Routledge, Warne, and Routledge (Publishers): Games of Skill and Conjuring ©1861 Routlege, Warne, and Routlege, London & NY Hardcover, no dj, 128 pages

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Comments: Much of this book appears in the earlier "Every Little Boys Book", but not all.

Contents: (Only the Conjuring sections detailed):

1 Draughts
9 Dominoes
11 Chess
27 Morrice
28 Fox and Geese

29 Conjuring
31 Legerdemain And Simple Deceptions
31 To Lift A Bottle With A Straw
32 The Tobacco-Pipe Jug-Stand
32 To Break A Stick Placed On Two Glasses
32 The Bottle Conjuror: gag
32 The Mysterious Wafers: the paddle-trick poorly explained
33 Advantageous Wager: another gag
33 The Balanced Stick: stunt
33 The Little Tumbler: making a bobble-figure
34 The Little Balancer: a little figure balances on the fingertip
34 To Fix a Coin to the Wall: with a notch
34 Eatable Candle Ends: with apples
34 The Animated Sixpence: with IT
35 The Floating Beacon: a candle burns without sinking
35 The Magic Apple: pre-cutting an apple with thread
35 The Sentinel Egg: balancing an egg on its end
35 To Melt Lead in a Piece of Paper: science experiment
35 The Dancing Pea: small pea dances on air in a pipe
35 Magical Cards: clever calling card trick with invisible ink
36 To Support a Pail of Water By a Stick Only Half of Which or Less Rests Upon the Table
36 To Make a Shilling Turn On Its Edge On the Point of a Needle
37 The Impossible Omelet: a bet you can't lose
37 To Turn a Goblet of Water Upside Down And Yet Keep the Water In It
37 To Take a Shilling Out of a Handkerchief
37 A Good Catch: a betcha gag
38 The Three Spoons: magician determines which spoon was touched with aid of confederate
38 Bridge of Knives: a challenge stunt
38 The Magic Circle: a comedy physical challenge
38 The Juggler's Joke: a gag
39 The Glass of Wine Under the Hat: another betcha

39 Tricks Requiring Special Apparatus
39 The Hen And Egg-Bag: general description, not much detail
40 Amputation Extraordinary: another very general description
40 The Globe-Box: brief description of a ball and vase type apparatus
40 The Barber’S Pole: pulling a pole out of the mouth
41 The Egg-Box: apparatus described with its general use
41 The Bottle Imps: small glass bottles sink and swim in a larger jar
42 The Doll Trick: a vanishing doll trick briefly described
43 The Magic Book: making a version of what's now known as the magic coloring book
43 The Rice Trick: rice vanishes from one cup to be found in another

44 Tricks With Cards
45 Forcing Or Making A Pass
46 Ups And Downs: making an impromptu one way deck
46 A Certain Number Of Cards-Being Shown To A Person, To Guess That Which He Has Thought Of
47 To Tell The Number Of Cards By The Weight
47 The Cords Being Arranged In A Circle, To Tell That Which Any One Thought Of
48 The Four Accomplices: finding Spectator's one of four selection
48 The Noted Card Named
48 The Regal Alliance: with the Four Kings
48 The Odd Ten
48 The Queens Going Ha Search Of Diamonds
49 The Knaves And The Constable
50 The Painted Pack
50 To Hold Fonr Kings Or Four Knaves In Your Hand, And To Change Them Suddenly Into Blank Cards, And Then Into Four Aces
51 The Fifteen Thousand Livres
51 Several Cards Being Presented In Succession To Several Persons, To Guess Which Each Has Thought Of
61 The Card Discovered By The Touch Or Smell
52 The Card In The Nut

53 Boat-Building
57 Modelling
71 The Deaf and Dumb Alphabet
75 The Riddler
81 Acting Charades
90 Puzzles and Paradoxes
98 Miscellaneous
103 Shows
125 The Model Stage
127 Tinselling