his is an early publication by Will Goldston. It is a kind of smorgasbord of tricks, illusions, apparatus, hand shadows, plays, and advertisements for his Gamage Ltd.
PREFACE
CHAPTER I
Latest Method For Performing Soup Plate And Handkerchief Trick
The Egg, Card, And Wand Balance
A Novel Trick
A Good Slate Trick
The Wine Bottle And Card Trick
The Latest Pip Card Trick
A Neat Handkerchief Trick
Mystic Canteen And Birdcage
The Egg And Straw Balance
Handkerchief Spinning Trick
The Table Lifting
A New Slate Trick
Slate Writing
Twenty-Five Balloons Produced From A Hat
Rifle And Handkerchief Trick
An Effective Handkerchief Trick
Vanished Handkerchief Produced Dry From A Glass Of Wine
The Improved Servante Tray
The Hypnotised Wand
Gamage's Improved Thumb Tie
The Gamage Card And Die Illusion
The Vanishing Canaries And Cage Trick
Another Canary Cage
Wonderful Walking Egg
New Handkerchiefs Produced From Glass
The "Gamage" Duck Cylinder
Tao-Li-Tao
The Gamage Candle And Mystic Bouquet
Marvellous Production From An Empty Hat
The Vest Servante
The Wonderful Vanishing Die Box
Improved Vanishing Glass Tumbler
Lifting A Bowl Of Water
The Celebrated Chinese Egg Bag Trick
Card And Bouquet Illusion
Billiard Balls And Cue
A Good Glass Bowl Trick
The Secret Of Paper Tearing Trick
CHAPTER II
The Improved Goldfish Illusion
The Goldston-Downs Bottle Illusion
The Talking Skull
The Stroubeika Illusion
Famous Ducks And Tub Illusion
The Wonderful Lady And Scale Illusion
Improved Vanishing Lady And Cage Illusion
The "Gamage" Flower Table
The Sudden Appearance Of A Lady In An Empty Box
The Mysterious Head Illusion
An Instantaneous Exchange
The "Gamage" Cage Illusion
The Laurie Cabinet Illusion
The Hewes Levitation
A Great Levitation
The Marvellous Clock Dial
Silent Second-Sight Act
The Ball And Plank Mystery
The Pillory Illusion
CHAPTER III
All About The Magic Kettle
The Great Magic Kettle Act
The Magic Kettle To Hold Liquor
The Mystic Kettle
CHAPTER IV
A Handcuff Trick For Test Work
Sack Trick
The Mokana Shoe
Latest And Best Fakes To Open Regulation Handcuffs And Leg-Irons
The Celebrated Trick Collar And Bolt
The Rope Trick
How To Fake Ordinary Handcuffs
The Goldston Packing Case
The Escape From A Tin Or Iron Trunk
The Barrel Illusion
Improved Iron Cage
The Improved Packing Case Mystery
The Fairy Handcuff King
CHAPTER V
Hand Shadows And How To Work Them
The Nulite Shadow Gas Lamp And Stand
The Nulite Acetylene Shadow Lamp
Newest Shadow Apparatus
Shadows Without Apparatus
Shadows With Apparatus
A Laughable Picture
Ally Sloper Having A Shirker
Mr. And Mrs. Lockshen
Farmer Hayseed With Pipe
Woman Tasting Soup
Chef And Frying Pan
CHAPTER VI
The Miser
