TELLING FORTUNES BY CARDS A SYMPOSIUM OF THE SEVERAL ANCIENT AND MODERN METHODS AS PRACTICED BY ARAB SEERS AND SIBYLS AND THE ROMANY GYPSIES, WITH PLAIN EXAMPLES AND SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS TO ENABLE ANYONE TO ACQUIRE THE ART WITH EASE Gathered From Authentic Sources By MOHAMMED ALI (_EDITED BY CARLETON B. CASE_) [Illustration] NEW YORK SHREWESBURY PUBLISHING CO. PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY CHARLES SHREWESBURY CONTENTS PAGE THE STORY OF JOSEPHINE 5 RESEARCHING GYPSY LORE 7 HOW TO ACQUIRE THE ART 9 CARDS TO BE USED 9 THE CONSULTANT CARD 10 THE ANCIENT ORACLE 12 METHOD A 17 MODERN USE OF FIFTY-TWO CARDS 20 METHOD B 28 METHOD C 28 METHOD D 30 METHOD E 31 METHOD F, THE STAR 32 METHOD G, A SHORTER STAR 32 METHOD H 33 METHOD I 33 METHOD J 34 METHOD K 35 METHOD L 37 METHOD M 38 THE PREFERRED ORACLE, WITH THIRTY-TWO CARDS 40 DICTIONARY OF PRIMARY DEFINITIONS 42 DICTIONARY OF SECONDARY DEFINITIONS 49 GROUPS OF CARDS 93 COMBINATIONS OF TWO CARDS 96 A WORD OF ADVICE 101 SPECIAL NOTE 101 DEALING THE CARDS BY THREES 102 DEALING THE CARDS BY FIVES 109 DEALING THE CARDS BY SEVENS 111 DEALING BY FIFTEENS 113 THE TWENTY-ONE CARD METHOD 117 THE WAY TO TELL A FORTUNE 122 THE ITALIAN METHOD 126 THE FLORENCE MODE 131 PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE 133 THE MATRIMONIAL ORACLE 136 THE STAR METHOD 140 SHORTER STAR METHOD 142 WISHES 143 WISH NO. I. 143 WISH NO. II. 144 WISH NO. III. 146 WISH NO. IV. 146 WISH NO. V. 147 WISH NO. VI. 150