Greater Magic

(see also additional material from the 1994 edition)

Written by John Northern Hilliard

1938
Work of Various

1005 pages (Hardcover), published by Carl Waring Jones
Illustrated with drawings by Harlan Tarbell.
Language: English

(806 entries)

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Unknown The Master of the Playing Cards brief history & information about playing cards
Related to 1
Unknown Riffle-Shuffle Positioning of Crimped Card near top
 6
Unknown How to Make the Fan
10
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin Diminishing Cards fans
 12
Unknown The Reverse Fan
13
Unknown The Giant Fan
16
Unknown Butt Shuffle brief, no details
 17
Unknown The One-Hand Fan
19
Unknown Vanish and Recovery brief
 20
Unknown The Fan "Steal" from packet in hand in preparation for production
 21
Unknown Fan Shuffle as false shuffle
 25
Unknown The Fan Location: By Means of the Regular Fan
Related to 27
Unknown By Means of the Reversed Fan "a favorite of Vernon and Horowitz"
 28
George Pughe The Third Fan Location card is crimped as spectator removes it from fan
 30
Unknown The Peek two methods
 32
Unknown Heel Break
33
Paul LePaul A "Side-Steal" Location
34
Unknown The Pick-up Location End Grip Transfer
 34
Unknown The Push Location Tap Injog
 35
Unknown The Push-Back Location setting injog when placing two halves together
 36
Tom Sellers Another Push Location key next to free selection
 36
Unknown The "Slap" Location drop injog when two packets are placed together
Related to 36
Unknown The Slip Location placing key under spread next to selection
 38
Unknown A Reversed Card Discovery spectator pushes reversed card next to selection
 40
Unknown The Shuffle Location jog-shuffle
 41
Unknown The Crimp Location - First Method. (With both hands) in the spread
 46
Yank Hoe Location with Crimp magician inserts card
 47
Unknown Second Method. (With one hand) as card is pushed in deck
 49
Unknown Third Method. (With both hands) as card is pushed in deck, "End Crimp"
 50
Dr. James William Elliott Fourth Method. (With both hands) crimp in middle of short side
 51
Sid Lorraine Addition to Elliott's Crimp nail nick
 52
Dai Vernon Dai Vernon Subtlety distant crimped key card, bridge during tabled cut
 52
Unknown Fifth Method. (Card control by means of the crimp) crimping bottom section
 53
Theodore Annemann Sixth Method. (Crimp and table spread) crimped distant key
 55
Jack Merlin Jack Merlin Crimp Technique crimping selection while pushing spread forward
 57
Jack Merlin Jack Merlin Wax Technique
57
John Scarne Seventh Method. (The "Snap" crimp)
57
John Scarne Scarne Ridge Technique
59
Unknown Crimp Location Trick card inserted next to selection, or two sandwich cards around selection
 59
Ben Erens, Henry Gordien, Louis Zingone Nicking the Edge of a Card three methods by those three people of nicking a selection, one with pencil
 61
Unknown Nail-Pricking the Surface of a Card
63
Unknown "It's Up to You" using nail pricking
 64
Unknown The Knife-Blade Detection scratching the face
 65
Unknown The Pencil-Line Detection one-way via edge mark
Related to 65
Unknown The Daub Location
66
Al Baker A Problem in Plumbago stacked and daub
 67
Unknown Carbon-Paper Daub & Carrying Daub tips
 69
Unknown "Golden Glow" Daub
70
John Scarne Ace-Cutting four packets cut to and dropped, top Ace turns over, daubed edge
Variations 72
Dai Vernon Daub Application with Cardcase
72
Unknown Air Pressure Turnover brief
 72
Unknown Newspaper-Piece Daub
73
Paul Rosini A Problem in the Fourth Dimension daub
 74
Unknown The Warring Principle permanent metal tab at card
 77
Unknown Removable Metal Clip adaption of The Warring Principle
 78
Unknown Crescent Locator Card piece cut out and glued on card
 78
Unknown Double Locator Card Court Loator Card ("Master Card") and Pip Locator Card, pieces glued on card
 79
Unknown Silk Locator Card
79
Unknown Eclipse Locator Card shallow card glued on normal card
 79
Alfred Caroselli Celluloid Key Card transparent celluloid card as locator card
 80
U. F. Grant Reversed Key Card The "Whoops!" Control
VariationsAlso published here 81
Unknown Off-Tone Key Card Sun-Marked Key Card
Worn-Back Key Card
 81
Unknown The Inked Card
82
Unknown Double-Backed Key Card
83
Unknown The Divided Pack: The Red and Black Location with note of mixed-suit separation
 85
Unknown Color Separation while looking through the deck
 86
Unknown Red-Black Riffle Shuffle
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Unknown The Odd and Even Location
88
Charles T. Jordan The Improved Odd and Even Location
88
Unknown The "Reversible" Location using one-way feature of faces
 88
Unknown The Bottom Card Location featuring several key card placements and strategies:
Joker Discard to Locate Key
Face-Dwon Ribbon-Spread Key Placement
Face-Up Ribbon Spread Key Placement
Deal-Down Key Placement
Distant Key Card
Cardcase Load of Key Card
 90
John Northern Hilliard Experiment in Mind Reading key and shiner
 92
Jardine Ellis Reducing Mirror
93
Unknown Shuffling with a Key Card
94
Unknown The Top Card Location key card starts on top
 95
Unknown The Top and Bottom Location having two key cards
 96
Unknown Shuffling despite Key Cards
  • The Overhand Shuffle
  • The Dovetail Shuffle
 96
Unknown The Master Card Location two key cards, spectator riffle shuffles
 97
Unknown The New Pack Location key card tricks using new pack order
 99
Unknown The Perfect Card Trick full deck stack
 100
Charles T. Jordan Interlocking Chain Principle
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Unknown Reverse Order Location
101
Unknown Under Which King, Bezonian? card predicted on billet
 102
Unknown The Incomprehensible Detection full stack
 103
Unknown The "Slick Ace" and Some Tricks Therewith information about the slick ace principle
 105
Unknown, Frank Lane "The Master Card" handling of slick aces, four methods (in the hands and on the table)
 109
Unknown Trick Wherein a Packet's Number of Cards is Divined
113
Dai Vernon Trick Wherein a Card is Thrust Beside a Predicted Card two methods, one by Vernon
 113
Unknown Footnote on "Slick Ace" Principle
117
Rupert Slater, John Northern Hilliard Mutus, Nomen, Dedit, Cocis pairs honestly shuffled and switched for duplicates in order ready for deal
Variations 120
Mahendra The Miracle Divination - The Problem of the Three Coins three coins are pocketed by three spectators, performer divines them
Variations 128
S.S. Blodgett The Problem of the Four Aces four aces are pocketed by four spectators, performer divines them
 136
Unknown The Problem of the Three Poker Chips three chips are pocketed by three spectators, performer divines them
 139
Sam Leo Horowitz The Twenty-Five Card Trick twenty-five duplicates
Related toVariations 142
Sam Leo Horowitz The Mystery of the Penthouse four distributed Jacks come together with one cut
Related to 145
Unknown Bottom Card Jog bottom card injogged with first finger under deck, step 27
Related to 149
Al Baker The Incomprehensible Divination Row of Ten Cards, see original longer introduction on page 1128
 150
Al Baker Another Baker Twist on the old Ten-Card Trick Row of Ten Cards
 153
Ralph W. Hull Magic Number Revealment Row of Ten Cards
Also published here 154
Unknown A Matter of Debit and Credit "I have as many cards as you have, and enough....", magician twice divines correct number of cut off cards
Variations 157
Dai Vernon Overhand Shuffle Positioning of Four Cards context (OOSOOM setting?)
 164
John Northern Hilliard Cards. The Best Kind to Use
164
Unknown To Keep Certain Cards in View overhand and basic riffle shuffle methods for:
1. The bottom card
2. The top card
3a. A number of cards (jog shuffle)
3b. A number of cards (lift shuffle)
 165
G. W. Hunter To Retain the Whole Paock in a Certain Order: 1a. By means of the overhand shuffle
Variations 167
Unknown 1b. By means of the overhand shuffle
167
Unknown 2a. By means of the riffle shuffle "zarrow" type
 169
Unknown 2b. The inverted V Shuffle "zarrow" type
 169
Charlier 3. The Hay-mow or Charlier false shuffle
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Unknown 4. The weave or Greek shuffle
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Unknown 5a. The push through
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Unknown 5b. The strip out
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Unknown 6. False riffle shuffle
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Unknown 7. Red and black location featuring Jordan's false shuffle, Telltale Color glimpse of odd-backed card
 174
Unknown False Cuts on the Table: a. Three Cuts on the Table
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Unknown b. Three Cuts to the Table
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Unknown c. Multiple Cuts on the Table
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Arthur Finley d. Three Cuts
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Unknown e. Two Cuts to the Table straight cut
 177
Unknown f. Three Cuts on the Table
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Unknown g. Running Cut
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Unknown a. Three Cuts in the Hand (Riffle-Shuffle Grip)
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Unknown b. Three Cuts in the Hand (Riffle-Shuffle Grip)
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Unknown c. Three Cuts in the Hand (Hindu-Shuffle Grip)
181
Unknown The Pass information about practicing, covering and delaying the pass (via end crimp)
 182
Unknown The Herrmann Pass
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Unknown Wandering Jacks Fragment jacks from middle to top and bottom
 185
Unknown The "Bluff" Pass
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Unknown Substitutes for the Pass: I. Misdirection Mahatma Overhand Shuffle Control
 186
Unknown The Hindu Shuffle genuine shuffle and as single/multiple card control
 187
Unknown The Optical Shuffle back-and-forth false shuffle applied to card control
 189
Unknown The Break and Shuffle overhand
 189
Sam Leo Horowitz The Fan selection is controlled via jog, with finesse by Horowitz
Related to 190
Unknown The Force Advice on the Classic Force
 191
Stanley Collins Contingency Correction as an out for the classic force
Related to 193
Jean Hugard The Handkerchief Force
Variations 195
John Scarne Forcing Cards Behind the Back
196
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser To Force any Number from One to Eight
196
Stewart Judah A Card Force
Also published here 197
Unknown A Psychological Force
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Unknown To Force the Number 9
198
Unknown To Force the Second Card of a Row of Four
198
Unknown For Forcing One of Two Cards or Piles on the Table
199
Unknown A Psychological Force miracle if ace of hearts is named
 199
Unknown Modern Methods of Palming Cards - An imperceptible method of palming the top card(s)
199
Judson Cole, Jean Hugard The Top Card, One Hand Only
200
Morris Loewy The Top Card with Left Hand Only
201
Tenkai Ishida Palming One Card. Tankai's Method "Tenkai"
Related toVariations 202
Unknown A Number of Cards left thumb pushes up, possible Horowitz credit on page 1105
Related to 203
John Northern Hilliard Holding a Break in the Pack
204
Unknown The Base of the Thumb Break greek break
 204
Unknown With the First Joint of the Middle Finger flesh break
 204
Unknown One-Hand Pass from Flesh Break on the Deal very brief
 204
Sam Leo Horowitz Holding the Break After a Spectator Peeks at a Card
205
Capt. J.E. Stone Switching the Pack: I. Using Well in Table
Related to 206
Capt. J.E. Stone II. Using a Hat and Blindfold
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Capt. J.E. Stone III. Using a Handkerchief and Coat Pocket
Related to 207
Capt. J.E. Stone IV. Using a Cardcase and Coat Pocket
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Capt. J.E. Stone V. To Exchange Decks During a Trick two methods
 207
Capt. J.E. Stone VI. Using a Prepared Cardcase deck shell
 208
John Northern Hilliard Final Observations and Caution
209
Unknown One Hand: a. Dealing face upwards
Related to 209
Unknown One Hand: b. Dealing face downwards
210
Dai Vernon By Means of a Faked Card hole in top card
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John Northern Hilliard Caution
211
Unknown With One Hand: a. Dealing face upwards
211
Unknown With One Hand: b. Dealing face downwards
212
Unknown A Chosen Card Is Discovered at Any Selected Number bottom deal
 212
Tenkai Ishida The Tenkai Color Change
212
Sam Leo Horowitz The Horowitz Color Change
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Sam Leo Horowitz The Fan Steal
214
Unknown Reversing Whole Pack - 1st Method
215
Unknown Reverse Sleight center to bottom
 216
Unknown 2nd Method
216
Unknown A Fan Reverse
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Unknown The Elbow Catch
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Unknown A Card Juggle throwing deck from behind shoulder and kicking it upwards with shoe
 218
Unknown Passing a Card Through the Crown of a Derby Hat
219
Unknown A True Cut with One Hand as in Erdnase
Related to 219
Dai Vernon A Flourish Count
220
Unknown "Butting" or Interweaving the Cards
220
Theodore Annemann New Finishes for Card Tricks: 1. Card Dropping all cards except selection drops out of performer's hand
 223
Unknown New Finishes for Card Tricks: 2. Adaption of the "Spring" Flourish cards are sprung in air singly, card at certain position caught
 224
Henry Gordien Card under the Napkin
224
Unknown A Card Changes in the Spectator's Hand
225
Unknown Revealed by Fire name of selected card appears on card in flash of fire
 226
Unknown The Spectator Does it All cards are put in pocket and one selected, performer divines number of pocketed cards and selection
 226
Unknown A Mental Discovery - First Method by dealing
 227
Unknown A Mental Discovery - Second Method by spelling spectator's name
 229
Fred Heaman The Lie Detector (A Mental Discovery - Third Method)
229
Unknown Bottom Card Glimpse brief
 229
Unknown Card Through Hat
230
Nate Leipzig The Flying Card when doing waterfall flourish, only selection drops to floor
 231
Unknown Card in the Matchbox duplicate
 231
Max Holden A Master Card Trick selection appears at predicted number
 232
Unknown End Crimp
233
Carl Waring Jones The Three Pile Trick spectator notes position of mentally selected card, first card is key card
Variations 234
Unknown The Salt Trick deck divides at selected card
Also published here 237
Unknown A Good Impromptu Trick value of top card is used to count down to selection
 237
William H. McCaffrey A Self Working Trick using a no-touch force
 237
John Northern Hilliard A "Think Stop" Trick
Variations 239
Unknown Trick with Two Packs forcing two cards previously reversed in second pack
 239
Unknown A Joker Trick
240
John Northern Hilliard A Few Words Anent the Joker uses of joker in pack
 241
Unknown The Aces and the Criminal aces sandwich selection
Related to 241
Unknown Obedient Cards
242
John Northern Hilliard Final Suggestions about impromptu tricks
 242
Unknown The Fadeaway Cards plunger-pushing back forth a packet through deck until one remains
Also published here 243
Unknown A Miracle Discovery hands off key card placement
 246
Unknown Top Card Glimpse when looking at bottom card
 246
Al Saal The New Torn Corner Card pieces placed in handkerchief transform in note with message, other card becomes restored card
 248
Capt. J.E. Stone The Stabbed Card. New Version with darts on table
 251
Unknown Card in Pocket. I performer finds spectator's card and vice versa
 253
William H. McCaffrey Card in the Pocket. II
Related to 255
Unknown Showing Trouser Pocket Empty
255
Paul Rosini Two Card Location two cards are caught on fingertips (friction toss)
 256
Unknown Rub a Dub Vanish
256
Paul Rosini Saliva Sorcery. I peeked at card disappears and reappears reversed
 258
Paul Rosini Saliva Sorcery. II card vanishes from packet and reappears in pocket
Variations 260
Unknown The Magic Thrust. I spectator pushes card reversed next to selection behind back
 261
Al Baker The Magic Thrust. II spectator pushes card reversed next to selection behind back
 262
Theodore Annemann The Magic Thrust. III spectator pushes card reversed between two selections behind back
 264
Theodore Annemann, Jean Hugard Relativity and Cards signed, one in pocket of performer, one in pocket by spectator
Related to 265
Unknown Two Card Reverse
267
George G. Kaplan The "Impossible" Location clever
Related to 269
Unknown "You Do as I Do" - A. The Sympathetic Cards stacked
 270
Unknown B. A Second Example with a Prearranged Deck
272
Unknown C. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Part I
275
Unknown Wax Card
275
Unknown C. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Part 2 do as i do with thought of cards
 277
Unknown D. Variation Without the Use of a Waxed Card
278
Unknown E. Domination of Thought three versions
 279
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser F. The "J.N.H." Method
281
Rolland Hamblen Do As I Do
281
Unknown Prearrangement of Packs Eight Kings
 283
George G. Kaplan The Five Card Problem two cards, stacked deck
 283
George G. Kaplan A Brain Teaser card chosen behind back is divined, stacked deck
 285
George G. Kaplan Modern Long Distance Mind Reading card put from one half into the other is located, clocking
 286
Dr. Buell A Test Discovery one-way pointer cards
 287
Unknown The Up-to-Date Prophet spectator names number, performer card at that position, stacked deck
 289
Unknown "Tearing the Pack" Trick pack torn in half, card selected from both half, match and are previous selection
 290
John Mulholland A Spirit Writes name of selection appears on another signed card
 291
Al Baker The Migrating Cards odd backed, all at once in spectators' pockets
 292
Jean Hugard "And the Spectator Blew"
293
William H. McCaffrey Color Changing Backs two decks with different colors, various selections change colors of backs and back
 295
Frank Lane A Poker Deal
297
Unknown Turning the Deck
298
William H. McCaffrey Unique Bridge and Poker Deal shuffled deck, card called out as memory demonstration (stacking), then bridge and poker deal demo
 298
Unknown The Perfect Poker Trick Tens through aces are removed and dealt out multiple times, performer wins
 303
William Larsen The Four Ace Deal thumb riffle stacking
 305
Unknown A Maneuver for Stud Poker buckling bottom card glimpse
 306
Unknown A Si Stebbins System Wrinkle dealing Royal Flush from Si Stebbins
 307
Unknown Two Card Monte with the Torn Corner Added
307
John Scarne A Card Mouthful
Also published here 308
Unknown One Hand Quarter Fold brief
 308
Lawrence "Larry" Grey Impromptu Method with Ordinary Cards "Lawrence Gray"
 309
Unknown Placing Selection at Spelling Position spread or thumb count
 310
T. Nelson Downs "The T. Nelson Downs Speller" three cards, stacked in three banks
 311
Theodore Annemann Spell it Yourself duplicates
 313
Commander Slayton Spelling a Card merely Thought Of: Commander Slayton's Method
Variations 315
John Northern Hilliard J.N. Hilliard's Method thought-of speller, ten-card set-up
 317
Charles T. Jordan Spelling a Number of Cards after a Genuine Shuffle: Charles T. Jordan's Method two riffle shuffles, named suit is sorted out and all values spelled to
 319
Jean Hugard A Card Fairy Tale and Automatic Spelling two riffle shuffles, suits are separated and used to tell story, match values, spell to values, ...
a. The Fairy Tale
b. Matching Cards
c. Automatic Spelling
d. Super-Spelling
 320
Unknown The "Perfect" Spelling Trick four banks of duplicates with thirteen cards
 323
John Northern Hilliard A Suggested Routine of Spelling Tricks routine suggestion of tricks described in spelling chapter
 323
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin With Unprepared Cards, Without Forcing card laid face down on table proves to be card mentally selected
 325
Professor Hoffmann Table Edge Switch with Servante
326
Unknown Another Method card changes in any named card
 326
Unknown A Palm Switch
326
Ralph W. Hull, Unknown The Three of Clubs card on table turns out to be any card named, different switches
Related toVariations 327
Unknown Mexican Turnover
327
Arthur Leroy Breast Pocket Switch miscredited to Hal Leroy
Related to 328
Unknown Forcing the Mental Selection of a Card and Tricks Therewith by spreading, by riffling
Related to 329
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin a. Effect thought-of card by one spectator is chosen by second spectator
 330
Unknown b. Effect one to ten, thought-of card
 331
Unknown Forcing the Mental Selection by Prearrangement two methods
 333
Unknown Forcing a Corner-Shorted Court Card
333
Unknown Passing the Cards Before a Spectator
334
Unknown c. Effect stop trick with thought-of selection, two handlings
 334
Unknown Forcing a Card by Springing the Cards forcing second card
 335
Unknown Locating a Card After the Spectator's Cut
336
Unknown By Means of the Fan Spread a. Raising a Neat Fan
b. Raising a Ragged Fan
c. Spreading on the Table
d. Displaying a Reverse Fan
Variations 336
Unknown With Prearranged Pack - a. Memorized Deck card reversed in deck turns out to be any named card, ungaffed, stacked deck
 339
Unknown Side Slip Reverse basically Future Reverse
Related to 339
Unknown b. With Two Packs stacked decks, card cut to and turned over by spectator matches performer's card
 340
Unknown Short Overhand Shuffle of Stack
340
Unknown Psychological Forces - Red or Black red is more often named than black...
 340
Unknown The Seventh Position
341
Unknown The Second (and Third) Card forcing a card in a tabled row of five
 341
Unknown One from Five one from five memorized card is chosen and located by touch
Related to 342
Unknown The Third Card from a packet of ten cards
 342
Dai Vernon Vernon's Psychological Force
343
Al Baker With Prepared Cards name of a red card is written on every black card in stacked deck
 343
Ralph W. Hull By Elimination OOSOOM forerunner, using a psychological fishing without asking questions
 344
Audley Walsh The Magician's Dream four banks of twelve cards, fishing
Related to 346
Dai Vernon With Unprepared Cards. A Method by Mr. Dai Vernon spectator selects card in other room, subtle crimp
 347
U. F. Grant U-Do-It Ace Trick spectator loses Aces in deck and deals out four hands to find them again, no-touch by magician (telephone trick?)
 349
Sam Leo Horowitz The Four Aces double backer
 351
Stewart James The Four Aces a bit convoluted
VariationsAlso published here 355
William H. McCaffrey The Four Aces matrix layout
 357
Jess Kelly The Four Aces
361
Dai Vernon Aces for Experts
363
Unknown The Short Card discussing Types of Short Cards, Cutting a Short Card
 364
Theodore Annemann Annemann's Aces aces change to kings, reappear somewhere else and the queens show up as well, begins like a regular ace assembly
Variations 365
Unknown Method No. 1 cards freely chosen, no assistant, from glass
 370
M. Laissus Method No. 2 cards freely chosen, no assistant, from glass
 374
Unknown Method No. 3 cards freely chosen, no assistant, from glass
 375
Unknown Method No. 4. The Book Houlette cards freely chosen, no assistant, from book
 376
Unknown, Robert Heller Method No. 1. Packet of Duplicate Cards Concealed on the Table Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, several variations and presentational ideas:
  • With an Assistant and without
  • By Fanning the Deck
  • Pip Change
  • Addressing the Queen
  • Card Rises Reversed then Turns Around
  • The Blank Card Gag
  • The Broomstick Rise (by Robert Heller)
  • With a Silk in the Glass
 377
Unknown Method No. 2. Threaded Packet from Vest Pocket Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, No Assistant
 380
Unknown Method No. 3. With a Borrowed Pack Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, No Assistant
 381
Unknown Method No. 4. Card Rise Spontaneously from the Vest Pocket Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, No Assistant
 382
Unknown Method No. 5. Chosen Card Rises from Pack Held in the Hand Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, No Assistant, hole through whole deck
 382
Buatier de Kolta, Harry Stork Method No. 6. The All Rising Cards all cards jump out of class, card fountain, discussion of methods with details for some
  • Buatier DeKolta
  • Harry Stork
  • third method
 383
Unknown Method No. 7. The Swinging Rising Cards Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, No Assistant, houlette is attached at string and swings back and forth
 385
Unknown Method No. 8. The Joker Rising Card Trick ABC cards rise that spell out JOKER
 386
Unknown Method No. 9. The Celebrity Rising Card Trick ABC cards rise that spell out a chosen celebrity
 386
Professor Alberti Method No. 1. The "Alberti" Method Hair and Wax Pellet
 387
Adrian Plate Method No. 2. Adrian Plate's Method Hair and Wax Pellet
 388
Unknown Method No. 3. Card Rising from Hand to Hand Hair and Wax Pellet, card floats through air to other hand
 389
Unknown Method No. 4. From a Glass Hair and Wax Pellet, card floats through air from glass to hand
 390
Unknown Method No. 5. Tube and Thread Hair and Wax Pellet, tube with thread in it (weight on one end) is hidden in clothing
 391
Unknown Method No. 6. The Wand and Rising Card Hair and Wax Pellet, hollow wand with thread in it (weight on one end)
 391
Unknown Method No. 1. Card Rise from the Pack Held in the Left Hand
392
Unknown Method No. 2. The Little Finger Rise
Related to 392
Sam Leo Horowitz Method No. 3. The Thumb Rise from fan
 394
Unknown Method No. 4. A Comedy Rising Card not so deceptive, more a production
 395
Unknown Method No. 5. The Fluted Glass hole in glass
 396
Unknown Method No. 6. The Window Pack slit in whole deck
 396
Unknown Method No. 7. Wand and Houlette ungaffed
 396
Cardini Method No. 8. The Cardini Rise card jumps out of hat
 397
Baffles Brush Method No. 9. Card Rising Through a Handkerchief ungaffed
 397
Unknown Method No. 10. Card Rises from Card Case Tied to Performer's Hand
398
Jack McMillen Method No. 11. The "Plunger" Rising Cards with or without handkerchief, including an easier variation with wax
 400
Unknown Special Cards one glued long card, handkerchief
 402
Unknown With a Svengali Deck spectator pushed toothpick in side of deck and thus pushes out selection
 403
Joseph Michael Hartz The Mechanical Pack brief description of solid deck with rubber wheels
 403
Donald Holmes The Holmes Spindle little mechanism that's attached to rim of glass
 404
Unknown The Card Case and Finger Tip case with slit, finger tip with needle
Related to 405
Unknown The Wand and Glass Houlette metall spring in wand that holds houlette
 405
Unknown The "Lyre" Rising Cards trickling sand principle as mechanism, houlette
 405
Unknown The Walking-Stick Rising Cards trickling sand principle as mechanism, houlette
 406
Harlan Tarbell The "Sandu" Rising Cards trickling sand principle as mechanism, in glass on table
 407
Val Evans The Tray and Houlette steel spring pushes up card
 407
Henry Gordien The Gordien Rising Cards gramophone motor attached to table, thread
 408
Unknown The Hand Houlette houlette and cards ungaffed, one gimmicked card
 410
Howard Thurston The "Thurston" Rising Cards The Aerial Cards, floating across stage with named cards (assistant)
 412
Unknown A Method for Parlor The Aerial Cards, floating card
 413
Unknown A Second Method The Aerial Cards, floating card, no assistant
 413
Unknown The Queen of the Air The Aerial Cards, card floating from one table to another
 414
M. Guimard M. Guimard's Method fine wire loops at all cards
 414
M. Ceillier M. Ceillier's Method card index
 415
A.P. Neyhart The "Neyhart" Houlette fine mechanical solution
 416
Robert Stull The Stull Rising Card Trick best for jumbo cards, electrical
 423
Samuel C. Hooker Dr. Hooker's Impossiblities reprinted from "The Sphinx", description of performance
 424
Dr. Jacob Daley The Card Windlass or Reel handling for the gaffed method (windlass or Thornton Reel), originally from "Art of Magic"
 426
Burling Hull The Svengali Deck handling tips and getting into it from divided svengali deck
 430
Unknown A Subtle Detection svengali deck, spectator finds his own card, ending clean
 431
Unknown The Lady's Ring svengali deck, spectator finds his own card
 432
Unknown The Spectator Makes a Prediction svengali deck, selection at any number by spectator
 432
Al Baker A Prediction svengali deck, with half-deck clean-up switch
Also published here 433
Al Saal The Perfect Stop Trick svengali deck, cards put from one hat to another hat one by one until spectator stops
Variations 435
Unknown Another "Stop" Trick svengali deck
 436
Unknown A Blindfold Detection svengali deck, spectator deals cards and performer calls stop while blindfolded
 437
Burling Hull The Mene Tekel Deck construction and handling
 438
Unknown Chosen Card Passed Into Vest Pocket menetekel deck
 439
Unknown Three Chosen Cards Discovered from Shuffled Pack in a Hat menetekel deck
 439
Glenn G. Gravatt A Curious Coincidence two selections from two decks are put in a glass and match, menetekel deck & normal deck
Related to 440
David Devant The Triangle twenty-six double facers
 441
Paul Curry Infallible Prediction free selection is predicted written on other card, deck of double facers, double backer, "Touch"
Variations 442
Unknown Two Card Monte Move double facer and backer
 443
U. F. Grant A Pocket Change card in performer's and spectator's pocket change place, double facer
 444
Sam Leo Horowitz The Princess Trick with three cards, double facers
Related to 445
Unknown Ivory and Air Cushion Finish halves from different decks with different finishes, divided deck location
Related to 448
William H. McCaffrey Blindfold Multiple Detection blindfolded magician divines several cards, different finishes
 449
Unknown Forcing Packs Three-Way Forcing Deck plus switch
 450
Unknown Three-Way Svengali Forcing Deck
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Dr. Ford Rogers Rogers' Ever Ready Forcing Pack short forcing cards glued on long indifferent cards
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Charles A. Leedy Cards Plus Jugglery card travels from long-short glued forcing deck to pocket
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Unknown Strippers
  • How to Reverse a Stripper Deck
  • Half and Half Subtlety
  • Bringing the Reversed Card to the Top
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Unknown A Novel X-Ray Trick top six cards are named after shuffling, stripper deck
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Unknown Another Method top six cards are named after shuffling and deck is cased again
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Professor Hoffmann A Triple Discovery three selections are located twice, stripper deck
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Unknown Two Good Wrinkles: Reversing the Deck turning a one-way deck
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Unknown Not Reversing the Deck one-way deck handling
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Unknown End Strippers
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Unknown Bevelled Cards type of belly strippers
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Unknown Poker Demonstration controlling the aces, belly strippers
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