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PREFACE

In presenting to my magical confrères and the public in general this contribution to the already extensive literature on Conjuring and Card Tricks, I would point out that I can make no excuse for the raison d' etre of this book beyond the fact that I have been ledto believe that a strictly O RI GI N AL T R E A T I S E , embracing the very latest sleights with playing-cards, combined with descriptions of many new and hitherto unknown non-sleight-of-hand card tricks, would meet with approbation from amateurs and professionals alike, taking into consideration the ever-increasing popularity of the Magician ' s Art.

HOWARD THURSTON. PALACE THEATRE, LONDON,CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. A FEW INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF HOWARD THURSTON, PREMIER CARD MANIPULATOR OF THE WORLD CHAPTER II. INDISPENSABLE SLEIGHTS CHAPTER III. THE CONTINUOUS FRONT- AND BACK-HAND PALM, WITH CARDS AND TRICKS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH CHAPTER IV.

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CHAPTER V. AN ENTIRELY NEW AND ORIGINAL COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS CARD TRICKS, INCLUDING THE CORRECT METHOD OF PERFORMING THURSTON’S NEW RISING CARDS

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CHAPTER I.
A Few Incidents in the Life of Howard Thurston. HOWARD THURSTON, the Premier Card Manipulator of the World, and known throughout America as "The Man who Mystified Hermann," was born atColumbus, Ohio, on the l0th of July, 1869, and is therefore now in his thirty-first year. Originally intended by his father—a gentleman of firm Christian principles—for the ministry, he entered the D. L. Moody College, in Northfield, Mass., and completed a course of five years' training. During this period he came to the conclusion that Providence had never intended him to go through life as aparson, and his natural love of Magic always predominated over his liking for the more serious subject he was studying. Upon graduating with honors from the College, very much against his father's wish he decided to adopt Magic as his profession. (How many other well-meaning enthusiasts have adopted this procedure, and with what result?) He did so, but found that there were already too many"all-round" Conjurers in the business. This some-what damped his ardor at first; but, after cogitating for some considerable time, he decided to adopt a single branch of the Magician's Art, viz., Card Tricks. Then came many weary months of assiduous practice, the greater part of the time being occupied in a strict adherence to a special system of strengthening and giving additional flexibility to themuscles of the hands (a system which, much as I should like, I am not in a position to divulge), and after five years' traveling in America, presenting a Magical Entertainment of two hours in length in the smaller cities, Mr. Thurston first made his bow to a public audience as a Card Manipulator at the Fountain Square Theatre, Cincinnati, Ohio, in January, 1895. Since then his career has been one ofunprecedented success and brilliancy. One of the chief characteristics of Mr. Thurston's act is his graceful stage deportment. No other living artiste, in my opinion (and I have witnessed the performances of the best Prestidigitateurs of the past quarter of a century) can compare with him in the incomparable manner in which he presents his tricks. There is nothing automatic about this Past Master...