Herrmanns Art Of Magic by Alexander Herrmann

Contents (from book): 3 Chapter I Introduction 4 The Dress 6 The Table 6 The Servante 7 The Wand 9 Chapter II Palming – Principles of Sleight of Hand Applicable to Small Objects 9 Palming 11 Le Tourniquet 11 The Finger Palm 12 The Reverse Palm 13 To Change a Coin 15 Chapter III Tricks With Coins 15 Magical Production of a Coin 15 Wandering Coin 16 A New Coin Fold 16 Coin and Candle 17 An Artful Conjurer 17 The Invisible Flight 18 Vanish for Duplicate 18 To Pass a Coin Through the Body 19 Swallowing Illusions 19 Coin and Lemons 20 The Pocket Vanish 21 Quarter vs Dime 21 To Pass a Coin Into an Ordinary Matchbox Held by One of the Spectators 21 Coin, Wine Glass and Paper Cone 22 Coins, Hat and Plate 23 To Vanish a Marked Coin from a Tumbler and Cause it to Appear in a Small Box, Wrapped in Paper in the Center of a Large Ball of Wool 24 To Vanish a Number of Coins from a Plate in a Sheet of Flames 24 Programme and Coin 27 Chapter IV Tricks With Handkerchiefs 27 Peregrinations of a Handkerchief 27 Handkerchief and Candle 28 To Vanish a Handkerchief and Product it From Your Collar 28 To Pass a Handkerchief Into the Pocket of a Spectator 29 To Fire a Handkerchief Into a Gentleman’s Hair 30 The Handkerchief Cabinet 31 The Handkerchief Vanisher 32 Magic Production of Handkerchiefs 34 Color Changing Handkerchiefs 37 Mechanical Pull for Vanishing a Handkerchief 38 The Flying Handkerchief 39 Brass Tube to Produce, Vanish, or Change a Handkerchief 42 Chapter V Tricks With Balls 42 Creation Manipulation, Multiplication and Annihilation of Billiard Balls 46 Billiard Balls and Basins 47 Color-Changing Billiard Balls 48 The Diminishing Billiard Balls 49 The Handkerchief Ball 50 The Dissolving Billiard Ball 51 Fancy Sleight With a Small Ball 51 Rouge et Noir 52 Ball, Handkerchief and Tumbler 54 Chapter VI Hat Tricks 57 Loading 58 The Magnetized Hat 60 To Produce a Number of Eggs From a Hat Held Crown Upwards 61 The Hat Incubator 63 Chapter VII Anti-Spiritualistic Tricks 63 The Climbing Ring 63 The Mysterious Name 64 Spirit Calculator 65 A New Postal Trick 66 New Slate Tricks 67 The Spirit Handkerchief 68 The Mysterious Communication 68 The Great Dictionary Trick – New Method 70 Long-Distance Second Sight 72 Chapter VIII Miscellaneous Tricks 72 Flash Paper 72 A New Fire Flash 73 Conjurer's Ammunition 73 Smoke from Two Empty Pipes 74 A New Fire-Eating Trick 74 Exploding Soap-Bubbles 74 Walnut Shells and Pea 75 The Garter Trick 76 The Tube and Ball 77 The Ubiquitous Thimble 79 The Multiplying Wand 79 The Restored Cut 80 The Mysterious Tambourine 81 The Bran and Dove Plates 82 The Wandering Beer 83 The Crystal Water Mystery 84 The Wizard's Breakfast 85 The Hydrostatic Tube 87 The Hydrostatic Tumbler 88 Watch, Glass and Handkerchief 89 Paper Cone, Watch, Rabbit and Boxes 91 Advertisements: for Wehman Bros. Books, to page 94