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Tables of Contents for Fell's Guide to Magic for Beginners
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
xix
How to Set up Your Own Magic Show
xxiii
PART I Instant Magician---Featuring Over-Easy Card Tricks
A Magic Discovery
1
2
Three-Card Monte
3
3
Find the Card
6
2
The Mystic Row of Cards
8
2
The Magic Card
10
2
Change the Number
12
2
Here's Your Card
14
3
The Sharper's Trick
17
1
Kings-Queens-Jacks
18
1
Mysterious Totals
19
3
Whiskaway
22
3
Mysterious Kings
25
1
The Card Circle
26
3
Quick Poker Deal
29
1
Four Ace Deal
30
1
Eleven Speller
31
3
Lucky Dozen
34
3
PART II King of the Hill---Tricks for the Story Teller
Cross the River
37
1
Merchants and Thieves
38
2
Three Married Couples
40
1
Three in a Boat
40
1
Super Poker Deal
41
1
Honest John Returns
42
3
PART III You're on Deck---Advanced Card Tricks
The Mystic Circle
45
3
The Twenty Card Trick
48
2
Three Columns
50
2
Jacks are Better
52
2
The Row of Ten
54
2
The Spelling Bee
56
2
The United Pairs
58
2
The Mental Divination
60
3
Mystic Addition
63
2
Mental Detection
65
3
Mystical Divination
68
3
The Magic Pile
71
3
Pile it On
74
3
PART IV Tricks With Coins---Featuring Popular Coin Tricks
Coin Balanced on Handkerchief
77
2
Coin and Matchbox
79
1
Two Balanced Coins
80
1
Finding the Chosen Coin
81
2
The Spinning Coin
83
1
Coin Through the Sleeve
84
2
Perfect Penetration
86
2
Chinese Coin Trick
88
2
The Mysterious Ring
90
2
The Mystic ``Q''
92
3
PART V Look into My Eyes---Tricks of Hypnotism
The Strength Test
95
2
Controlled Eyelids
97
1
Immovable Fingers
97
2
A Weak Knee
99
2
The Electric Wave
101
2
Magnetized Hand
103
1
Fingertip Control
104
1
A Mesmerized Wrist
105
2
Hypnotized Arms
107
2
Hand on Head
109
1
Cold Air
110
2
Hands Together
112
1
Lost Strength
113
2
Stopping the Pulse
115
2
PART VI Round the Table Tricks---Perform Magic Around the Table
Under the Rising Matchbox
117
1
Under Balanced Matchboxes
118
2
Under the Mechanical Matchbox
120
1
Solid through Solid
120
2
The Magic Square
122
2
Orange Changes to Apple
124
1
Orange or Apple
125
1
Two Handkerchiefs Tied
126
2
Balancing a Handkerchief
128
1
Shaking the Knot
129
1
Blowing Through a Bottle
130
1
Water That Is Not Wet
131
2
PART VII All Tied Up---Tricks With String
The Fingers and the Loop
133
3
On and Off
136
2
Knots that Are Not
138
2
The Pencil and Loop Trick
140
2
Tying the Thumbs
142
3
PART VIII Presenting Knots---Knot Tricks with Added Effects
Three Amazing Knots
145
3
Houdini's Knot Mystery
148
2
Knot-Dissolving Tube
150
2
Rings and Loops
152
2
String and Scissors
154
1
The Disentangled Scissors
155
1
Ropes through Coat
156
2
Ring on a Rope
158
1
The Knotted Ring
159
1
Double Cut and Restored Rope
160
2
Comedy ``Cut-Rope'' Climax
162
1
PART IX Keep an Open Mind---Mental Mysteries
The Chosen Name
163
2
Amazing Figures
165
2
Always Nine
167
1
Mysterious Multiplication
168
1
Tell the Time
169
2
The Watch that Stops Itself
171
1
The Book Mystery
171
1
The Color Test
172
2
Which Pencil?
174
2
Mental Card Detection
176
2
Think of a Number
178
3
PART X A Bag of Tricks
I've Got Your Number
181
1
Red, White & Blue
182
1
It's All Done with Mirrors
183
1
The Chosen Word
184
3
Appendix
187