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    Peerless Prestidigitation Being a collection of entirely new ideas and effects in the fascinating art of modern magic
    Peerless Prestidigitation Being a collection of entirely new ideas and effects in the fascinating art of modern magic
    Peerless Prestidigitation Being a collection of entirely new ideas and effects in the fascinating art of modern magic
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    Peerless Prestidigitation Being a collection of entirely new ideas and effects in the fascinating art of modern magic

    By Herbert De Caston

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      Peerless Prestidigitation Being a collection of entirely new ideas and effects in the fascinating art of modern magic - Herbert De Caston

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      Title: Peerless Prestidigitation

      Being a collection of entirely new ideas and effects in

      the fascinating art of modern magic

      Author: Herbert De Caston

      Release Date: May 14, 2010 [EBook #32368]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PEERLESS PRESTIDIGITATION ***

      Produced by Diane Monico and The Online Distributed

      Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was

      produced from images generously made available by The

      Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

      PEERLESS

      PRESTIDIGITATION

      BY

      HERBERT DE CASTON.

      HERBERT DE CASTON.

      Peerless

      Prestidigitation.

      BEING A COLLECTION OF

      ENTIRELY NEW IDEAS AND

      EFFECTS IN THE FASCINATING

      ART OF MODERN MAGIC.

      BY

      HERBERT DE CASTON

      ASSISTED BY

      The Leading South African Magicians.

      COPYRIGHT 1910.

      (Entered at Stationers' Hall.)

      HAMLEY BROTHERS, LIMITED,

      LONDON.

      BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO. LD., PRINTERS,

      LONDON AND TONBRIDGE.

      INTRODUCTORY SPEECH.

      Ladies and Gentlemen,

      In calling your attention to a deceptive entertainment, Legerdemain, more generally known as Conjuring, a few introductory remarks may not be out of place. The superstition that existed in the early ages, when wizards and magicians were supposed to exist, time has not worn out; the mystery that hangs over all professors of magic is still in part retained. Many there are who class them amongst supernatural beings, their seeming impossibilities are converted into positive realities, their power supposed to be supreme. Now, were I, in this the twentieth century, to stand before you professing to be a wizard or a magician—or, in fact, to be that which I am not—endowed with supernatural power, it would be looked upon as a gross insult to your good sense; for in truth the only peculiarity of my profession is to deceive—yours to detect. If my hands are quicker than your eyes, I shall have the pleasure of deceiving you; but, on the contrary, if your eyes are quicker than my hands, the reverse will be the result.

      CONTENTS.

      All Tricks described in this book can be purchased at Hamley Bros., Ltd.

      Peerless Prestidigitation.

      THE LATEST CARD FORCE.

      Effect.—A pack of unprepared cards is shuffled by any member of the audience and handed to the performer, who requests one of the spectators to secretly note a card by simply raising a portion of

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