The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 90
nthe air, and to give no thought whatever to thearm on which they rest. The second truzzle of pure skill is more diffi-cult to attain than the first, and, therefore, one experiences a proportionately greater satisfactionwhen able to perform it neatly. Place four coinson the back of the hand,… … TRAVELING COINS. FIRST MOVEMENT. This is by no means easy to accomplish, andhad best be practised first with two coins, andthen with three, before attempting four. Thesecret of the knack is in the toss and start. Givethem a steady, sweeping throw, not a jerky one,and (here is the important point)…
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