Routledge, Warne, & Routledge (Publishers): Every Little Boys Book ©1856 Routledge, Warne & Routledge, NY Hardcover, 376 pages

Image from Magicref

Comments: No author credited. "A complete cyclopaedia of In and Outdoor Games with and without toys, domestic pets, conjuring, shows, riddles, etc."

Contents: (Only the conjuring section is detailed):

1 Indoor Games With Toys
23 Indoor Games Without Toys
62 Outdoor Games With Toys
129 Outdoor Games Without Toys
207 Domestic Pets
274 Boat-Building
279 Crest-collecting
280 The Deaf and Dumb Alphabet: sign language
288 Postage Stamps

299 Shows
299 Punch and Judy
317 Fantoccini: marionettes
321 Gallanty Show: shadow show
333 The Model Stage
336 Tinselling

338 Conjuring
338 To Lift a Bottle With a Straw
339 The Tobacco Pipe Jug Stand
339 To Break a Stick Placed on Two Glasses
340 The Bottle Conjuror: gag
340 The Mysterious Wafers: the paddle-trick poorly explained
341 Advantageous Wager: another gag
342 The Balanced Stick: stunt
342 The Little Tumbler: making a bobble-figure
343 The Little Balancer: a little figure balances on the fingertip
344 To Fix a Coin to the Wall: with a notch
344 Eatable Candle Ends: with apples
345 The Animated Sixpence: with IT
345 The Floating Beacon: a candle burns without sinking
345 The Magic Apple: pre-cutting an apple with thread
346 The Sentinel Egg: balancing an egg on its end
346 To Melt Lead in a Piece of Paper: science experiment
346 The Dancing Pea: small pea dances on air in a pipe
347 Magical Cards: clever calling card trick with invisible ink
348 To Support a Pail of Water By a Stick Only Half of Which or Less Rests Upon the Table
348 To Make a Shilling Turn On Its Edge On the Point of a Needle
349 The Impossible Omelet: a bet you can't lose
349 To Turn a Goblet of Water Upside Down And Yet Keep the Water In It
350 A Good Catch: a betcha gag
350 The Three Spoons: magician determines which spoon was touched with aid of confederate
351 Bridge of Knives: a challenge stunt
352 The Magic Circle: a comedy physical challenge
352 The Juggler's Joke: a gag
353 The Glass of Wine Under the Hat: another betcha
353 The Flying Shilling: one shilling vanishes from a handkerchief to join the other in a hat
354 The Beads and Strings: a string of beads are removed from a string
355 To Tie a Knot in a Handkerchief Which Cannot Be Drawn Tight
356 To Tie a Handkerchief Round Your Leg And Get It Off Without Untying the Knot
357 The Magic Bond: a string penetrates the fingers
357 The Old Man and His Chair: a string story
359 To Tie a Knot on the Left Wrist Without Letting the Right Hand Approach It
360 The Handcuffs: two persons bound together at the wrists escape
361 To Pull a String Through Your Button-Hole
362 The Cut String Restored
362 The Gordian Knot: tying a handkerchief in a small ball that spectator can't untie
363 The Knot Loosened: vanishing knot
364 To Put Nuts Into Your Ear
365 To Crack Walnuts In Your Elbow

366 The Riddler: 100 riddles