Hoffmann, Professor: Tricks With Handkerchiefs ©1925 (circa) George Routledge & Sons, London & NY Hardcover, no dj, 138 pages

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Comments: With 44 Illustrations. An extract from Later Magic

Contents (from book ToC, page numbers carried over from Later Magic):

207 Chapter VII: Tricks With Handkerchiefs
207 The Recommendations of the Handkerchief for Magical Purposes

209 Section I - The Magical Production of Handkerchiefs
209 The False Finger
214 The False Thumb
215 The Finger Shell and False Palm
216 The Rubber Band
217 Production from Bend of Elbow
217 Production from the Trouser-Leg
218 The Hand-Box
219 The Cache
220 The Hamley Handkerchief Ball
222 Production from the Wand
222 Production from a Match-Box
223 The "Monarch" Handkerchief Producer
224 Clips for Handkerchiefs
225 A Novel Method of Production

226 Section II: The Multiplication of Handkerchiefs
226 From the Sleeve
227 Conradi's Multiplying Tube
228 A Simple Appliance for Handkerchief Multiplication
229 Black, Red, and White
232 Handkerchief Multiplication on a Larger Scale
234 Stillwell's Handkerchief Act
238 Simultaneous Production of a Desired Number of Handkerchiefs
239 Handkerchiefs Increasing in Size as well as Number
240 A Special Method of Producing the First Handkerchief

241 Section III: Colour-Changing Tricks
241 The Inventors of the Colour-Change
242 Various Methods of Colour-Changing
242 The Conradi Tube
242 Sundry Appliances for Colour-Changing
244 Roterberg's Colour-Change
246 Marcellin's Colour-Change
247 Colour-Changing by the Aid of a Paper Tube
248 The Elementary Method
252 Willmann's Colour-Change
256 A Six-fold Colour-Change
258 To Change the Colour of a Handkerchief by Merely Drawing it Through the Hand
260 The Brass Tube, with Sliding Cup, for Colour-Changing
262 Willmann's "Metropolitan Railway" Trick

268 Section IV: Methods of Vanishing a Handkerchief
268 The Rubber Ring
269 A New Handkerchief Vanisher
270 Roterberg's Vanisher, and Passes Therewith
273 Another Method of Using the Vanisher
275 The "Eau de Cologne" Bottle
277 A Handkerchief Changed to a Billiard-Ball
278 An Ingenious Device to Facilitate the Palming and Vanishing of a Handkerchief
279 The Glass Ball, for Changing a Handkerchief to a Billiard-Ball
279 The Nickel Tube for Vanishing a Handkerchief
281 Improved form
283 The Nickel Tube with Pull
284 The Vanish from a Paper Cylinder
284 The "Lamp-Chimney" Vanish
287 To Vanish Four Handkerchiefs Simultaneously

290 Section V: Methods of Reproducing a Vanished Handkerchief
290 Reproduction Beneath a Soup-Plate
292 Reproduction from a Sealed Envelope
294 Two Vanished Handkerchiefs Reproduced from a Nest of Three Envelopes
297 The Drum-Head Tube
299 Reproduction from a Candle
299 Buatier de Kolta's Method
302 The Glass Box, for Reproducing a Handkerchief

303 Section VI: Miscellaneous Handkerchief Tricks
303 Devant's Handkerchief Trick
315 The Hat and Handkerchief
317 The Closed Glass Tube (L'Etui en Cristal)
319 The Handkerchief Cut and Restored (Modern Method)
320 The "Marvellous Metamorphosis" Silver Cylinder
322 A Handkerchief Changed to Paper Ribbons
323 A Handkerchief Transformed into Paper Shavings
326 The Egg and Handkerchief Trick (Modern Methods)
327 D'Alvini's Egg and Handkerchief Trick
329 Egg, Handkerchief, and Onion
331 The very Latest Egg and Handkerchief Trick
333 Handkerchiefs Turned into a Snake
335 Hartz's Method
335 The Dancing Handkerchief
335 Parlour Method
336 Stage Method
338 Right and Left
341 The Flying Handkerchiefs
344 The Shower of Sweets (Improved Method)

345 A Postscript