Herrmann's wizards' manual; a practical treatise on coin tricks (1916)
Herrmann, Alexander, 1843-1896, Case, Carleton Britton, 1857- [from old catalog] ed · Chicago, Shrewsbury publishing co · leaf 86
e from any prepara-tion, and then waving it fromside to side a few times, he restsit upon his arm and draws frombeneath it a large bowl of waterwith goldfish in it. This is put -pi*. 28> upon the table. He goes through the performance a second and a third time, each time bring-ing to light… … 88 HERRMANNS WIZARDS MANUAL catch, and throws it at them, and they are surprised tofind that the bowl has disappeared . The bowls, water, and fish, are all genuine; there is,however, an article which the audience do not see, andthis is a thin indiarubber cover, which stretches tightlyacross the…
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