Read, Ralph: The Calostro Mind Reading Act © 1934 Ralph W. Read, Calostro Publications, NY Softcover, saddle-stitched, 6x9", 31 pages ©1945 2nd Edition, Calostro Publications ©1975 Lee Gray Reprint

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Comments: "A new, complete, improved system for presenting an act demonstrating Transcendent Mentalism or Thought Projection." An extensive code system for a two person mentalism act.

Contents (from book):

2 Publisher's Comment

3 The Calostro Mind Reading Act: introduction
3 What Is the Calostro Mind Reading Act?: a Questions Answering Act for two persons
4 The System Employed: its benefits
5 Memorizing Made Easy
5 - Key Letters
6 Memorizing the Questions
8 List of Questions
12 Method for Study and Practice
12 Regarding Certain Questions
14 The Calostro Perfected Code
15 Special Code Words
16 Details Regarding the Code
17 Two Code Words Used for All Basic Questions from (00) to (99)
17 Uses and Variable Forms of the Code Words
19 The Artificial Memory System as Applied to the Code Words
20 "Free" Words
20 Questions Having Blanks or Fill-Ins
21 The Fill-In Lists
23 Coding the Fill-Ins
24 Questions Having Both Blanks and Variations
24 Written Questions
24 Method of Reading and Answering Questions
26 Wit and Punch Needed
27 Confederates or Plants
28 The Calostro System May Be Extended
29 Special List of Questions
30 The Introductory Speech
31 In Conclusion