PRELIMINARY

THE great and deserved success of "THE SECRET OUT; OR, ONE THOUSAND TRICKS IN DRAWING-ROOM OR WHITE MAGIC," Edited by W. H. Cremer, Jun., of Regent Street, has suggested an Entirely New Edition of the same Author's world-famous "MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK," containing an endless variety of Performances with Cups and Balls, Eggs, Hats, Coins, &c., &c. &c. The Publishers have again secured the services of MR. CREMER — the gentleman whose wonderful display of the Toys of the World attracted so much notice in the recent International Exhibition — and an eminently entertaining, but, at the same time, thoroughly practical, book is now before the reader.

The Publisher would also diret attention to another book of this class, "THE ART OF AMUSING," a collection of graceful Arts, Games, Tricks, Puzzles, and Charades, considered by The Athenæum as being "the best and most entertaining work of the kind with which we are acquainted."

A companion volume, under the title of "THE MERRY CIRCLE: A BOOK OF NEW GAMES AND INTELLECTUAL AMUSEMENTS," with nearly Two Hundred Illustrations, has recently been issued by MRS. CLARA BELLEW.


CONTENTS

PART I.

Tricks Executed WithoutConfederates, And By Simple Means With Startling Effects
Parlour Diversions
Miscellaneous Tricks With Articles Easily Obtained
Egg Tricks
The Magic Of Acoustics
Bottle Tricks
Fortune Telling
Second Sight



PART II.

Tricks With Articles Easily Obtained, And Without Assistance
The Magic Of Equipoise
Tricks With Apparatus, But Without Confederates
Tricks With Apparatus And Confederates
Rope, Ribbon, String, And Thread Tricks Puzzles
Puzzles With String
Diversions For Interludes
Tricks With Coins
The Beauties Of Crystallization
Chemical Vegetation
Electricity
Tricks With The Leyden Jar
Tricks With The Battery
Tricks In Magnetism
The Magic Of Air
Balloons And Bubbles
The Magic Of Water
The Magic Of Optics
Androides And Automata
Innocent Diversions With Playing Cards