Hanky Panky
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BY THE AUTHOR OF “THE SECRET OUT.”
EDITED BY W. H. CREMER, JUN.
Very Easy Tricks and very Difficult Tricks, Diversions with Dice, Conjuring with Cards, Jugglery with and without Assistants, Gamblers’ Deceptions Exposed, &c.
WITH 250 PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS.
LONDON.
JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN, 74 & 75, PICCADILLY.
The great and deserved success of “The Secret Out; or, One Thousand Tricks in Drawing-Room or White Magic,” edited by W. H. Cremer, Jun., of Regentstreet, has suggested an entirely new Edition of the same Author’s world-famous “Hanky Panky: Very Easy Tricks and Very Difficult Tricks, Diversions with Dice, Conjuring with Cards, Jugglery with and without Assistants, Gamblers’ Deceptions Exposed .” The Publisher has again secured the services of Mr. Cremer—the gentleman whose wonderful display of the Toys of the World attracted so much notice in the recent International Exhibition—and an eminently entertaining, but, at the same time, thoroughly practical, book is now before the reader.
The present work, therefore, may be considered in the light of a supplement or addition to the Author’s well-known “Magician’s Own Book.”
The Publisher will, he trusts, be pardoned for here directing attention to another book of this class, “The Art of Amusing,” a Collection of graceful Arts, Games, Tricks, Puzzles, and Charades, considered by The Athenæum as being “the best and most entertaining work of the kind with which we are acquainted.”
A companion volume, under the title of “The Merry Circle: A Book of New Games and Intellectual Amusements,” with nearly Two Hundred Illustrations, has just been issued by Mrs. Clara Bellew.
Wiljalba Frikell
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I.—SIMPLE TRICKS.
FLY AWAY, JACK!
DANCE, BOATMAN, DANCE!
BUY A BIRD.
LITTLE WATCHMAN.
TO ADD FIVE TO SIX AND YET MAKE BUT NINE.
TO CARRY HOT COALS IN THE HAND.
II.—TRICKS WITH COINS.
THE COIN TRICK, FROM AN HIBERNIAN POINT OF VIEW.
THE NEW TRICK OF MELTING MONEY.
TO REDUCE A SHILLING TO A SIXPENCE.
THE UNCRUSHABLE FLOWER.
THE FLYING COTTON REEL.
THE OBEDIENT SIXPENCE.
THE INVISIBLE TRANSIT.
THE DIE AND DOVE TRICK.
THE COIN WAND.
THE GARLAND OF ROSES.
THE BEWITCHED PICTURE FRAME.
THE GUERIDON AND GOLDEN RAIN.
III.—WITH ROPE AND STRING.
THE SKIPPING-ROPE TRICK.
TO RESTORE A CUT STRING.
TO CUT THE BRAID OF A BUTTONHOLE WITHOUT LEAVING A MARK.
THE DEMON CORD.
TO TIE A KNOT ON ONE WRIST WITHOUT THE TOUCH OF THE OTHER HAND.
TO CUT YOUR NOSE OFF WITH A STRING.
THE MARVELLOUS RELEASE.
THE MAGIC UNTYING.
ROBERT HOUDIN’S FAMOUS RABBIT TRICK.
THE MAGIC PICTURE FRAME AND VANISHING PLAYING CARDS.
THE MAGIC FLOWER, APPEARING AND BLOOMING AT COMMAND.
IV.—WITH HANDKERCHIEFS.
THE MELTING EGG AND THE BEWITCHED HANDKERCHIEF.
TO UNDO A KNOTTED HANDKERCHIEF BY A SHAKE.
THE HANDKERCHIEF AND EGG TRICK.
V.—WITH RINGS.
THE PENETRATIVE RING.
THE RING AND GLOVE PILLAR.
VI.—SIMPLE TRICKS WITH KNIVES.
THE OBEDIENT KNIFE.
VII.—FORTUNE TELLING TRICKS.
CATCHES AND QUIBBLES.
ADDRESS ON A LETTER.
ALGEBRAIC SQUARING OF THE CIRCLE.
A BUNCH OF ANAGRAMS.
THE GRAMMATICAL WORD.
HANKY PANKY TO HIS NIECES, WITH A SET OF CHESSMEN.
COMIC FORTUNE TELLING.
THE ALPHABETICAL FORTUNE TELLER.
TO GUESS THE POINTS THROWN WITH DICE.
ARITHMETICAL FORTUNE TELLING.
VIII.—SIMPLE TRICKS WITH BOXES.
THE MAGIC TABLE AND SEALED CASKET.
THE 100 RINGS OF SMOKE.
TO INTRODUCE CIGAR SMOKE INTO AN AIR-TIGHT VASE.
IX.—SIMPLE TRICKS WITH HATS.
THE MAGICIAN’S BIRDCAGE.
THE GARDEN HAT; OR, FLOWERS GROWING VISIBLY IN A HAT.
TO RUN THE FINGER THROUGH A HAT AND YET RETURN IT INTACT.
X.—AMUSING TRICKS WITH VARIOUS ARTICLES.
TO TAKE A PORTRAIT IN THREE MINUTES.
A REMBRANDT ETCHING IN FIVE MINUTES.
THE ONE-EARED HARES.
DOING A GOOSE IN THE TURN OF A HAND.
VAPOURGRAPHIC PICTURES.
CHANGEABLE PICTURES.
MAGIC DRAWING.
TRANSPARENCIES.
MOVABLE TRANSPARENCIES.
TO WRITE ON WOOD.
THE PIG’S-EYE GAME.
EVERLASTING WRITING ON GLASS.
MOSS PICTURES.
THE PUNCTUATION PUZZLE.
OIL PICTURES.
XI.—AMUSING TRICKS WITH VARIOUS ARTICLES.
TO DIVIDE A HORSESHOE INTO SEVEN PIECES BY TWO CUTS.
TO MAKE AN ANTI-MACASSAR OF A SHEET OF PAPER.
SYMPATHETIC CURRENTS OF DIVINATION.
THE TURNING SHEARS.
THE SIMULACRUM.
PRIMITIVE WOLF TRAP.
THE CELEBRATED HONEY-BEE TRICK.
TO PROTECT A HOUSE FROM RATS AND MICE.
TO SHOW THE FUTURE IN A PAIL OF WATER.
THE INTELLIGENT PARROT.
CLOVES.
DANDELION RING CHAINS.
IMMORTELLES.
THE POLITICAL TEETOTUM.
ORTHOGRAPHICAL DICE.
THE HEXAGON.
THE MAGIC OCTAGON.
THE PARALLELOGRAM.
MOCK LACES.
TO CUT OUT A CROSS.
THE MAGICIAN’S SPELL.
CHERRY-STONE BASKETS.
HANKY PANKY BURGLAR ALARM.
MOCK TURTLE.
MYSTIC CHANGES IN COSTUME.
THE ANIMATED CRYSTAL.
THE SPINELESS GIANTESS.
TO COLOUR AGATES.
CARD CASTLE.
PUZZLES.
TO FORM A SQUARE.
A SQUARE OF FOUR PIECES.
The Puzzle of Five Pieces.
Another of Triangles.
Another.
A SQUARE OF SEVENTEEN SQUARES.
Another of Four Triangles and a Square.
Of Four Squares and Eight Triangles.
Of Nine Pieces.
Of Ten Pieces.
Of Twenty Triangles.
Of Eleven Pieces.
THE OVAL PUZZLE.
CHECKER PUZZLE.
THE UNDETACHABLE CYLINDER.
TRIUMPHANT COLUMN.
A PRETTY TRICK IN BALANCING.
THE ANGULAR PUZZLE.
THE POSTS AND PADDOCK PUZZLES.
THE LANDLORD TRICKED.
THE DIVIDED ORCHARDS.
THE OBLONG PUZZLE.
THE ONE-QUARTERLESS SQUARE.
COUNTER PUZZLE.
XIII.—TRICKS IN THE WATER.
THE FANE OF AQUARIUS.
WATER RISING ABOVE ITS LEVEL.
WATER IN PERPETUAL MOTION.
TO PLACE TWENTY SHILLINGS IN A WINE-GLASS.
THE HYDRAULIC DANCER.
XIV.—TRICKS WITH MUSICAL AND OTHER SOUNDS.
HINTS FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
THE MERIDIAN ALARUM.
MUSICAL WATER.
THE ÆOLIAN WHISTLE.
SIMPLE ÆOLIAN HARP.
TO PLAY ON TWO WHISTLES AT ONCE
ECHOES.
WHISPERING GALLERIES.
THE INTELLIGENT ECHO.
TO SHIVER GLASSES BY SINGING.
THE WOODEN HARMONICON.
THE STONE HARMONICON.
THE LYRE WITH A GOOD MEMORY.
THE TARTINI FIDDLE TRICK.
THE DEMON VIOLIN.
PRACTICAL JOKES IN THE ORCHESTRA.
THEATRICAL THUNDER.
TO IMITATE THE CRASH OF A THUNDERBOLT STRIKING.
THE CRASH BAG.
TO IMITATE RAIN AND HAIL.
XV.—TRICKS WITH WIND AND AIR.
INFLAMMABLE AIR.
CURIOUS VIVIFICATION.
FIERY SHOWER.
THE COIN AND WINE-GLASS PUZZLE.
THE WEATHER PROPHETS.
THE DANCER ON AN INVISIBLE MOUNTAIN.
XVI. ELECTRICAL TRICKS.
THE CONTINUOUS CHIME.
SIMPLE ELECTROSCOPE.
THE OBEDIENT BROWNIE.
THE FEATHER PENDULUM.
THE MAGNETIC FOX-HUNT.
THE SPIRIT DRUM.
XVII.—TRICKS WITH FIRE AND HEAT.
THE FOUNTAIN OF FIRE.
LIGHT ON THE WATER.
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.
THE PILLAR OF FIRE.
THE MINIATURE MOUNT VESUVIUS.
A FIRE OF TIN.
THE DIVING LIGHT.
TO DECORATE METAL.
FIRE FROM TWO COLD LIQUIDS.
A GREAT FLAME.
FIRE BY PERCUSSION.
THE DANCING FLAME.
FIRE FROM WOOD.
HARMLESS EXPLOSION.
GUNPOWDER IGNITED WITHOUT EXPLOSION.
SALAMANDER PAPER.
FIRE-PROOFING ONESELF.
DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE OF WATER IN THE SAME VESSEL.
THE MAGIC FLUID.
BLUE TO WHITE.
HEAT IN POWER.
GREEN TO BLACK.
COLOURS VANISHING AND REAPPEARING.
RED TO PURPLE, GREEN, AND CRIMSON.
ENCHANTED TAPERS.
THE INEXTINGUISHABLE CANDLE.
THE FROZEN CANDLE.
BLACK MORE LUMINOUS THAN WHITE.
INVISIBLE COMBUSTION.
DAZZLING LIGHT.
WALKING ON BURNING COALS.
THE DIVING LIGHTS.
THE SYMPATHETIC LAMP.
PROOF THAT FLAME IS HOLLOW.
MAGIC LAMP.
TO BURN THE POKER IN THE CANDLE.
FIRE FOR AMATEUR THEATRICALS.
A LAMP WITHOUT FLAME.
RAYS OF THE SUN.
COMMON GAS.
THE FAIRY IRIS.
THE COLD LIQUID BECOMING SOLID UNDER HEAT.
INVISIBLE GASES MAKE A SOLID.
GASES MAKE A LIQUID.
CHEMICAL CURIOSITY.
XVIII.—OPTICAL TRICKS.
THE ILLUSION OF SUBTRACTION.
VARIATION.
COLOURED GLASSES IN FOGS.
JAPANESE MYSTIC MIRRORS.
TRANSFIGURATION PICTURES.
SUBJECTS.
THE EIDOTROPE.
WRITING ON THE WALL.
THE THEATRE WITH THE CURTAIN DOWN AND UP.
THE MAGIC INVERSION.
THE PRETENDED ENDLESS ARCADE.
THE WITCHES’ DANCE.
PENETRATIVE SIGHT.
THE BLIND SPOT IN THE EYE.
THE BEWITCHED PLAYING CARD.
THE MAGIC CUBE-BOX.
YELLOW AND BLUE DO NOT MAKE GREEN.
THE MAGIC TEMPLE.
THAUMATROPE, OR WONDER TURNER.
THE ARCADE OF VERDURE.
THE PERSPECTIVE GLASS.
THE ENCHANTED LOOKING-GLASS.
THE OCULAR AND OLFACTORY HARPSICHORD.
SHADOWS ON THE WALL.
IRREGULAR PROFILES FORMING SYMMETRICAL SHADOWS.
CHINESE SHADOWS.
ANAMORPHOSES; OR, DISTORTED FIGURES.
OPTICAL FIREWORKS.
TO GIVE MOTION.
THE SULTAN’S SUMMER PALACE ILLUMINATED.
THE PENETRATIVE EYEGLASS.
THE POLEMOSCOPE.
THE HEAD DECAPITATED AND FLOATING IN THE AIR THREE YARDS FROM THE BODY.
THE ILLUMINATED HEAD OF ISIS.
A NIGHT WATCH LAMP.
DOUBLE-COLOURED REFLECTION.
THE PHANTOM FLOWER.
THE MAGIC CAMERAS.
THE IMAGE LIKE LIFE.
THE NOSTRADAMUS TRICK.
THE ENCHANTED TELESCOPE.
THE HEAD OF JOHN THE BAPTIST.
THE DAGGER OF MACBETH.
THE GHOST ILLUSION.
THE SAINT’S HEAD IN A GLORY.
XIX.—COMPLICATED TRICKS IN MECHANICAL MAGIC.
THE POTATO MANNIKIN.
A MASQUERADE TRICK.
THE COMIC ANATOMIST AND DANCING BOGIE.
THE GYROSCOPE.
EXPERIMENT WITH THE GYROSCOPE.
THE HIGHFLYER.
THE MECHANICAL ÆROSTAT.
ARTIFICIAL SNAKES.
THE PIPING BULLFINCH.
THE WONDERFUL WELL.
THE TWIN SINGING-BIRDS.
THE AUTOMATON ARTIST AND WRITER.
THE AUTOMATON PERFORMER ON THE HORIZONTAL BAR.
THE AUTOMATON TUMBLER.
THE AUTOMATON FLUTE-PLAYER.
THE AUTOMATON DRUMMER.
THE GARCIA SLIP, OR TOUR D’HOMBOURG.
TO TELL A CARD THOUGHT OF.
TO GUESS THE SPOTS ON A CARD.
TO TELL TWO CARDS OUT OF TWENTY.
TO BRING ALL THE CARDS OF THE SAME KIND TOGETHER.
THE FOUR INDIVISIBLE KINGS.
TO GUESS CARDS SELECTED BY SEVERAL PERSONS.
A NEW THREE-CARD TRICK.
TO TELL THE SPOTS ON ALL THE BOTTOM CARDS OF SEVERAL HEAPS.
TO NAME ALL THE CARDS OF A PACK.
ORDER OF THE CARDS.
EVEN OR ODD.
TO TELL THE SPOTS ON SELECTED CARDS.
TO TELL A CHOSEN CARD OF FOUR.
TOPSY TURVY.
THE CONJUROR’S CARD CASTLE.
ODD OR EVEN.
MYSTERIOUS TRICK OF THIRTY-SIX CARDS. TELLING THE CARD YOU LOOK AT WITHOUT SEEING THE PACK.
THE FOUR ASSOCIATES.
HOW TO CHANGE CARDS TO PICTURES.
MAGIC DISAPPEARANCE.
SIXTEEN CARDS BEING IN TWO ROWS, TO FIND THAT WHICH A PERSON HAS THOUGHT OF.
A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CARDS BEING SHOWN TO A PERSON, TO GUESS THAT WHICH HE HAS THOUGHT OF.
THE RESTORATIVE CARD.
THE FOUR CONFEDERATE CARDS.
THE MAGIC POCKET-BOOK.
TO GUESS SEVERAL DRAWN CARDS.
THE BUTCHER’S GRIP, OR “HOLD IT FAST.”
TO PREVENT ANY ONE DRAWING A CARD WHICH YOU HOLD UP PLAINLY BEFORE HIM.
THE RECOVERABLE CARD.
A PACK OF CARDS KEPT TOGETHER IN THE AIR.
TO CHANGE A CARD BY WORD OF COMMAND.
TO PLACE THE FOUR KNAVES UPON ONE ANOTHER SO THAT ONLY THE UPPER HALF OF EACH CARD IS VISIBLE.
TO CHANGE FIVE KINGS INTO FIVE QUEENS.
THE SHUFFLED TEN.
THE MYSTIC CHANGE.
TO SEPARATE A CHOSEN CARD FROM THE PACK AT A BLOW.
KNOCKING A CARD OUT OF THE PACK.
TO NAME EVERY CARD IN A PACK SUCCESSIVELY TURNED UP BY A SECOND PARTY.
TO WIN EVERY TRICK AT WHIST.
TO TELL WHAT CARD A PERSON THINKS UPON.
HOW TO DELIVER OUT FOUR ACES, AND CONVERT THEM TO FOUR KNAVES.
TO TELL A SELECTED CARD, WITHOUT SEEING IT TILL YOU FIND IT IN THE PACK
TO NAME THE NUMBER OF CARDS THAT A PERSON SHALL TAKE OUT OF THE PACK.
THE CARD IN THE MIRROR.
THE DIVINING SPY-GLASS.
THE CARDS IN THE OPERA-GLASS.
TO TELL THE CARDS BY THEIR WEIGHT.
TO DISCOVER A SELECTED CARD BY A THROW OF A DIE.
TO PLACE NINE CARDS IN TEN ROWS OF THREE EACH.
TO NAME SEVERAL CHOSEN CARDS OUT OF A PACK DIVIDED INTO TWO HEAPS.
TO MAKE TWO PERSONS DRAW THE SAME CARD OUT OF TWO PACKS.
TO PRODUCE A CARD WITHOUT SEEING THE PACK.
HOW TO KEEP A ROADSIDE INN.
TO TELL FOUR CARDS IN A LOOKING-GLASS.
THE CENTURY OF CARDS.
THE NINE DIGITS.
TO DIVIDE THE RED CARDS FROM THE BLACK BY A SINGLE CUT OF THE PACK.
THE CARD OF ONE COLOUR FOUND IN A PACK OF THE OTHER.
TO IMPALE A CARD.
CARDS TOLD BY POETICAL INSPIRATION.
THE CARD NAILED TO THE WALL WITH A PISTOL-SHOT.
THE CARDS IN TEA-CADDIES.
THE CARDS NAMED, DISCOVERED WITH THE EYES BLINDED.
THE CARD SPRINGING UP INTO THE AIR, FROM THE PACK, WITHOUT BEING TOUCHED.
TO SHOW A CARD CHOSEN BY THE AUDIENCE IN A DARK ROOM.
THE DOUBLE CONFEDERATES.
FINALE TO A CARD TRICK.
JACK TAR’S PRAYER-BOOK, OR THE COMPREHENSIVE CARDS.
APPENDIX.
GAMBLERS’ TRICKS WITH CARDS, EXPOSED AND EXPLAINED.
TRICKS AND ROULETTE.
ROUGE-ET-NOIR, OR, TRENTE ET QUARANTE.
