Later magic, with new miscellaneous tricks and recollections of Hartz the Wizard (1911)
Hoffmann (Professor), 1839-1919 · New York, E. P. Dutton & company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 569
nest” of three envelopes, all closed. In the innermost of these is a duplicate wedding-ring and keeper. The outermost is sealed with red sealing-wax, not in the ordinary way, but along each of its front Fig. 219. edges, as in Fig. 219, so as to leave absolutely no opening.1 Across the back (see… … Fig. 220. continued for four or five inches beyond this point, terminating in a swivel-hook, d. This at a short dis¬ tance looks like ordinary ribbon. 1 The easiest and neatest way of doing this is to melt the sealing- wax in methylated spirits, to the consistency of thick cream, and apply it with…
Magic tricks
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