The Magician's Own Book, or, the Whole Art of Conjuring / Being a complete hand-book of parlor magic, and containing over one thousand optical, chemical, mechanical, magnetical, and magical experiments, amusing transmutations, astonishing sleights and subtleties, celebrated card deceptions, ingenious tricks with numbers, curious and entertaining puzzles, together with all the most noted tricks of modern performers.
BEING A
COMPLETE HAND-BOOK OF PARLOR MAGIC,
AND CONTAINING
OVER ONE THOUSAND
OPTICAL, CHEMICAL, MECHANICAL, MAGNETICAL, AND MAGICAL EXPERIMENTS, AMUSING TRANSMUTATIONS, ASTONISHING SLEIGHTS AND SUBTLETIES, CELEBRATED CARD DECEPTIONS, INGENIOUS TRICKS WITH NUMBERS, CURIOUS AND ENTERTAINING PUZZLES, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE MOST NOTED TRICKS OF MODERN PERFORMERS. THE WHOLE
ILLUSTRATED WITH OVER 500 WOOD CUTS,
AND INTENDED AS A SOURCE OF AMUSEMENT FOR
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE EVENINGS.
NEW YORK: DICK & FITZGERALD, 18 ANN STREET. 1862.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by
George Arnold
Frank Cahill
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PREFACE.
INDEX.
THE YOUNG CONJUROR.
AUDACITY.
TRICKS WITH CARDS, THAT REQUIRE APPARATUS.
HINTS TO AMATEURS.
THE SECRET OF VENTRILOQUISM.
The Reason Why: Natural History.
10,000 WONDERFUL THINGS.
Live and Learn;
A Book of Never-Ending Entertainment.
The Perfect Gentleman;
Art of Dancing without a Master;
SONGS OF IRELAND.
Judge Haliburton's Works.
Miscellaneous Books.
The Harp of a Thousand Strings
Mrs. Partington's Carpet Bag of Fun.
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