lH VERY MAN A MAG-IOIAIST. 



THE MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK; 



OR, 



0f Cwtjurmg. 



B*ing a Complete Hand-Book of Parlor Magic, confining over One Thousand 



Optical, Chemical, Mechanical, Magnetical, and Magical Experiments, 



Amusing Transmutations, Astonishing Sleigbta and Subtleties, Cele- 



brated Card Deceptions, Ingenious Tricks wich Numbers, Curious 



and Entertaining Puzzles Together with all the most Noted 



Tricks of Modern Performers. The whole Illustrated with 



GOO "WOOD CUTS, 



And intended as a source of amusement for 

 ONE THOUSAND AND ONE EVENINQS. 



12mo., cloth, 400 pages ; gilt side and back stamp. Price, OXE DOLLAB, sent 

 free of postage. 



Here is a book for the long winter evenings, and one that will make all 

 merry and happy. It contains over a THOUSAND TRICKS, of every descrip- 

 tion, and they are all explained so clear and explicitly that any person can 

 comprehend and perform them with ease. Jt also contains numerous CURIOUS 

 PUZZLES, with patterns showing how they are done, any one of which will 

 afford amusement enough for a whole evening. There is, aiso, the best collec- 

 tion of wonderful CARD DECEPTIONS ever yet published, any one of which 

 is worth more than double the price of the book. This work also contains a 

 splendid collection of CURIOUS TRICKS WITH NUMBERS, and embraces 

 several hundred tricks never before in print. It is ao catchpenny affair, but a 

 standard work, containing every variety of Experiment in Conjuring, Cards, 

 Legerdemain, Transmutations, the Magic of Che.tiistry, the Magic of Me- 

 chanics, the Magic of Pneumatics, the Magic of Numbers, the Magic of Art, 

 the Magic of Strength, the Magic of Magnetism, tie Magic of Secret Writing, 

 Miscellaneous Curious Tricks and Fancies, &c. This book is beautifully bound 

 in One cloth, with gilt side and back stamp, and is illustrated with 



OVER 500 WOOD ENGRAVINGS, 



Besides a Tintel Title Page and Frontispiece. Price, ONE DOLLAR, and 

 sent to any address, free of postage. 



Send cash crders to 



DICK & FITZGERALD, 



INo. 18 Ann Street, New York. 



