The Popular recreator. A key to in-door and out-door amusements .. (1873)
London, New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter & Galpin · leaf 542
certainly skilfully done, but by no means on a parwith those of the best European conjurors, simply because themechanical contrivances, etc., were not in workmanship equal which it is possible to see, or otherwise the trick would benothing. The basket is next placed firmly on this stand, quite… … to our own; and perhaps nothing so tests the mechanical artsas a really first-rate made trick. These wonderful stories are, in fact, travellers tales. Someyears back the Arab sorcerers were thought to be so good .thatthey surpassed anything ever heard of in this country. Sogreat was their power…
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