Herrmann's Wizard's Manual

A classic 19th-century trick book published under the great Herrmann's name: card tricks, sleights and parlour magic.

What’s inside

1. First words on magic — rules for the student, the magician’s table, the vanishing gloves
2. Coin tricks
3. Card tricks
4. Miscellaneous tricks
5. Black art
6. How to be a spirit medium — rules for forming spiritual circles
7. Mind reading
8. Ventriloquism — how to acquire the art, by Prof. Callahan

Herrmann, 1916 edition · Shrewesbury Publishing Co. Complete 162-page PDF. Free to download: check out at $0 and the file arrives by email and on your order page.

This classic is in the public domain. Scans come from library copies, so expect the odd stain or stamp of an old book.