Encyclopedia of Card Tricks

Edited by: Jean Hugard and John J. Crimmins, Jr.
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"If I could have but one magic book, this would be it."
— WILLIAM LARSEN, SR.

The Greatest Book ever published on cards. Practically every known card trick is herein explained. TWENTY CHAPTERS of the finest card tricks known and containing every variety of artifice known to the subtle card worker, hundreds of choice secrets of the world’s card experts assembled and classified in such form that you can find what you want instantly at your finger tips...Card Miracles that have intrigued, baffled and fascinated you are at your command - contributed by such legendary cardmen and magicians of the last century, as Dai Vernon, Al Baker, Ted Annemann, Dr. Jacob Daley, Glenn Gravatt, Chas. T. Jordan, U.F. Grant, William Larsen, Howard Albright, Victor Farelli, Ralph Hull, Tom Seller, Audley Walsh, Arthur Buckley, Stewart Judah, S. H. Sharpe, and many more, plus the Nikola Card System. Top quality, re-typeset PDF edition you can view on your PC, tablet, smart phone, and most screen readers, or print. All chapters are bookmarked for fast reference. 358 big 8-1/2" x 11" or A4 pages, illustrated by Nelson Hahne.

Also see...Glenn Gravatt's Second Encyclopedia of Card Tricks.

Contents:

CHAPTER 1
MISCELLANEOUS IMPROMPTU CARD TRICKS

TWIN SOULS.....14
THE MAGIC BREATH.....14
REVERSED COURT CARD.....15
THE SAGACIOUS JOKER.....15
THE TRIO.....17
CARDS OF CHANCE.....17
PUSH.....18
CARD DETECTIVES.....18
THE “EASY” CARD IN WALLET18
PREDICTION.....19
A SMART LOCATION.....19
THE WHISPERING QUEEN.....20
THE CARD DOCTOR.....20
STAMPEDO.....21
COLOR DIVINATION.....21
THE VANISHING PAIR.....22
THE UNKNOWN LEAPER.....22
SELF CONTROL.....23
IN HIS POCKET.....23
FIND THE QUEEN.....24
SUPER CARD PREDICTION.....24
THE FINGER POINTS......25
THE FIVE CARD MENTAL FORCE.......25
“JUST THINK” MENTAL MYSTERY......26
MATCHING THE ACES.....26
SURPASSO27
NEW CARD DISCOVERY.....27
THOUGHT CARD FROM POCKET.....27
NAMING CARDS IN THE DARK.....28
THE MAGIC THRUST.....28
U FIND YOUR CARD.....29
THE CARD AND CRYSTAL BALL.....29
THE SECRET MATHEMATICIAN.....30
THE CARD MIRACLE–CERTAIN.....31
CUT IN DETECTION.....32
SLEIGHT OF FOOT.....33

CHAPTER 2
SPELLING EFFECTS IN CARD MAGIC

1–SYSTEM FOR ARRANGING CARDS.....34
2–SPELLING A CARD......35
3– DUPLEX COMEDY SPELLER.....36
4–FARELLI’S IMPROMPTU SPELLER.....36
5–KNOCK OUT SPELLER.....37
6–A SINGLE SPELLER.....37
7–SUPERLATIVE SPELLER.....37
8–YOU SELECTED THE---.....38
9–SPELL IT.....38
10–IMPROMPTU SPELLER.....39
11–WIZARD SPELLING MASTER.....39
12–PECULIARITIES OF THE PASTEBOARDS.....40
13–THE NEW SPELL.....41
14–THE AUTOMATIC SPELLER.....41
15–SPELLINO......42
16—SPELLINO CLIMAX.....42
17—HOWARD’S SIMPLEX SPELLER.....43
18–U SPELL YOUR CARD.....43
19– AN EASY SPELLER.....44
20–THOUGHT SPELLING.....44
21–QUADRUPLE SPELLING...45
22–ANOTHER THOUGHT SPELLING.....45
23–IMPROVED SPELLING TRICK.....46
24—THINK IT-SPELL IT.....46
25–IMPROVED CHEVALIER....46
26–SPELLING ANY CARD CALLED FOR.....47
27–THE SHUFFLED SPELLING BEE.....48
28–THE DOUBLE SPELLER....48
29–THE WHISPERING SPELLER.....49
30–THE JOKER SPELLING ROUTINE.....49
31–VARIATION OF JOKER SPELLING.....50
32–THE JOKER SPELLER.....50
33–SURE WINNER SPELLING BEE.....51
34–FRANK SQUIRES’ SPELLER.....51
35–GWYNNE’S SPELLER.....52
36–SPELL IT YOURSELF.....52
37–SELLER’S SPELLER IDEA.53
38–INCOMPREHENDO SPELLER......53
39–PERFECT SPELLING TRICK.....54
40–CARD SPELLING DELUXE54
41–LAZYBONES.....55
42–THINK OF A CARD.....55
43–THE SPELLING BEE.....56

CHAPTER 3
“YOU DO AS I DO” CARD MYSTERIES

A PECULIAR COINCIDENCE....57
YOU DO AS I DO.....57
IDENTICAL THOUGHT.....58
TWO SOULS WITH A SINGLE THOUGHT......58
FOLLOW ME.....58
A CLOSE WORK DISCOVERY...59

CHAPTER 4
CARD SUBTLETIES...UTILIZING KEY CARDS

A COUPLE OF CARDS GET TOGETHER.....70
MENTAL VISION.....70
PHENOMENAL THOUGHT CARDS.....71
INDETECTO.....71
DETECTED BY FINGERPRINTS.....71
THE THREE HEAPS.....72
DOUBLE PREDICTION.....72
IMPENETRABLE STOP TRICK.73
MEPHISTO’S PREDICTION.....73
THE SEQUEL.....74
A COUNT DOWN MYSTERY.....74
THE CARD AND NUMBER.....75
TONE CONTROL.....75
THE MYSTIC SEVEN.....76
MASTER MENTAL MYSTERY...76
INFALLIBLE DETECTION.....76
FACE DOWN DETECTION.....77
DEVILISH CARDS.....77
COMEDY TWIN CARD PREDICTION.....77
THE NERVOUS CARD......78
THE NIFTY KEY.....78
UP YOUR SLEEVE.....79
THE QUARTETTE.....79
THINK OF A CARD.....80
DEMON’S DETECTION.....80

CHAPTER 5
“SLICK” PRINCIPLES IN CARD MAGIC

THE HALF MOON LOCATION.83
LOCATION PLUS.....83
EVERYBODY’S CARD.....84
STAGE LOCATION.....84
THE MASTER CARD SPELLER85
COUNTING BY EYE.....85
ODD OR EVEN......85
THE MYSTIC CUT.....86
A SLICK CARD ROUTINE.....86
A FOLLOW UP EFFECT.....59
COINCIDENCE......59
LLOYD’S DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE.....60
A VARIATION OF THE ABOVE.60
ANOTHER DO AS I DO.....61
DO AS I DO IN THE DARK.....61
DOMINATION OF THOUGHT..61
A STRANGE COINCIDENCE.....62
COINCIDENCE AGAIN......63
SYMPATHETIC SYMPATHY.....63
SYNTHETIC SYMPATHY.....64
BACKS UP.65
MENTAL COINCIDENCE.....65
COINCIDENCE......66
ANOTHER MARVELOUS COINCIDENCE.....66
A CARD SYMPATHY.....67
PARADOX OF PAIRS.....68
FOLLOW ME.....69

CHAPTER 6
CARD MYSTERIES EMPLOYING DIACHYLON

THE FLYING CARD.....90
THE MISSING CARD.....91
MESMERIZED CARDS......91
DIACHYLON FORCE.....91
THE QUEEN TURNS OVER.....92
DIACHYLON BOOK TEST—FORCING A NUMBER.92
ANOTHER DIACHYLON FORCE.....93
TWIN ACES.....93
TURNO.....93
MELROSE..93
TWO VIEWPOINTS.....94
DIACHYLON STOP TRICK.....94
REVERSED COLOR SURPRISE95
DIACHYLON SUPER COLOR CHANGE.....95
FLYAWAY CARDS.....96
ACE TRANSPOSITION.....96
REMOTE CONTROL IMPROVED.....97
CARD IN POCKET.....97
THE DIACHYLON DO AS I DO98
A REAL MAGICAL VANISH.....98
THE ACME SPIRIT TEST.....99
NUMBER PLEASE.....99
THE SYMPATHETIC PAIR—No. 1.....100
THE SYMPATHETIC PAIR—No. 2.....100
THE SYMPATHETIC PAIR—No. 3.....100

CHAPTER 7
DOUBLE-BACK PRINCIPLES IN CARD MAGIC

ALICE IN WONDERLAND.....101
DOUBLE-BACKED CARD ROUTINE.....101
TRANSPOSITION EXTRAORDINARY.....103
INSTO-TRANSPO.....104
REMOTE CONTROL.....104
INITIALED CARD TELEPATHY.....105
TURNOVER.....106
REPEATING CARD TURNOVER.....106
A REVERSE LOCATION.....106
DOUBLE-BACKED CARD FORCE......107
REVERSI..107
CHAMELEON BACKS.....108
SATAN BEHIND YOU.....108
THE DOUBLE CARD PREDICTION.....109
COMEDY RELIEF.....109
GIANT ACROBATIC CARDS....110
SINGLE CARD FORCE.....110
THE PERFECT FORCE.....110
DOUBLE BACK CARD FORCE111
EASY COIN SWITCH.....111
THE SYMPATHETIC CARD.....111

CHAPTER 8
MAGIC UTILIZING DOUBLE-FACED CARDS

HAT AND CARD CHANGE.....112
THE FUNNY DECK.....112
U CAN’T DO AS I DO......112
THE SPOTTER CARDS.....113
SUNDRY...113
THE FOUR ACES.....113
KINGS AND ACES.....114
THE TRIANGLE TRICK.....115
DOUBLE REVERSE.....116
NEW CARD MONTE.....116
A BOOK TEST......116
A CHANGING CARD.....117
THE IMPROVED BURNED CARD.....117
A SPIRIT MESSAGE.....118
A TRANSPOSITION.....118

CHAPTER 9
CARD MYSTERIES USING A ONE-WAY BACK DESIGN
SUBTLE METHOD OF SETTING

THE DECK OPENLY.....119
DIVINATION SUPREME.....120
THE PHANTOM STAB.....120
FIVE CARD STABBING MYSTERY......121
A THOUGHT CARD PRODIGY122
THE FIVE SENSES.....122
PREMO DETECTION......123
THOUGHT IN PERSON.....123
THINK STOP.....124
THE DECK THAT ISN’T.....124
TWENTIETH CENTURY SORCERY.....125
THE FOUR PILE LOCATION...125
THE CUT PACK LOCATION.....126
A CARD IS FOUND ONCE MORE......127
ODD OR EVEN.....127
THE ALTERNATE DETECTION.....128
A NEW KINK.....128
EIGHT IN A ROW.....128
GARDENER’S UNIQUE PRINCIPLE.....129
I. SECOND CARD LOCATION.129
II. LONG DISTANCE LOCATION.....130
III. THE SUPER SPREAD.....130
SIMPLE TRIPLE LOCATION...130
NO DICE..131
THE VANISHING MIRROR.....131
THE MARKED DECK......131
THE FINGERPRINT DISCOVERY.....132
LIVING AND DEAD TEST.....132
A COUNT DOWN DISCOVERY.....132
SIAMESE TWINS.....133
YOUR CARD, YOUR NUMBER.....133
ELIMINATION EXTRAORDINARY......134
READING THE CARDS.....134
NE PLUS ULTRA LOCATION..135
ONE IN TEN DETECTION.....135
UNI-MENTALITY.....136
CHALLENGE OF THE YEAR...136
CARD LOCATION SUPREME..137
HUMMER DETECTION.....137
INSTANT MINDREADING.....138
A COUNTER LOCATION.....138
A PRINCIPLE IN DISGUISE....138
THE PERFECT GUESSER.....139

CHAPTER 10
MYSTERIES USING REVERSED “ORDINARY” CARDS

SIMPLIFIED REVERSE.....145
UPSIDE DOWN.....145
U BITE.....146
THE HALEY REVERSED CARD.....146
SURE LOCATOR.....147
IN THE DARK......147
UNDER COVER.....147
BEHIND THE BACK.....148
COINCIDENCE.....148
THE REVERSE “COUNT DOWN” TRICK.....149
FRENCH’S EXTRAORDINARY ACES.....149
RED OR BLACK.....139
TRANSCENDENTAL VISION..140
FIND THE LADY.....140
CALL ME UP SOMETIME.....141
A MIRACLE.....141
THOUGHT TRANSFERENCE..141
SAY WHEN.....142
THE DRUNK PLAYS BRIDGE.142
INCOMPREHENDO.....143
THE ONE-WAY KEY.....143
ONE-WAY DECKS.....144

CHAPTER 11
CALCULATION TRICKS WITH ORDINARY CARDS

WEIRDO...151
A PREDICTION.....151
LONG DISTANCE MINDREADING.....152
TWO CARD LOCATION.....153
IMPROVED SUPER MEMORY153
SPECTATOR’S CHOICE.....154
MENTALO154
KNOCK OUT COUNTING TRICK.....154
A CARD AND A NUMBER.....155
PROJECTED THOUGHT.....155
NE PLUS ULTRA.....156
UNI-MENTALITY.....156
EASY CARD DIVINATION.....158
HOURGLASS CARDS......158
EASY CARD DISCOVERY.....158
KEYSTONE CARD DISCOVERY.....159
ASSISTANCE CARD TRICK.....159
THE 52 CARD TRICK.....159
THE MAGI’S DETECTION.....160
THE FLUSH TRICK.....161
MODERNISM IN MENTALISM.....161
FOUR TO ONE DETECTION...162
A PSYCHIC CARD FEAT.....162
OUT ON LOCATION.....163
COINCIDENCE EXTRAORDINARY.....163
NECROMANTIC CALCULATION.....164

CHAPTER 12
MYSTERIES OF A PREARRANGED PACK OF CARDS

PRESENTATION.....165
SWITCHING THE DECK.....165
A MOVING REVELATION.....166
DIVINING DECK.....167
THE TRANSPOSED CARDS....167
THE CIRCLE OF CARDS.....168
A TRICK WITHOUT A CLUE...168
EYES ALL ROUND.....169
COUNT YOUR CARDS.....169
PYTHAGORAS.....170
KNOCK ‘EM DEAD.....170
SELF WORKING MYSTERY....171
STOP AND THINK.....171
NOVEL CARD DISCOVERY.....172
IMPROVED MARVELOUS PREDICTION.....172
READY RECKONER.....173
THE PAIR DETECTION.....173
DEAD EASY LOCATION.....174
ODD OR EVEN.....174
THE WONDER FORCE.....175
PSYCHIC PREDICTION.....175
PROPHESIED SPOT TOTAL....176
CAGLIOSTRO’S VISION.....176
QUADRUPLE DECK MYSTERY.....177
MEPHISTOPHELES’ TOUCH..177
FAIR AND SQUARE.....178
YOUR CARD.....178
ONE IN FOURTEEN.....179
THE FIFTEENTH CARD.....179
SENSATIONAL CARD MYSTERY.....180
NEW X-RAY TRICK.....180
SHARK FOOD......181
THOUGHT FORETOLD.....181
MYSTERIOUS DETECTIVE.....181
SUPER COUNT DOWN.....182
FATE AND THE JOKER.....183
PSYCHOLIA.....183
THE WIZARD’S DREAM.....184
DIABOLICAL TRANSPOSITION.....184
CARD MEMORY.....185
SENSITIVE THOUGHTS.....185
RED AND BLUE BACK MIX-UP.....186
TWO PERSON LOCATION.....186
DUAL SYMPATHY.....187
ANOTHER SYMPATHETIC MYSTERY.....187
A QUAINT HAPPENING.....188
$1,000 TEST CARD LOCATION.....188
SEEING WITH THE FINGER TIPS......189
PERFECT CARD DIVINATION190
UNIQUE TELEPHONE TEST..191
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISCERNMENT.....191
ANOTHER IMPOSSIBILITY....191
COUNT THE CUT.....192
A DISCARD TRICK.....192
CREMO CARD RESTORATION.....193
STRANGE COINCIDENCE.....193
PREMIER BOOK TEST.....194
BETWEEN THE LINES.....194
FATHOMED THOUGHT.....195
WINNING THE CUT.....196
WIZARD’S WILL.....197
CARD DIVINATION.....197
DOUBLE DIVINO.....198
THE MISSING PAIR.....199
PREMIER CARD DISCOVERY.199
LOCATION.....200
A SIMPLE LOCATION.....200
OUT OF SIGHT.....200
PROPHESIED DISCOVERY.....201
FROM ANOTHER PACK.....201
DIVINO.....202
WILLIAMS’ CARD TRICK.....203
RED OR BLACK.....203
EXCELLO CARD DISCOVERY.203
NAMING CHOSEN CARD.....204
PSYCHIC CARD TEST.....204
A CARD AND A NUMBER.....204
MEDIUMISTIC STUNT NO. 1.205
MEDIUMISTIC STUNT NO. 2.205
SYSTEM...205
THE KNOCKOUT.....206
A PREARRANGED PACK OF CARDS
THAT CAN BE SHUFFLED.....207
AMAZING MEMORY.....207
SIX PILES207
MEPHISTO’S MESSAGE.....208
NAME OF CARD.....208
NEW PACK DETECTION.....211
FOUR FOLD SYMPATHY.....211
TELEPATHIC CONTROL.....212
CARDS AND POCKETS.....212
COUNT DOWN DETECTION..213
THE ADVENTURES OF DIAMOND JACK......214

CHAPTER 13
MAGIC WITH A SVENGALI PACK OF CARDS

THE SVENGALI DECK.....216
VARIOUS METHODS OF HANDLING THE PACK.213
SIMPLE EFFECTS.....217
SWITCHING PACKS.....218
THE THREE HEAPS.....219
CUTTING THE PACK WITH A KNIFE.....219
THE WRAPPED PACK.....219
ANY HEAP.....219
REVERSED CARD.....220
THE UNSEEN CARD.....220
THINK OF A CARD.....220
CARD STABBING.....220
SVENGALI PREDICTION.....220
THE MYSTERY PROBLEM.....221
THE CARDS AND THE DICE..222
SVENGALI CLAIRVOYANCE...222
THE PRIZE WINNER......222
THE MIRAGE PRINCIPLE.....223
MIRAGE DECK.....223
THE EYE POPPER.....224
SVENGALI MINDREADING....224
THE SIAMESE SVENGALI PACK.....224
SVENGALI FORCE.....224

CHAPTER 14
MAGIC WITH A MENE-TEKEL PACK OF CARDS

THE MENE-TEKEL DECK.....226
CONTROLLING SEVERAL CARDS.....227
CARD INTO POCKET—A SECOND METHOD.....228
FROM A HAT.....228
CARD AND NUMBER.....228
ONE IN FOUR.....228
THE POCKET RISING CARD..229
CARDS AND SLATES......229
COINCIDENCE MENE-TEKEL230
CHAPTER 15
MAGIC WITH A STRIPPER PACK OF CARDS
THE STRIPPER DECK.....231
TRICKS WITH THE STRIPPER DECK.....233
TO SEPARATE THE RED CARDS
FROM THE BLACK.....233
THE FOUR ACE TRICK.....233
FINDING A CARD IN ANY POSITION.....233
SELECTED CARDS PASS THROUGH
A HANDKERCHIEF.....234
THE TURNED CARD.....234
FINDING ANY NUMBER OF SELECTED
CARDS AT ONCE OR SEPARATELY.....234
FINDING ALL BUT A CHOSEN CARD.....234
COMPANIONABLE KINGS.....235
PASSING A CARD THROUGH A TABLE.....235
THE ANIMATED CARD.....235
CUTTING AT A CHOSEN CARD.....235
THE BLOWN CARD.....236
CARD FROM SPECTATOR’S POCKET.....236
THE “CUT” COUNT.....236
OUT OF THE ROOM DISCOVERY......236
THE COURT CARDS.....236
NAMING THE CARDS.....236
MAGNETIZED CARD......237
AT ANY NUMBER FROM POCKET.....237
CARD THROUGH HANDKERCHIEF.....237
JUST THE REVERSE.....237
THE FOUR KINGS.....238
“STRIPPER” STABBING.....238
CARD IN THE HAT.....239
REUNION239
SATAN’S MAIL.....239
CARD AND PLATE.....240
ANOTHER RISING CARD.....240
THE STARTLER.....240
CARDS FROM THE AIR.....240
ACROBATIC JACKS.....241
THE CAPTAIN CARD......241
FLYING CARD......241
POSITIONS UNKNOWN.....241
EDUCATED DIE.....242
STOP ME AT ANY TIME.....242
THE FOUR ACES.....242
RISING CARD......243
REVERSIBLE CARDS......243
THE SHUFFLED SPELLER.....243
LIKE THOUGHTS.....243
THREE CARD REVERSE.....244
FINDING THREE CARDS.....244
CARD DIVINATION.....244
LIFTING ANY NUMBER OF
CARDS CALLED FOR–No. 1..245
LIFTING ANY NUMBER OF
CARDS CALLED FOR–No. 2..245
A DIVINATION EFFECT.....245
SYMPATHETIC NUMBERS.....245
THE ADVANTAGES OF THE STRIPPER DECK.....246
END STRIPPERS.....247
A “STOP” DISCOVERY.....248
RED OR BLACK.....248
THE AMBITIOUS CARD.....249

CHAPTER 15
MAGIC WITH A STRIPPER PACK OF CARDS

THE STRIPPER DECK.....231
TRICKS WITH THE STRIPPER DECK.....233
TO SEPARATE THE RED CARDS
FROM THE BLACK.....233
THE FOUR ACE TRICK.....233
FINDING A CARD IN ANY POSITION.....233
SELECTED CARDS PASS THROUGH
A HANDKERCHIEF.....234
THE TURNED CARD.....234
FINDING ANY NUMBER OF SELECTED
CARDS AT ONCE OR SEPARATELY.....234
FINDING ALL BUT A CHOSEN CARD.....234
COMPANIONABLE KINGS.....235
PASSING A CARD THROUGH A TABLE.....235
THE ANIMATED CARD.....235
CUTTING AT A CHOSEN CARD.....235
THE BLOWN CARD.....236
CARD FROM SPECTATOR’S POCKET.....236
THE “CUT” COUNT.....236
OUT OF THE ROOM DISCOVERY......236
THE COURT CARDS.....236
NAMING THE CARDS.....236
MAGNETIZED CARD......237
AT ANY NUMBER FROM POCKET.....237
CARD THROUGH HANDKERCHIEF.....237
JUST THE REVERSE.....237
THE FOUR KINGS.....238
“STRIPPER” STABBING.....238
CARD IN THE HAT.....239
REUNION239
SATAN’S MAIL.....239
CARD AND PLATE.....240
ANOTHER RISING CARD.....240
THE STARTLER.....240
CARDS FROM THE AIR.....240
ACROBATIC JACKS.....241
THE CAPTAIN CARD......241
FLYING CARD......241
POSITIONS UNKNOWN.....241
EDUCATED DIE.....242
STOP ME AT ANY TIME.....242
THE FOUR ACES.....242
RISING CARD......243
REVERSIBLE CARDS......243
THE SHUFFLED SPELLER.....243
LIKE THOUGHTS.....243
THREE CARD REVERSE.....244
FINDING THREE CARDS.....244
CARD DIVINATION.....244
LIFTING ANY NUMBER OF
CARDS CALLED FOR–No. 1..245
LIFTING ANY NUMBER OF
CARDS CALLED FOR–No. 2..245
A DIVINATION EFFECT.....245
SYMPATHETIC NUMBERS.....245
THE ADVANTAGES OF THE STRIPPER DECK.....246
END STRIPPERS.....247
A “STOP” DISCOVERY.....248
RED OR BLACK.....248
THE AMBITIOUS CARD.....249

CHAPTER 16
MAGICAL MYSTERIES WITH SPECIAL PACK, ETC.

IMPOSSIBLE CARD DISCOVERY.....251
ONE AHEAD.....251
THE MENTALIST’S CARD STAGGERER.....252
COINCIDENTALLY.....253
MAGNETIC MENTAL CONTROL.....253
MOVIE COLOR CARDS.....254
TRANSPO COLOR CHANGE...254
INVISIBLE FLIGHT.....254
BLIND MAN’S BLUFF.....255
SPEAKING OF PINK ELEPHANTS.....256
CARD TELEPATHY.....257
CARD X.....257
SIGHT UNSEEN.....257
MIRACLE CODE.....258

CHAPTER 17
THE USE OF SHORT CARDS IN MAGICAL EFFECTS

CARD FROM NOWHERE.....274
ON THE TOP.....274
X-RAY EYES.....274
A COLOR CHANGE.....274
CUT CARD FORCE.....275
ANOTHER FORCE.....275
TO ANY NUMBER.....275
HOROSCOPE CARD FORCE...275
A SPELLING TRICK.....276
THE LOCATOR.....276
BEHIND THE PACK.....276
DOUBLE LOCATION.....277
A REVERSED LOCATION.....277
VANISHING CARD.....277

CHAPTER 18
MORE MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS

EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE.....279
THE ORIGINAL “STOP” TRICK.....283
“SAY WHEN” .....284
A MEANS TO AN END.....285
THINK “STOP” .....286
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL STOP TRICK.....286
NUMBER PLEASE.....287
THE CASE OF THE FOUR KINGS......289
THE J. M. RISING CARD.....290
MIRASKILL.....291
MASTER CARD LOCATION.....293
MIRACLE CARD LOCATION...293
CARD DETECTED BY PULSE BEAT.....293
IMITATION SECONDS.....294
PSYCHOLOGICAL FORCE.....294
FACE UP LOCATION.....294
THE DREAM CARD.....295
ELIMINATION.....295
A SUPER-REVERSE PROBLEM.....296
CARD IN AN ORANGE.....297
THE SLAP TRICK.....298
THE CONJUROR’S TOUCH.....298
THE CARD THROUGH THE HANDKERCHIEF.....299
THE PENETRATING CARDS...299
GET THEE BEHIND ME, SATAN.....299
THE PRINCESS CARD TRICK300
THE CLOCK TRICK.....300
PAINT BRUSH CARD......301
THE ECLIPSE VANISH.....302
THE CARD FROM THE POCKET.....302
CARD FROM THE POCKET.....303
BANNER CARD DISCOVERY..303
LIKE SEEKS LIKE.....304
THE MASTER RIDDLE.....304
TRANSPOSITION...BOX TO ENVELOPE.....305
MENTAL CARD MYSTERY.....305
SATAN’S MAIL.....306
CARD AND ENVELOPE.....306
CARD AND ENVELOPE NO. 2306
TUNED MINDS.....307
TWO CARD SLATE PROPHECY.....307
THE SPECTATOR FINDS YOUR CARD.....308
WATCH HIS ELBOW ......308
TWO PILE TRICK.....308
THE VOICE OF THE SPIRIT...309
THE BUDDHA WHISPERS.....310
TRIPLE CARD MYSTERY.....310
INFALLIBLE PREDICTION.....310
TELEPATHIC CARDS......258
TOY TELEPHONE READING..259
DUO-MENTALITY.....259
THREE IN ONE CARD TRICK.260
THE MIDNIGHT MARVEL.....260
THE LIMIT FOUR ACE TRICK261
ZENS’ CARD MIRACLE.....262
A NOVEL CARD PROBLEM.....262
GET IT IN THE DARK.....263
ZENS’ MIRACLE POCKET TO POCKET TRICK.....263
NEAT CARD DETECTION.....264
NEW CARD LOCATOR.....264
THE FOURTEEN DECK.....264
TELEPATHY?.....265
THE WHISPERING ENVELOPE.....265
GREAT PSYCHIC CARD FEAT.266
CARD STABBING.....266
MIRACLE CARD LOCATION...267
MIRACLE LOCATION CLUB VERSION.....267
TELEPATHIC SELECTION.....267
MENTAL MASTERPIECE.....268
AUTOMATIC SECOND DEAL..269
MAGICARDO.....269
STEREOTYPED–Reading the Cards.....270
THOUGHT CARD DISCOVERED.....270
IMPROMPTU DETECTION.....271
NINE IN TEN DETECTION.....271
IT’S UP TO YOU.....272
FACES OR BACKS, WHICH?...311
THE LIFE SAVER.....311
THE MAGNETIZED CARDS....313
TEARING THE DECK......313
REVERSED CARDS.....314
SIMPLICITY FOUR ACE TRICK.....314
ANOTHER SIMPLICITY FOUR ACE TRICK.....315
INSEPARABLE ACES.....315
SLATES AND ACES.....316
THE TREND OF THE TIMES..316
THE GREAT PEARL MYSTERY.....317
PARADE OF THE QUEENS.....318
BURIED ALIVE.....318
READING THE CARDS.....319
HINDU MIRACLE.....320
THE BELT TRICK.....320
MODERN CARD READING.....320
ANY TIME, ANY DAY, CARD READING.....320
MYSTERY CARD READING.....321
READ THEM OFF.....321
X-RAY.....322
READING CARDS—MIRROR METHODS......322
ANOTHER METHOD......322
A SUBTLE SET UP.....323
A MEMORY FEAT.....323
THE POKER SHARK.....325
DOUBLE POKER DEAL.....325
POKER PLAYER’S DEAL.....326
POKER DEMONSTRATION....326
QUADRUPLE POKER TRICK..327
POKER SET UP.....328
ANOTHER POKER SET UP.....329
THE GAMBLER IN PERSON...329
THE GAMBLER IS BACK AGAIN.....330
KLONDYKE POKER.....330
IMPROMPTU POKER DEAL...330
EFFECTIVE POKER DEAL.....331
SOLDIER’S PRAYER BOOK....331

CHAPTER 19
INDISPENSABLE SLEIGHTS

1. THE OVERHAND SHUFFLE.....334
The Riffle Shuffle.....336
A false cut.....336
2. PALMING A CARD.....336
3. THE SIMPLE PASS.....337
4. THE DOUBLE LIFT.....338
5. THE GLIDE.....338
A GOOD LOCATION.....338
METHODS OF FORCING CARDS.....339
THE KNIFE METHOD.....340

CHAPTER 20
THE NIKOLA CARD SYSTEM

ARGUMENT.....341
THE NIKOLA CARD SYSTEM.342
1. “STOP”..349
2. CARDS BY WEIGHT.....349
3. WEIGHING CHOSEN CARDS.....349
4. THE SENSE OF TOUCH .....350
5. LOCATING .....350
6. SPELLING .....351
7. TO SPELL ANY CARD CALLED FOR.....351
8. THOUGHT ANTICIPATED...352
9. UNCONSCIOUS THOUGHT TRANSMISSION ..354
10. WIZARD’S WHIST .....355
11. ALL TRUMPS.....356
12. THE SPELLING BEE.....356
13. THE GAME OF POKER.....356
14. THE GAME OF “NAP”.....356
15. POSITION OF ANY CARD356
16. ANY CARD BEHIND BACK.....356
17. CARDS FROM THE POCKET .....356
18. A SUBTLE GAME......357