The boy's own book of indoor games and recreations : a popular encyclopædia for boys (1890)
Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910, Hutchison, George Andrew, 1841-1913 · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 458
ook there the real watch is secretly hung. When the pistol is fired, the pulling ofa string releases a spring, and the centre of the target flies round. The mortaremployed has a movable bottom, so that the performer can extract the real watchat pleasure. The debris which the conjurer pounds away… … CHAPTER LVI.—VENTRILOQUISM, AND HOW TO ACQUIRE THE ART. By William Crompton, The etymology of the word Ventriloquism gives an incorrect idea of the art, asit is based upon the old notion that the ventriloquial voice really proceeded fromthe stomach. As a matter of fact, the sources of all such…
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