M. Young (Publisher): The Secrets of Ancient and MOdern Magic
Young, M. (Publisher): The Secrets of Ancient and Modern Magic
or the Art of Conjuring Unveilled
©1880 M. Young, Publisher, NY
Hardcover, 100 pages
Young: Secrets of Ancient and Modern Magic
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Comments: "As performed by the Wonderful Magicians, Houdin, Heller, Herr Alexander, Maskelyne and Cooke, Bautier and Other. Comprising All of their Best Stage Tricks, Giving Full Explanations for Performing Them Successfully in the Parlor or on the Stage." Some effects are provided only a brief description of the apparatus but others provide a full routine.
Note: I have also seen an edition with the same cover published by the Ideal Novelty Co., Palmyra, PA, that is only 12 pages long (8 pages of magic and 4 pages of ads).

Contents (from book):

7 Preface
9 Conjuring and Magic
11 Making the Pass
12 Forcing a Card - Saut a la Coupe
12 The Long Card
13 Guessing a Card Thought Of
14 To Tell a Card by Smelling
15 To Make a Card Vanish From the Pack and be Found in a Person's Pocket
16 To Place the Four Kings in Different Parts of the Pack, and to Bring Them Together by a Simple Cut
17 A Card Haying Been Withdrawn And Replaced, To Call It From The Pack, And To Make It Come To You Om Its Own Accord
18 The Magic Sword, a Card Being Drawn and Replaced, and the Pack Flung in the Air, to Catch the Chosen Card on the Point of the Sword
22 The Rising Cards - La Houlette - Several Cards Having Been Drawn, Returned, and Shuffled, to Make Them Rise Spontaneously From the Pack
24 To Make a Card Stand Upright By Itself on the Table
26 To Make Two Marked Coins, Wrapped in Separate Handkerchiefs, Come Together In One of Them
29 To Pull Four Quarters or Half-Dollars Through a Handkerchief
32 To Make a Marked Dime Vanish From a Handkerchief, and be Found in the Centre of an Apple or Orange Previously Examined
33 The Animated Coin, Which Answers Questions, Etc.: a stage apparatus
35 The Miraculous Casket: apparatus briefly described that vanishes one coin at a time
36 The Half Dollar Wand: the coin wand and its use described
38 The Shower of Money: the Miser's dream with multiplication of coins
39 The Egg and the Handkerchief (Colonel Stodare): a handkerchief transposes with an egg in a glass
41 The Birdcages From the Hat: apparatus briefly described
42 The Welsh Rabbit: commercial apparatus and routine described
44 The Wizard's Omlet: the dove pan described
46 The Rose in the Glass Vase: a stage apparatus
47 The Chinese Rings: mechanism described, and a simple routine with 8 rings presented
49 The Birth of Flowers: two methods described
52 The Flying Glass of Water (Colonel Stodare): a glass of water vanishes under a handkerchief and is extracted from the spectator's jacket
54 The Rabbit Trick: rabbit production from a hat, vanish, etc.
56 The Fairy Stab: a stage card trick with apparatus
58 The Card Bouquet: cards appear in a bouquet of flowers - stage apparatus
59 The Magic Picture Frame: borrowed articles are "shot" into a picture frame
61 The Flying Watches and the Broken Plate: similar to above
63 The Sphinx (Colonel Stodare): a talking head illusion
66 The Cabinet of Proteus: a vanishing or appearance cabinet for stage
69 The Indian Basket Trick: for stage performance
71 The Magic Drum: a drum suspended can tap out messages or play a rhythm
74 The Arial Suspension of a Living Woman Made to Recline in Mid Air (Robert-Houdin): stage apparatus harnass described
80 The Burning Globe: a handkerchief burnt in a globe is restored - apparatus briefly described
81 The Vanishing Gloves: an opener for your act
82 A Dozen Babies From a Hat: production item described briefly
82 The Transformed Handkerchief: borrowed handkerchief vanished and found in a lemon
84 To Pass a Borrowed Ring Into An Egg: conclusion for a ring trick
86 To Pass a Ring From the One Hand to Either Finger of the Other Hand: another use for the flying ring
86 To Indicate on the Dial of a Watch the Hour Secretly Thought of by Any of the Company: mathematical trick
87 The Heads and Tails Trick: coins turn heads and tails using a double sided coin
89 A Half Dollar Being Spun Upon the Table, to Tell Blindfolded Whether it Falls Head or Tail Upward: using a special coin
90 Several Persons Having Each Drawn Two Cards, Which Have Been Returned and Shuffled, to Make Each Couple Appear in Succession, One at the Top and the Other at the Bottom of the Pack (Compto)
91 To Change the Four Aces Held Tightly by a Person Into Four Indifferent Cards (Elder Conus)
94 A Card Having Been Thought Of, to Make Such Card Vanish From the Pack, and be Discovered Wherever the Performer Pleases
96 The Bottle Imps: a bottle can only be lain on its side by the performer
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