Skip to content
A new home for my magic notes · Work in progress
Bob Wallace / Magic
← Sharps and Flats
John Nevil MaskelyneContents

Contents

CHAP.   PAGE
I. INTRODUCTORY 1
II. COMMON SHARPERS AND THEIR TRICKS 10
III. MARKED CARDS AND THE MANNER OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT 26
IV. REFLECTORS 60
V. HOLDOUTS 73
VI. MANIPULATION 112
VII. COLLUSION AND CONSPIRACY 159
VIII. THE GAME OF FARO 184
IX. PREPARED CARDS 215
X. DICE 229
XI. HIGH BALL POKER 261
XII. ROULETTE AND ALLIED GAMES 267
XIII. SPORTING-HOUSES 285
XIV. SHARPS AND FLATS 312
  POSTSCRIPT 331

Book contents

Front matter

  1. Title Page and Frontispiece
  2. Preface
  3. Contents
  4. List Of Plates

Chapters

  1. Chapter I — Introductory
  2. Chapter II — Common Sharpers And Their Tricks
  3. Chapter III — Marked Cards And The Manner Of Their Employment
  4. Chapter IV — Reflectors
  5. Chapter V — Holdouts
  6. Chapter VI — Manipulation
  7. Chapter VII — Collusion And Conspiracy
  8. Chapter VIII — The Game Of Faro
  9. Chapter IX — Prepared Cards
  10. Chapter X — Dice
  11. Chapter XI — High-Ball Poker
  12. Chapter XII — Roulette And Allied Games
  13. Chapter XIII — Sporting-Houses
  14. Chapter XIV — Sharps And Flats

Notes and Postscript

  1. Postscript
  2. Footnotes
  3. Edition Notes and Source