The magician's own book, or The whole art of conjuring (1862)
Arnold, George, 1834-1865, Cahill, Frank · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 28
back, sc? that the loop is drawn tight directly it has THE YOUxXG CONJUROR. li settled on the wrist. Both ends should be let fall when theknot is firm. This is a very nice little sleight of hand trickto practice in the intervals between more showy ones, and,although rather difficult to learn, is… … other without untying the knot. It is executed in the fol-lowing manner : Let B gather up the string that joins his hands, pass theloop under the string that binds either of as wrists, slip itover as hand, and both will be free. By a reversal of thesame process, the string may be replaced. 12. TO…
Magic tricks
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