Popular pastimes for amusement and instruction : being a standard work on games, plays, magic, and natural phenomena suitable for all occasions : containing parlor games, charming tableaux, tricks of magic, charades and conundrums, curious puzzles, phrenology and mind reading, palmistry or how to read the hand, humorous and pathetic recitations, dialogues, etc., etc. : including the delightful art of entertaining, the whole forming a charming treasury of pastimes for the home, public schools and academies, lodges, social gatherings, Sunday schools, etc., etc. (1901)
Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Philadelphia : National Publishing Co. · leaf 145
our feet. 122 PARXrOR THE MAGIO COIN. Although a purely sleight-of-hand trick,it requires but little practice to perform itwith dexterity. Take a quarter of a dol-lar between the thumb and forefinger ofthe right hand, as represented in the ac-companying cut, then, by a rapid twist ofthe fingers,… … at the same timerapidly close yourhand, and thecoin will disap-pear up your coat-sleeve ; you can THE MAGIC COIN. ^^^^ °P« y^^^^hand, and, much to the astonishment of your audience, the coin will not be there. This capital trick may be varied in a hundred ways. One good way is to take three dimes…
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