Greater Magic

see also additional material from the 1994 edition
1938
Written by John Northern Hilliard
Work of Various
1,005 pages (Hardcover), published by Carl Waring Jones
Illustrated with drawings by Harlan Tarbell
Language: English
812 entries
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Cover photograph
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Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Gold paint tip
 		875
Plush goods tip on cleaning
 		875
Feather Flowers tip on cleaning
 		875
Roy Chapman A Practical Flashpot
875
Caryl S. Fleming Inflating Balloons for Production
876
Eugene Bernstein the Spirit Grip spectator feels two hands, while only one is touching him
 		877
Theodore Annemann Diabolo Pellet Reading
Related to 881
The One Ahead System
883
Wm. Hewitt Modern Mind Reading
Related to 884
John Mulholland The Telephone Book Test
885
Jean Hugard The Dictionary Trick
887
Sid Lorraine The Sealed Message sealed and burned message is divined
 		889
Sid Lorraine The Magic Blotter answer to question appears on paper
 		890
William H. McCaffrey Geomancy drawn design is duplicated, carbon
 		891
Carl Waring Jones Divination with Marbles color is correctly named
 		893
Theodore Annemann The Three Pellet Trick three cards written on billets are divined
 		894
Billet Switch
895
William H. McCaffrey Magic Addition
896
Frank Lane Mind Reading at a Distance assistant in other room names cards touched by spectator
 		897
The Best Impromptu Mind Reading Trick
Also published here 898
Bert Allerton Mind Reading with the Finger Tips as Bert Gustafson, two thought-of-cards are removed behind back
 		900
Bert Allerton Deck Switching Gimmick for a switch behind the back...
 		900
Bert Allerton Card Index for twelve cards
 		901
H. Adrian Smith Mnemonics with Cards
  • An Outline of the System
  • The Table of Fixed Ideas
  • The Card List
  • Association of Ideas
  • Memorizing a Shuffled Pack
 		902
H. Adrian Smith A Unique Mental Problem missing cards are named, real memory
Variations 906
H. Adrian Smith Memorizing a List of Objects
907
H. Adrian Smith A Method for a Set-up Deck mental aid to keep track of suits while dealing for cyclical stacks
 		908
Concluding Observations
909
Royal Vale Heath Magic Squares chapter on Magic Squares, discussing
  • The Three Square
  • The Five Square
  • Odd and Even Cell Squares
  • The Eight Square
  • The Six Square
Variations 911
Fun with Magic Squares
915
Transposing Magic Squares
916
The Birthday Magic Square Trick
920
An Historical Magic Square
921
Segregation of the Odd and Even Numbers Routine
922
A Mathematical Magic Square
923
An Intersting Curiosity
924
Old and New Apparatus from the Charles H. Larson Collection with pictures of:
  • The Vanishing Cannon Ball
  • A Magic Periscope
  • The Magic Kettle
  • The Silks Stand
  • The Mysterious Disc
  • The Mysterious Case
  • The Inexhaustible Barrel
  • Cord and Books
  • The Ivory Card Blocks
  • The Hut of Madagascar
  • The Umbrella Table
  • Pack of Cards Changed to Silk
  • The Latest Block and Cord
  • Silk Production Balls
  • Silk Production
  • The Card Table
  • Latest Mirror Glass
  • The Cigarette Candle
  • The Penetration of Matter
  • Other Collections
 		927
David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg Stage Presentation tips on stage presentation, discussing:
  • Stage Entrance
  • Settings
  • The Opening Illusion
  • The Follow On
  • Patter
  • Balance
  • Assistants
  • Audience Work
  • Routining
  • Apparatus
  • Working to Magicians
  • The Climax
  • Résumé
 		936
Jack Gwynne The Turn-Over Box
949
W.J. Nixon The Floating Ball thread
 		950
Russel Walsh The Vanishing Cane
953
Silent Mora The Vanishing Lamp
954
The Sword Box
955
The New Sword Cabinet
956
U. F. Grant The Head Pincushion
957
Fred Culpitt The Doll's House
Variations 958
W.J. Nixon Where do the Ducks Go?
960
Burning a Woman Alive skeleton remains
 		961
Amac Find the Lady
963
Lester Lake, Percy Abbott The Chinese Chopper for head and both arms
 		966
Chung Ling Soo Shooting an Arrow and a Rope Through a Woman
968
Walking Through a Ribbon
971
Herr Boelke Creo kind of puppet becomes person
Related to 973
David Devant The Ghost
975
Charles Waller Transmogrification one person becomes another
 		976
A Feat of Strength ropes with rings on the end are held by performer despite several men pulling on the ropes
 		978
Torrini Sawing a Woman in Half
978
P. T. Selbit A. Selbit's Version of Sawing a Woman in Half
 		980
Horace Goldin B. Horace Goldin's Version of Sawing a Woman in Half
 		982
C. Method Using One Girl of Sawing a Woman in Half
Variations 986
D. A Living Miracle - The Circular Saw Method of Sawing a Woman in Half
 		988
The Headless Woman
989
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Data entered by Denis Behr, May 2009.