This reproduction of W. H. J. Shaw's 1902 booklet, New Ideas in Magic, Illusions, Spiritualistic Effects, Etc., includes detailed instructions on how to create such illusions as the three-legged woman, the four-legged woman, the half-lady, decapitation on the guillotine, and a talking severed head. Plus handkerchief magic, card tricks, mentalist feats, and chapeaugraphy.