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 390
revents the water escaping (see Fig.201). The glass, thus prepared, he places in the projbnde on hisright side. He then brings forward the other glass and a decanter ofwater, and the prepared handkerchief, and in full view of the audi-ence fills the glass with water up to the same height as he has… … 368 MODERN MAGIC. covers it with the handkerchief, first spreading out and showing bothsides of the latter, proving, to all appearance, that there is no pre-paration about it. In placing the handkerchief over the glass, hedraws it across in such manner as to bring the hidden ring as exactlyas…
Magic tricks
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