Swift, Merlin: Secrets of Magic ©1946 Merlin Swift, Franklin Watts, Inc., NY Softcover, saddle-stitched, 6x9", 95 pages

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Comments: Illustrated. 186 tricks, stunts, magic. "Everything in this practical, Modern book can be done with simple or no equipment."

Contents (from book ToC):

5 Chapter 1 Impromptu Card Tricks Not Requiring Sleight of Hand
Naming a Secretly Chosen Card
Three and Three
The Detecto Card Trick
You Do as I Do
Chosen Card Produced from Pocket
Magic Prediction
Card Discovery
Master Card Discovery
The Card in the Pocket
The Knowing Queen

12 Chapter 2 Card Tricks Without Sleight of Hand, But Requiring Some Degree of Preparation
Seven and Seven
The Duplicate Card
Half and Half—Card from Pocket
Three Card Divination
Vibratory Detection
Red and Blue
Telepathic Card Detection
The Miracle Spelling Trick
Pocket Divination

18 Chapter 3 Card Tricks Requiring a Slight Degree of Skill
An Incredible Divinatio
Seven and Three
The Top to Bottom Trick
Prediction Extordinary
The Three Cards
Numerical Divination
The Card at a Given Number
The Card Clock
Spell to the Chosen Card
The "Count Down” Card Mystery

24 Chapter 4 Magic with Rings
The Ring Magically Knotted to a String
The Magically Released Rings
Instantaneous Ring Release
The Ring on the String
The Flying Ring
The Ring and Pencil Trick
The Mysterious Moving Ring
The Mysto Ring Flight
Rubbing a Ring Onto a Pencil
Instantaneous Flight

30 Chapter 5 Impromptu Coin Tricks
The Multiplying Penny
Paper Wrapped Coin Vanish
The Flying Coins
Rubbing a Coin into Invisibility
The Traveling Coins
The Coin in the Glasses
The Tapping Pencil' Coin Trick
Multiplying Pennies
The Coin in the Hat
The Coin in the Sleeve

35 Chapter 6 Coin Tricks Requiring Preparation or Simple Apparatus
The Handkerchief Coin Vanish
The Money Box
The Coin in the Orange
The Paper Cone and Coin
The Mysto Coin Vanish
Finger Tip Coin Magic
The Coin in the Handkerchief
Flight of a Coin into Sealed Envelopes
Penny in Envelope
Coin's Flight into Envelope in Sealed Boxes

40 Chapter 7 Mathematical Magic
Lightning Addition
The Canceled Number
The Telepathic Total
Birthday Magic
Important Dates
Counting to One Hundred
Telling a Number Thought Of
All Alike
The Number in the Envelope
The Telephone Book Test

44 Chapter 8 Magic with Handkerchiefs
Handkerchief From Nowhere
Vanishing a Handkerchief
The Color Changing Handkerchief
The Handkerchief Dye Tube
Flying Handkerchiefs
The Silk in the Apple
Cigarette to Silk
Twentieth Century Silks
The Penetrating Silk
The Vanishing Knots

50 Chapter 9 More Magic with Handkerchiefs
The Rigid Handkerchief
The Knot from Nowhere
The Knot That Won't Slay Tied
The Burned and Restored Handkerchief
The Dissolving Knots
The Self-Untying Handkerchief
The Handkerchief on the String
Drawing a Handkerchief Through Your Leg
The Instantaneous Knot
The Candy Box Handkerchief

55 Chapter 10 Magic With Cigarettes
Cigarette Rolled in One Hand
The Flying Cigarette
Vanishing a Lighted Cigarette in a Handkerchief
The Rising Cigarette
Cigarette Restoration
Passing a Lighted Cigarette Through a Handkerchief
Broken and Restored Cigarette
Multiplying Cigarettes
The Lengthened Cigarette
Two Cigarettes From One

60 Chapter 11 Magic With String
Your Nose Knows
Ring on a String
The String in the Buttonhole
Threading the Needle
Instantaneous Knot Vanish
Thumb and Finger Cord Reease
The Cut and Restored String
The String In the Straw
The Thumb Tie

65 Chapter 12 Magic With Ropes
Cut and Restored Rope
The Magic Knots
Handkerchiefs and Ropes
Cutting a Person In Two With Ropes
The Knotted Loop
The Tartar Rope Escape
The Excelsior Rope Tie
The Neck and Wrist Rope Tie
Two Instantaneous Knots
The Stretching Rope

71 Chapter 13 Mind Reading Magic
The Best Impromptu Mind Reading Trick
Dictionary or Book Mind Reading
Miracle Mind Reading
The Chosen Number
Which Object?
The Chosen Card
Famous Names
Book Mind Reading
Dollar Bill Mind Reading
Diabolo Dictionary Trick

75 Chapter 14 Magic With Dice
Dice Divination
Magnetic Dice
Naming Unseen Die Spots
The Dice In The Glass
Dice Mathemagic
Changing Die Spots
The Die in the Handkerchief
The Dice and Hat Trick

78 Chapter 15 Magic With Matches and Match Boxes
Lightning Match Vanish
Two From One
Sawing Through a Match Box
The Mystic Broken MAtch
The Match in the Handkerchief
The Pencil From the Match Box
Flying Matches
Disappearing Matches
Matches From Nowhere
From Hand to Hand

82 Chapter 16 Thimble Magic
The Disappearing Thimble
Passing a Thimble Through the Knees
The Flying Thimble
Passing a Thimble Through a Handkerchief
The Color Changing Thimble
Thimble Production From a Paper Cone
The Multiplying Thimble
Thimble and Handkerchief
From Red to Blue
Thimble and Paper Cone Finale

87 Chapter 17 Dinner Table Magic
The Wandering Bread Pellets
Pellets From Hand to Hand
Vanishing Matches
The Midas Dinner Roll
The Impromptu Drinking Cup
Pulling a Napking Through a Table Knife
The Burning Lamps of Sugar
The Mysterious Fruit Seed
The Drinking Glass Vanish
Drinking Glass Levitation

92 Chapter 18 Stunts to Fool Your Friends
Odd or Even Serial Numbers
Reverse Shift
All Together
Coin Shifting
The Cigarette Butt Gag
Penny Jumping
Some Knot
Match This One
Pennies and Pencils
Next Higher Number
Paper Tearing
Penny Rows
A Ten Penny Stunt
Match Squares 1
Match Squares 2
Match Squares 3
Match Triangles
You Can't Lose
Finger Hypnotism
Glass and Quarters