The practical magician and ventriloquist's guide : a practical manual of fireside magic and conjuring illusions : containing also complete instructions for acquiring & practising the art of ventriloquism (1876)
Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC, McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · New York : Hurst & Co. · leaf 62
rtain this to be the best way of employing THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN. 53 many secondary and short tricks wherever they can be broaghtin appropriately as offshoots of longer and more importantones. fTRIC3Z 21.—The invisible hen: a very useful trick forBupplying eggs for breakfast or dinner.… … Po3itiou 1. Position 2. at any depot of conjuring apparatus. A linen or camlet bagmay dso be procured from the same depot, though I think a bag 54 THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN. made at home, according to the following directions, to be pref-erable. It must be about the size of a small pillow, two feet…
Magic tricks · Ventriloquism
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