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 450
y half an inch or so remaining, the general result being as shown in Fig. 180. The hat, thus prepared, is placed on the table in the first instance mouth upwards, but shortly afterwards turned over, as already described. When the per- former lifts the hat by the crown, apparently to show that he… … Fic. 180. Where it is desired to produce a second or third egg the performer is instructed by the inventor of the trick to attach them to the hat in the same manner as described for the first. He even suggests that a circle of eggs may be formed all round the hat, with one in the centre. This, it…
