Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, Including Trick Photography

CHAPTER IV.

CONJURING TRICKS. Trick with an Egg and a Handkerchief--The Cone of Flowers--The Magic Rosebush--“Magic Flowers”--The “Birth of Flowers”--Tricks with a Hat--A Cake Baked in a Hat--The Egg and Hat Trick-- Multiplication of Coins--Magic Coins--The Dissolving Coin--The Spirit Slates--Second Sight--Magic Cabinets--The Traveling Bottle and Glass--Disappearance of an Apple and a Ninepin--A Goblet of Ink Converted into an Aquarium--The Invisible Journey of a Glass of Wine--The Wine Changed to Water--The Animated Mouse--The Sand Frame Trick--Houdin’s Magic Ball, 105