Stage Magic and Illusions
Book Details
Author(s)Albert Hopkins
ISBN / ASINB00E7HNHD4
ISBN-13978B00E7HNHD1
Sales Rank1,395,945
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
It is believed that the present work occupies a unique field in the extensive literature of magic. There are already fl large number of treatises on natural magic and legerdemain, but in most of them very little attention has been given to the exposS of stage illusions, which are of great interest as they are so largely based on ingenious applications of scientific principles. Optics, mechanics, sound, and electricity have all been pressed into service by the fin de siecle prestidigitateur. In the present work great attention has been paid to elaborate tricks of this nature, and in many cases the exposes have been obtained from the prestidigitateurs themselves. In the first few chapters many of the best illusions of Robert-Houdin, Dr. Lynn, Professor Pepper, Bautier de Kolta, Heller, Herrmann, Maskelyne and Cooke, and Kellar will be found clearly explained.
Conjuring tricks have been by no means neglected, but the number of them which are given has been limited, owing to the fact that many of the books on magic have gone into this subject quite extensively. Ventriloquism, shadowgraphy, mental magic, etc., will also be found treated in the present work.
BOOK I.
CONJURERS' TRICKS AND STAGE ILLUSIONS
CHAPTER I.
Mysterious Disappearances.
"Vanity Fair "—" After the Flood "—" The Magic Palanquin "—" Cassadaga Propaganda"—"The Appearing Lady "—"The Disappearing Lady" —"The Mysterious Trunk "—"The Indian Basket Trick "—" Decapitation "—" Spiritualistic Ties
CHAPTER II.
Optical Tricks.
The "Cabaret da Neant "—The Three-Headed Woman—" Amphitrite "—" The
Mystery of Dr. Lynn "—" Black Art "—The Talking Head—The Living Half-
Woman—"She"—"The Queen of Flowers"—The " Decapitated Princess"
—" Stella "—Houdin's Magic Cabinet—A Mystic Maze—Platinized Glass—Statue giving a Double Image
CHAPTER III.
Miscellaneous Stage Tricks.
"Trilby "—The "Haunted Swing "—The "Scurimobile "—TheNeooccultism—" The Mask of Balsamo "—The Invisible Woman—Magic Harps
CHAPTER IV.
Conjuring Thicks.
Trick with an Egg and a Handkerchief—The Cone of Flowers—The Magic Rosebush— "Magic Flowers"—The " Birth of Flowers"—Tricks with a Hat—A Cake Baked in a Hat—The Egg and Hat Trick—Multiplication of Coins—Magic Coins—The Dissolving Coin—The Spirit Slates—Second Sight—Magic Cabinets—The Traveling Bottle and (Glass—Disappearance of an Apple and a Xinepin—A Goblet of Ink Converted into an Aquarium—The Invisible Journey of a (Gass of Wine—The Wine Changed to Water—The Animated Mouse—The Sand Frame Trick—
Houdin's Magic Ball
CHAPTER V.
Jugglers And Acrobatic Performances.
Jugglers—The Leamy Revolving Trapeze—Walking on the Ceiling Head Down—The Mysterious Ball
CHAPTER VI
Fire Eaters And Sword Tricks.
Fire Eaters, Tricks with Fire—A Stab through the Abdomen—The Human Target— Sword Swallowers—Sword Walker—Dancers on Glass
CHAPTER VII.
Ventriloquism And Animated Puppets
CHAPTER VIII.
Shadowgraphy.
Shadowgraphy—French Shadows
CHAPTER IX.
Mental Magic.
Robert Heller—Second Sight—The Baldwins and Second Sight—Silent Thought Transference
And much more...
Conjuring tricks have been by no means neglected, but the number of them which are given has been limited, owing to the fact that many of the books on magic have gone into this subject quite extensively. Ventriloquism, shadowgraphy, mental magic, etc., will also be found treated in the present work.
BOOK I.
CONJURERS' TRICKS AND STAGE ILLUSIONS
CHAPTER I.
Mysterious Disappearances.
"Vanity Fair "—" After the Flood "—" The Magic Palanquin "—" Cassadaga Propaganda"—"The Appearing Lady "—"The Disappearing Lady" —"The Mysterious Trunk "—"The Indian Basket Trick "—" Decapitation "—" Spiritualistic Ties
CHAPTER II.
Optical Tricks.
The "Cabaret da Neant "—The Three-Headed Woman—" Amphitrite "—" The
Mystery of Dr. Lynn "—" Black Art "—The Talking Head—The Living Half-
Woman—"She"—"The Queen of Flowers"—The " Decapitated Princess"
—" Stella "—Houdin's Magic Cabinet—A Mystic Maze—Platinized Glass—Statue giving a Double Image
CHAPTER III.
Miscellaneous Stage Tricks.
"Trilby "—The "Haunted Swing "—The "Scurimobile "—TheNeooccultism—" The Mask of Balsamo "—The Invisible Woman—Magic Harps
CHAPTER IV.
Conjuring Thicks.
Trick with an Egg and a Handkerchief—The Cone of Flowers—The Magic Rosebush— "Magic Flowers"—The " Birth of Flowers"—Tricks with a Hat—A Cake Baked in a Hat—The Egg and Hat Trick—Multiplication of Coins—Magic Coins—The Dissolving Coin—The Spirit Slates—Second Sight—Magic Cabinets—The Traveling Bottle and (Glass—Disappearance of an Apple and a Xinepin—A Goblet of Ink Converted into an Aquarium—The Invisible Journey of a (Gass of Wine—The Wine Changed to Water—The Animated Mouse—The Sand Frame Trick—
Houdin's Magic Ball
CHAPTER V.
Jugglers And Acrobatic Performances.
Jugglers—The Leamy Revolving Trapeze—Walking on the Ceiling Head Down—The Mysterious Ball
CHAPTER VI
Fire Eaters And Sword Tricks.
Fire Eaters, Tricks with Fire—A Stab through the Abdomen—The Human Target— Sword Swallowers—Sword Walker—Dancers on Glass
CHAPTER VII.
Ventriloquism And Animated Puppets
CHAPTER VIII.
Shadowgraphy.
Shadowgraphy—French Shadows
CHAPTER IX.
Mental Magic.
Robert Heller—Second Sight—The Baldwins and Second Sight—Silent Thought Transference
And much more...
