The magician's own book, or The whole art of conjuring (1862)
Arnold, George, 1834-1865, Cahill, Frank · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 28
gers into the upperstrings of the opoosite hand. Thendraw the hands well outward, andthe string will look very complica-ted, as in the engraving. To get out the string, loose thehold of the right thumb and leftlittle finger, and separate the handssmartly, when the string will ap-pear to have been… … 12 THE magicians OWN BOOK. 13. THE CUT STRING KESTOEED.Tie together the ends of a piece of string, pass one handthrough each end, twist it once round, and put both ends intothe left hand. Draw the right hand rapidly along the doublestrings until you come to the place where the strings havecrossed…
Magic tricks
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