Book provided by the Whitchurch-Stouffville Library, as partof the Art Latcham Memorial collection on Magic.
WATER WIZARDRY
WATER WIZARDRY
A COLLECTION OF TRICKS IN WHICH
WATER IS THE CHIEF AGENT
BY
ARTHUR AINSLIE
ILLUSTRATED BY 20 DIAGRAMS
London
C. Arthur Pearson, Limited
Henrietta Street, W.C.
1922
Printed in Great Britain at
The Mayflower Press, Plymouth. William Brendon & Son, Ltd.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| I. | Little Tricks | 11 |
| The Impossible—"An old One"—A Quaint Mixture—The ShowerBath—A Steady Hand—In the Soup—On the Edge | ||
| II. | Little Tricks—(continued) | 26 |
| Topsy Turvy—A Sporting Offer—A Feat of Dexterity—More thanFull—The Obedient Corks—A Peculiar Egg—The Suspended Mug—TheSticky Glass—The Floating Pin—Washing a Card | ||
| III. | The Hydrostatic Tube (David Devant's Trick) | 43 |
| IV. | The Passe-Passe Trick | 50 |
| V. | The Rice Bowls | 60 |
| VI. | The Indian Sands | 75 |
| VII. | The Dissolved Card | 83 |
| VIII. | Miscellaneous Water Tricks | 96 |
| The Wine and Water Trick (David Devant's method)—The VanishingGlass of Water—The Vanishing Water—The AquariusTube—Links—The Milk Cans—Water from Waste Paper—Cotton Woolto Water—Silk from Water |