Our magic : the art in magic, the theory of magic, the practice of magic (1911)
Maskelyne, Nevil, 1863-1924 · New York : E.P. Dutton & Co. · leaf 406
388 OUR MAGIC same result. The burning handkerchiefs are extin- guished by putting the plates together as described. Then the conjurer remarks that the least he can do is to make a present of the remains of both handker- chiefs to the lender of the white one. Thereupon he tears ofif half a sheet of… … Figure 45. occasion and says it, and, breaking the paper, pulls out the handkerchiefs with the wrong centres. Throughout the experiment the conjurer has been talking, and every movement has been naturally led up to by words. By this time he will have found out the importance of arranging every…
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