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 84
lmost unlimited, but an explanation of the ones mentioned above willsuffice to show how Black Art is performed. While the stage is draped in black, everything that appears is painted white,and the magician is dressed in white. There is an assistant on the stage allthrough the act, but as he is… … THE DISARTICULATED SKELETON. but covered with pieces of Ijlack velvet, rendering tliem invisible. The secondengraving shows how the assistaiit removes the piece of velvet and causes atable to appear at the magicians command. The vases are also s-itting on the stage, but covered with pieces of…
Magic tricks
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