Magic by Ellis Stanyon

A great little book from a great author. It is similar in style to the Hoffmann trilogy, though not as exhaustive. It covers the spectrum from little table tricks to grand illusions.

1st edition, 1901, Penn Publishing Company; 244 pages.

5. Preface
11. I. Introduction
    14. The Dress
    15. The Table
    16. The Servante
    18. The Wand
    19. Concluding Observations
26. II. Principles of Sleight of Hand Applicable to Small Objects
    26. Palming
    29. Le Tourniquet
    29. The Finger Palm
    31. To Change a Coin
33. III. Tricks with Coins
    33. Magical Production of a Coin
    33. A New Coin Fold
    34. Coin and Candle
    35. The Invisible Flight
    36. Vanish for Duplicate
    36. To Pass a Coin Through the Body
    38. Swallowing Illusions
    38. Coin and Lemons
    40. The Pocket Vanish
    41. To Pass a Coin into an Ordinary Matchbox held by One of the Spectators
    42. Coin, Wine-Glass, and Paper Cone
    43. Coins, Hat, and Plate
    45. To Vanish a Marked Coin From a Tumbler and Cause it to Appear in a Small Box, Wrapped in Paper, in the Centre of a Large Ball of Wool
    46. To Vanish a Number of Coins from a Plate in a Sheet of Flame
    47. Programme and Coin
    51. Filtrated Coin
    52. The Penetrating Coin
    54. Coin in the Bottle
57. IV. Tricks with Handkerchiefs
    57. Peregrinations of a Handkerchief
    57. Handkerchief and Candle
    59. To Vanish a Handkerchief and Produce it from your Collar
    59. To Pass a Handkerchief into the Pocket of a Spectator
    60. To Fire a Handkerchief into a Gentleman's Hair
    63. The Handkerchief Cabinet
    65. The Handkerchief Vanisher
    66. Magical Production of Handkerchiefs
    70. Color-changing Handkerchiefs
    74. Mechanical "Pull" for Vanishing a Handkerchief
    76. The Flying Handkerchief
    78. Brass Tube to Produce, Vanish, or Change a Handkerchief
    82. Disappearing Handkerchief
    84. Handkerchief from Tissue Paper
    85. The New Cylinders and Handkerchief Trick
    87. The Handkerchief Burned and Restored
93. V. Tricks with Balls
    93. Creation, Manipulation, Multiplication, and Annihilation of Billiard Balls
    93. Creation
    94. Manipulation
    98. Multiplication
    99. Annihilation
    101. Billiard Balls and Basins
    102. Color-Changing Billiard Balls
    103. The Change to White
    104. The Change to Black
    104. The Diminishing Billiard Balls
    106. The Handkerchief Ball
    107. The Dissolving Billiard Ball
    108. Fancy Sleight with a Small Ball
    110. Rouge et Noir
    111. Ball, Handkerchief, and Tumbler
114. VI. Hat Tricks
     119. Loading
     120. The Magnetized Hat
     125. To Produce a Number of Eggs from a Hat held Crown upward
127. VII. Anti-Spiritualistic Tricks
     127. The Climbing Ring
     128. The Mysterious Name
     129. A New Postal Trick
     130. New Slate Tricks
     133. The Spirit Handkerchief
     135. The Mysterious Communication
     136. The Great Dictionary Trick (New Method)
     138. Long-Distance Second Sight
142. VIII. After Dinner Tricks
     142. The Chinese Cross
     144. The Floating Metal Disc
     146. The Balanced Coins
     147. Mutilated Cigarette Paper
     151. To Read the Whole of the Cards in a Pack just Shuffled (New Method)
     153. Balancing Feats
     155. Walnut Shells and Pea
     156. The Restored Cut
     157. The Garter Trick
159. IX. Miscellaneous Tricks
     159. Flash Paper
     160. A New Fire Flash
     161. Conjurer's Ammunition
     162. Smoke from Two Empty Pipes
     162. Fire-eating Trick
     163. Exploding Soap-bubbles
     164. The Tube and Ball
     166. The Ubiquitous Thimble
     169. The Mysterious Tambourine
     171. The Bran and Dove Plates
     173. The Wandering Stout
     175. A Crystal Water Mystery
     177. The Wizard's Breakfast
     180. The Hydrostatic Tube
     183. The Hydrostatic Tumbler
     185. Paper Cone, Watch, Rabbit, and Boxes
     188. The Magical Production of Flowers
     195. Magic Incubation
     198. The Wizard's Omelet
     199. The Wonderful Production of Ribbons at the Finger-Tips
     200. Japanese Bird Vanish
     202. New Fire Trick
     203. The Ring on the Wand
     204. Disappearing Glass of Water
     207. Anti-Gravity Wand
209. X. Stage Tricks
     209. Aerial Suspension
     214. New Vanishing Performer Illusion
     216. The Blue Room
     223. Levitation
     225. The Saratoga Trunk Mystery
228. XI. Shadowgraphy