Cyclopedia of Magic is a wonderful book. It's primary quality stems from its alphabetical organization. It was written to provide the magician with a wide and solid background of magical knowledge. It provides definitions, descriptions, biographies and some routines on hundreds of magic topics. It is for the most part a compilation of material contributed by magicians such as August Roterberg, Charles Bertram, Eddie Joseph, Ellis Stanyon, John Mulholland, T. Nelson Downs and many others.
The ebook starts with a User's Guide which describes the purpose of the book, and an index to the contributing authors.
A
Acquitment: definition
Afghan Bands: short explanation
Amateur Magicians: definition and article
Anderson, John Henry: 1814-1874; bio
Angle-Proof: definition
Animals: Short article with comments on Rabbits, Pigeons, Dogs, etc.
B
Ball Manipulation: Long article, covers various Palms, Passes, and vanishes. Refers readers to Burling Hull's Expert Billiard Ball Manipulation
Ball of Wool: article, trick described
Bambergs, The: bio. Eliaser 1760-1833; David Leendert 1786-1869; Tobias 1812-1870; David Tobias (born 1843); Theo (Okito) born 1875; David (born 1904)
Bellachini (Sam Berlach): 1828-1885; bio
Billet And Message Reading: article with discussion of the One Ahead, Impressions, Transparency, etc.
Bird-Cage, Vanishing: definition
Black Art: defined, with an article on the Black Art Table and its construction
Blackstone, Harry: bio
Blindfolds: article with description of various forms
Blitz, Signor Antonio: 1810-1877; bio
Book Test: article with explanation and various approaches
Bosco, Bartolommeo: 1790-1863 bio
Bradawl or Ice Pick: defined
Breakaway Fan: defined
Breslaw: died 1783 bio
Bullet Catching: article
Business Methods: publicity article
C
Cake Baked In a Hat: article
Card Box: Defined
Card Frame: article
Card in Cigarette: defined
Card Index: defined
Cardini: bio
Card Manipulation: longer article covers Back Palm, Bottom Dealing, Break, Changes, Crimp, Double Lift, False Count, False Shuffle, Jogs, Flourishes, Forcing, Glide, Glimpse, Mexican Turnover, Palming, Second Deal, Shifts, Slips, and a card worker's bibliography
Card Marking: longer article covers principles, dot & puncture, manufacture, shading/tinting, line and scroll work, and marking while in play
Card Setups (The Rosary Deck): New packs, 8 Kings, Si Stebbins, explained along with several tricks
Cards, Flap: defined
Cards, Key: Article with several types described
Cards, One Way, Pointer, Divided: description of three card location approaches
Cards Up the Sleeve: routine described
Card Through Handkerchief: described
Card Vanisher: several types described
Carter, Charles J: 1874-1936 bio
Changeover Palm: defined
Changing Bag: defined
Children's Shows: article with recommendations
Chinese Magic: defined
Chinese Wands: described, multiple versions
Ching Ling Foo (Chee Ling Qua): 1854-1918 bio
Ching Ling Foo Water Can: defined
Chopper Effects: defined
Chung Ling Soo (William Ellisworth Campbell): 1861-1918 bio
Cigar Manipulation: Article covers multiple sleights
Cigarette Manipulation: for lighted or unlighted cigarettes, also covers holders
Clock Dial: Described
Coils: defined
Coin Box, Okito: defined
Coin In Handkerchief: defined
Coin Manipulation: article covers Palms, Changes, Handkerchief Folds, Palms, Passes, Sleeving, and a coin works bibliography
Coin Tray: described with a routine
Coins, Folding: described
Coins, Shell: described
Comedy: Article with advice
Comte, Louis Christian Emmanuel Appollinaire: 1788-1859 bio
Costume: article with advice
Costume Trunk Trick: described
Culpitt, Fred: died 1944, bio
Cups and Balls: Article covers palming, cup and wand moves, and East Indian cups
D
Dancing Handkerchief: described
De Kolta, Joseph Bautier: 1845-1903, bio
Devant, David (David Wighton): 1868-1941 bio
Dice: Article covers changing dots, Die Through Hat
Die Box, Sliding: described
Diminishing Cards: Described
Divinations: Class of effects in which performer discovers which of several similar objects has been concealed or what order they have been arranged in
Doebler, Ludwig Leopold: 1801-1864 bio
Dollar Bill Tricks: A torn and restored bill described, and the bill to lemon
Doll's House: Frederick Culpitt's illusion described
Dove Pan: described
Downs, Thomas Nelson: 1867-1938 bio
Drawer-Box: described
Droppers: defined
Drumhead Tube: described
Duck Vanish: described
E
East Indian Magic: Article
Egg and Handkerchief: effect detailed in a couple of approaches
Egg Bag: described, with some details of De Biere's egg bag. Includes a general approach to a routine, but no details.
Equivoques (Conjurer's Choice): described
Escapes and Releases: includes short discussions of The Jacoby Rope Tie, Handcuff Escape, Sack Escapes, The Mail Bag, Straitjacket Escape, Escape from Paper Cylinder, Packing Cases, and Siberian Chain Release
Exposures: short article on ethics
F
Fake: defined
Fawkes, Isaac: died 1731 bio
Fish-Catching: defined
Flagstaff: described
Flash Paper: defined
Flower in Buttonhole: defined
Flower Productions: Described in longer article
Forcing: defined
Four Ace Tricks: Covers Charles Bertram's Method, and seven other methods
Fox, Imro (Isidor Fuchs): 1852-1910 bio
Frikell, Wiljalba: 1818-1903 bio
Funnel: Described
G
Gambling Methods: longer article on cheating with cards and dice
General Card: defined
Gimmick: defined
Goldfish Bowls: described
Goldin, Horace (Hyman Goldstein): 1873-1939 bio
Grandmother's Necklace: described
Gyngell: died 1833, bio
H
Handkerchiefs Prepared as Vanishers: described, including the Die-Vanishing Handkerchief and more
Hands: how to treat
Hat Trick: detailed description of Joseph Michael Hartz' production of items from a hat
Heimburger, Alexander: 1818-1909 bio
Heller, Robert (William Henry Palmer): about 1826-1878 bio
Herrmann: family of magicians bio
Hertz Carl (Laib Morgenstern): 1869-1924 bio
History: article on the history of magic
Hoffmann, Professor Louis (Angelo John Lewis, MA): 1839-1920 bio
Hofzinser, Johann Nepomuk: 1806-1875 bio
Holders: several ball and egg holders described
Hoods: as used for coins, cards, etc.
Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz): 1874-1926 bio
I
Illusions: defined
Impromptu Effects: pointer to books with impromptu effects
Indian Basket Trick: described
Indian Mango Trick: described
Indian Rope Trick: described
Inexhaustible Bottle: described, with various improvements
Invention: article, includes a chart with Magical Technics, info on patents, etc.
J
Jap Box: described in detail
Jumping Peg: described
K
Kellar, Harry (Harold Keller): 1849-1922 bio
Kellar Tie: rope release described
L
Lafayette (Siegmund Neuburger): 1872-1911 bio
Laurant, Eugene (Eugene Greenleaf): 1875-1944) bio
Leroy (Jean Henri) Servais: 1865-1953 bio
Levitations: several stage levitations described, the floating ball
Linking Rings: a full routine is described
Literature of Magic: article on historical writings
Load: defined
Lota: described
M
Magical Effects: general description of magical effect types
Makeup: described
Maskelynes, The: family bio
Mechanical Decks: Describes Strippers, Cornered, Forcing Decks, Svengali, Mene Tekel, etc.
Merry Widow: described
Mind-Reading: general high-level discussion, with an example two-person code
Mirror Principle: described
Miser's Dream: routine described
Mulholland, John: born 1898, bio
Multiplying Billiard Balls: briefly described
Muscle Reading: article on mind-reading
Music: article on choosing music
N
Needle Trick: threading needles in mouth described
Nest of Boxes: described
Nicola, the Great (William Mozart Nocol): 1880-1946 bio
Night Club Shows: article
O
Organizations: SAM, IBM, Magic Circle, etc.
Organ Pipes: described
P
Pantomime: article
Passe-Passe Bottle: described with routine
Patter: article
Phantom Tube: defined
Phillippe or Philippe (Phillippe Talon): 1802-1879 bio
Pinetti, Giuseppe, De Willedal: 1750-1800 bio
Pistol: gimmicked pistol described
Plant: defined
Powell, Frederick Eugene: 1857-1938 bio
Practice and Rehearsal: article
Presentation: article on the rules of presentation
Programs: article on building your program
Psychology: article on deception
Publicity: article on advertising
Pulls: several varieties described
R
Rattle Box: described with a routine
Rice Bowls: various methods described
Ring: defined
Ring On Stick: briefly described
Rising Cards: methods include threads, De Kolta method, with routine described along with various other approaches
Robert-Houdin: 1805-1871 bio
Robin, Henri (Dunkell): died 1874, bio
Rope Tricks: defined
Routine: short article
S
Salting: defined
Sawing a Woman in Two: briefly described
Selbit, P.T. (Percy Thomas Tibbles): died 1938, bio
Servante: described in good detail
Shell: defined
Shell Game: briefly described, reader is directed to Jack Chanin's Hello Sucker!
Shower of Sweets: children's effect described
Silent Acts: defined
Silk Tricks: Describes various tools such as False Fingers, Wands, Production from a Match Box, Multiplying Tube, Productions, Color Changing, Knots, Sympathetic Silks, etc.
Slate Tests: writing on blank slates described
Sleeve Up His: defined
Sleight of Hand: defined
Spelling Master: card effect described
Spider: defined
Spirit Effects: article
Sponge Balls: very briefly described
Stage Settings: Article on setting the stage for stage shows, with bibliography on Stage and Theater
Steal: defined
Stodare, Colonel Alfred (John English): 1831-1866 bio
String Tricks: Includes brief discussion of Perambulating String, Pricking the Garter, Snare, etc.
Sucker Gag: defined
Sun and Moon Trick: handkerchief trick described in detail
Switch: Defined
Sympathetic Coins: A Coin Matrix type effect described
T
Table Tricks: defined
Talk: defined
Tambourine: production utility described
Telephone Trick: briefly described
Thimble Tricks: Decent article describes production, multiplying thimbles, and thimble passes
Thirty Card Trick: Cards transfer from one pile to another
Thread, Black: defined
Three-Card Tricks: Three Card Monte describe in fair detail; Mexican Three Card Monte; Slow Motion Method
Thumb Tie: release described
Thumb Tip: defined
Thumb Writer: Defined
Thurston, Howard: 1869-1936 bio
Torn and Restored Paper: various methods described, including Torn Cigarette Paper
Torrini (Count Edmond De Grisy): bio of this fictional character
Tourniquet: defined
Transfixed Pack: two card effects described
Traps: defined
Trunk Trick, Substitution: stage effect briefly described
Tumblers: Bottomless, Mirror Glass, others described
Turban Cut and Restored: described
V
Van Hoven, Frank: 18??-19?? bio
Vanishing Performer: described
Vest-Pocket Magic: defined
Volunteers: Short Article
W
Walking Through a Brick Wall: described
Wands: Article with discussion of production, coin wand, auto-gravity wand, Cigar Wand, Swallowing Wand, and Vanishing Wand
Watch Tricks: Several tricks described including the Watch Mortar, The Watch Winder, and Watch It! Refers readers to Samuel Berland's Tricks with Watches.
Wax: defined
Williams, Oswald: 1881-1937 bio
Wine and Water: briefly described
Wyman, John: 1816-1881 bio
Y
You Do as I Do: Briefly described, with reference to Hilliard's Greater Magic and Hugard's Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
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