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 58
ds yourself. You may effect the same object, even moresimply, by the mere act of passing the pack from the one hand to theother, keeping thebottom card turnedinwards as above. To Slip aCard. — Hold thepack in the left hand,having first slightlymoistened the fingers,which should restupon the baek of… … Fig. 23. 0 MODERN MAGIC. of two or thn e inches from the lower packet. (See Fig. 23.) Thetop card of the upper packet, being held back by the pressure ofthe fingers upon it, will not move upwards with the rest of thepacket j but immediately the remaining cards are clear, will folditself down on the…
Magic tricks
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