Book contents
- Frontmatter
- EDITOR'S PREFACE
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE AND DEDICATION
- Contents
- THE HOME OF ROBERT-HOUDIN
- INTRODUCTION
- CONJURING AND ITS PROFESSORS
- THE ART OF CONJURING
- GENERAL PRINCIPLES
- THE HAND
- ESCAMOTAGE, PRESTIDIGITATION
- CHAPTER I COIN TRICKS–RULES AND DIRECTIONS FOR THE EXECUTION OF VARIOUS SLEIGHTS WITH COINS
- CHAPTER II CARD TRICKS
- CHAPTER III SUNDRY EXPEDIENTS USED IN CONJURING, AND TRICKS OF VARIOUS DESCRIPTIONS
- CHAPTER IV THE CUPS AND BALLS
- CHAPTER V THE BIRTH OF FLOWERS; or, Magical Vegetation
- CONCLUSION
ESCAMOTAGE, PRESTIDIGITATION
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2012
- Frontmatter
- EDITOR'S PREFACE
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE AND DEDICATION
- Contents
- THE HOME OF ROBERT-HOUDIN
- INTRODUCTION
- CONJURING AND ITS PROFESSORS
- THE ART OF CONJURING
- GENERAL PRINCIPLES
- THE HAND
- ESCAMOTAGE, PRESTIDIGITATION
- CHAPTER I COIN TRICKS–RULES AND DIRECTIONS FOR THE EXECUTION OF VARIOUS SLEIGHTS WITH COINS
- CHAPTER II CARD TRICKS
- CHAPTER III SUNDRY EXPEDIENTS USED IN CONJURING, AND TRICKS OF VARIOUS DESCRIPTIONS
- CHAPTER IV THE CUPS AND BALLS
- CHAPTER V THE BIRTH OF FLOWERS; or, Magical Vegetation
- CONCLUSION
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- Secrets of Conjuring and MagicOr How to Become a Wizard, pp. 42 - 44Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1877