Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring

CHAPTER V. CARD TRICKS REQUIRING SPECIAL APPARATUS. The Magic Sword. A Card being drawn and replaced, and the Pack flung in the Air, to catch the chosen Card on the point of the Sword 121 The Rising Cards.--Several Cards having been drawn, returned, and shuffled, to make them rise spontaneously from the Pack 125 The Jumping Cards.--Two or three Cards having been drawn, returned, and shuffled, to make them jump out of the Pack 130 To make a Card stand upright by itself on the Table 132 “Changing” Card-boxes, and Tricks performed with them 134 The Mechanical Card-box 137 The “Card and Bird Box” 138 The Card Tripod 139 The “Torn Card” 139 Mechanical Changing Cards 142