Early in the twentieth century, the venerable British magician Ellis Stanyon set himself the formidable task of recording “every trick yet published in any book or magical magazine.” He called this compendium A Dictionary of Magical Effects, and published it in monthly installments in his Magic newsletter, which billed itself as “the Oldest paper in the World devoted solely to the interests of Magicians, Jugglers, Hand Shadowists, Ventriloquists, Lighting Cartoonists, and Specialty Entertainers” Karl Fulves, the prolific and accomplished scholar of magic, has culled the issues of this rare periodical to bring to the reader over 600 of the very best of Ellis Stanyon’s card tricks and techniques, as fresh and pertinent today as they were at their inception.