Chapter XI: Tricks with Handkerchiefs

Introductory Remarks 236

The Handkerchief that cannot be Tied in a Knot 237

The Handkerchief that will not Burn 237

The Vanishing Knots 238

To Exchange a borrowed Handkerchief for a Substitute 240

The Locked and Corded Box, and the Washerwoman’s Bottle 241

The Reversible Canister 245

The Burning Globe 246

The Transformed Handkerchief 246

The Handkerchief cut up, burnt, and finally found in a Candle 249

The Shower of Sweets 251

The Feathers from an Empty Handkerchief 254

The Flying Plume 256

The Magic Laundry 258

The Egg and the Handkerchief 260

The “Hand-Box,” for Vanishing a Handkerchief 263

CHAPTER XII.

TRICKS WITH DOMINOES AND DICE.

To Arrange a Row of Dominoes face downwards on the Table, and
on returning to the Room to turn up a Domino whose points
shall indicate how many have been moved in your absence 265

To Allow any Person in your absence to arrange the Dominoes
in a Row, face downwards, and on your return to name
blindfold, or without entering the Room, the end numbers of
the Row 267

To Change, invisibly, the Numbers shown on either Face of a
Pair of Dice 268

To Name, without seeing them, the Points of a Pair of Dice 269