Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring

TO NAME ALL THE CARDS IN THE PACK IN SUCCESSION.--This is an old trick, but a very good one. To perform it, you must arrange the cards of a whist pack beforehand, according to a given formula, which forms a sort of memoria technica. There are several used, but all are similar in effect. The following is one of the simplest:-- “Eight kings threatened to save Ninety-five ladies for one sick knave.”