magic no mystery

with numerous illustrations

Modern Magic by Sleight of Hand and Mechanism

• A CAPITAL ROPE TRICK.
• THE LITTLE GOLDEN HEAD ON THREE RINGS.
• A SIMPLE BIRD-SCARER.
• THE MAGIC WAND AND SANDALWOOD SANDALS.
• THE NEWSPAPER MASK.
• PARACHUTE AND DART.
• THE WONDROUS RESTORATION.
• THE CONJURER'S ILLUMINATION.
• COLOURED FLAMES.
• JAPANESE PAPER MATCHES.
• JAPANESE DAY FIREWORKS.
• LUMINOUS BUST.
• THE WONDERFUL ASCENDING GLOBES.
• IMPROVED "SPHINX" TABLE.
• THE AUTOMATON STATUE OF MEMNON.
• THE SYMPATHETIC EXECUTION.
• THE INSEPARABLE HEAD.
• THE CONJURER'S CANDLES.
• THE TELESCOPE OF POWER.
• A HANDKERCHIEF TRICK.
• THE DESTROYED HANDKERCHIEF RESTORED.
• THE PARADOX OP ASCENSION.
• THE "DAVENPORT" CABINET.
• THE GORDIAN KNOT UNLOOSED.
• THE CONJURER'S PAN.
• MAGIC TRAPS FOR HORIZONTAL AND PERPENDICULAR APPEARANCES.
• THE "VAMPIRE" TRAP
• THE "STAR" TRAP
• THE TRAP FOR SECRET APPEARANCE.
• LULU'S LEAP EXPLAINED.
• CATCHING A CANNON BALL.
• PROFESSOR ANDERSON'S MAGIO PORTFOLIO.
• THE CONJURER'S CANARY.
• THE CONJURER'S ORANGE-TREE.
• THE CONJURER'S POST OFFICE.
• THE DICE OF REVELATION.
• THE IMPENETRABLE SEALED BOX TRICK.
• THE CONJURER'S CLOCK.
• MUSICAL BOX MECHANISM.
• THE MECHANICAL TUMBLER
• THE MECHANICAL LEOTARD.
• THE MECHANICAL HARLEQUIN.
• THE MECHANICAL SHIP.
• THE BEWITCHED PALANQUIN.

Tricks with Cards

• THE THREE-CARD TRICK.
• THE TRICK OP THIRTY-ONE.
• THE CARD THAT CHANGES TO A FLOWER AT THE WORD OF COMMAND.
• THE OLD GRANDMOTHER'S TRICK—PUG UGLY, OR THE MAN THAT TOLD AGES.
• EUCHRE, OR YOUKER.
• PRICKING THE GARTER.
• CARDS AT LEAPFROG.
• "DOG" LOO.
• DROPPING THE PIGEON.
• THE CONJURER'S CARD-CASE.
• TO MAKE A CARD WHICH A PERSON HAS DRAWN DANCE ON A WALL.
• TO CHANGE A CARD LOCKED UP IN A BOX.
• GAMBLERS' PRETENDED WITCHCRAFT EXPOSED;
• THE FORCED CARD TRICK EXPOSED.
• BENDING, SHIFTING, TURNING, STEALING, &c.
• THE THREE JACKS.
• THE SELF-RESTORING CARD.
• PLAYING IN PARTNERSHIP.
• PLAYING BY SIGNS.
• BIG HANDS.
• THREE UP.
• HOW TO HOLD FOUR KINGS...
• TO CHANGE A CARD BY WORDS.
• WORKING THE TELEGRAPH.
• WHIST.
• STOCKING.
• COMING THE CHANGE.
• STOCKING TO CHANGE THE PACKS.
• PLAYING THREE AGAINST ONE.
• DECEPTIONS USED IN THE GAME OF ALL-FOURS.
• STEALING OUT.
• STOCKING.
• WATCHING THE TENS.
• TURNING JACKS EVERY DEAL.
• CHANGING PACKS.
• THE CONJURER'S CARD CHANGING FROM A FIVE TO A FOUR.
• THE OBEDIENT CARDS AND THE WREATH OP FLOWERS.
• THE MYSTERIOUS BOUQUET.

Deceptions with Dice, Thimblerig, etc.

• LOADED DICE.
• COGGING, NOW CALLED SECURING.
• DESPATCHER.
• SCRATCHED DICE.
• "THE DOCTOR DICE-BOX."
• UNEQUAL DICE.
• TABLE WITH THE HOLLOW LEG, &c.
• SPRING TABLES.
• THE PULLEY.
• THE BITERS BIT.
• THE GAME OF THIMBLERIG.
• A STORY IN ILLUSTRATION.
• ALL FAIR ABOVE BOARD.

Miscellaneous Magic

• INSTRUMENT TO IMITATE THE VOICES OF ANIMALS.
• THE MUSICAL KALEIDOSCOPE.
• ECHO LINES ON AN UNPOPULAR M.P.
• CURIOUS PROBLEMS.
• FREEZING WATER IN A RED-HOT VESSEL.
• PRACTICAL PUZZLES.
• HOW TO MAKE A MAGIC MIRROR.
• OF WOMEN. By JANS BIFRONS.
• THE EVERLASTING SOAP BUBBLE.
• SENSATIONAL PIANO PLAYING.
• A NATURAL TIMEPIECE.
• RIDDLE.
• ANAGRAMMATICAL FANS.
• A CURIOUS LOVE LETTER.
• CURIOUS SONG OP A LOVER TO HIS SWEETHEART.
• CURT LETTERS
• A PUGILIST'S LOVE-LETTER.
• A "GRAMMATICAL" LOVE-LETTER.
• MAYBE YOU DOUBT IT.
• CONDENSED READINGS.
• HOW TO WIN IN A SPIDER RACE.
• THE ALPHABET OF 1800.
• THE OBEDIENT COURIER.
• THE YEAR OF ILL-OMEN.
• HOW TO CUT A HAIR.
• DIORAMIC PICTURES.
• STORM-GLASSES.
• THE ARTFUL SOLDIERS.
• TO TELL THE WEIGHT OP AN OX BY MEASUREMENT.
• AMBIGUOUS POEM ON THE LADIES.
• TO TELL ANY ONE'S AGE.
• THE COMIC PLATOON-FIRE.
• MAGIC BALLS FOUND IN A CANNON-BALL IN A HAT.
• TO BE INVISIBLE TO THE AUDIENCE, THOUGH UNMASKED AND BEARING A LIGHT.
• WONDERFUL APPEARANCE OF MARKS UPON THE HAND, SENT THROUGH A TABLE.
• MULTIPLICATION OF FLAGS.
• THE ACROBATIC FEATHER.
• THE RING FOUND IN AN EGG.
• SPONTANEOUS GROWTH OP A SLOWER.
• ROBERT HOUDIN'S WATCH TRICK.
• THE SIAMESE DOLLAR AND CREESE TRICK.
• MAGICIAN'S BOTTLES FOR HOLDING BIRDS, &c.
• CARD-PRINTING-ON A HANDKERCHIEF WITH A PISTOL-SHOT.
• THE CARD STUDDED WITH PINS.
• TO STAND BEFORE A CANNON-SHOT.
• TRICKS AT DOMINOES.
• RESTORATION OP A TORN-UP COAT.
• THE TAGLIONI CARD.
• THE CARD OP REVELATION.
• THE MARVELLOUS LEMON-TREE.
• THE MAGIC CARD-BOTTLE.
• COMIC MAGNETISM.
• WRITING IN SNUFF THE NAME OF A CHOSEN CARD.
• THE CELEBRATED RING, GLOVE, NUT, AND EGG TRICK.
• THE BITER BIT.

Mysterious Magic

• ILLUSIONS OF TOUCH.
• THE JUGGLER AND THE PAINTER.
• COMUS'S CHAMPION CARD TRICK.
• A SIMPLE COIN TRICK.
• CURIOUS NAPOLEONIC PROPHECY.
• COMICALITIES OF SOUND.
• MYSTERIOUS REVOLVING DISC.
• THE BEWITCHED HANDKERCHIEF.
• A MAGICIAN'S ADVENTURE, WITH EXPLANATIONS.
• CHINESE MAGNETIC CHARIOTS.
• ARTIFICIAL MAGNETS.
• "TOP AND BOTTOM" DICE TRICK.
• TO BREAK A STONE WITH A BLOW OP THE FIST.
• THE OBSERVANT CONJURER.
• THE MAGIC DUTCH BALLS.
• THE ELEPHANT TRICK IN SIAM.
• THE PHYSIOGNOTYPE.
• THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE INDIAN TRICK OF ANIMATED DOLLS.
• ANIMAL MESMERISM.
• MAGICAL TRICK WITH A GASLIGHT.
• THE MAGIC DOUBLE GLOBE.
• A WONDERFUL SLEIGHT-OF-HAND FEAT.
• THE FAMOUS OLIVIER'S COIN TRICK.
• MAGICAL WAY TO TELL THE DISTANCE OP THUNDER.
• THE MYSTERIOUS DANGERS.
• BULLOCK'S AUTOMATON SOOTHSAYER.
• TO SPIN INDIA-RUBBER.
• ROBERT HOUDIN'S AUTOMATA.
• TRICKS WITH WORDS.
• TAUTOLOGICAL TRIBUTE.
• NUMERAL EPITAPH.
• BARNUM THE SHOWMAN'S TRIOS.
• PECULIARITIES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
• THE UNDECIDED QUESTION.
• HOW TO RAISE A LAUGH.
• TRIUMPH OF ALLITERATION.
• ABBREVIATED BUSINESS LETTER.
• WEATHER WISDOM.
• CATCHING- THE CONJURER.
• A SPIRITUALISTIC CONCERT.
• SPORT WITH COLOURED WAFERS.
• HOW THE AMATEUR CONJURER JUGGLED AWAY A MAN.
• THE CONJURER'S LAST JOKE.
• CAN YOU GUESS.
• TO JUDGE OP WEIGHTS.
• HORTICULTURAL TRICK.
• TURTLE CLOVES.

The Mystery of Magic Writing

• THE MYSTERY OP SECRET WRITING.
• VERGENNES' WONDERFUL CARDS.
• THE TRITHEMEAN SYSTEMS.
• PORTA AND CYPHER WRITING.
• CIRCULAR CYPHERS.
• MUSICAL CIRCULAR CIPHER.
• PORTA'S INDECIPHERABLE ALPHABET.
• CIPHERS OF BLAISE DE VIGENERE.
• THE BEAD TELEGRAPH.
• LORD BACON'S CIPHERS.
• THE CIPHER OF LUNEBURG SELENUS.
• CARDAN'S CRYPTOGRAPH.
• THE MNEMONIC CIPHER.
• THE CIPHER OP MIRABEAU.
• CIPHER IN PUNCTUATION-MARKS.
• VIGENERE'S METHOD.
• CIPHER DICTIONARY.
• THE CIPHERED CIPHER.
• THE ANNULLING CIPHER.
• THE SLOW BUT SURE CIPHER.
• CIPHER BY BOOKS.
• TENNYSONIAN AND SHAKESPEARIAN CIPHERS.
• CIPHER BY A PACK OP CARDS.
• DEGREMPS' RIBBON WRITING.
• INTERMIXED CIPHER AND NULL WORDS.
• HERMANN'S IMPENETRABLE CIPHER.
• PASIGRAPHY.
• HIEROGLYPHICAL CIPHERS.
• A CURIOSITY IN CIPHER.
• VARIATION.
• THE FRENCH WAR CIPHER.
• CIPHER IN FRENCH.
• CIPHERS IN ENGLISH.
• CIPHERS IN ITALIAN.
• CIPHERS IN SPANISH.
• CIPHERS IN GERMAN.
• THE UNRAVELMENT OP CIPHERS.
• INVISIBLE OR SYMPATHETIC INKS.
• INK TO BE WETTED WITH WATER.
• INVISIBLE INKS.
• INGENIOUS CONCEALMENT OP WRITING.
• FLORAL CIPHERS.

The Mystery of Training Animals

• THE MYSTERY OF TRAINING ANIMALS.
• THE TRICK OF TELLING THE AGE, THE HOUR, &c
• TOBY AND OTHER LEARNED PIGS.
• DOGS OF MONTARGIS AND OTHER CANINES.
• "THE DOG OF MONTARGIS".
• TRAINING OF WILD ANIMALS.
• TRAINED MONKEYS.
• TRAINED DEER.
• THE TRAINING OF BIRDS TO SING.
• TEACHING BIRDS TO TALK.
• TAMING AND TRICK TEACHING.
• THE INDUSTRIOUS PLEAS.
• TRAINED ELEPHANTS AND OTHER WILD FOWL.

Text: Magic no Mystery, edited by W.H. Cremer