The Calostro Mind Reading Act by Ralph W. Read

From the introduction:

It is a new, complete and perfect system for doing the "Question Answering Act," requiring two persons whom we shall call the performer and the medium. Once acquired, you are ready to present the act on a moment's notice, at any time or place, stage, hall, platform, club, residence, or on the open prairie - all you need is an audience who have questions they wish answered.

• Publisher's Comment
• What Is The Calostro Mind Reading Act?
• The System Employed
• The Fundamental Principle Relating To Questions
• Memorizing Made Easy
• Key Letters
• Memorizing The Questions
• "Key List" Of Numbers And Corresponding "Key Words"
• List Of Questions
• Method For Study And Practice
• Regarding Certain Questions
• The Calostro Perfected Code
• Special Code Words
• Details Regarding The Code
• Two Code Words Used For All Basic Questions From (00) To (99).
• Uses And Variable Forms Of The Code Words
• The Artificial Memory System As Applied To The Code Words
• "Free" Words
• Questions Having "Blanks" Or "Fill-Ins"
• The Fill-In Lists
• Coding The "Fill-Ins"
• Questions Having Both Blanks And Variations
• Written Questions
• Method Of "Reading" And Answering Questions
• Wit And Punch Needed
• Confederates Or "Plants"
• The Calostro System May Be Extended
• Special List Of Questions
• Alternate Mnemonic System
• The Introductory Speech
• In Conclusion

1st edition 1934, 31 pages; PDF 36 pages.
word count: 11209 which is equivalent to 44 standard pages of text