Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, Including Trick Photography

BOOK I.

_CONJURERS’ TRICKS AND STAGE ILLUSIONS._

CHAPTER I.

MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES.

The fascination which the general public finds in clever tricks and illusions is little to be wondered at, but it is a mistake to suppose that all the outfit which the modern magician needs is a few paper roses, a pack of cards, some coins, and a wand. The fact of the matter...