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 436
the glass in the left handand the hat in the right, comes forward to the audience, requesting alady spectator to breathe upon the glass, which he immediately after-wards covers with the hat. He now requests the same or anotherspectator to count ten, to allow the mesmeric influence time to ope-rate,… … Fig. 247. 474 MODERN MAGIC, in default of procuring one from the audience, uses one of his own,brought forward by the assistant. Drawing it ropewise through hishands to show that it is empty, he spreads it before him, holding itby two of its corners. Having exhibited one side of it, he spreadsthe…
Magic tricks
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