CONTENTS
Cecil Henry Bullivant
CHAPTER
PAGE
I.
AMATEUR THEATRICALS
11
II.
MYSTERIES OF MAKE-UP
26
III.
THE QUICK-CHANGE ARTIST
34
IV.
CHARACTER IMPERSONATIONS
41
V.
THE UNIVERSAL HAT
50
VI.
NIGGER MINSTRELSY
56
VII.
SOME SUGGESTIONS IN BLACK
62
VIII.
TABLEAUX VIVANTS
68
IX.
CHARADES
76
X.
THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE MUSICAL SKETCH
86
XI.
VAMPING SIMPLIFIED
92
XII.
AN EVENING AT THE PHONOGRAPH
97
XIII.
MUSICAL GLASSES
101
XIV.
HAND-BELL RINGING
105
XV.
THE ART OF DRAWING-ROOM SINGING
111
XVI.
DRAWING-ROOM RECITALS
116
XVII.
THE ART OF WHISTLING
123
XVIII.
BUNKUM ENTERTAINMENTS
127
XIX.
VENTRILOQUISM IN A MONTH
140
XX.
CONJURING FOR ALL
158
XXI.
SOME KNOTTY POINTS
169
XXII.
BLACK STAGE MYSTERIES
174
XXIII.
CONCERNING GHOSTS
183
XXIV.
SOME STAGE ILLUSIONS
189
XXV.
THE ROOM OF MYSTERY
201
XXVI.
MECHANICAL SECOND-SIGHT
211
XXVII.
PAPERGRAPHY
220
XXVIII.
JUGGLING
225
XXIX.
PLATE-SPINNING AND WALTZING
233
XXX.
THE TIGHT-ROPE
240
XXXI.
CLOG DANCING
244
XXXII.
SHADOW SHOWS
250
XXXIII.
LIGHTNING CARTOONS AND “FAKE” SKETCHING
263
XXXIV.
FRICTIONAL FUN
272
XXXV.
SOME ELECTRICAL EFFECTS
285
XXXVI.
SAFE SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
297
XXXVII.
SAFE CHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS
312
XXXVIII.
ODD EXPERIMENTS
320
XXXIX.
MORE EXPERIMENTS
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