Goldston, Will: Tricks That Mystify - More Modern Card Tricks

Goldston, Will: Tricks That Mystify
©1934 Will Goldston, Leicester Square, London
Hardcover, w/dj, 359 pages

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Comments: Tricks That Mystify contains four separate books, More Modern Card Tricks (62 pages), Sleights and Tricks (87 pages), Magical Hints, Valuable Information... (96 pages), and Who's Who in Magic (114) pages.

Contents: (from book; each book page numbered separately)

v Introduction to Tricks That Mystify

More Modern Card Tricks

9 Introduction
10 Think
11 A Good Force
12 A Force for One Card
12 To Vanish a Card
3 Quick Work!
15 Still Quicker!
16 Thought Reading
16 Spinning the Pack
17 From Cards to Flowers
18 In the Dark
18 A Useful Card
19 Stop!
20 A New Rainbow
22 The Reversed Cards
23 The Weight of Thought
25 The Card Fountain
26 The Fan
28 The Lost Card
30 A Card Reading Box
31 A Funny Card
35 The Best Four Ace Tricks
40 Reading the Cards
40 The Profit
41 Cut the Cards
42 Think
42 Your Own Choice
44 The Jumping Card
45 Where Will You Have It?
46 Flight!
47 The Thought Reader
48 The Devil’s Thought
49 The Units
51 The Shower of Cards
53 Marvel Card Location
55 Dr Brochu’s Card Location
58 The Perpetual Almanac

Sleights and Tricks

7 Pocket Tricks
7 Introduction
9 The Ball And Rings
10 Three Pieces Of Soap
12 A Mysterious Coin
14 A New Spoof Pencil
16 An Illusion With One Hand
17 A Colour Change With Thread
19 Burning A Lump Of Sugar
20 The Magic Tube
22 The Magic Key
23 A Mysterious Tie

26 Sleights And Fakes
26 Blowing Out A Match
27 Tricks With Two Billiard Balls
30 The Jumping Coin
31 The Production Of A Glass Of Wine
33 A New Thumb Tie
35 A New Cut And Restored Ribbon
37 Proudlock's Needles Threading Trick
40 Catching Lighted Cigarettes
43 The Knot That Ties Itself
44 The Knot That Unties Itself
46 Another Knot That Unties Itself
47 With A String Of Beads
49 Two Trick Envelopes
52 Two Versions Of The Sympathic Silks
56 The Real Magical Wand

57 Mechanical Tricks
57 The Improved Drawer Box
59 The Travelling Candle
61 The Magic Tubes
62 A Real Magic Light
64 Vanishing A Glass Of Water
67 The Illuminated Die
71 Obedient Ink
73 Two Handkerchiefs And A Hat
75 A New Version Of The Twentieth Century Trick
77 From One Tumbler To Another
79 A Tube For Producing And Vanishing Handkerchiefs
81 Simple But Very Good
83 The Latest Note And Lemon Trick
85 A Piece Of Cord And A Wand

Magical Hints, Valuable Information, etc., etc.

7 Introduction to Programmes and Hints to Magicians
9 For A Children's Party
11 For A Mixed Audience
12 Programmes For All Occasions
13 For A Smoking Concert, After Dinner, &C.
16 In Small Halls

17 Hints To Magicians
18 How To Create An Impression
19 Personal Appearance
20 Speaking Correctly
20 Your Voice
21 Arriving At Your Client's House
22 Don't Do Tricks With Animals
22 Don't Have Your Tricks Examined
23 Card Tricks For Children
26 Presentation
29 How To Leave Your Client's House After Performance

31 Juggling
31 Billiard Balls And Cues Balance
33 A Lesson In Hoop Rolling
36 Simple Juggling

42 Comic Cartoons
45 Faked Cartoon Sheets
47 Cartoon Secrets
49 - A Fly Cove
49 - Uncle
49 - The Bottle Imp
51 - Tied
52 Keep Up to Date

52 Ventriloquism (Arthur Prince)
56 Boy Dialogue
62 Girl Dialogue
69 Conjuring With Animals
71 How to Handle Animals and Birds Properly

74 The Magical Garden: some suggestions for an entirely new act for a conjurer
78 A Special Handkerchief Vanisher
80 An Act With A Sheet Of Paper: troublewit
92 The Importance Of Humour

Will Goldston's Who's Who in Magic

7 Foreword
11 Part I Professionals
89 Part II Semi-Professionals
102 Part III Amateurs
115 Index Professionals
117 Index Semi-Professionals
118 Index Amateurs