Hull, Burling: Entirely Surrounded by the Audience ©1937 Burling Hull, Stage Magic Co. Softcover, stapled manuscript, 8.5x11", 17 pages

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Comments: This is not a book of tricks, but rather a list of 135 standard effects from the period that can be performed in the center of a floor, when you have spectators on all sides. Each effect listing includes general information about the effect and dealer or other information on where it may be found.

Contents (only listed samples of the effects so as not to repeat the entire book)

1 Introduction
3 List of Tricks: with references to dealers when available
3 1. 20th Century Handkerchief Trick
3 2. Burling Hull's Double 20th Century Handkerchief Trick
3 3. Handkerchief Pedestal Production
3 4. Glass-Go Vanish of Silk
4 Listings 5 through 13
5 14. Osborne Rope Trick
5 15. Hull's Handcuff Rope Tie
5 Listings 16-28
6 29. Knife Passed Through Borrowed Handkerchief
6 30. Magic Tea Kettle
6 Listings 31-44
7 45. Glass of Water Produced from Egg Bag
7 46. East Indian Sand Trick
7 Listings 47-59
8 60. Dollar Bill in Lemon Trick
8 61. Brooks Cards From Pocket
8 Listings 62-69
9 70. Hull Master Flower Bush Production
9 71. Hull's Message Between Two Glass Plates
9 Listings 72 through 81
10 82. Parasol and Silks
10 83. The Holdup Trick
10 Listings 84-91
11 92. Card & Cigarette
11 93. Rising Cigarette Trick
11 Listings 94-100
12 101. Burlesque Mind Reading
12 102. Bathing Girl Trick
12 Listings 103-104
13 105. The New Card or Dollar Bill
13 106. Vanished Borrowed Coin
13 Listings 107 through 114
14 115. Flying Flags
14 116. Dollar Bill Shot Into Cigarette
14 Listings 117 through 123
15 124. Tip See Bottle
15 125. Milko Trick
15 Listings 126 through 135
16 Ads
17 Ads