Mussey, Barrows (Henry Hay): Magic ©1942 Barrows Mussey, A.S. Barnes & Co. NY Hardcover, w/dj, 5.5x8.5", 83 pages

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Comments: Illustrated with photos of the author's hands by Margaret Hawthorn. June Barrows Mussey later wrote under the pen name Henry Hay.

Contents (from book):

3 Chapter I What Makes a Magician?

6 Chapter II Between Courses
6 The Eternal Match: lit match is removed lit and put back in jacket pocket lit
7 The Fireproof Hand: fingers and handkerchief seem immune to burning, and you blow out the match by blowing down your sleeve
9 The Leaping Flame: science magic, lit match held above blown out match lights it; also balancing a match
10 Solid Through Solid: matches held between the thumb and forefinger pass through each other
11 The Mysterious X-Ray Cross: line on the back of the hand vanishes to appear on the palm, making a cross with the line already there
12 Television: lines drawn on a table are erased and appear on your palm
12 Balancing a Glass of Water on Edge: on a tablecloth
13 The Effervescent Sugar: mark made on a lump of sugar appears on spectator's palm
15 The Vanishing Tumbler: while pretending to vanish a coin
16 The Traveling Pellets: two in the hand, one in the pocket routine
17 The Flying Spots: a paddle trick with a table knife and papers
18 The Floating Sugar: a quick stunt with sugar cubes and coffee
19 The Ghost Echo: sound waves are transferred from a fork to a glass
19 The Coin in the Roll: coin is vanished and found in a dinner-roll
21 To Balance a Paper Napkin: stunt
21 The Devilish Napkin-Ring Puzzle: a napkin ring falls from the fingers joined in a loop

23 Chapter III After the Bridge Game
23 The Demon Card-Sharp: magician knows what card cut to, using a new deck
24 The Poker Trick: everyone gets full houses so you deal a new hand for a straight flush
25 The Coincidence (John Mulholland): spectator and magician choose the same card out of red and blue decks
26 The Whispering Queen: The Queen helps the magician discover the identity of three selections
28 The Row of Ten Cards: mathematical card trick
30 Penny Telepathy: four cards dealt to match the date on a coin
32 The Sensitive Finger-Tips: magician determines the bottom card of the deck, uses the glance
33 The Astral Ace: Ace of Diamonds vanishes to be found at the bottom of the deck
33 The Siamese Aces: Two black Aces are separated in the deck yet are dealt out together
34 How to Find Chosen Cards
35 - The Slip Force: with some brief ideas for use
36 - Bridging the Deck
36 - Stepping the Deck
37 - Indicator Card
37 How to Disclose the Chosen Card
37 - Pulling the Card from a Tossed Deck
38 - Counting to the Selection
38 The Rising Cards: no gimmicks
39 The Treacherous Voice (Leopold Figner): magician determines selection while spectator deals cards aloud
41 The Spelling Master: spectator spells to his card selection
42 The Spot Location: a spot card is used to find the number counted to
43 The One-Ahead Gag: naming the top cards of four piles
44 The Cards in the Hat: magician names a card and instantly pulls it from a hat filled with mixed up cards
45 The Piano Trick: an even and odds pile card trick
47 Balancing a Pack of Cards on the Back of Your Hand

48 Chapter IV Coin of the Realm
48 The Flying Coin - First Method: one coin joins the other when the hands are turned over, Han Ping Chien
49 The Flying Coin - Second Method: one hand ends up with three coins, the other just one
50 The Coin Fold: a coin vanish
51 The Barefaced Coin Vanish: coin vanishes from hand to be found in pocket, then again to under the foot
52 The Pass: a false transfer
53 Brazen Coin Vanish: on the spectator's shoulder
54 The Porous Handkerchief: half dollar penetrates handkerchief
54 The Coins on the Elbow: coin catching stunt
55 Right or Left: magician determines in which hand is which of two coins
56 The Warm Coin: magician finds the selected coin
56 The Incombustible Handkerchief: cigarette doesn't burn a handkerchief

57 Chapter V Miscellaneous Parlor Miracles

57 1. String
57 A Rapid Release: a simple escape
58 To Conjure Up a Knot: an instant knot in a rope
58 To Conjure Away a Knot: knot vanishes
59 The Kellar Tie: a rope tie where you can quickly be released and re-tied
60 The Thumb Tie: as above, with the thumbs
60 The Slave Bangle: bracelet is instantly found on rope tied between the hands
61 The Dematerialized Leg: handkerchief through leg
61 The Peramulating String: string when unwound ends up on other finger
62 The Jumping Rubber Band: from fingers to fingers
62 Threading the Needle: threading a loop without letting go
63 The Lasso Trick: knots appear in a tossed rope
64 Two Canes: two canes appear to be separately tied but come untied together
64 The Scissor Trick: a rope puzzle
65 The Snare: a loop of string catches or releases the finger
66 The Snail: a similar puzzle with a an open loop
67 To Make Two Knots at Once: with a string

67 2. Figures
67 The Book Test: mentalist predicts which word will be selected
68 Thoughts Read and Told: messages written on slips of paper are divined
69 The Predicted Sum: mathematical trick
70 Embarrassing Questions (Albert Boni): a date math trick
71 The Canceled Digit: another math prediction
72 Telling a Person's Age: with math
72 The Watch Trick: Spectator taps to clock number he thought of

72 3. This And That
72 The Penetrating Colors: magician determines which crayon was selected
73 The Damnable Dice Puzzle: a stunt puzzle
74 Fading 'Em: spot totals on a pair of dice change
75 The Chinese Paper-Tearing Trick: torn and restored crepe paper
77 The Appearing Handkerchief: a couple of approaches
78 The Lightning Knot: in a handkerchief
79 Driving a Pin Through Your Head: a bizarre effect, with no real harm
79 The Enchanted Thumb: removing your thumb illusion
80 Alexander Herrmann's Turned Vest Trick: vest is reversed even though tied up
81 The Afghan Bands: loops of paper are cut and each has different resulting loops
81 The Christmas Tree: a paper fold
82 The Clinging Cane: a balancing stunt

83 Hail and Farewell - a Reading List: very brief