The Secrets of Ancient and Modern Magic, Or, The Art of Conjuring Unveilled [sic]: As Performed by the Wonderful Magicians Houdin, Heller, Herr Alexander, Maskelyne & Cooke, Bautier and Others, Comprising All of Their Best Stage Tricks, Giving Full Explanations for Performing Them Successfully in the Parlor Or on the StageM. Young, 1880 - 94 sider |
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The Secrets of Ancient and Modern Magic, Or the Art of Conjuring Unveilled ... Martin Young Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2018 |
The Secrets of Ancient and Modern Magic, Or the Art of Conjuring Unveilled ... Martin Young Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2017 |
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173 Greenwich apparatus appearance assistant audience basket beforehand Book of Secrets borrowed ring bottom bouquet brings forward cambric chosen cards concealed cover Dances dime draw drawn drops Eau de Cologne effect egg-cup empty examination false shuffle finger and thumb fold follows:-The four aces four coins front glass glove half half-dollar handkerchief head hold Horse illusion inches kerchief key ring lady left hand LONG CARD looking-glass magic manner opening palm pass penny performer comes forward person piece pistol plate pocket position prepared produced Quadrille queen of spades rabbit Redowa removed request right hand Robert Houdin round Round Dances saucepan seven of diamonds side silk simple six cards spectators Sphinx stage stand Stodare stud substitute suppose sword tail tell thread top card trick turn upright vanished vase Waltz wand Welsh Rabbit wire
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Side 11 - Hold the pack of cards in your right hand so that the palm of your hand may be under the cards ; place the thumb of that hand on one side of the pack, and the first, second, and third fingers on the other side, and your little finger between those cards that are to be brought to the top and the rest of the pack. Then place your left hand over the...
Side 10 - There are a score of different ways of vanishing a given article, and as many of reproducing it ; and either one of the first may be used in conjunction with either of the second. Thus, by varying either the beginning or the end, you make the trick to some extent a new one. The power of doing this readily is very useful, and among other advantages will enable you to meet an encore by performing some other trick having some element of similarity to that which you have just completed, but terminating...
Side 38 - Permit me, madam ; you have just placed your foot on another," and so on. At each supposed new discovery the performer takes with his right hand, from some place where there clearly was nothing an instant before, a half-crown, which he drops into the hat held in his left hand, finally turning over the hat, and pouring the coins from it, to show that there has been
Side 10 - The student must cultivate from the outset the art of " talking," and especially the power of using his eyes and his tongue independently of the movement of his hands. To do this, it will be necessary to prepare beforehand not only what he intends to do, but what he intends to say, and to rehearse frequently and carefully even the simplest trick before attempting it in public. It is surprising how many little difficulties are discovered on first attempting to carry into effect even the clearest written...
Side 89 - ... the sound growing fainter and fainter till it finally ceases ; but if it should run down with the notched side downwards, the friction of the point against the table will reduce this final whirr to half its ordinary length, and the coin will finally go down with a sort of " flop.'' The difference of sound is not sufficiently marked to attract the notice of the spectators, but is perfectly distinguishable by an attentive ear. If. therefore, you have notched the coin on the " tail " side, and it...
Side 39 - AND THE HANDKERCHIEF. — For this capital feat, which is generally identified with the name of Colonel Stodare, the following are the requirements : — A glass goblet, two small handkerchiefs (generally of plain crimson silk, and about sixteen inches square), a larger silk handkerchief — to which is attached, by a silk thread of about four inches in length, a blown egg-shell — and a hollow metal egg made of zinc, enamelled white, with an oval opening on one side of it measuring about an inch...
Side 66 - ... table. The box is bottomless, and when brought forward by the performer is empty. A little caution has to be observed in placing it upon the table, for, if the performer were to approach the table from the side, his legs would be reflected in the glass, and would thereby betray the secret. He must therefore make his appearance from some quarter outside of the curtained recess, and advance to a position well in front of, and at some little distance from the...
Side 43 - As b is comparatively shallow, it is well to place the saucepan in some tolerably 31S elevated situation, so that the audience may not be able to see into it, or they may perceive that the bread, etc., do not fall to the bottom. The lid is next placed on the saucepan. The hat and handkerchief are borrowed, the latter, which is to serve as fuel, being dropped into the hat. The pei former, as if bethinking himself of a possible difficulty, carelessly remarks, " We mustn't have the stove too small for...
Side 85 - ... the egg-cup for inspection, that all may observe that it is wholly without preparation, and in turning to place the egg-cup on the table, he substitutes for it the one which contains the ring, but which the audience naturally believe to be that which they have just examined. Bringing forward the plate of eggs, the performer requests the company to choose whichever they please. While they are making their selection, he carefully turns back his sleeves, showing indirectly that his hands are empty....
Side 35 - Fig. 82), in which works up and down a steel jieedle, forming the upper portion of a kind of loose piston, a. The top of the pedestal is covered with green baize, allowing free passage to the needle, which when pushed upward strikes the coin from below, with much the same effect as the thread pulling it from above. This pedestal is only available with one of the mechanical tables which will be described in connection with " stage tricks." Such tables contain, among other contrivances, what are called...