The Real Secrets of the Chinese Linking Rings

Contents

Foreward 5 The Lincoln Rings, Namreh 110 Dedication 6 The Indian Rings, Frikell 118 Introduction 7 Mysto Set Linking Rings 120 What the Greats Said 9 Seabrooke’s Elephant Wedding Rings 122 In the Beginning, the Linking Timeline 11 Bill Palmer’s Professional Routine 125 Early Chinese Writing 15 ’ Shrinking Ring 131 The Magician’s Own Book 17 John Northern Hilliard’s Master Routine 132 Where Does it Begin and End 21 Nick Saint-Erne’s Routine 138 Goldston, The Magician’s Swan Song 22 The Odin Rings (The Book) 144 Hints of the Origins of Magic 26 ’s Missing Links 182 Levent Speaks 29 Linking Ropes 184 George Blake’s Perverse Rings 37 Linking Things 188 My Perverse Linking Rings 40 Linking Finger Rings 191 Bits of Comedy with Rings 44 Linking Finger Ring on Wineglass 200 Gets On and Gets Off 45 Richard Himber’s Bewildering 204 Jay Marshall’s Routine 46 Al Koran’s Original Linking Finger Rings 206 Stop! Thief! 47 Devilishly Simple Linking Finger Rings 209 Terry Seabrooke’s Vicious Rings 48 Miscellaneous Information 211 A Miracle that Could Not Be Explained 51 Linking Coathangers Come Out of the Closet 214 Trevor Lewis Writes 53 on the Chefalo Cross 215 Ninja Rings Discussion 54 Waller’s For Magicians Only 216 Miscellaneous Ramblings 58 My Patter from the 1950s 219 on the Rings 61 There is Nothing New 220 Al Baker’s Clever Linking Ring Opener 62 Guy Bert’s Innovation 223 New Invisible Key Ring 63 Research Files of Etienne Lorenceau 225 Floyd Brown’s Bounce Link 64 About the Author 236 George Armstrong’s Locking Key 65 First Performer of the Rings Found 240 The Maxam Ring Illusion 67 The Picture Gallery 73 Linking Rings in Art 86 Al Koran’s Three Ring Routine 93 The Ken Brooke Count 102 Talks About the Rings 108

Why Al Koran Started Using the Rings 109 Illustration: Betty Ingalls

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