Strange Secrets Volume One contains the complete text and illustrations from the following Abbott publications: Thrilling Magic by Leonard H. Miller. A guide book to bizarre performances! A complete section on Fire Eating. A chapter on Sword Swallowing. Tricks and stunts with spikes! Plus The Temperature Rising Stunt, the Human Pincushion, Eating Glass and Walking Through Fire. Super Sensitive Fingertips by Howard P. Albright. A complete treatise proving that the performer’s fingertips have eyes! Reveal the identity of cards--tell the dates on coins or the numbers on bills--describe colors--reveal words--all with your eyes closed or while legitimately blindfolded! Jap Mirako Act by Vin Carey. The art and technique of writing upside down and backwards--sometimes at the same time! A most unusual feature novelty with a minimum of stage props and a maximum effect upon the audience. Includes lightning calculation--also under the same conditions--while reciting poetry! Mindreading For Two People by Sydney de Hempsey. A description of the standard, classic code system for use between the medium and the performer. Covers most common objects, days, dates, names and numbers. Includes the opening lecture, how to conduct the routine and the closing statements. Super Memory Plus by Gerald Kosky. An effect involving 52 cards, each bearing a code number, a six-digit number and a word, being passed out among the audience. The performer, when given the word, reveals the number or, when given the number, reveals the word on the card. A mental and memory masterpiece without the mental gymnastics! Forbidden Wisdom by Howard P. Albright. A handy reference work which applies magical principles to Fortune Telling with cards, coins, dice, numbers, the interpretation of dreams, palmistry and handwriting analysis. An invaluable guide. Thought Wings Onward--Part One by Eddie Clever. Considered a classic text in the field--long out of print and available in no other form! Part One deals with the Philosophy of Mental Magic, dealing with the history, qualifications, the presentation, patter and ethics.