BOOK- Tarbell Course In Magic Vol. 1

Coins, cards, silks,

Lesson 1: History of Magic

• Magicians in the Bible

Lesson 2: Magic As A Science (principles of magic)

• Professional Attitude: patter, performing, practicing, misdirection, etc.

Lesson 3: Sleight of Hand with Coins (Palms, Holds, Vanishes)

• Palming Methods Used in Coin Sleights
• Holds Used in Coin Sleights
• Sleight of Hand Methods for Vanishing a Coin
• Getting Rid of a Coin After Vanishing It in Your Hand

Lesson 4: Coin Tricks

• The Dissolving Coin: A marked coin vanishes after being dropped into a glass of water
• Vanishing Coin In Handkerchief
• Coin Through Handkerchief
• Copper Or Silver Penetration: Two coins wrapped in a handkerchief, selected coin comes out
• Pencil Coin Vanish and Reappearance: Coin vanishes and reappears using a wand pencil

Lesson 5: More Coin Tricks

• Joe Berg's Miracle Coin Vanish: Coins wrapped in a handkerchief vanish and reappear
• Coin, Envelope, and Handkerchief: Marked coin travels from envelope to handkerchief
• Vanishing a Coin by Wrapping It In a Piece Of Paper
• Homing Coins: Money tray
• Invisible Money Transit
• Multiplying Money Tray: How to make one and use it

Lesson 6: The Thumb Tip

• Mystery Of The Burning Cigarette: Lit cigarette dropped in handkerchief without burning it
• The Asbestos Palm: Lit cigarette Vanishes in magician's hand
• Burning A Borrowed Handkerchief: Borrowed handkerchief is set on fire and yet remains unburned
• Enchanted Paper: lit paper
• A Comedy Interlude
• The Passe - Passe Salt: Salt disappears from left hand, pours from right hand

Lesson 7: Impromptu Tricks

• The Penetrating Ring: Rubber band trick
• The Jumping Rubber Band: A rubber band jumps from fingers to fingers
• Metal Ring On A String: Solid ring removed from string whose ends are in full view
• Patriotic Rings and String: Selected color ring is removed from rope
• Penetrative Cigar Band: Cigar band removed from rope
• Vanishing Ring On String: "Ring" of string is removed
• Kellar's Cut And Restored Cord: 30 foot wrapping cord cut and restored
• Comedy Version Of Germain Cord Effect
• An Impromptu Cut And Restored Cord Effect

Lesson 8: Ball Tricks

• Cups And Balls: Three paper cups and sponge balls with large load at end
• Three Wandering Sponge Balls: classic basic sponge ball routine
• Four Traveling Balls: Sponge ball routine using a hat
• Patriotic Paper Balls

Lesson 9: Mathematical Mysteries

• Mystery Of The Traveling Numbers: Number prediction
• Spirit Mathematician: Speed sum prediction
• Numbers on the Arm: Numbers appear written on magician's arm
• Rapid Banking: $1 bill and a check for $1 change places

Lesson 10: Effective Card Mysteries

• Rising Card Escape: Card rises from case
• Sealed Card Mystery: Two cards predict a third selected card
• A Psychological Impossibility: Two spectator card selection
• Hindu Color Changing Deck: Red backed card selected from blue deck, then blue deck becomes all red backs

Lesson 11: Impromptu Card Mysteries

• Joe Berg's "Count Down" Card Mystery
• Tenkai's Reverse Cards Mystery: Cards are reversed
• Royal Card Discovery: Card prediction
• Birds of a Feather: Magician and spectator's cards end up together
• Card Appearance at a Selected Number
• Change-About Card: Selected card jumps to top of deck
• Find The Burglar: Selected card located between two kings
• Selected Cards From The Spectator's Pocket

Lesson 12: Mental Card Mysteries

• Al Baker's "Twin Soul" Card Prediction: double card prediction
• You Do As I Do: Two decks but magician and spectator selections match
• Baffling Discovery: One out of five card prediction
• Thought Location: Spectator's card ends up in magician's pocket
• Card In The Pocket
• Mystic Card Clock Dial: Clock dial prediction
• Thoughtful Joker: Joker finds selected cards
• Sense Of Touch Discovery: Selected cards found inside hat
• Henry Hardin's Cards In Hat Discovery

Lesson 13: Card Sleights

• The Pass: Regular, Modern, Side Steal, How to use it
• The False Shuffle: G.W. Hunter, Wiggle Woggle, Riffle, Top & Bottom Control
• The False Cut: Pack In Hands, Three Way Table Cuts, Four Way Cuts, Card Control
• The Force: The Classic Force
• Forcing Decks, Force with Knife, Mathematical Force
• Forcing Bottom Card
• Force Behind Performer's Back
• Circus Trick: Trick using a forced card
• The Riffle Force
• Forcing One of Four Cards on Table
• Slip of Paper Force

Lesson 14: Novel Card Mysteries

• Snap It: Selected card jumps out of hat
• Card And Orange: Selected card found inside orange
• Devil's Letter: Card and bandanna
• The Bewitched Banana: Banana found cut into exact selected number of pieces

Lesson 15: Restoring Torn Papers

• Chinese Paper Mystery: Torn and restored tissue
• Wintertime In China: Snowstorm from torn papers
• Japanese Torn And Restored Napkins: Torn and restored napkins
• Hindu Paper Tearing: Torn, burned, and restored
• Milady's Parisienne Hat: Torn papers turn into a paper hat

Lesson 16: Rope & Tape Principle

• Coats, Tapes, And Rings: Coat and rings removed from rope
• Coat, Ropes, And Rings: Second method
• Prisoner's Escape: Rope through neck
• Magic Orange: Orange falls from ribbon into magician's hands
• Walking Through Tapes with Another Tapes Release

Lesson 17: Handkerchief Tricks

• The Wandering Handkerchief: Handkerchiefs travel from pocket to pocket
• The Silk and The Flame: Silk produced from candle routine
• The Candle, The Silk, and The Paper Tube: Another silk and candle routine
• Elusive Silks: Change bag routine with silks

Lesson 18: Knotting Silks

• Instantaneous One-Handed Knot In Handkerchief
• The Pull-Away Single Knot
• The Dissolving Single Knot
• The Speedy Single Knot
• The Fade-Away Double Knot
• Nu-Way Double Knot
• Quick Release Double Knot
• Leg Tie and Release with Handkerchief
• The Magical Bow Knot
• Chair Tie and Release with Bow Knot
• The Educated Knot: Knot in a silk slowly unties itself
• The Sympathetic Silks: Silks knot and unknot with other silks
• Tommy Dowd's Silk Penetration: Handkerchief penetrates through a rope
• Al Baker's Handkerchief Through The Arm
• The Phantom Knots: Silks tie themselves together and separate

Lesson 19: Eggs and Silks

• The Egg, the Glass, And The Handkerchief: Transposition
• Eggs-traordinary Eggs-planation: Silk and egg routine
• Sucker Handkerchief Vanish
• One-Man Handkerchief Vanish: Comedy version
• Repeat Handkerchief Vanish: Handkerchief changes into lemon