Secrets of my magic by David Devant

Description

This Ebook/PDF(177 pages) is filled with David Devant’s Magic and thoughts on performing.

Contents:

Introduction (S.H. Sharpe)

Chapter I Card Magic

• Misdirection of the Senses

• How Cards are Forced

• Tricks with Forcing Cards

• The Pass and the False Shuffle

Chapter II Card Magic (continued)

• The Art of Palming Cards

• Changing a Card

• La Carte Generale and How it is Done

• The Multitude of Cards Trick

Chapter III Billiard Ball Magic

• Multiplication of Billiard Balls

• Transformation of Balls into Eggs

• Transfers, Sleights, and Apparatus Used in Ball Conjuring

• Sleights

• Apparent Transfer With Palm

• Aparent Transfer With Finger-Palm

• Apparent Transfer by Combination Palm

• Preparations

Chapter IV Billiard Ball Magic (continued)

• How to Present a Billiard Ball Illusion

• The Cup and Balls Trick: with transformation of Balls into Oranges

Chapter V Flower Magic

• The Dream of the Dove Illusion

• Flower Materialisation

• Bautier’s Flower Trick: Devant’s version

• Producing Blooms from Seeds

• he Mascot Moth

• The Electric Conservatory and The Beast Who Turns into a Prince

Chapter VI Opening Illusions

• Producing a Rabbit from a Top Hat

• Importance of Details: How Maskelyne Began

Chapter VII Mechanical Magic

• The Golliwog Ball

• Juggling with Milk

• The Paper, Ribbon and Flag Trick explained

Chapter VIII Famous Illusions RevealedChapter IX More Famous Illusions

• Beau Brocade

• The New Page-Boy

• The Mystery of the Magic Mirror

Chapter X Egg Magic

• A Boy, a Girl, and Some Eggs

• Hatching a Chicken from an Egg

• The Egg-Bag Trick Improved

Chapter XI The Indian Rope Trick

• A Stage Version of this Mythical Illusion Presented and Explained

Chapter XII Magical Mysteries

• The Window of the Haunted House

• The Ink that Becomes Water

• The Chocolate Soldier Illusion or The Man who Diminishes

Chapter XIII More Magical Mysteries

• The Obliging Kettle: Wines and Liqueurs from a Kettle

• The Burmese Gong Illusion

• The Magician who Vanishes Himself

Chapter XIV Magical Sketches

• St. Valentine’s Eve, or The Envelope which Becomes a Girl

• The Enchanted Hive Illusion

• The Great Ghost Trick

Chapter XV Masterpieces of Magic

• Borrowed Bill Shot Into Candle

• Biff, or The Disappearing Motor-Cyclist

• The Gnome’s Grot

• The Educated Fly Illusion

Chapter XVI Mental Magic

• Thought-Reading Extraordinary

• Articles and Actions

• The Secrets of Mental Magnetism

• Translucidation, or The Blindfold Letter-Reader

Chapter XVII Three Unproduced Illusions

• The Advent of Peter Pan

• Transformation

• The Cage of Good Luck

Chapter XVIII Creating an Illusion

• Ideas and Effects

• A Novel Illusion

• The Man who Makes Money

• Misrepresentation

Chapter XIX Some Awkward Moments

• In the Eyes of the Law

• An Unexpected Wetting

• The Gunpowder Plot

Chapter XX Magic of My Contemporaries

• A New Method for the Spirit Slates (Oswald Williams)

• The Card and Tack Trick (Horace Goldin)

• Invisible Dye (Douglas Dexter)

• A New Thought-Wave Experiment (H. Park Shackleton)

• Surprising Finish to Cigarette Production (Len Burnell)

• The Spirit Message (G. W. Eade)

• £1000 Challenge Effect (Fred Hocking)

• A “Tee Bee” Effect (Tom Burnett)

• Misdirection (Arthur Sherwood)

Chapter XXI Magic of My Contemporaries (continued)

• A.B.C. Watch and Card Trick (Herbert J. Collings)

• A Pack of Cards (Graham Adams)

• The Caledonian Mystery (W. Donald Forsyth)

• The Diminishing Card Trick (Edward Victor)

• The Indestructible Handkerchief (Allen Benbow)

• The Torn Strip of Paper (Ralph Delvin)

• The Miracle Paper (Ellis Stanyon)

• Handkerchief, Tumbler, and Flowers (Will Blyth)

• The Allottment (Vincent Dalban)

• Shopping by Wireless (Ralph Chart)

• Blindfold Card Reading (George Johnson)

• The Vanity Bag Illusion (Cecil Lyle)

• The Presto Painting Mystery (W. G. Stickland)

• The Optical Pass (Chris Van Bern)

• New Spirit Message Effect (Oswald Rae)

• Coin and Card Divination (Edward Bagshawe)

• The Multiple Laundry Mystery (Kershaw Thomas)

• Tests of the Court Magician (Francis White)

• Early Days of Magic (Charles Moritt)

• The Mystery of Asrah (Servais Le Roy)

• The Sunshade Trick (L. Davenport)

Appendix

• Notes for the Construction of Conservatory in The Advent of Peter Pan Illusion