Scott, Lionel T.: Twists and Fancies of the Modern Magician ©1912 (circa) Lionel Scott, Pub. A.M. Wilson, M.D. Softcover, saddle-stitched, 27 pages

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Comments: "The description and explanation of startling practical tricks, the apparatus of which can be constructed at home or secured at small cost." Many routines utilize sleight of hand.

Contents (from book):

3 Preamble
4 Introduction
5 A Cigarette Entry: an opener with a cigarette
5 - First Effect: performer enters smoking a cigarette, which vanishes in his hand
5 - Second Effect: cigarette is broken in two, vanishes, etc.
7 The Twentieth Century Card Trick: selected card becomes strung between two others
9 The Twentieth Century Billiard Ball Trick: a white ball vanishes and is found strung between two black balls
10 The Twentieth Century Dice Trick: A white die vanishes and is found strung between two black dice, a different approach
12 A Card and a Coin: coin produced behind a card
13 The Flying Balls: red and white balls wrapped in handkerchiefs transpose
14 Scott's Billiard Ball Box: a form of sliding die box you can construct with an improved sliding mechanism
17 The Supreb Vanish: a ball vanishes from inside a tube
19 The Card Board: card is vanished from deck and appears on a cardboard - but then is found back in the deck and vanished from the board
22 The Double Color Change: double card color change
23 The Lightning Color Change: red to blue handkerchief
24 Goldin's Color Changing Handkerchiefs: using commercial prop
24 - A Transposition: red silk held at end with yellow dangling, the colors transpose
24 - Combination No. 1: red and blue handkerchief change to yellow and red, and red/blue are found in formerly empty pocket
25 Scott's New Twist: green silk vanishes, blue silk changes to red and green, and lost blue silk is found in previously empty pocket