Rae, Oswald: The More You Watch ©1938 George Johnson, The Magic Wand Office, London Hardcover, 128 pages plus ads

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Comments: Illustrated by W.H. Hale.

Contents (from book):

8 Greetings To My Magical Friends The World Over
9 Contents

11 Part I Intimate Effects
13 Burning a Lady: a lit cigarette lowered in a tube does not burn spectator
14 Magic with Cigarette Cards: addition sum appears on card in cigarette packet, then selected card is magically removed from string
19 The Simple Catch: riddle
19 Another Catch: another riddle/challenge
20 Jig-Saw Puzzle: puzzle specific to Wild Woodbine cigarettes
22 Whisky and Water: a challenge
24 Watered Beer: gag
25 Wandering Matches: a number of matches transfer from one matchbox to another
30 The Worm Will Turn: a stunt with two cigarettes and a match

33 Part II Card Tricks
35 The Mystic Flight: selected card vanishes and is found in packet in card case
40 On the Spot: selected card is found over selected color on a clever tray
45 The Cards and Ribbon: ribbon pulled from a deck selects two chosen cards
48 An Easy Force: for two cards
49 The Elusive King: a Three Card Monte using the whole deck
57 Rae’s Card Routine: a lesson in dexterity
67 A Simple False Shuffle
68 Torn Tissue and Card: tissue papers form into image of selected card

73 Part III Miscellaneous Effects
75 The Ghostly Autograph: an autograph is selected and appears on a blank card
80 The Mystic Silhouette: a silhouette of selected celebrity appears on a paper
86 The Frame That Forces: other ideas for the forcing frame
89 Pre-determination: prediction of a flower chosen, with several outs
93 On and Off: an LP record is removed and restored to a ribbon in the record jacket
103 A Tricky Tray: uses for a specially gimmicked tray
107 Breaking the Record: another version but with record being broken and restored
109 Note or Bill and Cigarette: burnt bill to cigarette
115 The Chinese Joss Papers: sympathetic torn and restored papers
119 The Invisible Bootlegger: a paper cylinder placed over a glass; glass changes to bottle, then full glass of liquid
124 A Message from Mars: spectator selects only envelope with card, and card contains predictions to four questions
129 Ad: List of Magic Wand Publications