The book is split into two main sections: one on card table artifice (cheating with cards) and a second part on legerdemain (conjuring with cards). Click on the menus below to open the table of contents for each section.
I. To Retain Top Stock
II. To Retain Top Stock and Shuffle Whole Deck
III. To Retain the Bottom Stock and Shuffle Whole Deck
II. To Retain Bottom Stock
I. To Retain Bottom Stock. Top Losing One Card
II. To Retain Complete Stock
III. To Retain Top Stock
IV. To Retain Bottom Stock
V. Combination Riffle and Cuts
I. To Retain the Complete Stock
II. To Retain the Complete Stock
I. By Crimp
II. By Jog
III. By Crimp
IV. By JogÂ
Top and Bottom Dealing. One Hand
Two-Card Stock
Three-Card Stock
Four-Card Stock
Five-Card Stock
Twelve-Card Stock
Euchre Stock
To Cull Two Cards
To Cull Three Cards
To Cull Four Cards
To Cull Nine Cards
Top Palm, First Method
Bottom Palm, First Method
Bottom Palm, Second Method
Bottom Palm when Cards are Riffled
Two-Handed Shift
Erdnase Shift, One Hand
Erdnase Shift, Two Hands
Dealing Without the Cut
Replacing the Cut as Before
Holding Out for the Cut
Shifting the Cut
Dealing Too Many
Crimping for the Cut
Replacing Palm When Cutting
The Short Deck
Mexican Three Card Monte
Single-Handed Shift
The Longitudinal Shift
The Open Shift
The S.W.E. Shift
The Diagonal Palm Shift
The Back Palm
The Top Change
The Bottom Change
The Palm Change
The Double Palm Change
First Method
Second Method
Third Method
Fourth Method
Fifth Method
Sixth Method
Methods for Determining a Card Thought Of
Method A
Method B
Method C
Method D
To Get Sight of Selected Card
The Slide
Favorite Sleights for Terminating Tricks
Catching Two Cards at Fingertips
Leaving Selected Card in Hand of Spectator
The Revolution
Cards Rising from the Hand
Card Tricks
The Exclusive Coterie
The Divining Rod
The Invisible Flight
Tricks With The Prearranged Deck
The Travelling Cards
The Row of Ten Cards
The Acrobatic Jacks
A Mind-Reading Trick
Power of Concentrated Thought
The Acme of Control
The Card and the Handkerchief
The Top and Bottom Production
The Three Aces
The Card and Hat