The magician's own book, or The whole art of conjuring (1862)
Arnold, George, 1834-1865, Cahill, Frank · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 340
other words,if, having learned the alphabet, we are able to peruse as itwere the book of nature—the delight and the advantageis proportionably increased. Now turn to the exampleshown in Fig. 69. What do we see? The lines of L»eautyhave given place to others less pleasing to the eye, and (ex-cept as… … I hope that I shall not be understood to mean, that in ci-der to be graceful everything must be round, or that every-thing round is arra^eful, or that every square object is un o2i THE magicians 0VV.\ BOOK. graceful ; or, again, that by making any curved line into asquare or straight one the end we…
Magic tricks
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