| 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 | HOME FUN
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