Squier, Edward Summer, M.A.: Tricks and Magic Made Easy ©1919 Edward J. Clode, NY Hardcover, 188 pages

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Contents (from book):

9 Introduction

13 PART I Tricks Without Sleight-of-Hand
16 Discovery of a Card
19 Gathering the Kings
22 Naming the Pack
27 The Magic Pairs
34 The Turned Card
36 The Magic Square: a card puzzle
39 The Royal Court
42 The Assembly
44 Discovery of Four
48 Discovery of Two
52 The Permanent Card

57 PART II Sleight-of-Hand With Cards
60 Shifting the Cut
67 Forcing a Card
71 The False Shuffle
75 The Indicated Card
77 The Faced Card
80 Palming a Card
84 Changing a Card
88 Springing the Cards

91 PART III Tricks with Coins, Watches, Dominoes, etc

93 Tricks with Coins
99 The Pass
106 The Change
108 The Joining of the Coins
112 The Handkerchief Wrapper
115 The Vanishing Quarters
117 The Increasing Dimes
119 Money Multiplied
121 The Dime in the Orange
124 The Shower of Money
126 Head or Tail
127 Odd or Even

129 The Handkerchief
129 Dissolving Knot
130 The Handkerchief That Won't Burn
131 Another Knot-Tying Trick

134 Tricks with Watches
134 - Divining the Hour Thought Of
135 - The Bending Watch

138 Tricks with Dominoes
138 - Domino Divination: magician knows how many dominoes moved
140 - Another Divination: magician knows end dominoes in a game

142 Tricks with Dice
142 - The Changing Dice: faces change
142 - Dice Arithmetic: a number trick

144 The Cut String
144 Cut and Restored

149 PART IV Stage Illusions: brief explanations
153 Card Trick Apparatus: card sword, card box, etc.
158 Coin Trick Apparatus: coin boxes
161 Watch Trick Apparatus: vanishing box, etc.
164 Apparatus for Finger Rings
165 Trick Boxes
168 Ball Trick Apparatus
172 Servante
174 Bird Cage
176 Water Trick Apparatus
179 Table Traps
181 Woman In Basket Illusion
184 Mirrors
186 Broomstick Levitation