Modern magic. : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. (1885)
Hoffmann, Professor, 1839-1919, Hawkins, Arthur, ca. 1940 · London ; New York : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 153
e been more prolix than we could have desired in thedescription of this trick, but minute details are the very soul of con-juring. The experience of Horace, Brevis esse laboro, olscurusfaapplies with peculiar force to the magic art; and if we occasionallyirritate the reader of quick apprehension by… … Fig. 45. The Jumping Cards.—Two or three Card* hwing been DRAWN, RETURNED, AND SHUFFLED TO MAKE THEM JUMP GUT OF the Pack.—This trick is somewhat similar in working to that of thorising cards as performed in the hand, which we have just described.The course of the two tricks is precisely the same…
Magic tricks
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