Legged Manxman: a three legged man illusion
318 A Comedy Illusion: sawn in two comedy
319 The Contortionist: performer's legs move beyond reason on a table
320 Feats of a Strong Man: comedy muscle, bending a rod
323 The Smoke Trick: smoke from various parts of the body
325 A Garden in the Hand: fingers of a glove are removed and become flowers
327 A Fish Supper: eating a goldfish
328 Plate Spinning Made Easy: on a table, with assistant and gimmicked plates
329 A Shower of Carrots: screen shot at produces carrotts
331 A Sweeping Change: apron changes to a broom
332 A Hat Joke: hat tips itself
333 The Giant Note (Geoffrey Clayton): comedy enlarged bill

335 Part IX Illusions: Stage Illusions
339 The Shadowgraph Illusion: assistant appears from a shadow
341 Swallowing the Barrel of Water: translated from a Burmese manuscript
345 A Perfect Packing Case Mystery: either an entry or an escape
348 The Girl in the Box: appearance
352 A Comedy Illusion: the magical wardrobe
355 The Elements: assistant escapes fire to transfer to tank of water
359 The Canvas Cabinet: vanish from cabinet built on stage
361 An Escape from an Iron Cage
365 The Hammock Illusion: scene transforms to a garden
368 The Aerial Lady: suspended in air
370 The Mermaid Illusion (Will Goldston): change to fish
376 The Lady and the Dominoes: large dominoes and assistant transpose
380 The Crematorium Illusion: apparent cremation of assistant
383 The Veiled Lady: a vanish
386 The Goddess of Wine (Chung Ling Soo): wine crates are stacked and assistant appears
391 The Dream of Wealth: full act
399 The Country Girl: appearance
401 The Crystal Casket Illusion (Chung Ling Soo): assistant appears in clear cabinet
405 The Fire Balloon Illusion (Chung Ling Soo): balloon is heated and rises, and assistant appears
408 The Victory Illusion: a small box transforms to a flag display with assistant
412 The Mystery of Tangier: cone covers assistant who changes into an Orange tree
414 The Oyster Shell Illusion: assistant appears from a large Oyster shell
418 An Escape from a Box and Cabinet
425 The Production of a Cage with a Woman inside it in a Small Curtained Cabinet
427 Chefalo's Cabinet: assistant appears from empty cabinet
429 The Lady Bird: assistant appears in large bird cage
431 The In-and-Out Cabinet: assistant appears in cabinet built on stage
431 The Arbour and Hammock Illusion: assistant transformers into the magician, who was previously on a hammock but vanished
438 The Iron Chest Production (Will Goldston)
443 The Die Box on a Large Scale: comedy stage version with an assistant rather than a Die
447 The Latest Levitation: assistant starts from a standing position
449 An Escape in Mid-Air: cage in mid-air
452 Watch Her Go!: table taken away and assistant vanishes
454 Gone? Where?: another vanish from table

461 Part X Automata and Ventriloquial
465 A New Face for a Figure: can express a variety of expressions
466 A Novel Figure: seated lady can bow
468 A Nursemaid Figure: legs move as the carriage is pushed
469 The Walking Figure: a full sized vent doll
472 A Good Head: three methods of moving the mouth
474 The Sketching Automaton: figure can sketch, for a stage and intricate design

485 Final Notes

487 Index