Preface

PART I. – MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS

The Rice and Water Trick

The Vanishing Rice

Tao Li Tao, The Chinese Mystery

Balloons from a Hat

To Discover and Pocket the Card Thought of by a Spectator

A New Purse Trick

A Silk Handkerchief Changed into a Flag

The Changing Handkerchief Boxes

The Demon Digits

The Acrobatic Cards

The Improved Ball of Wool Trick

The New Card Frame

Outwitting the Conjurer

The Great Book Mystery

The Crystal Balls. (Improved Method)

PART II. – RECOLLECTIONS OF HARTZ

Biographical Notice

A Devil of a Hat

The Inexhaustible Handkerchief

The Improved Money Column

The Multiplication of Money

The Mysterious Addition

The Inverted Glass of Water

The Multiplying Billiard Ball

The Dematerialised Glass of Water

Card, Coin, and Candle

The Wine and Water Trick

The Witches’ Kettle and Magic Punchbowl

The Automatic Rising Cards

The Portfolio Trick

The Second-Sight Trick

The Pocket-Picking Trick

The Aerial Walking-Cane

The Egg and Rings Trick

Contrivances for “Passing Off”

The Hartz “Hook” for Working Mechanical Apparatus

The Magic Bell

The Crystal Cashbox

Hartz’s Bird-Cage Trick

The Mystic Glove and Rings