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WORLDS GREATEST
* MAGIC TRICKS
WORLD'S GREATEST
MAGIC TRICKS

CHARLES BARRY
TOWNSEND

Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.

New York
 This book is dedicated to my son Mark for his perseverance and
hard work in graduating from the University of Washington.
Were all mighty proud of you.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Townsend, Charles Barry.

World’s greatest magic tricks / by Charles Barry Townsend,
p. cm.
Sequel to: World’s best magic tricks. 1992.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-8069-0580-8
1. Conjuring. 2. Tricks. I. Title.
GV1547.T66 1994
793.8—dc20 94-12463
CIP

>987654321

Published in 2005 by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.

387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016
© 1994 by Charles barry Townsend
Distributed in Canada by Sterling Publishing
c/o Canadian Manda Group, 165 Dufferin Street,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6K 3H6
Distributed in Great Britain and Europe by Chris Lloyd at Orca Book
Services, Stanley House, Fleets Lane, Poole BH15 3AJ, England
Distributed in Australia by Capricorn Link (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
P.O. Box 704, Windsor, NSW 2756, Australia

Manufactured in the United States of America

All rights reserved

Sterling ISBN 1-4027-2545-0

For information about custom editions, special sales, premium and

corporate purchases, please contact Sterling Special Sales
Department at 800-805-5489 or [email protected].
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.7
SILK MAGIC
An Impossible Penetration.8

TABLE MAGIC
The Magnetic Paper Clips.11
The Floating Salt Shaker.15
A Paper and Pencil Game.18
An Easy Number Trick.19

PARLOR MAGIC
The Block Off the Ribbon Feat .21
The Wonderful Production Box .25
A Daylight Spirit Seance.2.
A Mind-Over-Matter Exhibition .34

MENTAL MAGIC
The Great Calendar Mystery.37
Another Great Calendar Mystery .40
The Amazing License Plate Prediction.43
Mind Reading Made Easy .50
A Demonstration of Extrasensory Perception .... 53
The Master Mentalist’s Memory Demonstration ... 57

PAPER MAGIC
The Paper Bird of Japan .62
The Puzzling Paper Puff Ball .67
Tintinnabulation .69
ROPE MAGIC
The Great Cut-and-Restored Rope Trick.72
How to Stretch a Piece of Rope.78

MONEY MAGIC
An Inflationary Lesson.82
The Big Money Giveaway Trick.85
The Impossible Coin Vanish .87

CARD MAGIC
The Red-and-Black-Card Mystery .89
A Devilish Game of Poker .92
Another Poker Deal Setup.94
The Under-and-Up Card Mystery .96
The Three-Card Monte Trick .98
A Clever Coincidence?.101
The Travelling Cards .104
The Famous Four Aces Trick .106
A New Age Mind-Reading Mystery.110
Finding the Reversed Card.113
An Old-Time Card Trick .115
The Twenty-Card Trick.118
The Spectator Finds His Card.120
A Surprising Revelation .122

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
A Folding Magic Table .124

INDEX .128

6
 INTRODUCTION

Hello again! It’s great to be back with my second book

devoted exclusively to magic. I hope you are among the
numerous readers who found merit in The World's Best Magic
Tricks. In that book I provided you with 48 of the very best
tricks that have entertained magic lovers for over 100 years.
Now, you are about to learn an additional 37 mysteries that
you can add to your performing repertoire.
I’ve divided this book into eight sections: Silk Magic,
Table Magic, Parlor Magic, Mental Magic, Paper Magic,
Rope Magic, Money Magic, and Card Magic. Over 90 illus¬
trations will help you to take the guesswork out of perform¬
ing these masterpieces. You’ll find that subtle secrets are the
rule here. The emphasis is on presentation, not on sleight
of hand.
Magic is one of the oldest forms of entertainment. De¬
scriptions of conjuring performances in ancient Egypt date
back to 3766 B.C. Every age has had its share of conjurers
and men of mystery. Today, magic is thriving as never before.
From causing railroad cars to disappear to flying into the
theater and onto the stage, contemporary wizards are
stretching the limits of credulity. You too can join their ranks
by mastering the feats that are detailed within the pages of
this book. Work hard and guard the secrets well! They are
your key to becoming a Master of Mystery!

Charles Barry Townsend

7
 Silk Magic
AN IMPOSSIBLE PENETRATION

Effect
You start this effect by picking up and displaying an ordi¬
nary clear drinking glass. Holding it mouth-upward in your
right hand, you push a bright red silk handkerchief down
into it. You then take a plain white handkerchief and drape it
over the top of the glass, hiding the glass from sight com¬
pletely. Next, snap a rubber band around both the glass and
the white handkerchief. The red handkerchief is thus safely
sealed within the glass. You now reach underneath the white
handkerchief and immediately bring your hand back out
holding the red handkerchief. The rubber band and white
handkerchief are then removed, revealing an empty glass.
All items can immediately be passed around for examina¬
tion. Once again, the impossible is proved to be common¬
place in the hands of the master magician!

Materials needed
One clear, straight-sided drinking glass • a white hand¬
kerchief • a red silk handkerchief • a rubber band.

Presentation
Pick up the glass and hold it mouth-upward about chest-
high. Then pick up the red handkerchief in your left hand
and push it down into the glass (Fig. 1). Next, pick up the
white handkerchief and bring it up in front of the glass. As
you start to cover the glass, the right hand allows the glass to
rotate downwards so that it is bottom-upward when covered
by the handkerchief (Figs. 2 & 3). You now snap the rubber
band around the top of the glass. To all appearances the red
silk is now firmly imprisoned within the glass. Although the
8
open end of the glass is facing downwards, the straight sides
of it help to keep the red silk from falling out.
You now reach under the handkerchief, take hold of the
red silk, and pull it straight down, giving the illusion that you

are pulling it through the bottom of the glass (Fig. 4). You
then drop the red silk onto the table and take hold of the
white handkerchief above the rubber band. Your other hand
goes back under the handkerchief and takes hold of the
mouth of the glass. When the rubber band comes free of the
glass, let the glass rotate on your fingertips. This action will,
of course, be masked by the handkerchief until the glass is
mouth-upward. The handkerchief is then removed and you
can now pass the glass around for examination.
This is really a very startling trick, one that is straight¬
forward, using simple, ordinary items. When well done, it
has all the attributes of a minor miracle.
10
 Table Magic
THE MAGNETIC PAPER CLIPS

Effect
Display two jumbo paper clips, one in each hand, and say,
“Static electricity is a remarkable force.” “When properly
understood it can endow any object with a positive or nega¬
tive charge. As an example, if I rub the paper clip in my left
hand against the cloth of my right sleeve I will impart a
positive charge to the clip. In turn, if I rub the paper clip in
my right hand against the cloth of my left sleeve I will impart
a negative charge to the clip. This can easily be proved, since
unlike charges attract. Watch this. I place the clip in my left
hand down on the table. If I now touch it with the clip in my
right hand the two should cling together if they have truly
been charged. Yes, look at that! When I raise my right hand
the two clips are stuck together. Amazing! Here are the
paper clips. Let’s see if you can magnetize them the way I
did!”
At this point, open your hands and let the clips drop to the
table. Your hands are empty. Try as they may, the onlookers
will find it is impossible for them to turn the clips into
magnets.

Materials needed
Two jumbo paper clips • a safety pin • a two-foot length of
elastic cord • a small bar magnet about one inch long • some
sticky tape.

Preparation
The secret to performing this trick is the use of a special
gimmick. (A gimmick is an aid to performing a trick that
your audience knows nothing about.) To make the gimmick
11
you will need a short length of elastic cord. Fasten the bar
magnet to one end of the cord with cellophane tape. Attach a
safety pin to the other end of the cord (Fig. 1). Next, take the

cord and insert it, magnet-end first, down the right sleeve of
your jacket until the magnet is about two inches from the end
of the sleeve (Fig. 2). Take the safety pin on the other end of

the cord and attach it to the inside of your jacket at the point
where it enters the sleeve. Put the jacket on and you’re ready
to perform this neat little mystery.

Presentation
At some point in your presentation, when the attention of
your audience is directed elsewhere, drop your hands below
the tabletop and reach into your right sleeve with your left
hand and pull the bar magnet down into your right hand

12
 Fig. 3

(Fig. 3). Now, place your right hand, palm down, on top of
the table while you reach into your side pocket with your left
hand and bring forth the two jumbo paper clips. Drop one of
them on the table and place the other clip into your right
hand so that the end of the clip is up against the end of the
magnet (Fig. 4). The clip is now magnetized and can be used

to pick up the paper clip on the table. Hold the clips above
the table for a few moments and then work the magnet away
from touching the paper clip. The attracted paper clip will
fall to the table. While all eyes are following this clip, the
Fingers of the right hand release their hold on the magnet,
causing it to be drawn up into the sleeve and out of sight. Try
as they may, your audience will fail to duplicate your electrify¬
ing feat.
This trick is a great lead-in to that classic stumper “The
Linking Paper Clip Puzzle.” Borrow a dollar bill from a
member of your audience and say, “I’ll wager this dollar that
I can toss these two paper clips into the air and cause them to
become linked together before they land on top of the table.
Do I have any takers?”
The solution to this problem is simple. All you have to do is
13
to take the dollar bill, fold it into thirds and insert the paper
clips in the positions shown in Fig. 5. Now, grasp the bill by
both ends and smartly snap it apart. The paper clips will fly
into the air and land on the table firmly linked together.
Another wager won!

14
 THE FLOATING SALT SHAKER

Effect
The following dinner-table effect, when properly done, has
all the power of a minor miracle. After the main course has
been completed and everyone is relaxing for a few minutes
before the onslaught of dessert, bring up the subject of
levitation as performed by the great magicians of the theater.
Mention that your grandfather learned the secret of this
trick from the great Houdini and that he passed it on to you
when you were a young sprout. By way of illustration you
stand up and place the glass salt shaker on the table in front
of you. Extending the fingers of your right hand, lower them
until the tips touch the top of the shaker (see Fig. 1). Now,

Fig A

very slowly, raise your hand about four or five inches. Mirac¬
ulously, the salt shaker clings to your fingers and rises with
them. Spread your fingers apart until the shaker is seen to be
touching only your middle f inger (see Fig. 2). Still it doesn’t
15
fall. After a few seconds, lower your hand until the shaker is
once more resting on the table. Now open your hand and
turn it around so that your audience can see it is empty. The
shaker can immediately be examined.

Materials needed
One salt shaker • a wooden toothpick • some sticky tape • a
length of elastic cord.

Preparation
This trick is performed with the aid of a clever gimmick that
is unknown to your audience. Using the sticky tape, attach
one end of the elastic to the toothpick. The toothpick should
be of the round type that is pointed at both ends. The elastic
should be about two feet long and have a safety pin attached
to the other end. (This gimmick is similar to the one de¬
scribed in the previous trick, “The Magnetic Paper Clips.”)
Lower the toothpick end of the elastic down the right sleeve
of your jacket until the toothpick is within one inch of the
cuff. With the safety pin, attach the other end to the inside of
your coat.
16
Presentation
Before starting this trick you must secretly pull the toothpick
out of your sleeve and hold it against your middle finger with
your right thumb. You are now ready to start the mystery
Begin by talking about the many great magicians of history
who performed the famous “floating lady” illusion. Reach
forward, pick up the salt shaker, and place it in front of you
on the table. It’s best to be seated at the head of the table so
that you will not have anyone at your sides who might
glimpse the gimmick in your right hand. Stand up and bring
your right hand forward with the back of it towards your
audience. Bring the tips of your fingers down until they
touch the top of the salt shaker as shown in Figure 1. At this
point push the tip of the toothpick down into one of the holes
in the middle of the metal cap until it’s wedged in tightly. You
are now ready to perform the trick described above.
At the end of the levitation, when the salt shaker is again
resting on the table, wiggle the toothpick free from the metal
cap and let the elastic pull it up into your sleeve. Show your
hand back and front and give the shaker out for inspection.
In the impromptu version of this trick the magician dis¬
penses with the elastic, tape, and safety pin and uses only the
toothpick. At the end of the presentation he has to palm the
toothpick and get rid of it while passing the shaker for
examination. I think the method that employs the gimmick
is the cleaner of the two versions.

17
 A PAPER AND PENGIL GAME
Effect
This effect is designed to reinforce the perception of your
mastery of numbers. It’s a game which you can’t lose, re¬
gardless of whether your opponent goes first or you do.
During play, each of the two players writes down a number
from 1 to 10. That number is added to the previous total of
numbers as you go along. The players take turns writing
down the numbers. The goal is to be the one who causes the
total to reach exactly 100.
For example, let’s say you go first and write down 5. The
other player now writes a 9 under it and adds it up, giving a
running total of 14. Now it’s your turn again. You write a 9
under the 14, draw a line under it, and write down the new
total of 23. Play continues in this fashion until someone
writes down a number which brings the new total to exactly
100. When you know the secret to this mental exercise you
will be unbeatable.

Materials needed
Pencil and paper.

Presentation
The secret lies in memorizing a group of key numbers. They
are: 12, 23, 34, 45, 56, 67, 78, and 89. Please note that each
number is 11 greater than the previous number. During play,
you must cause the total to be one of these key numbers.
Once you’ve done that you’re assured of winning. From that
point on always make sure that your number plus the pre¬
vious number put down by your opponent add up to 11. This
will ensure that every time you add a number to the previous
total the new total will be one of the key numbers mentioned
above.
When you get to the last key number, 89, you are a sure
winner.
Another coup for the master mentalist!
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