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Written by Tim Pendergast
There is no one in any magic club who has not at some time or another learned from Dr. Tarbell. There are many who lay the credit for their entire professions to the Tarbell Course, that vast storehouse of magical knowledge, painstakingly illustrated in great detail, with a text so crystal clear in simple English that students were doing the tricks almost as they read about them. Dr. Tarbell had two great God-given talents that fitted in perfectly with his acquired talent of magic-he drew like an angel and he wrote with amazing clarity.Dr. Tarbell was a genius in creating, solving and demonstrating mysteries. The things you know cannot be done-Dr. Tarbell did. He made mystery not only an art but a science. He puzzled the magician as well as the layman. At an early age, Dr. Tarbell realized the strange power that mystery held over man and how it shaped his destiny. He saw how legends lived when facts died and how illusion too often looked more like truth than truth itself.
CONTENTS
Frontispiece
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
Lesson 34-Routining a Magic Show
Building a Magical Program
Analysis of Acts and Shows
Smart Openers
The Closing
Balancing the Show
Lesson 35-How to Make People Laugh
Value of an Opening
Psychology of Laughter
Nonsensical Denouement
Magic Plots and Plays, Alike
The Unexpected, Basis of Magic and Laughter
Magic Should Never Offend or Embarrass
Suspense and Expectancy
Repetition
Jokes on the Performer
Fact, Funnier than Fiction
Meeting Emergencies
Unexpected Opportunities for Unexpected Miracles
"Sucker Tricks"
"Much Ado about Nothing"
Study the Causes and Ingredients
Lesson 36-Intimate Magic
Christopher's "Double Cross"
Joe Berg's "Double Cross"
Tarbell's Sugar Mark
Christopher's Match Book and Coin
Christopher's Match Stickler
Audley Walsh Match Routine
Match Through Safety Pin
Match on Edge
Rising and Falling Match
A Button off the Vest
Tavern Trickery
Christopher's Finger Tip Telepathy
The Phantom Safety Pin
Ring, Rope and Pin
Tom Osborne's "Ring, Rope and Spirit Knot"
An Easy False Knot
The Ring in the Knot
A Fountain Pen Nifty
Joe Berg's Criss-Cross Paper Napkin
Psychometric Crayons
Nifty Knots
Vanishing Knot Flourishes
G.W. Hunter's Puzzle Knot
Bachelor's Needle
Lesson 37-Conjuring with Currency
John Scarne's Bill Change
Grant's Slow Motion Bill Transposition
Grant's "Million Dollar" Mystery
The Persnickety Pinochle Player
Novel Burned and Restored Bill
Half and Half
The Life Saver
Le Paul's Torn Bill
A Dollar Makes a "Break"
The Topsy-Turvy Bill
Berland's One to Four
Making Money to Order
Instant Number Memorization
Sign a Bill
A Roll of Bills
Lesson 38-Modern Coin Effects
Manuel's Coin Star
The Four Coin Flourish
The Coin Roll
Al Zinks Coin Production
Nelson Hahne's Dime Through Hand
Joe Berg's Coin Change
Harry Bernstein's Dollar and Dime
Paul Morris' Coin Vanish
Paul Morris' Color Changing Coin
Paul Morris' Ubiquitous Coin
Back and Forth
Coin Through the Handkerchief
French "Pill Box" Coin Mystery
Coins in a Loaf of Bread
Okito Coin Box
Coin Through the Hat
Dime Delusion
Tom Osbourne's Five Coin Routine
The "Throw- Away" Coin Vanish
The Chameleon Poker Chips
Lesson 39- Fundamental Card Sleights
Le Paul's Pass
Side-Bottom Pass
Frank Kelly's Bottom Placement
Card Through the Magazine
Tommy Dowd's Card in the Pocket
Simplex Card in Pocket
Multiple Card Pass
False Cuts
Direct False Cut
Himber's False Cut
Under-Cut False Cut
Paul Rosini's False Cut
E-Z Three-Way False Cut
Joe Berg's False Cut
False Counting
Direct False Count
Slip-Over False Count
Put-Back False Count
Pick-Up False Count
Palm-Over False Count
Glide False Count
Over-Hand False Count
Novelty Straight Count
Card Fans
Simple Card Fan
Simple Reversed Fan
Blank Deck to Regular Deck
Modern Card Fan
Enlarging a Card Fan
Modern Reversed Card Fan
John Scarne's Master Change
Change-About Cards and Envelopes
Change-About Torn Corner Card
Application of Scarne's Master Change
Lesson 40-Card Mysteries
John Booth's Repeat Card Mystery
Repeat Card Mystery
"One from Six" Repeat Card Mystery
"Tack It"
Card on the Ceiling
Card on the Wall
The Card, Card Case and Board
Card Through the Handkerchief
New Era Card Through Handkerchief
Three Cards Through the Handkerchief
Rising Cards Through Handkerchief
The Black Ace and Card Through Handkerchief
Nate Leipzig's Card Through Handkerchief
Mystery of the Glass House
Cards, Envelope and Hat
The Reversed Card
Nate Leipzig's Double Reverse
Lesson 41- Card Stabbing
The Two Card Stab
The X-Ray Knife
The Magnetic Knife
Simplified Stabbing Trick
The Flash Card Stab
Card Stab Through Newspaper
"One Way" Card Back Designs
The End Stab
Boston's Stabbed Card
Lesson 42-Novelty Handkerchief Magic
The Snap-Away Silk and Knot
Follow-Up for Snap-Away Silk and Knot
Tabor Double Dissolving Silk Release
Horowitz Knot Transposition
Tarbell Simplified Instantaneous Knot
Larsen and Wrights Ghost Ring
Square Knot Release
Pull-Apart Silks
Tarbell Hat and Silk Combination
Tarbell's Silks and Aces
Blending of the Colors
Vesting
The Perfection Flag Trick
The Mystic Ribbons
The Penetrating Pocket Knive
The Indestructible Handkerchief
Lesson 43-Color Changing Silks
Tarbell's Color Changing Handkerchief
Double Handkerchief Color Change
Flash Color Change
Flash Color Change Through Cardboard
Tarbell "Clean-Cut" Color Changing Handkerchief
The "Vice Versa" Color Changing Silks
The Dyeing Handkerchiefs
Servante, Inexpensive Type
Yo!Ho!Ho! and a Bottle of Rum!
Music and Silks
"Self-Con" Dye Tube
Carlyle's Evolution of a Rabbit in a Hat
Christopher's Snappy Silk Production and Color Change
Lesson 44-Rabbit and Dove Magic
Ed Reno's Dove Production
Modern Day Rabbit Box Production
"Sucker" Rabbit Box Vanish
Milady's Hat Box Production
Unique Rabbit Vanish
"Spee-Dee" Rabbit Production
Jim Sherman's Rabbit Production from a Hat
Lesson 45-Illusions
The Farmer and the Witch
The Man in the Box
A Ghost Show Routine
Donated by Cody Landstrom
Date insert: Friday, 02 June 2023