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 75
illustration shows pre-cisely how it is done and so clearly that an explanation is hardly needed. Thefloor of the stage is represented. To the left are seen the spectators and theperformer at the piano discoursing his lugubrious melodies. To the right isseen Charon, and directly in front of him the… … OPTICAL TRICKS. 59 Directly in front of the coffin, crossing the stage ol)liquely, is a large sheetof the clearest plate glass, which offers no impediment to the view of the coffinwith its occupant, when the latter is fully illuminated. At one side of thestage, in the back of the})icture, is a…
Magic tricks
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