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

2. ANSWER TO THE "PARALLELOGRAM."

Divide the piece of card into five steps, and by shifting the position of the pieces, the desired figures may be obtained.

3. THE DIVIDED GARDEN ANSWER.

4. ANSWER TO THE ENDLESS STRING.

The string must be put through the armhole, and over the head, then through the opposite armhole; then the hand must be put up underneath the waistcoat, and the string drawn down around the body until the former drops down about the waist, when the experimenter may jump out of it and claim his coat.

5. ANSWER TO THE CHINESE MAZE.