Goodrum, John: Now You See It...Magic With a New Twist ©1946 John C. Goodrum, Didier Publishers, NY Hardcover, w/dj, 149 pages

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Comments: Illustrated by John Goodrum. A book of magic for the beginner or intermediate magician.

Contents (from book):

1 Chapter I So You Want to Be a Magician

5 Chapter II The Way You're Fooled

9 Chapter III Magic Up Close
9 Run For Your Life: torn and restored vest button
10 The Indestructable Paper: torn and restored small wad of paper
14 Papers in Transit: another version
16 The Disappearing Coin: in a glass of water
17 The Phoenix Coin: vanish in a napkin
18 The Vanishing Matches: from a once full matchbox
20 Crisscross: a line of ash mysteriously forms an x
21 A Match is Restored: broken and restored in handkerchief
22 The Homing Match: one match half joins the other in the hand
25 Solid Through Solid: match stick penetration
27 The Power of Money: a pencil is broken with a dollar bill

30 Chapter IV Magic for Dessert
30 Spirits At Work: initials transfer from sugar cube to spectator's hand
31 Salt and Pepper: Salt and pepper shakers transpose
33 A Knife and a Napkin: knife penetrates a napkin without harm
33 A Coin Gets Around: a coin is found inside a roll

36 Chapter V Magic of the Hands
38 The Squeeze Vanish: a false transfer vanish of a coin
40 The French Drop: vanish
42 The Fade-Away Vanish: another false transfer
44 The Best Coin Vanish: yet another
44 Palming a Ball: regulation
47 The French Drop Again
47 An Easy Ball Vanish
48 The Roll-Away Vanish
48 The Vanishing Ball Once More
50 A Ball Change-Over: showing both hands empty
51 Thimble Manipulation
52 A Routine With Thimbles

58 Chapter VI How to Control a Pack of Cards
58 Simple Card Control: the injog
61 Sneaking a Peek: the glimpse
62 Forcing a Card: a behind the back force
63 False Shuffles: top control, overhand shuffle
65 False Cuts

66 Chapter VII Magic With Cards
66 The Airborne Card: selected card flies out of a hat
67 Acrobatic Cards: two halves of deck placed face to face right themselves
68 The Magnetized Cards: cards stick to the hand until commanded to drop
70 Rising Cards: selected card rises from deck in a glass using IT
72 A Card Turns Around: selection reverses itself in the deck
73 The Divided Pack: card chosen from one half deck placed in the other is located
76 Double Deception: magician and spectator choose same card from two decks
78 Cards In Transit: 3 Cards pass from one packet to another

83 Chapter VIII Magic of Silk
83 A Silk is Created: from a paper tube
86 Silks That Pass In the Night: silks transpose between paper packets
86 Silks in Transit: transpositon only half works first time
89 Two Silks and a Soup Plate: silks vanished to be found under soup plate
90 Transient Handkerchiefs: silk is produced, then travels from pocket to pocket and changes color
92 Solid Through Solid: one handkerchief passes through another

96 Chapter IX Magic of the Mind
97 A Prediction is Made: envelope prediction matches date addition and card selection
99 Billet Reading: the one ahead principle
100 One Word: book test
102 A Living and Dead Test: on slips of paper

104 Chapter X Magic of the Platform
105 The Power of the Wand: adheres to the hand and a ring rises on it
106 A Bill Goes Sour: bill in lemon
109 Magical Potpourri: ball transfers from glass to hat, and then the glass goes
111 The Escaping Chimney: a cylinder is pulled from from cords
113 A Coin Routine: short manipulative routine with a saucer, glass, napkin, handkerchief, and four coins
118 A Piece of Rope: cut and restored
126 The Animated Rope: a knot unties itself
129 The Oriental Vase: vase suspends on a rope
131 Torn and Restore Magazine Cover

136 Chapter XI Curtain Going Up: presentation advice

140 Chapter XII On Stage
142 An Impromptu Program
144 A Club Program for Mixed Audience
145 A Club Program for Men
147 A Program for Large Audiences
149 In Conclusion