Chapter XVI: Miscellaneous Tricks

The Cut String Restored 317

My Grandmother’s Necklace 320

The “Bonus Genius,” or Vanishing Doll 321

The Dancing Sailor 323

The Bottle Imps 324

The Vanishing Gloves 325

The Egg Bag 326

To Produce Eggs from a Person’s Mouth 329

The Pillars of Solomon, and the Magic Bradawl 330

The Magic Coffers 333

The Bran and Orange Trick 335

The Rice and Orange Trick 337

The Magic Whistle 341

The Magic Mill 342

Pieces of Apparatus of General Utility--

The Drawer-Box 343

The Dissecting Drawer-Box 346

The Changing Card-Drawer 347

Changing Caddies 348

The Magic Vase and Caddy 351

The Cover, to pick up and replace any Article 355

The Changing Cover 356

The Changing Ladle 358

The Cone, or Skittle 360

The Cone and Bouquet 364

The Flying Glass of Water 367

The Bowls of Water and Bowls of Fire produced from a Shawl 371

The Bowl of Ink changed to clear Water, with Gold Fish swimming
in it 372

The Inexhaustible Bottle 373

The Bottle and Ribbons 376

The New Pyramids of Egypt, or Wine and Wafer Trick 377

The Mysterious Funnel 379

The Box of Bran transformed to a Bottle of Wine 380

The Bran Bottle 382

The Bran Glass 383

To Fire Borrowed Rings from a Pistol, and make them Pass into
a Goblet filled with Bran and covered with a Handkerchief,
the Bran disappearing, and being found elsewhere 384

The Domino-Box (sometimes called the Glove-Box) 386

The Coffee Trick 388

The Inexhaustible Box 391

The Japanese Inexhaustible Boxes 393

The Feast of Lanterns 395

The Butterfly Trick 397

The Wizard’s Omelet 398

The Rose in the Glass Vase 400

The Chinese Rings 401

The Charmed Bullet 409

The Birth of Flowers 411

The Mysterious Salver 416

The Vanishing Die 419

The Die Dissolving in a Pocket Handkerchief 420

The Die and Orange 423

The Vanishing Canary Bird and Cage 424

The Crystal Balls 426

The Flags of all Nations 432

The Umbrella Trick 433

The “Passe-Passe” Trick 435