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The Origins of Wonder

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-The earliest example of the Addition Test in print seems to be one by Frank WThomas in his "Confessions of a Mind Reader" series in Ellis Stanyon'//[[http://askalexander.org/display/16617/Stanyon+s+Magic+Vol+02+No+10/4|Magic]]//, Vol. 2 No. 10, July 1902, p. 76Thomas switches the slip with the chosen numbers to produce a force total for a book test.+The earliest example of the Addition Test in print seems to be one by HB. Wilton in //The Somatic Conjuror//, 1870, p. 32The sum of three gentlemen's numbers appears written on the performer's forearm
  
-Two more tests, framed as predictions, are given by David P. Abbott in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/12730/House+of+Mystery+The+Magic+Science+of+David+P+Abbott+Volume+One+Behind+the+Scenes/131|Behind the Scenes with the Mediums]]//, 1907 p. 160. Both involve number switches (one being on the flyleaf of a book).+ 
 +Frank W. Thomas uses the idea as one component of a book test methodology in his "Confessions of a Mind Reader" series in Ellis Stanyon's //[[http://askalexander.org/display/16617/Stanyon+s+Magic+Vol+02+No+10/4|Magic]]//, Vol. 2 No. 10, July 1902, p. 76. Two more tests, framed as predictions, are given by David P. Abbott in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/12730/House+of+Mystery+The+Magic+Science+of+David+P+Abbott+Volume+One+Behind+the+Scenes/131|Behind the Scenes with the Mediums]]//, 1907 p. 160. Both involve number switches (one being on the flyleaf of a book).
  
 Another early example is "A Good Slate Trick" in Elbiquet's //A Text Book of Magic//, 1913, in which the slate plays a part in producing the total. The selected numbers are written on a sheet of paper that is switched in a flap card-box before being added. Another early example is "A Good Slate Trick" in Elbiquet's //A Text Book of Magic//, 1913, in which the slate plays a part in producing the total. The selected numbers are written on a sheet of paper that is switched in a flap card-box before being added.