Magic; stage illusions and scientific diversions, including trick photography (1897)
Hopkins, Albert A. (Albert Allis), 1869-1939, Evans, Henry Ridgely, b. 1861 · London : Low · leaf 539
on seeing the spider, and retreats after taking threeor four steps down the stairs. This adds greatly to the illusion, as it looks asif it could not be produced by a mirror. You can see both above and belowthe head, and the steps may be.seen at any angle you choose. The puzzlingpart of the trick is… … APPl]NDtX. b-ib to the rear of one of the treads of the lower steps. The mirror extends the fullwidth of the steps. A semicircular hole is cut out of the center of the mirror, at the top edge ; this is to receive the ladys head. The spiders bodj is fastenedto the network of rope ; the ladyhas…
Magic tricks
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