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 631
New Miscellaneous Tricks 61 1 This very pretty effect, which is of my own invention, is produced as follows: The performer makes believe to transfer the black ball, shown in the left hand, to the right, which, it will be remembered, contains the ruby ball. Without a moment’s interval, he shows the… … Fig. 232, and completely enclosed by the hand save as to the small portion left visible between the thumb and the root of the forefinger. Under these conditions, as no rays of light pass through the ball, it appears to be black, and is undistinguishable from the ball just previously shown. To…
Magic tricks
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