Wehman Bros. (Pub): New Book of One Hundred and Fifty Parlor Tricks and Games ©1905 Wehman Bros, NY Reprinted in 1939 Softcover, 106 pages plus ads

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Inside page of 1905 edition

Comments: Book has been republished a few times. Original title was One Hundred and Fifty Parlor Tricks and Games, which seems to have been shortened on a later reprint to just 150 Tricks and Games, as seen in the above images

Contents:

1 The Disappearing Egg (Adrian Plate)
2 Ghost Rings - A Pretty Party Trick: chemical trick
3 The Invisible Candle: challenge
4 Home-made Ping Pong
6 Animal Magnetism: hypnotise a canary
7 A Curious Illusion: cylinder rolls up-hill
8 The Dancing Skeleton: wood toy
9 The Floating Corks: betcha
9 Restoring the Cut Thread
10 Invisible Photographs: invisible ink
11 A Laughmaker: a silly construction project
12 The Magic Coin Box: a borrowed coin vanishes
13 A Match Trick: matches march along a knife blade
14 The Balanced Coin: physics stunt
14 The Disappearing Coin: under glass
16 A Peculiar Number: arithmetical puzzle
17 To Name All the Cards in the Pack in Succession: Eight Kings stack
18 The Indian Duck Trick: a small toy duck dives on command
19 The Latest Cigarette Vanish
21 The Balanced Handkerchief: stands upright
22 An Egg and Stick Balance: Egg balances on edge of wand
23 To Balance a Cone of Paper on the Nose
24 The Watery Knife: stream of water from the blade
25 The Jumping Egg - a Party Trick: sand and brick dust remain dry in water, and an egg jumps out
32 The Magdeburg Hemispheres: a science experiment
33 The Triple Vanishing Billiard Balls and Glass Table (Henry Hardin)
34 An Artistic Card Effect: easy card location
35 Telling Fortune with Dominoes
36 The Dice Trick: spots change
38 The Running Mouse: toy mouse runs along hand
39 Chemical Experiments: clear to red liquid (uses mercury - not recommended!)
40 A Siphon Trick: emptying a glass of water with a bottle of water
41 Blowing Out a Candle Behind a Bottle: stunt
41 The Origin of Dominoes: a story
42 The Magic Glass: when breathed on, an image appears
43 Trick With a Balanced Coin: remove paper under a balanced coin
44 Ice Made in a Drawing Room: chemical trick
44 Who Wears the Ring?: mathematical puzzle
45 The Double Meaning: challenge to drink water under a hat
46 Imitation Thunder: sound illusion
47 Pool Table Tricks: From "Fun on the Pool Table", 1902, by Tricks Publishing Company
47 - Carom Through a Hat
47 - Steeple-Chase Shot
48 The Magic Egg: sinks or floats
49 An After Dinner Trick (Sargent the Merry Wizard): an action story with toothpicks
50 Tricks With a Gas Jet: using a pinhole burner
52 The Paper Rings: the Afghan Bands trick
53 Card Reading: using a shiner
54 Pyramid of Alum: alum in water stunt
54 Biting Nails In Two: how to do it
55 How to Sit Without Chairs: stunt for a group of people
56 The Three Almonds: gag
57 Egg Production: multiple eggs are produced from a handkerchief
61 The Captives In the Tower: a math puzzle
62 Silken Fetters: a simple two person escape
63 The Stretched Handkerchief: illusion
64 Catching the Pile of Money: coin stunt
65 Coin Trick: coin penetrates hat into a glass
66 Engraving an Egg: science stunt
67 Experiment with Dominoes: supporting many on one
68 Breaking Stones With Your Fist
68 Thought Reading: one ahead principle
69 Candle Trick: candle lights when removed from pocket
69 Ghastly Appearance: experiment
70 A Burning Coal on a Muslin Handkerchief: science experiment
71 Varieties of Crystals
71 To Pass Steam Through Cardboard
72 Tricks With Coins: with a hoo-coin
73 To Make a Plank Adhere to a Table by Means of a Newspaper
74 To Get a Ring Out of a Handkerchief
75 Easy and Curious Methods of Fortelling Rainy or Fine Weather
76 An Eggshell Boat
77 Magic Inks: chemicals
78 Magic of Heat: chemical trick
78 A Purple, Green and Red Liquid from the Same Bottle
78 To Make a Needle Float: stunt
80 The Queens Digging for Diamonds: card story trick
81 To Call the Cards Out of the Pack: one ahead
82 Thankgiving Dinner Trick: with water & wine and two glasses
83 Musical Figures Resulting From Sound: with sand and a glass
84 The Paper Puppets: dancing on glass
85 How to Make Imitation Frost
86 The Fakir's Feast: pencil swallowing
86 To Cut a Cord With the Hands: a skill
88 Christmas Eve Amusement: a sheet illusion
89 To Bring a Card Which Has Been Thrown Out of the Window into the Pack Again
89 A Lung-Testing Trick: test your wind power
90 The Restored Document: a spectator's writing is restored
91 Changing, Vanishing, or Producing Envelope: a utility for card magic
92 A Thanksgiving Day Game: turkey target shooting
94 The Floating Ball: bobbing game
94 Bon Bons of Colored Paper Clippings: paper turns to candy
95 An Infallible Barometer: science experiement
96 At Which Side Will the Match Catch Fire? stunt
97 To Name Cards Without Seeing Them: with a shiner
98 Christmas Nut and Candy Trick: production trick
99 The Unalterable Pellet of Bread: stunt
100 The Vanishing Gloves: an opening trick
101 To Maker Water Freeze by the Fireside: a winter stunt
102 To Pass a Coin Through a Hat Into a Tumbler
103 The Mesmerized Cross of the Orient: a straw cross sits upright
105 The Burnt Writing Restored: with a candlestick
106 To Crack Walnuts on Your Elbow: gag
107 Advertisements for Wehman Books: catalog of books to page 156