BOOK- Conjuring With Christopher

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

62 superb feats of suave sorcery with cards, coins, ropes, cigarettes, rings, thimbles and more - many right out of Christopher's own act; all audience tested and direct.
Whether you're looking for close-up, impromptu, platform or stage magic, you'll find a choice selection here.
There are a dozen feats with coins and bills, 10 feats of rope wizardry, 10 card tricks, 9 gems of mental magic and 13 fine stage tricks.
Introduction by Jean Hugard, originally published by Max Holden.

This book is described on the title-page as "a choice collection of magic with coins, cards, thimbles, silks, ropes, etc., plus a chapter on mental magic, and a variety of feats for the stage."
It contains 64 pages of explanatory material, in addition to the six or eight introductory pages which include a short preface by the author and an introduction by Jean Hugard.

The 62 feats presented in the book comprise eight close-up tricks; twelve with money, both banknotes and coins; ten with ropes; ten with cards; nine mental tests; and thirteen items that are listed as "stage magic."
Finally, there are two pages dealing with the important subject of "routining," which as here used means selecting and arranging specific tricks in such a way as to build a satisfactory program.
By way of practical illustration, Mr. Christopher gives five sample programs (of four, five, or six items each, chosen from his book), which he recommends as suitable for presentation under several types of circumstances.

Of the 62 tricks explained by the author, may we select a few for special mention:
A New Thimble Routine
The production of a single thimble, and its transformation into a spool of thread; several disappearances and reappearances of thimbles; a four thimble production, vanish, and reproduction; and the final vanish of the four thimbles.
Two-Bill Trick (reprinted from Hugard's Magic Monthly).
A trick in which two one-dollar bills, after being used in several diverting "passes," eventually turn into a two dollar bill.
Cigarette to Rope
A cigarette which stretches until it finally becomes a three-foot length of rope.
Aces to Dollars (reprinted from Hugard's Magic Monthly)
The four Aces are transformed into four one-dollar bills.
Best-Seller Book Test
Using a new, ingenious principle, the performer predicts in writing a passage which will be selected from a "best seller" by merely thrusting a knife blade in the book at any spot chosen by a spectator.
The Persistent Radio
The performer switches on a small radio, and then proceeds to take it apart bit by bit. It continues to play even after he has discarded everything but a small knob.
When this knob is finally turned (and the radio thus "turned off"), there is a sharp click, the music stops, and the knob itself disappears!
Pop Goes the Rabbit!
A "rabbit vanish" with a rabbit skin - probably as good as any fake - rabbit trick can be.
A Hair-Raising Illusion
A "change illusion" in which, in connection with some amusing antics about growing hair on bald heads, the performer and his assistant mysteriously change places.
This feat will be welcomed by those who must have something "big and showy," but also relatively inexpensive and light in weight, and capable of being presented with help of only two assistants.

CONTENTS:
Introduction
Practice
Intimate Trickery
TAG TRICKERY
THE PHANTOM FLAME
THE ACROBATIC CIGARETTE
THE NAME APPEARS
THE MAGIC MIRROR
STEEL BALL BAFFLER
SQUEEZE
A NEW THIMBLE ROUTINE
Money Magic
TWO BILL TRICK
THE MIDAS TOUCH
A SECRET DEVICE
COIN IN MATCHBOX
PENNY PENETRATION
FIRE MONEY
MELTING MONEY
BURNING A HALF DOLLAR
HAND TO HAND
NICKELS AND QUARTERS
GRANDMA’S COIN TRICK
DOLLAR AND STRING
Rope Wizardry
THE FADEAWAY KNOT
SPECTACLES TO MONOCLE
NAUTICAL PUZZLE
CIGARETTE TO ROPE
REMOVING A KNOTTED BRACELET
THE KNOTTED RING
RING AWAY
THE DOUBLE CUT
THE PULL-THROUGH
TOSS-THROUGH KNOT
Conjuring With Cards
ACES TO DOLLARS
THE TAP FORCE
CARD IN THE BAG
THE CARDOMETER
SALTY SURPRISE
UNEASY ACES
THE CARD REVEALED
THE CARD CALL
CARD AND TELEPHONE
SHOOTING A CARD
Mental Magic
THINK OF A CITY
PROGNOSTICATION
THE ACTION TEST
BEST SELLER BOOK TEST
THE CARD REFLECTED
WATER VISION
PARLOR TELEPATHY
CALLING THE NUMBERS
THE CHRISTOPHER SLATE
Stage Magic
THE PERSISTENT RADIO
POP GOES THE RABBIT
FOLDA FLOWER
STRETCHING A SILK
FLOWER TO SILK
BLENDED SILKS
CIGARETTE TO FOULARD
POP-THROUGH PRODUCTION FRAME
LIGHTER MAGIC
THE FLYING FLOWER
PROJECTION FRAME
A HAIR RAISING ILLUSION
IMAGINATION PLUS
Routining