| preface |
| introduction |
| questions and answers for the beginning magician |
| terms and miscellaneous information you should know |
| notes on construction |
| classic magic tricks |
| chinese rice bowls |
| the dollar bill in the lemon |
| chinese wands |
| the chinese rings |
| rope and bottle trick |
| the drumhead tube |
| the inexhaustible hat |
| the cut and restored turban |
| dyeing the silks |
| card on the ribbon penetration |
| the vanishing bowl of water |
| coin in the box |
| card magic |
| you do as I do |
| the rising cards |
| the four aces |
| reverso |
| the lazy location |
| muscle reading |
| you're the magician |
| the twentieth card |
| double reverse |
| the telltale card |
| one-way deck principle |
| "think "stop" |
| elimination |
| the impossible location |
| on forcing |
| no-skill card force |
| mental magic |
| second sight with cards |
| "numbers, numbers" |
| table divination |
| fingers that see |
| the great telephone trick |
| one ahead |
| magic squares |
| finding hidden objects |
| x-ray eyes |
| super memory |
| close-up magic |
| vanishing small objects |
| handkerchief vanish |
| paper-fold vanish |
| the coin pull |
| silk pull |
| cigarette pull |
| the rising cigarette |
| ring on string |
| the phantom cigarette |
| string and straw trick |
| paddle trick |
| paddle variation #1 |
| paddle variation #2 |
| the great matchbox escape |
| squash |
| miscellaneous magic |
| ring on the rope mystery |
| the paper tree |
| comedy flower growth |
| the cornucopia vanish |
| the magic mouse |
| snip-snip |
| wand from purse |
| the vanishing wand |
| production tubes |
| instant silk |
| super instant silk |
| the rising pencil |
| gloves to bouquet |
| vanishing gloves |
| flowers from nowhere |
| silk through glass |
| the restored necklace |
| the stamp-album trick |
| an easy production box |
| the penetrating silk |
| continuous cigarette produ |
| two-handed instant knot |
| snap knot |
| one-handed knot |
| chalk mark through the table |
| quick tricks |
| the rising ring |
| wood through steel |
| the indestructible handkerchief |
| the clinging wand |
| the rising matchbox |
| Ralph Read's tapping pencil |
| steel through steel |
| the rising match |
| the divining stone |
| an easy coin vanish |
| a unique way to reveal a chosen card |
| the broken and restored match |
| the invisible lasso |
| the rolling cigarette |
| twin matches |
| pulse stopping |
| the standing pencil |
| stunts |
| clipped |
| relit |
| how to draw a perfect star |
| how to float a needle on a glass of water |
| the presliced banana |
| how to empty a bottle faster than anyone else can |
| the rising arm trick |
| room for one more |
| cutting a pair the hard way |
| the mouse |
| shadography |
| chapeaugraphy |
| the great magicians past and present |
| books of special interest |
| glossary |