Secrets of my magic by David Devant

This historic book is filled with David Devant's Magic and thoughts on performing.

Contents:

Introduction (S.H. Sharpe)

Chapter I Card Magic

• Misdirection of the Senses
• How Cards are Forced
• Tricks with Forcing Cards
• The Pass and the False Shuffle

• The Art of Palming Cards
• Changing a Card
• La Carte Generale and How it is Done
• The Multitude of Cards Trick

• Multiplication of Billiard Balls
• Transformation of Balls into Eggs
• Transfers, Sleights, and Apparatus Used in Ball Conjuring
• Sleights
• Apparent Transfer With Palm
• Aparent Transfer With Finger-Palm
• Apparent Transfer by Combination Palm
• Preparations

• How to Present a Billiard Ball Illusion
• The Cup and Balls Trick: with transformation of Balls into Oranges

• The Dream of the Dove Illusion
• Flower Materialisation
• Bautier's Flower Trick: Devant's version
• Producing Blooms from Seeds
• he Mascot Moth
• The Electric Conservatory and The Beast Who Turns into a Prince

• Producing a Rabbit from a Top Hat
• Importance of Details: How Maskelyne Began

• The Golliwog Ball
• Juggling with Milk
• The Paper, Ribbon and Flag Trick explained

• Beau Brocade
• The New Page-Boy
• The Mystery of the Magic Mirror

• A Boy, a Girl, and Some Eggs
• Hatching a Chicken from an Egg
• The Egg-Bag Trick Improved

• A Stage Version of this Mythical Illusion Presented and Explained

• The Window of the Haunted House
• The Ink that Becomes Water
• The Chocolate Soldier Illusion or The Man who Diminishes

• The Obliging Kettle: Wines and Liqueurs from a Kettle
• The Burmese Gong Illusion
• The Magician who Vanishes Himself

• St. Valentine's Eve, or The Envelope which Becomes a Girl
• The Enchanted Hive Illusion
• The Great Ghost Trick

• Borrowed Bill Shot Into Candle
• Biff, or The Disappearing Motor-Cyclist
• The Gnome's Grot
• The Educated Fly Illusion

• Thought-Reading Extraordinary
• Articles and Actions
• The Secrets of Mental Magnetism
• Translucidation, or The Blindfold Letter-Reader

• The Advent of Peter Pan
• Transformation
• The Cage of Good Luck

• Ideas and Effects
• A Novel Illusion
• The Man who Makes Money
• Misrepresentation

• In the Eyes of the Law
• An Unexpected Wetting
• The Gunpowder Plot

• A New Method for the Spirit Slates (Oswald Williams)
• The Card and Tack Trick (Horace Goldin)
• Invisible Dye (Douglas Dexter)
• A New Thought-Wave Experiment (H. Park Shackleton)
• Surprising Finish to Cigarette Production (Len Burnell)
• The Spirit Message (G. W. Eade)
• £1000 Challenge Effect (Fred Hocking)
• A "Tee Bee" Effect (Tom Burnett)
• Misdirection (Arthur Sherwood)

• A.B.C. Watch and Card Trick (Herbert J. Collings)
• A Pack of Cards (Graham Adams)
• The Caledonian Mystery (W. Donald Forsyth)
• The Diminishing Card Trick (Edward Victor)
• The Indestructible Handkerchief (Allen Benbow)
• The Torn Strip of Paper (Ralph Delvin)
• The Miracle Paper (Ellis Stanyon)
• Handkerchief, Tumbler, and Flowers (Will Blyth)
• The Allottment (Vincent Dalban)
• Shopping by Wireless (Ralph Chart)
• Blindfold Card Reading (George Johnson)
• The Vanity Bag Illusion (Cecil Lyle)
• The Presto Painting Mystery (W. G. Stickland)
• The Optical Pass (Chris Van Bern)
• New Spirit Message Effect (Oswald Rae)
• Coin and Card Divination (Edward Bagshawe)
• The Multiple Laundry Mystery (Kershaw Thomas)
• Tests of the Court Magician (Francis White)
• Early Days of Magic (Charles Moritt)
• The Mystery of Asrah (Servais Le Roy)
• The Sunshade Trick (L. Davenport)