- CHAPTER I. A Few Incidents in the Life of Howard Thurston
- CHAPTER II. Indispensable Sleights
- THE PASS
- THE FORCE
- THE CHANGE
- THE ORDINARY PALM
- CHAPTER III. The Continuous Front and Back Hand-Palm and Tricks in Connection Therewith
- THE DISAPPEARANCE OF FIVE CARDS ONE AT A TIME
- THE PRODUCTION OF CARDS ONE AT A TIME AT THE FINGER-TIPS FROM THE BACK-HAND PALM
- THE PRODUCTION OF CARDS AT THE FINGER-TIPS FROM THE ORDINARY PALM
- PASSING A CARD THROUGH THE KNEES, ETC.
- CHAPTER IV. The "Thurston" System of Expert Card Manipulation
- TO INSTANTLY NAME ANY CARD CHOSEN
- TO TELL THE NAMES OF ANY NUMBER OF CARDS CHOSEN
- TO TELL THE EXACT POSITION IN THE PACK OF ANY CARD NAMED BY THE AUDIENCE
- MIND OVER MIND, OR THE MARVELLOUS WILL POWER
- TO CAUSE A CARD SELECTED BY A SPECTATOR TO BE NAMED BY THE AUDIENCE
- A NEW MIND-READING FEAT WITH CARDS
- CHAPTER V. An Incomprehensible Divination
- A MECHANICAL CARD FOR THE BACKHAND PALM
- A CARD CAUGHT ON THE CORNER OF A BORROWED HANDKERCHIEF
- THE "THURSTON" METHOD OF THROWING CARDS
- TRICKS FOR THE NOVICE
- A PACK OF CARDS CHANGED TO TWO LARGE BALLS
- NEW CARD AND EGG MYSTERY
- DISAPPEARANCE OF A CARD THOUGHT OF BY A SPECTATOR
- THE ELECTRIC CARDS
- THE "THURSTON" RISING CARDS
- FINAL REMARKS