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TRICKS YOU

BY WILL GOLDSTON

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(From the Original Drawing by Cowan Dobson, R.B.A.)

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TRICKS SHOULD

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By WILL GOLDSTON.

LONDON :

WILL GOLDSTON, LTD., 14, GREEN STREET, LEICESTER SQUARE,

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BOOKS

by WILL QOLDSTON. fSecrets of Magic. jLatest Conjuring.

Magic for the Forces.

Looking into the Future.

Tricks and Illusions. fPaper Tricks. |The Young Conjurer—Part 1 and 2.

The Young Conjurer (Revised).

Easy Magic—Part 1 and 2. fMore Tricks and Puzzles.

More Tricks and Puzzles—(Revised Edition).

Easy Road to Magic.

Simple Conjuring Tricks. fCard and Ball Tricks. fEffective Modern Tricks. '("Modern Card Tricks. tJuggling Secrets. jTricky Tricks for Tricksters. jMagicians' Annual—1907-8-9-10-11-12-13.

(Annual of Magic—1904-5. fPantomine and Vaudeville Favourites.

(Exclusive Magical Secrets.

More Exclusive Magical Secrets.

Further Exclusive Magical Secrets.

Card Index of Exclusive Magical Secrets.

Card Index of more Exclusive Magical Secrets.

Sensational Tales of Mystery Men. Sensational Tales of Mystery Men—De Luxe.

Tricks You Should Know. t OUT OF PRINT-.

WILL GOLDSTON LIMITED, 14, Green Street, Leicester Square, London, W.C.2.

CONTENTS. Introduction . . .. . . . . . ..

The Newest Chinese Bat .. .. ..

The Thought Reader .. .. ..

Performing Matches .. .. .. ..

The Best Penetrating Coin .. .. ..

A Borrowed Handkerchief Burned . . ..

A Mysterious Match Swallowing a Solid Wand . . .. ..

Which Cigarette ?

The Vanished Egg .. .. .. ..

The Expanding Egg .. .. .. ..

The Newest Card Changing Box . . ..

The G. W. Hunter Pull Cigarettes to Matches .. .. ..

Flowers from a Wand .. .. ..

The Production of a Bottle from an Empty Hat A Cut String Card and Cigarette .. .. .. ..

Very Lightly and Very Tightly .. ..

The Inquisitive Knave .. .. ..

Martin Chapender's Method of Performing Diminishing Cards .. .. ..

Owen Clarke's Nest of Boxes .. ..

The Ace of all Magical Pillars The New " Matter through Matter " Frame Chickens from Paper .. .. ..

The Magical Dog The Educated Handkerchiefs .. ..

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J. G. HAMMOND AND CO., LTD. PRINTERS, BIRMINGHAM

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INTRODUCTION. This book is taken from the Edition De Luxe of my book, " Sensational Tales of Mystery Men." I reproduce the matter in a separate volume at the earnest request of a number of magicians whose desire for more and more magical material seems to be insatiable.

There was only a. very limited edition of the book from which this material has been taken, and I was assured by many of my magical friends that it was a pity to restrict the publication of this part of the book.

So I decided to issue the " Trick Section " of the larger book as a separate volume under the title of " Tricks You Should Know."

And a very good title too! The magician who does not know the contents of this volume will soon be behind the times.

WILL

GOLDSTON.

T H E NEWEST CHINESE BAT.

THE NEWEST CHINESE BAT. There is no pocket trick more mystifying than the old Chinese bat when it is neatly performed; in this, the latest version of the trick, we have an additional effect and one which all lovers of good pocket tricks will appreciate.

The conjurer first exhibits the bat and shows by means of the little twist with which all my readers are familiar, that both sides of the bat are ornamented with two coloured discs—blue and yellow. (The performer holds the handle between his first finger and thumb, and in the act of raising the bat, apparently with the object of showing both sides of it, twists it right round, and therefore the audience really see one side twice over and are convinced that there are coloured discs on both sides of the bat.)

The performer then says that he will remove the discs from one side and he apparently slips two away; as he has nothing in his hand when he has done this he has no difficulty in showing that the discs which he removed have vanished !

Now comes the new effect. The performer calls attention to the fact that there are now discs on only one side of the bat and that the blue disc is nearest to the handle. He covers the bat for a second with a hat and