The Magician's Own Book, or, the Whole Art of Conjuring / Being a complete hand-book of parlor magic, and containing over one thousand optical, chemical, mechanical, magnetical, and magical experiments, amusing transmutations, astonishing sleights and subtleties, celebrated card deceptions, ingenious tricks with numbers, curious and entertaining puzzles, together with all the most noted tricks of modern performers.

by George Arnold; Frank Cahill

6. THE VERTICAL LINE PUZZLE.

Draw six vertical lines, as below, and, by adding five other lines to them, let the whole form nine.

7. THE THREE RABBITS.

Draw three rabbits, so that each shall appear to have two ears, while, in fact, they have only three ears between them.

8. THE ACCOMMODATING SQUARE.

Make eight squares of card, then divide four of them from corner to corner, so that you will now have twelve pieces. Form a square with them.

9. THE CIRCLE PUZZLE.

Draw a circle upon a piece of paper, and thrust a pin through it without crossing the circle, or thrusting it downward through the center.