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This 3rd edition contains a brief biographical sketch of Howard Thurston and a number of simple all new tricks. Howard Thurston was born July 20, 1869, Columbus, Ohio. He was the son of William Henry Thurston, a wheelwright and carriage maker, who served briefly as a private during the Civil War in the Third Ohio Regiment. Following an unhappy childhood he attended Mount Hermon School for Boys in Northfield, Massachusetts, class of 1893. He was so impressed after attending one of magician, Alexander Herrmann's magic shows that he was determined to equal Hermann’s work. With his partner, Harry Kellar, Thurston eventually became the most famous magician of his time with a traveling magic show that was the biggest one of all. It was so large that it required eight train cars to transport his to transport his props across the country. Thurston was famous for his work with playing cards. He called himself the King of Cards. One of his most famous effects was the "Rising Card". Thurston continued presenting the Thurston-Kellar Show following the retirement of Kellar. The Thurston show became an institution. He kept up the grind for about thirty years until, on March 30, 1936, Thurston suffered a stroke from a cerebral hemorrhage. He died on April 13 at his Oceanside apartment in Miami Beach, Florida. Death was attributed to pneumonia. He is entombed at Green Lawn Abbey, a mausoleum in Columbus, Ohio.