Wood, J.G.: The Boy's Modern Playmate ©1891 Frederick Warne and Co. Hardcover, no dj, 816 pages

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Comments: A book of Sports, Games and Pastimes.

Contents (only details of the magic section listed):

v Preface
vi Note To the Revised Edition

1 Outdoor Games

151 Indoor Games

184 Evening Parlour Games

207 Ventriloquism, Mesmerism, Conjuring, Puzzlers

207 Ventriloquism
208 The Theory of Ventriloquism
210 No. I The Voice In The Closet
214 No. II
215 Polyphonic Imitations
215 Mesmerism

218 Parlour Magic
218 Card Tricks
218 Making the Pass
219 Forcing A Card
219 The Long Card
220 Guessing A Card Thuoght Of
221 To Tell A Card By Smelling It
221 To Tell All The Cards Without Seeing Them
222 To Tell A Card Thought Of
223 To Change A Card By Word Of Command
223 Twin-Card Trick
223 Magic Tea-Caddies
224 The Vanishing Card
224 To Tell The Number Of Cards By Weight
224 To Produce A Mouse From A Pack Of Cards
225 To Send A Card Through A Table
225 To Knock All The Cards From A Person's Hand Except The Chosen One
226 Another Clever Card Trick
226 To Tell The Name Of A Card Thought Of
226 To Tell The Names Of All The Cards By Their Weights
227 The Queen's Dig For Diamonds
227 Mysterious Disappearance Of the Knave Of Spades

228 Sleight-Of-Hand Tricks, &c.
228 A Cheap Way Of Being Generous
228 The Famous Mountebank Trick
229 Bringing Coloured Ribbons From The Mouth
229 Catching Money From The Air
230 How To Fire A Loaded Pistol At The Hand Withoug Hurting It
230 Curious Watch Trick
230 The Magic Funnel
231 The Flying Shilling
231 Plumes For The Ladies
232 The Borrowed Shilling In The Worsted Ball
232 The Ink And Fish Trick
232 Silver Changed To Gold - Flying Money
233 The Twenty Halfpence Trick
233 The Mysterious Bag
233 To Make A Sixpence Disappear At Command
234 Palming
234 Evanescent Money
235 The Winged Sixpence
235 The Aerial Coin
235 The Magic Rings: Chinese Linking Rings
236 The Traversing Ring
236 The Cooking Hat
236 An Aviary In A Hat
237 A Bank-Note Concealed In A Candle
237 The Doll Trick
238 To Pass A Shilling, Or Other Small Article, Through A Table
239 The Cup And Halfpence
239 The Shower of Sugarplums
240 To Remove An Egg From One Wine-Glass To Another Without Touching Either The Egg Or The Glasses
240 The Egg In The Bag
240 To Fix A Penknife By Its Point In The Ceiling, And Afterwards Place A Shilling So Exactly Under It That When Dislodged By Striking The Ceiling The Knife Shall Fall On The Shilling
241 To Produce A Cannon-Ball From A Hat

241 Puzzles
242 The Numerical Puzzle
242 The Cage And Ball
243 The Balls And Rings
244 The 15 and 34 Puzzles
244 The Staff Puzzle
245 The Six-Square Puzzle
245 The Victoria Puzzle
246 The Artillery Puzzle

247 Athletic Sports, Accomplishments, Etc.

387 The Young Workman

468 Sports

527 Home Pets

581 Science

744 Arts

755 Games of Skill, Etc.

798 Riddles, Acrostics, Etc.

811 Answers to Questions