Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, Including Trick Photography

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Albert A. Hopkins

PREFACE.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION. THE MYSTERIES OF MODERN MAGIC.

BOOK I. CONJURERS' TRICKS AND STAGE ILLUSIONS. CHAPTER I. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES.

BOOK II. ANCIENT MAGIC. CHAPTER I. TEMPLE TRICKS OF THE GREEKS. PUPPET SHOWS AMONG THE GREEKS.

BOOK III. SCIENCE IN THE THEATER. CHAPTER I. BEHIND THE SCENES OF AN OPERA HOUSE.

BOOK IV. AUTOMATA AND CURIOUS TOYS. CHAPTER I. AUTOMATA.

BOOK V. PHOTOGRAPHIC DIVERSIONS. CHAPTER I. TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY.

APPENDIX. ADDITIONAL TRICKS. THE MAGIC TABLE.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NATURAL MAGIC AND PRESTIDIGITATION. COMPILED,

INDEX.

Transcriber's Notes

Please see the Transcriber’s Notes at the end of this text.

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

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