SECRETS OF MY MAGIC
By DAVID DEVANT
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION By S. H. SHARPE
CHAPTER I: CARD MAGIC
Misdirection of the SensesHow Cards are ForcedTricks
with Forcing CardsThe
Pass and the False ShufflePrepared
Card Packs.
CHAPTER II: CARD MAGIC (continued)
The Art of Palming Cards"Changing" a
Card-"La Carte Generale" and How it is
DoneSleights-of-HandThe Multitude of Cards Trick.
CHAPTER III: BILLIARD BALL MAGIC
Multiplication of Billiard BallsTransformation of Balls
into EggsBall and Egg
ProductionTransfers, Sleights and Apparatus Used in Ball
Conjuring.
CHAPTER IV: BILLIARD BALL MAGIC (continued)
How to Present a Billiard Ball IllusionMethod of WorkingThe
Cup and Balls
TrickTransforming Balls into Oranges.
CHAPTER V: FLOWER MAGIC
The Dream of the Dove IllusionFlower
MaterialisationProducing Blooms from
seedsThe Electric Conservatory and the Beast who turns into
a Prince
CHAPTER VI: OPENING ILLUSIONS
Producing a Rabbit from a Top HatThe Silver Ball TrickImportance
of DetailsHow
Maskelyne Began.
CHAPTER VII: MECHANICAL MAGIC
The Golliwog BallJuggling with MilkThe
Paper, Ribbon and Flag Trick explained.
CHAPTER VIII: FAMOUS ILLUSIONS REVEALED
The Mascot Moth or The Disappearing Lady"The
Magicians Heart""The Artists
Dream"The Man who turns into a Woman.
CHAPTER IX: MORE FAMOUS ILLUSIONS
Beau Brocade"The New Page-boy""The
Mystery of the Magic Mirror"
CHAPTER X: EGG MAGIC
An Abundance of EggsA Boy, a Girl and Some EggsHatching
a Chicken from an
EggThe Egg-bag Trick Improved.
CHAPTER XI: THE INDIAN ROPE TRICK
A Stage Version of this Mythical Illusion Presented and
Explained.
CHAPTER XII: MAGICAL MYSTERIES
The Window of the Haunted HouseThe Ink that
becomes Water"The Chocolate
Soldier" Illusion, or The Man who Diminishes
CHAPTER XIII: MORE MAGICAL MYSTERIES
Wines and Liqueurs from a Kettle"The Burmese
Gong" IllusionThe Magician who
Vanishes Himself
CHAPTER XIV: MAGICAL SKETCHES
St. Valentines Eve, or The Envelope which
becomes a Girl"The Enchanted Hive"
IllusionThe Great Ghost Trick
CHAPTER XV: MASTERPIECES OF MAGIC
Biff, or The Disappearing Motor-Cyclist"The
Gnomes Grot""The Educated Fly"
Illusion
CHAPTER XVI: MENTAL MAGIC
Thought-Reading ExtraordinaryThe Secrets of Mental
Magnetism"
Translucidation," or The Blindfold Letter-Reader
CHAPTER XVII: THREE UNPRODUCED ILLUSIONS
The Advent of Peter Pan "
Transformation""The Cage of Good Luck"
CHAPTER XVIII: CREATING AN ILLUSION
Ideas and EffectsA Novel Illusion"The Man who
Makes Money"Misrepresentation
CHAPTER XIX: SOME AWKWARD MOMENTS
In the Eyes of the LawAn Unexpected WettingThe
Gunpowder Plot
CHAPTER XX: MAGIC OF MY CONTEMPORARIES
A New Method for the Spirit Slatesby Oswald Williams
The Card and Tack Trickby Horace Goldin
Invisible Dyeby Douglas Dexter
A New" Thought-Wave" Experimentby H. Park
Shackleton
Surprising Finish to Cigarette Productionby Len Burnell
The Spirit Messageby G. W. Eade
£1000 Challenge Effectby Fred Hocking
A Tee Bee Effectby Tom Burnett
Misdirectionby Arthur Sherwood
CHAPTER XXI: MAGIC OF MY CONTEMPORARIES
(continued)
A. B. C. Watch and Card Trickby Herbert J. Collings
A Pack of Cardsby Graham Adams
The Caledonian Mysteryby W. Donald Forsyth
The Diminishing Card Trickby Edward Victor
The Indestructible Handkerchiefby Allen Benbow
The Torn Strip of Paperby Ralph Delvin
The Miracle Paperby Ellis Stanyon
Handkerchief, Tumbler and Flowersby Will Blyth
The Allottment By Vincent Dalban
Shopping by Wirelessby Ralph Chart
Blindfold Card Readingby George Johnson
The Vanity Bag Illusionby Cecil Lyle
The Presto Painting Mysteryby W. G. Stickland
The Optical Passby Chris Van Bern
New Spirit Message Effectby Oswald Rae
Coin and Card Divinationby Edward Bagshawe
The Multiple Laundry Mystery. By Kershaw Thomas
Tests of the Court Magicianby Francis White
Early Days of Magicby the late Charles Moritt
The Mystery of Asrahby Servais Le Roy
The Sunshade Trickby L. Davenport
APPENDIX: NOTES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONSERVATORY IN THE
ADVENT OF PETER PAN ILLUSION