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(0-486-21181-9) THE MAGIC ARTS IN CELTIC BRITAIN, Lewis Spence. (0-486-40447-1) Paperbound unless otherwise indicated. Available at your book dealer, online at www.doverpublications.com, or by writing to Dept. 23, Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, NY 11501. For current price information or for free catalogs (please indicate field of interest), write to Dover Publications or log on to www.doverpublications.com and see every Dover book in print. Each year Dover publishes over 500 books on fine art, music, crafts and needlework, antiques, languages, literature, children’s books, chess, cookery, nature, anthropology, science, mathematics, and other areas. Manufactured in the U.S.A. Some of the tricks in this book involve the use of matches and other potentially hazardous items. Care should be taken when practicing or performing these tricks; adult supervision is advised for young children. Copyright © 1977 by Bill Tarr. All rights reserved under Pan American and International Copyright Conventions. This Dover edition, first published in 1992, is an unabridged and updated republication of the work originally published under the title 101 Easy-to-Learn Classic Magic Tricks: Great, Super-Easy, No-Sleight-of-Hand Magic Tricks You Can Do with Everyday Objects by Vintage Books, Random House, Inc., New York, in 1977. Manufactured in the United States of America Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y 11501 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tarr, Bill, 1925— 101 easy-to-do magic tricks / by Bill Tarr ; illustrated by Frank Daniel. p. cm. Reprint. Originally published: 101 easy-to-learn classic magic tricks. New York : Vintage Books, 1977. Summary: A step-by-step guide to performing 101 magic tricks using easily available objects as props. 9780486139852 1. Conjuring—Juvenile literature. [1. Magic tricks.] I. Daniel, Frank, ill. II. Tarr, Bill, 1925— 101 easy-to-learn classic magic tricks. III. Title. IV. Title: One hundred one easy-to-do magic tricks. V. Title: One hundred and one easy-to-do magic tricks. GV1548.T37 1992 793.8—dc20 92-22895 CIP AC To the handful of great artists, past and present, who have dedicated themselves to magic, not for fame and not for glory but for the sheer love of it, this book is humbly dedicated . . . . Table of Contents DOVER BOOKS ON MAGIC Title Page Copyright Page Dedication preface introduction classic magic tricks Chinese rice bowls ⋆⋆⋆ the dollar bill in the lemon ⋆⋆⋆ Chinese wands⋆ the Chinese rings⋆ rope and bottle trick⋆⋆ the drumhead tube⋆⋆⋆ the inexhaustible hat⋆⋆⋆ the cut and restored turban⋆⋆⋆ dyeing the silks⋆⋆⋆ card on the ribbon penetration⋆⋆ the vanishing bowl of water⋆⋆⋆ coin in the box⋆⋆ card magic you do as I do⋆ the rising cards⋆⋆⋆ the four aces⋆ reverso⋆⋆ the lazy location⋆ muscle reading⋆ you’re the magician⋆⋆ the twentieth card⋆ double reverse⋆⋆ the telltale card⋆ one-way deck principle think “stop”⋆ elimination⋆ the impossible location⋆ on forcing no-skill card force mental magic second sight with cards⋆⋆ numbers, numbers⋆ table divination⋆ fingers that see⋆ the great telephone trick⋆ one ahead⋆⋆ magic squares⋆ finding hidden objects⋆ X-ray eyes⋆⋆ super memory⋆⋆⋆ close-up magic vanishing small objects the rising cigarette⋆ ring on string⋆⋆ the phantom cigarette⋆⋆ string and straw trick⋆ paddle trick⋆ paddle variation #1⋆ paddle variation #2⋆ the great matchbox escape⋆ squash⋆ miscellaneous magic ring on the rope mystery⋆⋆ the paper tree⋆ comedy flower growth⋆ the cornucopia vanish⋆ the magic mouse⋆ snip-snip⋆ wand from purse⋆