Hunter, Norman: Simplified Conjuring for All
©1923 C. Arthur Pearson, London
Hardcover, 124 pages plus ads

©1999 Hamlyn, London
Simplified Conjuring for All

Comments: "A collection of new tricks needing no special skill or apparatus for their performance, with suitable patter." 63 Illustrations.

Contents (from book ToC, updated May 2019)

13 Author's Foreword
15 The True Secret Of Successful Magic

19 Section I - Magic for Men
21 Colourology: handkerchiefs vanish to cigarette packets
25 The Penetrating Cigarette: through the hand
28 The Phoenix Cigar Band: cigar band removed, burnt and restored to cigar
34 A Trick With a Tin of Tobacco: a tin of tobacco vanishes from a bag into a hat
38 The Mesmerised Matchbox: matchbox adheres to coat
39 Cardboard Monarchs: four Kings vanish to be found in a nest of envelopes
44 A Knotty Problem: a long tape is picked up and has the same number of knots in it as selected by dice
51 Section II - Magic for Ladies
53 Easy Manipulations with Reels of Cotton
53 - The Looped Reel: thread reel manipulation
54 - The Hooked Reel: for vanishing or appearing
56 - The Reel with the Enlarged Hole: another modification to aid manipulation
58 - The Roaming Reels: red and green thread reels transpose
60 - A Wineglass Produced from a Handkerchief and a Reel of Silk Produced in the Glass
65 - A Reel and a Ribbon: ribbon and reel in a wineglass transpose
69 - The Ghostly Reel: burnt and restored marked thread reel
72 The Colour Changing Ribbon
75 Bewildering Buttons: a number of buttons matches the spots on a selected Dominoe
80 Evaporating Perfume: bottle vanishes under a handkerchief
82 The Travelling Reel: a black thread reel appears on a string between two white reels
88 Mysterious Millinery: vanished ribbon found under a lady's hat
93 Section III - Miscellaneous Magic
95 The Homing Postcards: postcards removed from an album vanish and are back in the album
98 The Tale of the Snowman: children's effect - cotton to snowman to Holly
102 The Jumping Hat: stunt
103 The Growing Pencil: pencil grows in size as it passes through a tube
106 A Pillar of Wonder: a red block changes to green, then transforms to cocoanut ice
109 Sorcery with Sawdust: sawdust changes to a block of wood
114 The Lady and the Rose: lady and rose postcard images transpose and correct themselves
119 Enquire Within, or a Message From the Spirits (From an Arthur Ainslie suggestion): a carbon copy produces and answer instead of a copy
124 Final Remarks