Hoffmann (Professor), 1839-1919., Plate, Adrian, inscriber., Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) · New York : E.P. Dutton & Co. ; London : George Routledge & Sons, 1904. · leaf 208
180 Later Magic THE LOCKED AND CORDED BOX (tlI.). (De Vere’s Method.) The following ingenious and somewhat simpler ver- sion of the trick was communicated to me some years ago by Professor De Vere. For the sake of distinction I call it by his name, though I cannot be sure, at this distance of time,… … FIG. 110. 1. A large-sized coloured handkerchief, with a cheap watch in going order, wrapped in paper, and sewn in a pocket of the “patch”’ kind, in one corner. | 2. A few pieces of paper about six inches square, of different colours. 3. Three pieces of ribbon, red, white, and blue, each about…
