INTRODUCTORY SPEECH.

CONTENTS.

Peerless Prestidigitation. THE LATEST CARD FORCE.

THE PHANTOM CARD.

THE "DE CASTON" METHOD OF "RISING CARDS" FROM HAND.

DE CASTON'S DISCOVERY.

A SPECTACULAR HANDKERCHIEF COMBINATION.

AN ORIGINAL CONCEPTION WITH EGGS AND FLAGS.

A NEW HANDKERCHIEF COMBINATION.

THE "PHANTOM" COIN TRICK.

AN ORIGINAL "EGGSTRA" SPECIAL COMBINATION.

HAMLEYS' MAGICAL PALACE.

HAMLEY BROS., Ltd.,

(cover)

PEERLESS
PRESTIDIGITATION

BY

HERBERT DE CASTON.

HERBERT DE CASTON. HERBERT DE CASTON.

Peerless
Prestidigitation.

BEING A COLLECTION OF
ENTIRELY NEW IDEAS AND
EFFECTS IN THE FASCINATING
ART OF MODERN MAGIC.


BY
HERBERT DE CASTON

ASSISTED BY
The Leading South African Magicians.


COPYRIGHT 1910.
(Entered at Stationers' Hall.)
HAMLEY BROTHERS, LIMITED,
LONDON.

BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO. LD., PRINTERS,
LONDON AND TONBRIDGE.