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Biography of Ralph W. Hall, 1883-1943 and his card magic.

5 Preface
7 To the Reader

9 General and Biographical Note

15 Chapter One Some Useful Sleights
– Overhand Shuffle Control: keeping a packet on the top
– Controlling Selection to the Top
– As a Force
– False Shuffle
– The Double Lift

22 Chapter Two The Intelligence Quotient Test: A Four Ace effect
– The First Observation Test
– The Second Observation or I.Q. Test
– A Series of Short Tests
– Observations

34 Chapter Three Location, Prophecy and Transposition
– The Detective Card Trick: a detective card helps magician count to selection; impromptu
– The Last Word Prediction: magician determines total value of reversed cards in the deck
– Positive and Negative Cards: a follow the leader effect with Sevens and Jacks
– Sidelights and Observations

45 Chapter Four The Unfinished Symphonies
– Assembly of the Jacks: a Four Ace routine with Jacks; impromptu
– Never Bet on the Other Man’s Game: two selections transpose with indifferent cards

54 Chapter Five An English Version of Name-O-Card: Magician produces any card called for
– The Set Up
– The Breaks
– Producing Cards Other Than Breaks
– Presentation

67 Chapter Six Problems Using the Rough and Smooth Principle
– The Three In One Card Trick: Prediction with transposition of a card from one half of the deck to the other
– The Cosmic Ray Cards: Whole deck of cards changes from normal, to all sixes, to all Jacks, to all Backs, and back to normal again; explains how to construct the deck
– The Final Think Stop Trick: uses the Nu-Idea Forcing Pack
– The Care of Rough and Smooth Cards

80 Chapter Seven The Miracle Torn and Restored Card: new version of effect that appeared in More Eye Openers

87 Chapter Eight Two Magical Miniatures
– The Homing Ball: the ball and cone, using small 1.25″ balls and a cardboard cone
— Routine No. 1
— Routine No. 2 Simplified Golf
– The Juggling Knives: color changing knives routine
— R.W. Hull’s Unpublished Routine
— The Author’s Routine

104 Chapter Nine A Magician Among the Spirits: slate routine using Dr Q locking flap slates

115 Chapter Ten Bibliography of Ralph W. Hull

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