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Excerpt from The Sealed New Card Secrets You will find this collection of Card Secrets to be unique in their simplicity of working, yet baffling in effect to one who does know how they are done. The idea that long practice and exceptional skill are necessary in the proformance of card tricks is erroneous. Some of the cleverous and most bewildering tricks are made possible by the use of subtle principles of unique methods that are easily learned, yet which are capable of deceiving the keenest and most intelligent spectator. Such are the methods explained in this booklet. These tricks have been devised by experienced performers of card tricks, men who understand the psychology of deception and who know that a clever, well developed principle can be used to create an amazing mystery. This booklet is not a picture book to be looked through in a half an hour, it must be carefully read be to properly understood. Anyone who studies and masters the different card tricks in this little book need never be at a loss to do his bit when called upon. You will astonish your friends and add greatly to the gaiety of the gathering. Do not read a trick and then attempt to preform it in front of anyone without first having done it two or three times in private. Do not give the secret of any trick away, as nine times out of ten, after fooling them, then exposing - your audience will say, "Is that all it is?" They are disappointed, and you have lost prestige, so, keep the secrets of your tricks to yourself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blem