The magician's own book, or The whole art of conjuring (1862)
Arnold, George, 1834-1865, Cahill, Frank · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 343
- easy processes, atsource of amusement and instruction, available to almostevery intelligent reader. It is hoped that, in this subject,he has not entirely failed, and that all will find some en-tertainment f.-om, **|irt in Sprt, SECRET WRITING … The art of communicating secret information by means ofwriting, which is intended to be illegible except by the per-son for whom it is destined, is very ancient. The ancientssometimes shaved the head of a slave, and wrote upon theskin with some indelible coloring matter, and then sent him,after his…
Magic tricks
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