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THE SKIRT DANCE.


MAGIC
STAGE ILLUSIONS AND SCIENTIFIC DIVERSIONS
INCLUDING TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY

COMPILED AND EDITED BY
ALBERT A. HOPKINS
EDITOR OF THE “SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA OF RECEIPTS, NOTES AND QUERIES,” ETC.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
HENRY RIDGELY EVANS
AUTHOR OF “HOURS WITH THE GHOSTS; OR, XIX. CENTURY WITCHCRAFT,” ETC.

WITH FOUR HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS