This is the third volume in the famous series of locked books by Will Goldston.
1st edition 1927; original 362 pages; PDF 198 pages.
Table of Contents
- Contents
- WILL GOLDSTON An Appreciation
- Introduction
Part I. Pocket Tricks
- Shooting at a Match
- A Different Cigarette Paper Trick
- A Puzzle Box
- A Pliable Cigarette
- The Magnetic Thimbles
- A New Cut String Restored
- The Penny and the Pear
- The Changing Match Boxes
- The Coin Finder
- Goldin's Mysterious Rods
- Novel Thought Transference
- A String Problem
Part II. Sleight-of-Hand Pocket Tricks
- G. W. Hunter
- The Magnetic Match-box
- Pushing a Lighted Cigarette through a Handkerchief
- The Money Changer
- The Acrobatic Cigarette
- The Geddes Axe
- The Ring and the String
- The Ring and the Handkerchief
- The Release
- The Ring on the Cord
Part III. Card Tricks
- A Trick Frame
- Malini's Best Card Trick
- A Novel Method for the Rising Cards
- The New Rising Cards
- A Novel Side Table
Part IV. Platform and Small Stage Tricks
- Six Bouquets from One
- The Changing Blocks
- Live Birds from a Hat
- A New Vanish for a Coin or Card
- The Changing Cotton Reels
- Karnac's Floating Ball
- De Biere's Floating Ball
- A New Inexhaustible Box
- A New Handkerchief Production
- Stuart Luciene's Thought Reading Telegraph
- The Straw Hat Table
- The Changing Dorothy Bag
- A New Egg Trick
- The Pierced Hand
- The Magical Appearance of a Canary
Part V. Tips and Improvements
- An Improved Hat Production
- A Glass of Water and a Hat
- The New Egg Production Bag
- A Bouquet from a Candle
- A New Vanishing Wand
- The Flying Alarm Clock
- The Comedy Growth of a Giant Plant
- Another Trick Envelope
- The Magic Kettle
- The Message in the Crystal
- The Hat and the Die
- The Newest Bran Glass
- The New Obedient Ball
- The Ivory Pillars
- The Cut and Restored String
- An Improved Version of the Hercules Pillars
- A Spirit Slate
- A New Torn and Restored Strip of Paper
- The Proudlock Card Fan
- A Novel Production Trick
- A Four-Suit Changing Card
- A Portable Conjuring Table
- Some Novel Black Art Tables
- The Possibilities of a Black Art Table
- The Latest Production Table
- A New Production Tube
- A Novel Card Discovery
- The Educated and Obedient Cards
- Clay Modelling
- A Small Production Box
Part VI. Carl Hertz Section
- The Carl Hertz Bird Cage
- The Carl Hertz Egg Bag
- Norman Section
- A New Coin Stand
- The Norman Vanishing Die
- A Quick Change
- The Sympathetic Blocks
Part VII. Jeans Section
- The Life Story of Jeans, Inventor and Magician
- A Novel Coin Production
- The New Thimble Rigging
- New Flower Production from a Soup-Plate
- The Triple Rising Card Trick
- The Death of Cora Illusion
- The Swing of the Pendulum
Part VIII. Spiritualistic Tricks
- Spirit Manifestations
- Table Tilting
- The Levitation of a Small Table
- The Medium's Box
Part IX. Optical Illusions
- The Lady Bird
- Help Yourself!
- The Crystal of Damascus
- The Mongolian Miracle
- Diminuendo
Part X. Escapes Section
- Houdini's Secret Belt
- Escape from a Packing-Case
- The Milk Can Escape
- Houdini's Milk Can Escape
- Sensational Strait-Jacket Escape
- Sack Escape Mystery
- Sensational Escape Board
- The Box Trick
- The Dynamo Illusion
Part XI. Stage and Side-Show Illusions
- The Dog Kennel Illusion
- The Fakir's Ordeal
- The Window of the Haunted House
- The Chocolate Soldier
- The Beheaded Chinaman
- The Glass Shelf Illusion
- A Mid-air Vanish
- Final Notes
word count: 46740 which is equivalent to 186 standard pages of text