By the apparatus described above, many changes can be made, as a living man appearing in a previously empty chair, flowers growing on an empty bush, a change of a man into a woman, a painted picture into a living one, etc. In some effects a table is employed, to all appearances the common square kitchen table. A person is seen sitting at the table, which is empty; suddenly there appears before him a large dish of oranges or a meal. This is arranged by providing the table with a slot which runs diagonally from corner to corner. This allows the glass to travel through it, and thus shuts off one-half of the table. Articles are placed on the table, behind the glass, which is now withdrawn, leaving them to be seen upon the table. The slot in the top of the table is covered with sheet rubber or other material.
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NATURAL MAGIC AND PRESTIDIGITATION.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
OF
NATURAL MAGIC AND PRESTIDIGITATION.
COMPILED, WITH NOTES, BY
Henry Ridgely Evans.
I.
ENGLISH.
Arnold, George, and Cahill, Frank. The Magician’s Own Book; or, the Whole Art of Conjuring. New York, 1857. 8vo. 362 pp.