Hull, Ralph W.: Supreme Mental Discernment ©1943 Ralph W. Hull, John Snyder Jr. Softcover, saddle-stitched, 4.25x11",12 pages

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Comments: "The nearest approach to real mind reading ever yet conceived. Performer is able to name correctly any card spectator mentally selects and no questions asked. No carbon copies. No writing. Recommended by the world’s leading mentalists." This book was later incorporated into R.W. Hull's The Complete Eye-Openers, put out by Natzler Enterprises, and which also includes Eye-Openers and More Eye-Openers. Also available as an eBook from Trickshop.com

Contents (from eBook version, page numbers do not correspond to original):

2 Hull's Supreme Mental Discernment: introduction
2 The Secret
2 Learning the Routine: learn with a special deck, use any deck in performance
3 Performance
4 The First Elimination
4 A Key Card
4 False Shuffle
5 Placing the Nine Cards
5 A Bluff
5 The Second Elimination
6 Unsuspected Information
6 Group Counting
7 More Than a Guess
8 If Mistaken, What?
8 When Card Has Not Been Seen
10 The Final Elimination
12 Climax
13 Card From Pocket
13 Conclusion