Western Printing Co.: The Star Series of 153 Tricks of Magic ©1905 (circa) Western Printing & Lithographing Co., Racine, WI Softcover, perfect-bound, 5x7", 64 pages

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Comments: Illustrated with B&W drawings. "This combination of one hundred and fifty three tricks combines a series of card, coin, handkerchief, chemical, hat and miscellaneous tricks." There is a book by Wehman Brothers titled New Book of 153 Tricks also published in the early 1900's, but includes a different set of effects.

Contents: (from book):

3 Card Tricks
3 To Make False Shuffles
3 To Sight The Top Card
3 Dealing Seconds or Retaining the Top Card
3 The Quickest Pass on Record
4 To Name a Card In the Centre of the Pack
4 The Inseparable Jacks
4 To Tell Which of the Court Cards a Person Has Chosen
5 The Magnetic Aces
5 To Catch Three Cards From the Pack
5 The Three-Card Trick, or Finding the Queen
6 The Mysterious Deal
6 To Fix a Card Selected From the Pack On the Ceiling or Wall
6 To Produce Three Cards In a Frame
8 Rubbing Spots Off A Card
8 The Disappearing Card

8 Coin Tricks
8 A Coin for Palming
10 To Make a Coin Float on Water
10 To Cause A Coin To Pass Through A Handkerchief In Which A Number Of Coins Are Enclosed
12 To Balance A Card And Coin On The Finger, And To Remove The Card Without Dislodging The Coin
12 Vanishing Coins On a Plate
12 Magical Production of a Coin
14 The Disappearing Penny
14 To Change a Shilling Into a Sixpence
14 To Pass a Coin Through a Hat Into a Glass
15 To Rub a Penny Through a Candle
15 To Drop a Coin In a Bottle
15 To Balance Coins
17 To Hold a Penny So That a Strong Man Cannot Take It From the Fingers
17 The Diminishing Coins
17 The Multiplying Coin
19 To Make a Shiling Spin On The Point Of A Needle
19 To Revolve a Coin Between Two Pins
19 To Vanish and Produce A Coin
19 To Pass A Coin
20 To Retain a Coin Palmed

20 Handkerchief Tricks
20 A Handkerchief Produced From a Match Box
20 The Puzzling Knot
22 To Vanish a Handkerchief From Inside a Lamp Glass
22 The Mysterious Knot
24 Handkerchief Soaked In Water, and Produced Quite Dry
24 To Cut an Apple in a Handkerchief Without Injuring the Latter

24 Tricks With Chemicals
25 To Ignite Flash Paper Without Flame
25 Ale and Water Together In One Glass Without Mixing
25 To Change the Complexion From White to Black
25 To Illuminate Water
26 The Magic Glasses of Water
26 To Obtain Fire By Applying Water
26 The Magic Jug of Water
26 To Add Liquid to a Glass Full of Water, Without Causing It To Overflow
26 To Give Oneself a Supernatural Appearnce
27 To Set Fire To A Handkerchief Without Injuring It
27 To Suspend a Ring By A Burnt Thread
27 Oil Upon Water
27 To Blow Smoke Into a Covered Glass
27 The Candle That Cannot Be Blown Out
27 To Smoke With Two Empty Pipes
28 To Make Flash Paper
28 The Magic Glass

29 To Reverse the Hands On A Ruler Held Between The First Finger And Thumb Of Both Hands
29 The Obedient Paper
29 To Displace Water By Smoke
29 To Hang A Hat On The Panel Of A Door
29 To Produce A Flower In A Buttonhole
30 A Glass Of Water Suspended By A Thread
30 To Lift A Bottle With A Plate
30 To Blow A Cork Into A Bottle
31 To Fill A Glass Of Water With Pins Without Spilling The Water
31 The Magical Mirror
31 To Spin An Egg As Long As Required
31 To Balance A Cigar On The Tip Of A Finger
32 To Preserve Snowballs
32 The Musical Poker
32 The Juggler's Dessert
32 A Glass Of Water That Cannot Be Moved Without Spilling The Whole
32 To Produce Any Name Called For On A Visiting Card
34 A Rope Pulled from behind tied wrists
34 The Mysterious Paper Bands
35 The Travelling Pea
35 Ascent Of Grape Juice In An Inverted Glass Of Water
35 To Make A Needle Float
36 The Magdeburg Hemispheres
36 A Burning Coal On A Muslin Handkerchief
36 To Make Gas Burn Under A Handkerchief
36 The Silhouette Portraits
37 The Electricified Pipe
37 To Lift A Man With Five Fingers
37 To Make A Plank Adhere To A Table By Means Of A Newspaper
38 To Blow Out A Candle Behind A Bottle
38 The Stone Breaker
38 To Uncork A Bottle Without A Corkscrew
38 To Poise A Tumbler Upon Three Sticks Each One Of Which Has One End In The Air
39 The Water Bottle And The Three Knives
39 To Keep A Penny Revolving In A Lamp Shade
39 A Piece Of Money Rolling On An Umbrella
40 To Project One Or Two Draughtsmen From A Column
40 To Peirce A Halfpenny With A Needle

41 Hat Tricks
41 To Produce Coloured Paper From A Hat
41 To Produce A Cannon Ball In A Hat
42 Finger Pushed Through A Hat
42 Mesmeric And Magnetic Tricks
42 The Magnetic Ruler
42 The Magic Wand
44 The Magnetic Umbrellas
44 The Magnetic Stick

45 Advanced Tricks
45 Fire Eating
45 The Sack Trick
45 A Bowl of Ink Changed Into A Bowl Of Clear Water Containing Fish
47 To Produce A Walking-Stick
47 To Produce A Barber's Pole
47 The Conjurer's Pistol
48 The Empty Bottle
48 To Get An Egg Into A Narrow-Necked Bottle Apparatus
49 The Multiplying Billiard Ball
49 The Diminishing Billiard Ball
49 To Produce A Bird In A Cage
51 The Trunk Mystery
51 To Balance An Egg On A Walking-Stick
51 To Pass A Sword Through A Person

52 Miscellaneous Tricks
52 The Vanishing Wand
52 The Magic Ring And Wand
53 To Produce An Omelette Without Eggs
53 The Vanishing Glass of Water
54 To Produce a Glass Of Water
54 To Boil Water In Paper
54 Magical Key and Ring
55 Magical Production of a Plant
55 The Travelling Thimble
56 An Optical Illusion With Money
56 An Optical Illusion With a Watch
56 Glove and Head
56 To Stick a Knife Through a Person's Finger
57 To Reproduce a Piece of Paper That Has Been Torn Up
57 The Magic Matchbox
59 To Change A Card Into A Flower
59 To Produce a Lighted Candle From The Pocket
59 To Catch Hoops On The Arms With The Thumbs Tied Together
59 The Trick Carrot
60 False Finger For Palming Or Producing
60 To Produce Yards Of Ribbon Or Paper From The Mouth
60 The Submissive Musical Box
61 To Suspend a Ball In The AIr, And Make It Run About Without Any Apparent Support

61 Tricks With Matches And Numerals
61 The Animated Match
62 To Multiply a Number of Matches
62 To Support A Glass On A Bridge Of Three Matches ,Each One Of Which Rests On A Glass Apparatus
62 To Lift Twelve Matches With One
62 To Form Four Trangles With Six Matches
63 The Walking Match

63 Shadowgraphy
64 Illustration O: five examples